Comments on: Ghostbuster song roots found? http://protoncharging.com/gb/2007/07/26/ghostbuster-roots-found/ All the Ghostbusters news that fit to print - est. 1995 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:18:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Spook Central / Ghostbusters News - Ghostbuster Song Roots Found? - Part 2 http://protoncharging.com/gb/2007/07/26/ghostbuster-roots-found/comment-page-1/#comment-1460 Spook Central / Ghostbusters News - Ghostbuster Song Roots Found? - Part 2 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 05:30:12 +0000 http://protoncharging.com/gb/2007/07/26/ghostbuster-roots-found/#comment-1460 […] This is actually a follow-up to a piece Chris over at Proton Charging wrote back in July 2007 about a 1969 recording of "Save Me" by ET Mensah and his Tempos, which bears some striking similarities to Ray Parker Jr's hit song. It's not exactly the same, but the similarities are there - though some might say they're only present if you listen for them. Well, I was watching the movie Elizabethtown (2005) and during the Orlando Bloom road trip scene near the end I heard a song that INSTANTLY reminded me of Ghostbusters: […] […] This is actually a follow-up to a piece Chris over at Proton Charging wrote back in July 2007 about a 1969 recording of “Save Me” by ET Mensah and his Tempos, which bears some striking similarities to Ray Parker Jr’s hit song. It’s not exactly the same, but the similarities are there – though some might say they’re only present if you listen for them.

Well, I was watching the movie Elizabethtown (2005) and during the Orlando Bloom road trip scene near the end I heard a song that INSTANTLY reminded me of Ghostbusters: […]

]]> By: Paul Rudoff http://protoncharging.com/gb/2007/07/26/ghostbuster-roots-found/comment-page-1/#comment-1459 Paul Rudoff Thu, 09 Aug 2007 22:35:41 +0000 http://protoncharging.com/gb/2007/07/26/ghostbuster-roots-found/#comment-1459 I can definitely hear the resemblence, but I think that's only because I was actually LISTENING for it. Otherwise, I doubt that I would have noticed. There are other songs that with similar basslines to Ghostbusters and I Want A New Drug. Some people bring up "Pop Muzik" by M, which came out a few years before Huey's song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_ElJ86ziWU I've recently come to the conclusion that the roots goes back even further than the E T Mensah song. Roy Orbison's 1964 release "Oh, Pretty Woman" has elements that, although not 100% identical, seems to have inspired the familar bassline. http://www.columbia.edu/ccnmtl/projects/law/library/ramfiles/017p.ram I can definitely hear the resemblence, but I think that’s only because I was actually LISTENING for it. Otherwise, I doubt that I would have noticed.

There are other songs that with similar basslines to Ghostbusters and I Want A New Drug. Some people bring up “Pop Muzik” by M, which came out a few years before Huey’s song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_ElJ86ziWU

I’ve recently come to the conclusion that the roots goes back even further than the E T Mensah song. Roy Orbison’s 1964 release “Oh, Pretty Woman” has elements that, although not 100% identical, seems to have inspired the familar bassline.

http://www.columbia.edu/ccnmtl/projects/law/library/ramfiles/017p.ram

]]> By: Anthony http://protoncharging.com/gb/2007/07/26/ghostbuster-roots-found/comment-page-1/#comment-1458 Anthony Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:26:23 +0000 http://protoncharging.com/gb/2007/07/26/ghostbuster-roots-found/#comment-1458 oh yeah for sure, i mean, its music, you could really trace things back in many directions. One feeds the other... oh yeah for sure, i mean, its music, you could really trace things back in many directions. One feeds the other…

]]> By: castewar http://protoncharging.com/gb/2007/07/26/ghostbuster-roots-found/comment-page-1/#comment-1457 castewar Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:13:17 +0000 http://protoncharging.com/gb/2007/07/26/ghostbuster-roots-found/#comment-1457 No, there was a settlement - that's not a win for Lewis so much as a don't-want-to-fight-any-more for Parker. To be sure, the bass is really similar between Lewis and Parker. Hence the same-but-different theme for the Extreme Ghostbusters show. But I like to think this song is a reminder that the roots of Ghostbusters as a song go much deeper than being a lift of I Want A New Drug. No, there was a settlement – that’s not a win for Lewis so much as a don’t-want-to-fight-any-more for Parker. To be sure, the bass is really similar between Lewis and Parker. Hence the same-but-different theme for the Extreme Ghostbusters show. But I like to think this song is a reminder that the roots of Ghostbusters as a song go much deeper than being a lift of I Want A New Drug.

]]> By: Anthony http://protoncharging.com/gb/2007/07/26/ghostbuster-roots-found/comment-page-1/#comment-1456 Anthony Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:50:19 +0000 http://protoncharging.com/gb/2007/07/26/ghostbuster-roots-found/#comment-1456 I agree whole heartedly with the theory, considering the artists background and given what would be influential, it makes perfect sense. However, given the too close conicidence of Huey Lewis/Parker's involvemend in the same movie, its hard to ignore the fact that MAYBE Parker took a little creative license. Lewis won didn't he? I agree whole heartedly with the theory, considering the artists background and given what would be influential, it makes perfect sense. However, given the too close conicidence of Huey Lewis/Parker’s involvemend in the same movie, its hard to ignore the fact that MAYBE Parker took a little creative license. Lewis won didn’t he?

]]> By: Randy http://protoncharging.com/gb/2007/07/26/ghostbuster-roots-found/comment-page-1/#comment-1455 Randy Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:34:04 +0000 http://protoncharging.com/gb/2007/07/26/ghostbuster-roots-found/#comment-1455 ok i looked on Itunes, and E.T. Mensah and his tempos have two alums on there but no Save Me. we could probably get them to put it on there so it's out there a little more. i listened to some of his other songs and i like them too. ok i looked on Itunes, and E.T. Mensah and his tempos have two alums on there but no Save Me.
we could probably get them to put it on there so it’s out there a little more. i listened to some of his other songs and i like them too.

]]> By: castewar http://protoncharging.com/gb/2007/07/26/ghostbuster-roots-found/comment-page-1/#comment-1454 castewar Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:48:16 +0000 http://protoncharging.com/gb/2007/07/26/ghostbuster-roots-found/#comment-1454 Where were you during the Parker v. Lewis trial!? ;) Where were you during the Parker v. Lewis trial!?
;)

]]> By: Black Maria http://protoncharging.com/gb/2007/07/26/ghostbuster-roots-found/comment-page-1/#comment-1453 Black Maria Fri, 27 Jul 2007 03:48:39 +0000 http://protoncharging.com/gb/2007/07/26/ghostbuster-roots-found/#comment-1453 Excuse me getting deep for a moment, but the concept in the 4th paragraph is a basis of a Jungian concept, I believe. It's not plagiarism; the listener subconsciously stores the influential art form in question & reinterprets it for the future without knowing the direct source. Excuse me getting deep for a moment, but the concept in the 4th paragraph is a basis of a Jungian concept, I believe. It’s not plagiarism; the listener subconsciously stores the influential art form in question & reinterprets it for the future without knowing the direct source.

]]> By: castewar http://protoncharging.com/gb/2007/07/26/ghostbuster-roots-found/comment-page-1/#comment-1452 castewar Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:42:07 +0000 http://protoncharging.com/gb/2007/07/26/ghostbuster-roots-found/#comment-1452 I've talked to a few people who share my suspicion that there is a similarity of styles, not any direct lifting. Some other song of the same genre might have the same effect, we just haven't heard it. A few people don't think they would have made any connection to Ghostbusters unless mentioned, which to be fair we can all say about I Want A New Drug. It never occurred to most anyone until the lawsuit hit the news. Still I find it interesting to ponder the line from a musical style born in the 20s, to the rock influenced variations of the 60s, to ultimately, Ghostbusters. Something to ponder on a sunny day. I’ve talked to a few people who share my suspicion that there is a similarity of styles, not any direct lifting. Some other song of the same genre might have the same effect, we just haven’t heard it.

A few people don’t think they would have made any connection to Ghostbusters unless mentioned, which to be fair we can all say about I Want A New Drug. It never occurred to most anyone until the lawsuit hit the news.

Still I find it interesting to ponder the line from a musical style born in the 20s, to the rock influenced variations of the 60s, to ultimately, Ghostbusters. Something to ponder on a sunny day.

]]> By: Adam http://protoncharging.com/gb/2007/07/26/ghostbuster-roots-found/comment-page-1/#comment-1451 Adam Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:00:13 +0000 http://protoncharging.com/gb/2007/07/26/ghostbuster-roots-found/#comment-1451 WOW! Now there are simliarties there! Incredible! Much much much more then the Huey Lewis song. Interesting. WOW! Now there are simliarties there! Incredible! Much much much more then the Huey Lewis song. Interesting.

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