RE: muddying the sampling waters

[Hoover Alan <HooverA@tce.com>]

This is like the famous George Harrison lawsuit of about 15 years ago.  His
song "My Sweet Lord" is approximately the same tune as "He's So Fine"
(Chiffons?).  Harrison Lost.

-----Original Message-----
From: KRosser414@aol.com [mailto:KRosser414@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 1998 11:02 AM
To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
Subject: Re: muddying the sampling waters


>Same defense attorney had a case where Tom Waits sued Doritos (I think it
>was) because they used a "sound alike" for one of their ads. I guess the
>defense said that the agency had wanted the sound of someone who Waits had
>modeled some of HIS sound on . . . can't remember how that went, but I'm
not
>sure that Waits didn't win.

Pretty sure Waits won.  I remember the ad agency's strategy was to go in
armed
with Louis Armstrong records, claiming that that's who they were going for
and
Waits has made a career out of trying to copy him as well (!).  Wait's
defense
was that they had approached him many times with offers that he had turned
down, so it was clear they were after him.  Someone eventually turned up an
internal memo from the ad agency stating more or less, "Since this Waits 
guy
won't co-operate, get someone who sounds exactly like him". 

Ken R