Eurogamer meets Ray Parker Jr. Comments by Ellie Gibson
Bustin' makes him feel good.
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Ah I have fond memories of the C64 version of Ghostbusters and the theme song playing along on the title screen with a bouncing ball following the lyrics. You had to press the spacebar to make the game shout out "Ghostbusters!" in the appropriate place during the chorus! Awesome. They really don't make games like that anymore! ;)
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kinky_mong
12/03/09 @ 12:06
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Too many great lines in that interview, but I think "hateful Liverpudlian" takes the crown for the bit that made me laugh the most.
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designerheadache
12/03/09 @ 12:12
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was the C64 version of Ghostbusters the same as the Speccy one?
it had a map of the city, with the HQ in the centre, and you "drove" to the hotspots and caught slimers, until the stay puft arrived, then repeated forever. best game ever. |
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fiery_jackass
12/03/09 @ 12:25
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"In autumn 1984 and throughout 1985, Huey Lewis successfully sued Ray Parker, Jr. for plagiarism, citing that Parker stole the (GHOSTBUSTERS) melody from his 1983 song "I Want A New Drug""
*edit - just saw brokenkey's post. quite right. Re-reading the article in the light of the info lends a beautiful hidden depth to some of his answers "Why weren't you asked to do the theme for the next movie" etc, plus all that shite he talks about the money made. he sounds like a right tit.
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It is a great song, but i wish he'd have the humilty to admit he was heavily influenced by 'Soulfinger' by the Bar-Kay's and 'I want a new drug' by Huey Lewis....i believe there was some litigation.
p.s. I remember C64 Ghostbusters being terribly dull game saved only by the theme tune and novelty speech. |
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Eighthours
12/03/09 @ 13:29
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Ah I have fond memories of the C64 version of Ghostbusters and the theme song playing along on the title screen with a bouncing ball following the lyrics. You had to press the spacebar to make the game shout out "Ghostbusters!" in the appropriate place during the chorus! Awesome. They really don't make games like that anymore! ;)
I remember that! Amazing! :) |
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fiery_jackass
12/03/09 @ 15:02
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@Fapula "Because let's be honest: who cares? "
How could you not? The only reason he's being interviewed at all stems from the song. Most of the interview is about it or, more specifically, him going on about the amount of money/recognition he had/has from the song. He has been successfully sued over the provenance of said tune. You may as well interview Peter Sutcliffe about his ongoing fame and his comfortable, stable living environment without mentioning hammers. |
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metalmike25
12/03/09 @ 15:05
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Maybe if Huey Lewis had the coolness to put the word Ghostbusters into his song he might be still in the charts. Therefore Ray Parker deserves the money. Go Raaaayyyy!
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Ray Parker Jnr is Godlike because he's playing guitar on THIS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ul7X5js1vE |
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I think it stems from the fact that the makers of the movie specifically had HL&TN in mind for the theme song. When they declined to do it, they went for Ray Parker instead. If you can't hear the similarity between the tracks then you are deaf. Forget the lyrics and melody, the music is nigh on identical. They obviously could too or there would not have been an out of court settlement, they'd have told Lewis to feck off.
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For the record I heard neither Ray Parker or Huey Lewis are allowed to mention any similarities between those songs due to a court settlement or an out of court agreement - or something.
Anyway Ghostbusters is an infinately better song - can't think of any other movie songs that have had such an impact. |
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3william56
13/03/09 @ 04:28
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"No, I never touched her in the first place."
Comedy gold. fieryJ - what's with all the hate? Was your mother the old slapper in the video he was dissing? OK, promoting and spreading anything remotely connected to Huey Lewis is a pretty shocking crime against humanity and music, but at least he tried to hide it because of the shame. |
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fiery_jackass
13/03/09 @ 10:26
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it's hardly hate, is it? I mean, it's just seems like an odd article: 2 pages on a has-been that made his biggest splash with a song that enjoys dubious origins, yet still makes for the mainstay of the text within. I'll ask my mum about the video next time I speak to her.
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CountFapula
13/03/09 @ 17:13
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Jackass: I like the ghostbusters song, not some song I've never even heard of.
It was settled and whatshisface got some sort of repirations from what some of you have said, thus I don't give a crap. |
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