This is the trouble of today where people do not check writing credits at all. And this won't be the last time we see this. I tell you what's more eerie looking at the comments and then realizing you can't control perception or common sense. We are just shouting into a vacant infinite vacuum of deafness.

http://www.sing365.com/mu...D9001439AE



Notice the timeline of comments. It starts out on the right track and then ends horribly wrong. History Revisionism happening in real time on the internet.
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ANGER!!

HE SMILES

THAT'S blasphemous. Not him covering the song but him getting credit for writting it. In any form. How in God's name did THAT get twisted up like that?

um... John Mayer isn't credited as the songwriter on that site, but as the performer.

Same as if you were to go looking for "Crimson & Clover lyrics Prince" it's going to turn up the lyrics of the version with Prince as a performer.

errant said:

It's confusing because usually when you see a song and something in parenthesis (), it makes it seem as if someone "wrote it" but it could've been because they're listed as a performer. Things can be confusing.

Timmy84 said:

Um, exactly Timmy...I'm going by what Trickolgy wrote initially. I broke my neck to see if anybody on the link that Trickology posted ACTUALLY thought that Mayer wrote THIS. THAT'S what I wanted to see....Motherfuckers posting shit like "Yeah, that's a great song that Mayer wrote." That's WHAT I was looking for. But alas, cats on there were arguing about if he should have even done the cover and shit. Whatever.....And as far as Crimson and Clover....great song by Tommy James. His version, to me, is superior. THEN Joan Jett's version. I don't give a shit about Prince and that song and what people think if it's his or not. Because I figure somebody will show them the way. But I DO care about Jimi's "Bold As Love" and NO ONE getting credit for that. In ANY form
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so anyway... much ado about nothing.

errant said:

Yeah, in your mind anyways.
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blackguitaristz said:

no one there was claiming the Mayer wrote it, nor is he listed as the songwriter. he did a cover of it. someone types in "John Mayer Bold As Love lyrics" because that's the version they just heard and this is the page it links to.


so what's everyone pissing and moaning about?

errant said:

That has already been cleared up and addressed by Timmy. I'm sure Trickology knew that as well when he ran the thread. You're the one with the "much to do about nothing" bullshit. So you're the ONLY cat on this thread who's moaning. If you don't give a shit about the topic either way, what difference does it make to you what folks on here think about it?
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blackguitaristz said:

actually, I'm the one that cleared it up. What's with the 'tude? Get a grip. You're still railing on after it's already been established that the original post was inaccurate.
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errant said:

Oh, I've got a grip and there is no attitude except for what I'm directing to YOU. There was no need for you to attempt at "clarifying" anything to anyone on this thread. None of us needed to be schooled on some bullshit about ringtones and how stuff is worded. You felt the need to try to 'defend" Mayer when no one was attacking the cat personally. That's why u came back with the "much to do about nothing" quip. Which led me to ask you a legitimate question...If it's "much to do about nothing" then why bother to post either way? Unless it was to defend Mayer.
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blackguitaristz said:

um, excuse me. where did I defend Mayer? I *was* interested in this topic, until I clicked on the link, found out that it was misrepresented here, and came back to say so. then here you come out of left field with a bug up your ass about god knows what ....

it really isn't that serious. get over it.

errant said:

I ALREADY stated that. Don't try to use what I myself had just posted. Come up with your own shit for a defense. No one was still "railing on"....You don't like it that I'm concerned about that it's put out in a thread that some cat was given credit for a Hendrix song, then get up off the thread and don't worry about it. No one was attacking your boy John Mayer.

much ado about nothing.

errant said:

I don't put bugs or any other things up in my ass, player. I'll leave that TYPE of shit up to you, if you don't mind. Nothing was out of left field. If you're going to state it..at least be stand up and honest about it. Initially, I wasn't even talking to you. I was addressing what my boy Timmy was talking about. The only thing I referenced that u said was you bringing up Crimson and Clover. You on the sly tried to downplay the whole topic with being sarcastic "Much to do about nothing" shit. THAT'S when I addressed YOU. So keep this shit straight. Don't try to NOW play it down like you don't know what I'm refering to. It wasn't no "out of no where" shit. You attempted to downplay the thread with your comment and I responded to that. Period. It WAS serious enough for you to try to downplay the topic. If it wasn't, you would have stated what you first stated and then bounced.
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blackguitaristz said:

why were you picking a fight with me? all i said was "much ado about nothing" because people were going off on some crap that wasn't actually true about the link that was posted. i'm not really sure what your problem is, but it's yours and i'll leave you to it.

errant said:

Man/woman, whatever you are, please put the violins down. Damn....very time a brutha calls somebody on some shit that they themselves said, then it's "You better STOP picking a fight with me!....I'm telling on your ass bgz!" See what I'm saying, Timmy? Damn....

blackguitaristz said:

reading is fundamental

errant said:

That's exactly right. You should try it instead of trying to deny everything.. OWN your shit, own what your intentions were. If you're going to try to play down the thread by being sarcastic or whatever, THEN man up and cop to it as such. Take responsibility. Don't try to turn it around as something else entirely when someone (who in this case would be me) calls you up on it.

blackguitaristz said:

you'll live

errant said:

Hey hey hey,...Unless you're female, I don't play that kind of cartoon love. Don't worry about me, I was living before I came on here today and will live long after this.

blackguitaristz said:

Just like fans of (3 that I know!) Alicia Keys, think that she wrote ''Home Come U Don't Call me Anymore'' people don't look into stuff like that anymore , why even have a booklet in a CD?!


edit; and also... prince.org is really beginning to look like a 'fightclub?'
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