Rock legend Rolling Stones will appear in court soon.
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The surviving band members are being sued for copyright infringement over a song that is only two and a half years old. The song, “Living In A Ghost Town,” was released in the spring of 2020 at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and was recorded and included on the “Honk” compilation album from a year earlier.
The band’s late longtime drummer Charlie Watts would die a year later at the age of 80. Steve Jordan, longtime bandmate and drummer for Keith Richards’ solo project The X-Pensive Winos, will replace Watts on tour.
‘Living In A Ghost Town’ Was Released During The Early Times Of The COVID-19 Pandemic
Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger shared details about the song in a statement after its release.
“So the Stones were in the studio recording some material before the shutdown and there was one song that we thought would resonate throughout the time we’re living now,” Jagger said. “We have been working on it separately,” he added. (via Billboard)
The “Hard Woman” singer co-wrote “Living In A Ghost Town” with longtime Stones writing partner Richards, Billboard reported.
The Rolling Stones Face Copyright Lawsuit Over ‘Living In A Ghost Town’
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The lawsuit was filed last week.
As Billboard reports, songwriter Sergio Garcia Fernandez filed a lawsuit in New Orleans on Friday, claiming Jagger and Richards had removed elements from two of his songs.
Fernandez- better known by his deejay name Angelsang- claimed that Jagger got the inspiration for the song through a “demo CD” that Fernandez allegedly gave to one of Jagger’s brothers.
The lawsuit states, “An immediate family member… confirmed the receipt… to the plaintiff via email and stated that the plaintiff’s musical work and style was a sound that the Rolling Stones would be interested in.”
Fernandez also specified various elements in two of his songs, originally recorded in the middle ages, which were reportedly used in “Living In A Ghost Town.”
He listed “vocal melodies, chord progressions, drum beat patterns, electric bass line parts, tempo and other key signatures” from the song “So Sorry” and claimed Jagger had drawn inspiration for “harmonic and melodic chord progressions” from his other songs, ” Seed Of God.” The first song was released in 2006, and the last one a year later.
The band took it upon themselves to avoid a lawsuit in the mid-nineties after the release of the Richards-penned “Anybody Seen My Baby.” This song has a similar melody to kd lang’s “Constant Craving” from 1992. The former song appeared on the album “Bridges To Babylon.”
The Rolling Stones gave Lang a songwriting credit before the song and album were released, according to Songfacts. Angelina Jolie appeared in her music video.
As of this writing, a representative for The Rolling Stones has not publicly addressed the allegations, the outlet also reported.
Billboard also reports two of Fernandez’s songs have less than 1,000 streams on Spotify.
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