The Streets / Dry Your Eyes -- legal hassle

Aquascape · **Posted:** Wed Jul 21, 2004 6:32 pm

"A man has claimed parts of THE STREETS’ ’DRY YOUR EYES’ are similar to an obscure track he released last year.

Michael Gagliano claims in an interview with The Sun newspaper that the score from Mike Skinner’s new single is similar to his own ’Yesterday And Today Pt1’, released under the name Epic last year.

Gagliano currently earns his living in a Beatles tribute band.

He claimed: "I’m not taking legal action yet but I’ve signed a publishing deal with US label Rainbow and will be looking into the question of getting royalties from The Streets. To be honest, the money isn’t an issue for me, I got into this game for the women. I would be happy if The Streets would give me the acknowledgment I deserve and credit me on the sleevenotes for the record."
-www.nme.com

Mike Skinner claims to have taken the offending riff from a sample CD that he purchased a few years ago. I'm asuming there would be no case to answer if he knew the name of the sample CD so it could be traced. Therefore if he is telling the truth I still don't feel sorry for him because he should have been more careful.

Steven H · **Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2004 10:39 am

I actually like this track Wink

sorry to admit! ... Sad

davehart · **Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2004 10:58 am

Not a fan of it at all. Just seems to be midless ramblings with a few slow beats in. Not my cup of tea.

Steven H · **Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2004 11:58 am

Hehe... I like too many styles Rolling Eyes

Aquascape · **Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 6:03 pm

I was actually after comments specifically about this incident rather than whether people like the song or not. Laughing

But for the record I don't like it. The singing in the chorus is painful!

Radiosity · **Posted:** Sat Jul 24, 2004 5:48 am

If Mike Skinner actually had any talent whatsoever, he'd write his own music instead of taking it from a 'sample cd'. And I use the term 'music' in it's absolutely loosest definition, since it's not really music at all. 'White noise' describes The Streets quite well, I feel Smile

Nick P · **Posted:** Sat Jul 24, 2004 1:50 pm

Um, Mike Skinner has made some of the freshest new rap productions in a while. Its a pretty staid genre and hes produced some great tracks, although as an MC he is pretty bad.

Do you understand how rap works? Virtually all the beats are sampled. If he took part of it from a sample CD thats certainlly a lot better than a lot of the blatant theft shitty artists like Nelly get away with on a regular basis.

Aquascape · **Posted:** Sat Jul 24, 2004 3:36 pm

Radiosity · **Posted:** Sat Jul 24, 2004 4:14 pm

No, I don't understand how rap works, and never want to as I absolutely detest it. The only reason I even know what this 'song' is is because radio 1 play it about 20 times an hour while I'm at work.

Nick P · **Posted:** Sun Jul 25, 2004 3:05 am

Aquascape · **Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 8:08 pm

Bradz · **Posted:** Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:01 am

the streets = lazy eminem

MixzaMixer · **Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2004 8:42 pm

the streets eh? not so interesting