Busch was “purposefully trying to get a rise out of me. King first had him explain his manner in the hostile deposition he gave in April, including repeatedly responding “I’m not comfortable” to the Gaye family attorney Richard Busch‘s inquiries about his musical education. His testimony opened with a philosophical exchange with his attorney, Howard King. But that doesn’t mean that’s what you were doing.” Sometimes when you look back on your past work, you see echoes of people. “I must’ve been channeling -” he paused - “that feeling, that late-’70s feeling.

(Thicke testified similarly, with the noteworthy addition of claiming he was drunk and high on Vicodin during every one of his interviews.)īut he conceded there’s a similar feeling to “Blurred Lines” and the Gaye composition. Only in promotional media interviews later did he start comparing the tracks, he said. He testified that never in the songwriting process did “Got To Give It Up” or Gaye’s influential recordings enter his head. His testimony offered an inside look into the recording of one of this decade’s most successful songs, which was revealed in court Tuesday to have earned over $16 million.

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