Sunday, November 1, 2015

Stealing Ideas

When I am trying to figure out something about business, I turn to the example of the music business, a rather wild field.  Right now I am thinking about creativity and production and this song comes to mind:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lmq6RDn5O8

Prince is of course influenced by James Brown but his videos are cut to Sesame Street timing since most of his audience was exposed to that.  This particular video adds one part Robert Palmer, and is suspiciously like a T Rex hit in music and lyrics:
Prince - Cream

You got the horn so why don't you blow it
You are fine (Fine)
You're filthy cute and baby you know it… 4:55

T Rex - Bang a Gong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWqgwJSQi48

1:15

Well you're dirty and sweet
Clad in black don't look back and I love you
You're dirty and sweet, oh yeah

Now, a film maker named Kevin Smith was contracted by Prince to create a documentary... listen to his half hour recounting of working with Prince.  There is the genius, but there is something else...  location.  Genius needs a place, and Prince has it.  One reason our economy is so wan is rents are too high for small businesses to find a place.  this will change, hopefully sooner than later, but there can be no economic recovery without a real-estate wipeout.

Any, Kevin Smith (about 30 minutes):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LhcParuzpc

As to people "stealing" ideas in creative work, if Marvin Gaye's heirs cold sue for this 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyDUC1LUXSU

over this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSr8Z7E3w_4

then T Rex has a case…  but maybe more class.

Anyway,  that's all pop music..entertaining..it's Sunday so how about something sublime?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87qT5BOl2XU

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1 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's a terrible time to buy/rent right now. When the real esate boom busts (and it will) then I will buy like there's no tomorrow or lease for a fixed amount for x years.