Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck have filed a lawsuit against folklorist and professor Bruce Jackson, who accused the pair of stealing the lyrics from a toast poem he documented in his 1974 book and 1976 album, Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me.
As Rolling Stone first reported back in August, Depp and Beck’s song, “Sad Motherfuckin’ Parade” (off their album 18) appears to pull numerous lines from a poem called “Hobo Ben,” including one that ostensibly gives the song its title. For instance, part of the original “Hobo...
As Rolling Stone first reported back in August, Depp and Beck’s song, “Sad Motherfuckin’ Parade” (off their album 18) appears to pull numerous lines from a poem called “Hobo Ben,” including one that ostensibly gives the song its title. For instance, part of the original “Hobo...
- 10/22/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
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