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作者 jasonhu (Loverboy) 看板 Mariah
標題 Re: "Hero"被告後續發展
時間 Wed Jun 27 23:13:55 2001
A source knowledgeable about the Hero soundtrack told me for an article I
published in Spin magazine in 1999: "We reached out to [Walter] Afanasieff
and he sent in some instrumental music. But [director] Stephen Frears
rejected it. There was never any discussion of Mariah being involved."
Sandy Isaac, one of the movie's producers, told me that as far as he knew,
Mariah Carey was never asked to participate.
Back in 1990: Selletti was driving a limo for Sly Stone, who was cruising
recording studios, working with Earth Wind & Fire's Maurice White (he
appeared on an EWF album that year), and selling off songs and guitar
riffs for cash. The woman who housed him at the time, a very upstanding
person named Ruby Jones, said Stone would trade his music for greenbacks.
Selletti says he showed Stone his lyrics. "He said, 'I'll get these
published for you,'" Chris recalled. Two things happened next. One was
Carey's recording of a song called "Emotions," a nearly note-for-note redo
of a hit song written by Maurice White in the 1970s called "Best of My
Love" for the Emotions. And then "Hero" came out, with what Selletti
claims to this day are his words. White subsequently received payment
from Carey for her use of "Best of My Love"
It wasn't the only plagiarism case brought against the singer, though.
Carey has always denied stealing songs, but has been involved in several
settlements. One case was so contentious that Carey's then-manager, Randy
Hoffman, the former partner of Carey's then-husband, Sony Music CEO Tommy
Mottola, actually went to see the key witness in the case wearing a "wire"
provided by a private eye. Hoffman tried to get the witness to admit
he'd never played a song by writer Sharon Taber for Carey. The witness
never caved, however
Not all the cases brought against Carey have been with merit or resulted
in settlements. One case, brought by a writer named Rhonda Dimmie, is
an example. Dimmie claimed she wrote the music for "Hero". Her case was
eventually dismissed, with the judge ruling that since Dimmie hadn't
written "Hero", Carey must have written it. That established, without
actually giving Chris Selletti a trial of his own, that he also hadn't
written it.
But Dimmie's case was interesting in that Mariah and Tommy Mottola were
compelled to testify in a deposition about how "Hero" was written. They
confirm in the deposition that "Hero" was intended for the movie. But how
it could have been if the movie was already out? The smoking gun for
Carey could be studio records that show her doing rough mixes of "Hero"
beginning November 23, 1992 - a full six weeks after the movie Hero
came out.
Additionally, Selletti's attorney, Jeffrey Levitt - in papers filed with
the court, but obviously ignored - revealed the actual song used for the
movie Hero - Luther Vandross' "Heart of a Hero" -was copyrighted in January
and given to the movie producers in August 1992.
When she deposed for the Dimmie case, Mariah testified she'd been writing
her "Hero" for the movie almost at the same time. She said she was writing
it for Gloria Estefan - even though Mariah Carey has never in her career
written a song for another artist.
Mariah testified in the Dimmie deposition that when he heard the finished
song, Tommy Mottola told her to keep it for herself. But in order for
that to have happened, she would have needed a finished song in the summer
of 1992 - since the movie was to be released in October. How then could
she have notebooks from November 1992 in which she was composing the
lyrics?
In the same deposition, Afanasieff - who's been Carey's co-writer on most
songs since her second album - testified "Hero" was written in two days.
"In the course of a few hours," he said. "But it's hard to say... it was
within two days." Does he mean two days in the summer, or two days in
November? If it was two days in the summer, then why is there a notebook
with lyrics dated November 22, 1992?
Carey's position in this matter at least is not assisted by the fact that
her new single "Loverboy" is largely a remake of another old song, Cameo's
1984 hit "Candy". Since the recording of "Hero," Carey has a long history
of "sampling" large chunks of old or existing songs on her singles -
"Emotions", "Fantasy", "Honey" and the new "Loverboy" are all prime
examples.
Carey's attorneys, by the way, argue previous settlements were done
because the cases were "nuisances" and weren't worth fighting. But most
star songwriters aggressively defend and prosecute plagiarism cases rather
than settle out of court. Cases in point: Recent actions brought against
Michael Jackson, who - despite his other problems - is a gifted songwriter
who has defended himself successfully in court. Also, Ronald Isley of the
Isley Brothers, who fought Michael Bolton and won over a song called
"Love Is a Beautiful Thing".
(Fox 411)
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