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Souter reasoned that the "amount and substantiality" of the portion used by 2 Live Crew was reasonable in relation to the band's purpose in creating a parody of "Oh, Pretty Woman". The majority reasoned "even if 2 Live Crew's copying of the original's first line of lyrics and characteristic opening bass riff may be said to go to the original's ...
The 2 Live Crew is an American hip hop group from Miami, Florida, ... The Crew parodied Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman" on the album As Clean as They Wanna Be.
In 1989, Miami bass group 2 Live Crew recorded "Pretty Woman", a parody of "Oh, Pretty Woman", for their album As Clean as They Wanna Be. The group sampled the distinctive bassline from Orbison's recording, but wrote new lyrics about a hairy woman, her bald-headed friend, and their appeal to the singer, as well as denunciation of a "two-timing ...
"The ACLU may not want it advertised, but this record is pornographic; that’s one of the good things about it." - Robert Christgau BY 1989, Miami rap group The 2 Live Crew’s ultimately double ...
In an interview with the Miami New Times, Brother Marquis recalled his first show with 2 Live Crew quite fondly. “I remember a lot of girls screaming and they were very receptive to us ...
One of The 2 Live Crew’s songs, which used a parody of Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman", was the subject of a 1993-1994 lawsuit, Campbell v.
During the 1990 Sound+Vision Tour in Philadelphia, David Bowie stopped his performance in the middle of the song "Young Americans" to speak out against music censorship, specifically due to the controversy over 2 Live Crew's album As Nasty as They Wanna Be, saying "I've been listening to the album by 2 Live Crew. It's not the best album that's ...
Mark D. Ross, the rapper best known as Brother Marquis of the Miami hip-hop group 2 Live Crew, has died, the group announced. The performer was 58.