Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Does AVICII get a GOOD FEELING when Flo Rida limits his credit to this hit?
Commercial music baffles me sometimes, they sometimes want to give credit then other times ignore it altogether. We are seeing artists like Rihanna acknowledging EDM but giving credit to the artists/producers they work with them while others just simply continue to ignore it, and this time to me, its surprising.
Flo Rida has worked with EDM artists over the last couple of years to help mold his career as a club rapper. Working with Guetta on possibly his biggest club hit, "Club Can't Handle Me" he gave credit to Guetta for the production and assist on the track. Here we have an example of the complete opposite, he ignores the fact that right now he is rapping over one, if not the biggest EDM record this year. Its not a little known record, its a world acclaimed record and guess who is getting the shaft all over again, AVICII! This guy has been tossed around by 2 major recording artists this year over some of his biggest hits. First the entire debacle with Leona Lewis which resulted in lawyers and press smears to get him credit on the track. This time we have Flo Rida, in my opinion murdering the track, and NOT in a good way.
People say OH its a sample, yes a SAMPLE of a current hit song with no headline billing credit to Avicii. Also the Etta James sample was crafted into the piano and drum production BY Avicii NOT Flo Rida as some are assuming without doing any research.
Here is the original, a beautiful track full of uplifting builds and structure. I have no problem with mainstream artists sampling or working with EDM world but the lack of respect to the productions and integrity is appalling. Another person who constantly disrespects the dance market is Pitbull. He has alone built many hit singles by "stealing" tracks and doing very little work on them. I used to write hip hop lyrics in the 90s and they were much more complex than they are now, the current people in the market are using baby lyrics over these dance tracks and that is another issue I have with it. I am all for feel good club music that crosses over, but I am tired of this whitewashing of the original producers and artists!
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I completely agree with you. I first heard it on the radio and was like, "oh wow, Avicii made it mainstream!" Then I hear Flo Rida rapping, he completely ruined the song. It was the chord progression that made me think it was Avicii. Then I read Dr. Luke being interviewed about the song. Absolutely no credit to Avicii.
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DeleteThx for the feedback. I agree, Dr Luke just like other "producers" who dont have a lot of their own production seem to find it very easy to take credit for other peoples work. I didnt even get into the Pretty Lights sample as well.. overall its just a sloppy job of putting together a track. The sad thing is in todays market giving credit to the EDM world is so accessible and there is no reason to ignore it. Thanks for reading!
ReplyDeleteDUDE its called a REMIX!!!!!!! They make remixes!!!!!!! Flo Rida rapping was way different from the upbeat tune of Levels!They are 2 different songs, only he remixed Levels! It sounds good both ways!!!
DeleteWithout Flo Rida, You wouldnt have anything to dance to in clubs!!!!!!!!!!!!! W(hy)TF DO PEOPLE HATE FLO RIDA AND PITBULL THEY JUST TAKE SOnGs and MAKE THEM BETTER. SURE HE DIDNT GIVE CREDIT BUT IM SURE AVICCI DIDNT MIND!! SOMEBODY TELL ME WHY THEIR SONGS ARE SO BAD!!!!!!
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Bullsh*t. This wasn't a remix. This was taking copyrighted material, not changing any of the chorus, and making it suck with the rapping. Avicii gets no credit or money and Flo Rida needs to pay up.
DeleteIf YMIBLN isn't a troll, god speed.
DeleteI'm going to refrain from getting mad, in the event I am being trolled.
"Without Flo Rida, You wouldnt have anything to dance to in clubs!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
You obviously go to shit clubs (I'm not even convinced that's a matter of opinion rather than fact), and making another version doesn't mean it is better. Pitbull just shouts one or two words in Spanish, names 3-5 major cities and 'raps' (it's really not) a few lines about taking a girl home from the club/hotel lobby.
I also agree with the anon above regarding the fact that it's copyrighted material, and even if it wasn't, credit should be given in one form or another. When an unknown producer does a remix of a song, they usually state the original artist and song name, and then have "Anon Remix" in brackets at the end.
If I'm being trolled, I'm not even mad, because I need to get this point across to people anyway.
Flo Rida took it form Avicii, no credit. Avicii took it from Pretty Lights, no credit. Pretty Lights took it from Etta James, no credit. So really Etta gets screwed, but shes dead so who gives a f*ck? Moral of the story is... music nowadays sucks and has no originality
DeleteDUDE its called a REMIX!!!!!!! They make remixes!!!!!!! Flo Rida rapping was way different from the upbeat tune of Levels!They are 2 different songs, only he remixed Levels! It sounds good both ways!!!
ReplyDeleteLol no. Mostly all of "Flo Rida's" ( I put this in quotes because they aren't really his.) hit songs are sampled. And even if they aren't, he doesn't write them. He has no originality. They are definitely not two different songs. If it was a true remix, the song would be called 'Avicii - Levels (Flo Rida Remix)'.
DeleteIt's not a Remix, it's a "Rip-off" >.> If it was a remix, credit would have been given.
ReplyDeleteWithout Flo Rida, You wouldnt have anything to dance to in clubs!!!!!!!!!!!!! W(hy)TF DO PEOPLE HATE FLO RIDA AND PITBULL THEY JUST TAKE SOnGs and MAKE THEM BETTER. SURE HE DIDNT GIVE CREDIT BUT IM SURE AVICCI DIDNT MIND!! SOMEBODY TELL ME WHY THEIR SONGS ARE SO BAD!!!!!!
DeleteBtw SOrRY About THE CapS LocK my compUTERS screWed uP
Actually, he is really upset about this, and I would be pissed off too. There would be legal problems if this happened to me. No one in the mainstream is creative anymore, stealing lyrics and melodies from 80's and 90's songs, and as displayed, even from current artists. If he is going to play it this way, Avicii needs to be given the proper credit, and, hell, he should be getting a profit considering it is more of his sonf than Flo Rida's.
DeleteHow do you know?
DeletePretty Lights was the first artist to use the Etta James sample...
ReplyDeletewrong. it was an artist called "aim" on the track "let the funk ride"
DeleteUgh. No you're wrong, that's clearly Finally moving by pretty lights in Let The Funk Ride, dumbass
DeleteTrue BigBill :)
ReplyDeleteAVICII sampled Pretty Lights remix to make the track, which Flo Rida ganked. PL even said when it first same out that it's a direct sample of his track.
ReplyDeleteIs this a real post? Are you serious? Apparently the person who wrote this did no research and really has had very limited exposure to music for the last 6 years. Pretty Lights was the first to use this sample in 2006, and was in fact the one to develop the sample in the form that it is so frequently used today. Avicii and Flo Rida both ripped off the PL sample. Not just the idea to use the Etta James sample but the actual PL sample with all the music and additional work that went into it.
ReplyDeleteThe Pretty Lights song is better than either of the ones put forth by Avicii or Flo Rida and has some semblance of musical integrity. The track put together by Pretty Lights is clearly badass and it is obvious why other artists would want to use it. However, give the real artist some credit, especially when you are degrading the original material.
To the OP: you are fucking pathetic.
dude - you're dead wrong. AIM sampled the etta james lyrics on a track called "let the funk ride". and who are you to say which song is better? grow up you arrogant child.
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DeleteI would like this comment a million times over. You said it ALL.
DeleteAvicii gets songwriter credits on "Good Feeling". He doesn't have a featured artist credit, but at least he's benefiting from it.
ReplyDeletePretty Lights, Avicii, Flo Rida, whatever. Many different artists in the history of music have used the same samples, and this is apparent both in commercial and underground music. But this really shouldn't be an issue, or else producers taking samples would end up paranoid that somewhere in the world, another producer has already used them.
Doi-Oing used the same "Something's Got a Hold on Me" vocal sample back in 1991 on his track "Good Feeling", WAY before any of the three artists mentioned over the course of discussion put their tracks out. Why don't you go accuse all three of them of ripping off his track? Or to add it all up, accuse all four of them of ripping off Etta James?
I'm not a fan of his track, but Flo Rida definitely brought more attention to Pretty Lights, Avicii, and even Etta James. And if his song allows more people to discover great music, then I'm cool with it, I guess.
I like your answer and your response the best.
DeleteAMEN BREAK FTW!
DeleteBecause flo rida took the whole song levels and pl and avicii took the lyrics from etta james... big difference
ReplyDeleteI think Flo Rida has no respect for edm artists, so that means I'm not going to give him any respect.
ReplyDeleteTo those ppl saying flo and pitt take songs and make them.better that is complete opinion. The true thing wrong is they take a complete mastered finished song that someone else did go to there million dollar producers in there million dollar studios and add a simple fist pump type beat in the background maybe fuck with the timing a bit and cut out sections for verses <<< all that could be done on the avg house cpu btw... then they have the audacity to write a cookie cutter "fresh" rap that any prsn with 4th grade reading level and the least bit of rythm could do. And this argument folks is fact now its opinion wether u think it sounds good or not so Dont get it twisted
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of 4th grade reading level, try doing better than a 4th grade writing level. It's "their" not there when showing posession in the English language. And it's not wether, it's whether. Your argument makes zero sense so don't try to put others down online when you don't know what the fuck you're talking about.
DeleteI apologize for the poor spelling im a terrible typer and i did it on my phone in a car but your right if i was trying to be smart i should of used proper grammar and spelling my bad. And also my comment wasnt meant to put anyone down it was just my point. So i would like to know how it makes zero sense and id be happy to read what you have to say then have a real conversation about it
Delete^^^ i apologize ahead for misspelled words or bad English.
I am a asshole
Deletejust a quick question about royalties, copyright and sample rights... now that the flo rida song - good feeling is in a buick commerical and probably many other commercials, who is getting paid for this song? Flo Rida, Avicii, Pretty Lights or Etta James. See this why people steal music online, no respect for the artists.
ReplyDeleteUgh. Hate it when people make assumptions about who is getting paid what royalties without knowing anything about what is going on behind the scenes between the artists. Avicii probably has a pile of cash off "Good Feeling." Also, to the OP, calling out people who are "assuming without doing any research," kind of pretentious, no? Especially when you don't even mention Dr. Luke and Cirkut as the actual producers of "Good Feeling?" Did you do any research about any of the royalties being paid to the artists? Not saying I know what kind of money is being paid to Avicii and Etta James (whoever collects her checks), but do you?
ReplyDeleteEven today with Flo Rida's Latest album, Wild Ones, he rips of songs. I Cry, its really Cry(Just a little) by the Bingo Players, and EDM group. Not only that, but In My Mind Part 2, also another song by EDM.
ReplyDeleteNo one has yet to mention that he ripped the chorus straight out of Finally Moving by Pretty Lights
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