Here's something to throw into the fold... Law states that even adding one word to a song means that you get a co-write credit. HAH! How do you like that?!
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Yes but not everybody applies that. Ringo added words to Eleanor Rigby and din't get anything, or Peter Straker to Slightly Mad.
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Yes but not everybody applies that. Ringo added words to Eleanor Rigby and din't get anything, or Peter Straker to Slightly Mad.
That's because it's up to those involved. They can be gracious enough to pass on such royalties. No-one fighting for anything here.
Peace,
Adam.
BEE-ny - it can't be specifically about Brian's marriage break up. He didn't write the lyrics -
brenski, HE DID WRITE THE LYRICS TOGETHER WITH MUSKER & LAMERS IT SAIDS EVERY WHERE booklets and to many biogs, the lyrics + music are writen by the 3 persons....!!!!!
You'll see it's noted everywhere...
Too Much Love Will Kill You
Written by Brian May, Frank Musker, Elizabeth Lamers
and he talked about it before he did write it together with the 2 other one
BEE-ny - i still think you're NOT getting it
'written by' doesn't mean everyone wrote the lyrics and everyone wrote the music
early AC/DC songs were written by Young/Young/Scott
Angus and Malcolm Young wrote the music - and Bon Scott wrote the lyrics
please try and understand BRIAN DID NOT WRITE THE LYRICS
if you check many source it says... word and music and than states the 3 names... and as I said just even if he got the idea and talked about it with them and they made the lyric possible, it's in grose his baby as much as the other once...
I do understand your point I am trying to tell you my point.... and as someone said before... 1 word makes him co owner!!!!
As Adam said it depends on those involved. In the case of the Queennies they weren't so keen in specifying "lyrics by" "music by" as some others (e.g. Pink Floyd). "Music and lyrics by x & y" might easily mean "music by y", "music by x", "lyrics by y", "lyrics by x" or either one by both.
Is This The World didn't specify who had done what but later on Fred cleared in an interview that the music had been Brian's and the lyrics were Freddie's.
But as I said, nobody has ever confirmed that Frank & Elizabeth wrote the lyrics. Theoretically that's the most obvious option considering they are proffessional lyricists instead of musicians, but it doesn't mean it's an absolute. I finish up with the same: nothing can be excluded ... yet.
We should ask Dr May in his soapbox, or somehow get to contact Mr Musker or Mrs Lamers.
Is This The World didn't specify who had done what but later on Fred cleared in an interview that the music had been Brian's and the lyrics were Freddie's.
But as I said, nobody has ever confirmed that Frank & Elizabeth wrote the lyrics. Theoretically that's the most obvious option considering they are proffessional lyricists instead of musicians, but it doesn't mean it's an absolute. I finish up with the same: nothing can be excluded ... yet.
We should ask Dr May in his soapbox, or somehow get to contact Mr Musker or Mrs Lamers.