Eddy Grant says he felt “thrown under the bus” when he accused Gorillaz of copying ‘Time Warp’ on ‘Stylo’
nme.comEddy Grant has shared that he felt “thrown under the bus” when he came out to accuse Gorillaz of copying his song ‘Time Warp’ on their track ‘Stylo’.The Equals member and solo star accused the band of plagiarising his 1982 song in 2010, telling NME at the time that he thought there were similarities with the keyboard section.In another statement he also described it as “pure piracy” and “an obvious infringement of my song”.Reflecting on the accusation in a recent interview with NME, Grant said: “I mean, everybody knows where that song came from.
It’s just that there comes a time where you say, ‘Enough. Why am I going to go on fighting this case? Over what? Leave it alone’.
They know the truth.”He continued: “Even Damon’s strongest fans would know how ubiquitous ‘Time Warp’ has been and still is.
It’s a one-off – when you hear it, you know what it is.“I mean, Jaheim slowed it right down so that I would never be able to notice it, and I noticed, and he gave me credit for the song [‘Like a DJ’].
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