Re: [Harp-L] A Whiter Shade of....Yikes!

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Actually there are two Bach pieces involved. But it's not a "massive
quote" according to the detailed analyses I've read. It's strongly
influenced by the two Bach pieces, but both similarities and
differences are pointed out, and the degree of originality in the
Whiter Shad organ intro seems to ahve been strongly documented.

Winslow
--- Conrad Gleich <radconradlleyire@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Additional harp content:
> 
>       I find this especilly interesting because the
> organ solo on this recording is, apearantly, a massive
> quote from  J. S. Bach 's "Air on a G string" (sic.)
> 
> It is played on chro. harp at this site;
> 
>
http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/H/how_music_works/p_achille.html
> 
> ---Conrad       L.A., Ca., USA
> 
> 
> > > From: "robert paparozzi" <chromboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [Harp-L] A Whiter Shade of....Yikes!
> > Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:19:33 -0500
> > To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Yikes, check this out, I think Gary Brooker will be
> > turning a"Whiter Shade
> > of Pale" when he see's his NEW royalty
> > checks!....what do y'all think about
> > this??!!
> > 
> > Harp Content:
> > 
> > What if George Fields, Tommy Morgan or Delbert
> > McClinton claimed partial
> > writers credit for contributed such MEMORABLE parts
> > on "Moon River", "Rainy
> > Days and Mondays" and "Hey
> > Baby".................Yikes!!!!
> > 
> > Procol Harum Organist Wins Court Case
> > Dec 20, 11:44 AM EST
> >  A judge awarded a 40 percent share in the copyright
> > of "A Whiter Shade of
> > Pale," one of the most famous pop songs of all time,
> > to a former organist
> > for Procol Harum.
> >  Lead singer Gary Brooker and lyricist Keith Reid
> > always claimed credit for
> > the hit, which became part of the soundtrack for the
> > hippy "summer of love"
> > of 1967.
> >  But in his ruling, the judge decided that organist
> > Matthew Fisher was
> > entitled to both credit and royalties.
> >  "I have come to the view that Mr. Fisher's interest
> > in the work should be
> > reflected by according him a 40 percent share of the
> > musical copyright," the
> > written judgment said. "His contribution to the
> > overall work was on any view
> > substantial but not, in my judgment, as substantial
> > as that of Mr. Brooker."
> >  The judge said the song's organ solo "is a
> > distinctive and significant
> > contribution to the overall composition and quite
> > obviously the product of
> > skill and labor on the part of the person who
> > created it."
> >  The judge said Fisher, 60, was entitled to
> > royalties from May 2005, when he
> > began court proceedings.
> >  "A Whiter Shade of Pale," famous for its cryptic
> > lyrics - "We skipped the
> > light fandango, turned cartwheels 'cross the floor"
> > - topped the British
> > charts for five weeks in 1967 and was a Top 5 hit in
> > the U.S.
> >  Rolling Stone magazine has ranked it 57th in a list
> > of the 500 greatest
> > songs of all time.
> >  Brooker says he and Reid wrote the song before
> > Fisher joined the band in
> > March 1967. It was released in May.
> >  Fisher, now a computer programmer living in south
> > London, left the band in
> > 1969. Brooker, 61, still tours with Procol Harum.
> >  In a statement, Brooker and Reid said Fisher's
> > court victory created a
> > dangerous precedent because it meant any musician
> > who had played on any
> > recording in the past 40 years could claim joint
> > authorship.
> >  "It is effectively open season on the songwriter,"
> > they said. "It will mean
> > that unless all musicians' parts are written for
> > them, no publisher or
> > songwriter will be able to risk making a recording
> > for fear of a possible
> > claim of songwriting credit."
> >  They intend to file an appeal.
> 
> 
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