Is Pakistani song Baby Baby ripped off from a Michael Jackson classic?
Written and produced by Bilal Maqsood, the Natasha Noorani number raised the bar, along with a few brows
KARACHI:
When brands fight for eyeballs it is the music industry that earns a living. Rohail Hyatt was one of the first to come to terms with this reality when he laid down the foundation of Coke Studio almost a decade after coming up with the Battle of the Bands.
This led to a fresh catalogue for Hyatt as a solo producer almost clean-slating him of the Vital Signs legacy now stained with allegations of plagiarism. The same goes for other bands that arose in the 80s and 90s. U2, ACDC, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, ABBA you name it and you’ll have a Pakistani band or a solo act being ‘inspired’ from a Western outfit. But since they didn’t have YouTube back then a number of iconic songs still gather the respect on purely nostalgic brownie points.
Is Pakistani song Baby Baby ripped off from a Michael Jackson classic?
Written and produced by Bilal Maqsood, the Natasha Noorani number raised the bar, along with a few brows
KARACHI:
When brands fight for eyeballs it is the music industry that earns a living. Rohail Hyatt was one of the first to come to terms with this reality when he laid down the foundation of Coke Studio almost a decade after coming up with the Battle of the Bands.
This led to a fresh catalogue for Hyatt as a solo producer almost clean-slating him of the Vital Signs legacy now stained with allegations of plagiarism. The same goes for other bands that arose in the 80s and 90s. U2, ACDC, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, ABBA you name it and you’ll have a Pakistani band or a solo act being ‘inspired’ from a Western outfit. But since they didn’t have YouTube back then a number of iconic songs still gather the respect on purely nostalgic brownie points.