Does anyone else find the idea of someone without a musical bone in their body 'owning' someone else's song a little wrong? Just me? I hope not.
The lastest installment of the ever-continuing legal battle between relatives of dearly departed musicians and those that claim to own their songs stars the really-very-dead Jimi Hendrix, who has existed on a far-from-physical plane since 1970.
An auction held yesterday and featuring a number of items from the estate of the late Michael Jeffery - Hendrix's manager who died in 1973 - saw a number of Hendrix songs sell for around eight million pounds.
Experience Hendrix - a company owned by Jimi's family - has now announced that they will fight for the official ownership of songs such as Voodoo Chile'. Experience Hendrix claims it already owns the rights to Jimi's songs, and a spokesman remarked to the BBC:
"Whoever bought this bought themselves the right to be a litigant."
Told, that man. Or woman.
erm
find the idea? Find it? Nope, lost it.
bf
I'll proofread for you if you like. Minimum wage is fine.
^ this
jimi hendrix
was an alien, man. he came down from neptune to show us mere mortals how to be rock n roll stars, and then they collected him up once his work was finished.
i'm sure he's up in heaven right now jamming away, laughing at these pricks and wondering whether or not to tell lennon he's playing voodoo chile a bit flat.
bf
that's better, but 'Micael Jeffery' should be 'Michael Jeffrey'.
I was a teenaged Hendrix geek, innit.
I'll spell my name however I see fit...
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bf
what about 'Jeffrey'? ;)
well the person with said musical bone
just decided to alter the way they financially benefitted from their talent from a royalty stream to a one off payment
or died and gave it to their loved ones
love
is money what jimi was and is about. nah. man. it's about crazeeee-ness. via the axe my friends. we should dig that and dig a grave for all these losers.
kudos to his family tho.