Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck are firing again on the writer who claimed they jacked lyrics to certainly one of their songs from an previous poem … calling the entire thing a money seize.
Johnny and Jeff simply filed a lawsuit towards folklorist Bruce Jackson, who accused the duo of stealing the lyrics to their music “Sad Motherf*****g Parade” from an previous toast carried out by an inmate and shared in certainly one of Jackson’s books.
According to the go well with, obtained by TMZ, Johnny and Jeff say the toast, often called “Hobo Ben,” would not have clear origins, and so they declare Jackson even admitted the one who shared the poem with him admitted it was handed down over time like an previous folktale.
In different phrases, they are saying it belongs to nobody.
The “Hobo Ben” toast goes … “Ladies of tradition and wonder so refined, is there one amongst you that will grant me wine? I’m raggedy I do know, however I’ve no stink, and God bless the woman that’ll purchase me a drink. Heavy-hipted Hattie turned to Nadine with fun, and stated, ‘What that funky motherf***** actually need, youngster, is a shower.'”
The music lyrics on Johnny and Jeff’s new album characteristic comparable traces to the “Hobo Ben” poem … “I’m raggedy, I do know, however I’ve no stink. God bless a woman that’ll purchase me a drink” … and “What that funky motherf***** actually need, youngster, is a shower.”
In their go well with, Johnny and Jeff declare Jackson fired off authorized letters asserting he was the rightful proprietor of the “the one identified licensed transcription and recording of ‘Hobo Ben”‘ … however the pair claims Jackson tellingly by no means stated he owned the rights to the toast itself as a result of he knew he could not personal a copyright to an previous folktale.
Jackson’s additionally blasted Johnny and Jeff within the media, telling Rolling Stone … “I’ve been publishing stuff for 50 years, and that is the primary time anyone has simply ripped one thing off and put his personal title on it.”
Johnny and Jeff are ripping Jackson for what they are saying is “an old style shakedown” and so they need damages and for a decide to declare they did not commit copyright infringement through the use of elements of the “Hobo Ben” toast of their music.