Elvis Costello: "Ludicrous" to Sue Olivia Rodrigo over Musical Allusion

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In a wide-ranging interview, Elvis Costello opens up about social media self-righteousness, why he didn’t sue Olivia Rodrigo for that “Brutal” riff, and creating ‘King of America & Other Realms.’ https://t.co/5F02JmA9uo
- VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) October 24, 2024
Elvis Costello sat down with Vanity Fair to talk about a range of things (his career,

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[cityofships]

This is a chill take, nice.

[ionadelfina]

Thank you for having a scrap of integrity

[asnindie]

It's called having integrity and decency unlike some others

[sassandthecity]

Also the riff in Brutal also sounds like Seether by Veruca Salt and also sounds like the riff from Connection by Elastica

[hellcatshalala]

and the riff from Connection by Elastica is also borrowed from another song by Wire. that's how pop music works, someone should tell Taylor

[sassandthecity]

Given that she seems to have no job plundering from the likes of Hozier, Lana Del Rey, Lorde, it is so rich that she came for Olivia.

[duchello]

I have saved somewhere on my phone that cover olivia did of seether, because lbr the biggest reason I fucked with olivia so quick was because brutal as an openening track took me right back to listening to the 'eight arms to hold you' album

[galactoze]

The concert movie is so much fun. And I thought it was very fitting that the grudge is being played directly after Deja Vu