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Originally Posted by ADELE
Fair enough minstrel.
You win this time.
But I shall return more powerful then before and reek havoc on your opinions.
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Please do. The reason I sought out a good music forum is to have these types of discussions.
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You gotta understand that co written credits are for distribution of monies not for actual ideas.
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Composition credits are whatever the band wants them to be. The Beatles didn't give Ringo credit for 99% of their songs, and Harrison is only given credit for the songs he wrote. All the rest are "Lennon/McCartney."
I didn't mention to composition credits as proof that you are wrong. I mentioned them because I don't see any evidence that Albarn was solely responsible. The composition credits could have been proof, if they listed only Albarn, but they don't. And Albarn being solely responsible doesn't match what I've read in the past.
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If you then construe that adding a bass line or drums makes you a co writer then you see why the Smiths broke up.
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It does make you a co-writer. Songs aren't just lyrics and lead vocals. Without bass lines and rhythm sections, the songs wouldn't work.
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Albarn is the force behind these acts and if he wasn't there there wouldn't be a Blur or a Gorillaz
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That is debateably true about Blur, but definitely not with Gorillaz. Dan the Automator, Kid Koala and Del the Funkee Homosapien have all been major parts of the song-writing for Gorillaz. Sure, Albarn is important but he's not the sole creative force.