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My Take On Pearl Jam's Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
My take on the Pearl Jam song, "Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town," a beautiful but poignant portrait of a woman who has lived her entire life in the same small town. I chose the cover photograph of this attractive woman who would only be considered "elderly" by someone young writing a song about an elderly woman. She is elderly to a teenager.
Making Lyrics From Other Lyrics - Fair Use & Reference - Part 1
Referencing of lyrics/text and/or music has been a respected practice in many cultures and traditions. I have written this and will write future posts to show that in our society - Western, North American, South American, U. S. (and elsewhere) - we commonly reference. Culture is built by expression which is manifested by origination, accretion, reference, imitation, reproduction and other means.In my opinion, in the examples below, copyright has NOT been infringed. These are examples of fair use.
Did Taylor Swift Steal A Lyric From Matt Nathanson? Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Andy Williams & Tony Bennett
My first impression is that I would side with Taylor Swift as I think two (or more) authors could come up with those very similar words independently, i.e., without copying. And if one did not copy the other, it is not copyright infringement.These two short lyric excerpts from larger songs are of a style of lyric writing I have seen before, one in which a clever literary device is at play. Songs with these literary devices are fairly common in Nashville, country and pop. It reminds me of songs and song titles like these: