Rosa Parks Sues Outkast

I was going to post this too, but you beat me to it.

A couple of questions.

Will Martin Luther King Jr.'s family now sue U2 for the song MLK?

Is it at all compromising for Rosa Parks to go after OutKast, a band that represents the success and prosperity that people like her fought for in the 50's and 60's?

Will artists now have to provide footnotes with their albums, citing all sources/inspirations/political events, etc....? Where will it end?

To me, this just seems like a silly lawsuit by an old woman who would like to cash in before she dies. The song is by no means slanderous, it's just using her and her story as a historical reference point. It happens all the time in music. Why is this case unique???? Will this lead to a torrent of lawsuits against artists for what are essentially cultural and historical references?

 

Does she have a beloved daughter named Caroline?

 

Someone just posted about this on the music boards as well. What about the Neville Brothers' 1989 album "Yellow Moon."



Track 5: Sister Rosa
Which is specifically about Rosa Parks, the bus boycott, etc., and contains the line in the much-repeated chorus "Thank you Sister Rosa Parks."

I don't want to bag on a woman I have the utmost respect for . . . but come on.

 

The difference of course is that the Neville brothers are broke.

 

God this is old news. I am almost sure that they reached an agreement like 2 years ago. Where have you people been?

 

Apparently on Yahoo! where today's story about the lawsuit came out via Reuters.

But no, this doesn't make you look lazy at all.

 

And Outkast, without a doubt, are the current flavor of the month....

Well said.

As was said earlier, as much respect as I have for Parks and the stand that she took in the 60's, this sucks....

 

One might also argue that there is at least a subtle difference between a song that is clearly a tribute to Ms. Parks (Thank You Sister Rosa Parks) and one that bears her name only in the title and contains the lyrics "Ah, ha, hush that fuss. Everybody move to the back of the bus."

 

There were plenty of Super Rich black entertainers in the 1950s. The name Nat King Cole ring a bell?

 

Actually I am suing Outkast as well. Their vapid but inhumanly catchy song "Hey ya" has permanently etched my brain.

 

now that's funny

 

Worse yet, that damn song could win a Grammy.

 

I don't know about you guys, but it makes me want to shake it like a polaroid picture!

 

Well the news here is the US Supreme Court is allowing the lawsuit to continue.

 

You know I just realized that if you get me sh!tfaced, I'm dacin' all over the motherfvckin' joint to that song.