Season 1 · Episode 39 · Jan 29, 2020 · 46 min
Ed Sheeran
“Shape of You”
vs. TLC "No Scrubs"
Originally titled “The Shape of a Scrub”
From the Riffs archive First aired Jan 29, 2020. The show was music-first back then — it has grown into a conversation about everything else since.
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Ed Sheeran is a gifted songwriter and performer, but that hasn’t prevented him from getting into hot water around sampling and interpolating other artist’s material. Join Joe and Toby as they explore the similarities between Sheeran’s “The Shape of You” and TLC’s “No Scrubs.” Along the way we’ll take a look at the “Stairway to Heaven” copyright case and see how it impacts Ed Sheeran’s financial future. Don’t worry, he’s going to be ok.
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