Legal

Similarities noted between new Madonna and old Brasil

By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 14 February 2012

Lady Gaga should possibly take note, Madonna may take it as a compliment when you rip off one of her songs, but will whoever Madonna rips off take it with such good grace? That is to say, if Gaga were to rip of new Madge track ‘Give Me All Your Luvin’, she might find legal reps for Brazilian producer Joao Brasil at her door. Though, that said, Brasil would probably take it as a compliment too. So go ahead Gaga, borrow as many Madonna hooks as you want.

Anyway, the point here really is that label and legal reps for producer and musician Brasil are reportedly considering legal action over ‘Give Me All Your Luvin’, Madonna’s new single (the one with Nicki Minaj and MIA guesting), after various people noted similarities between it and Brasil tune ‘LOVE Banana’. I think it’s mainly the cheerleading bit that is particularly similar, though that may just be the nature of cheerleading, and while in Madge’s new record it’s the pop queen herself being cheered, Brasil’s track – as its title may suggest – celebrates the much more modest banana.

Anyway, whether or not there is a case for claiming Madonna’s track copies ‘LOVE Banana’ in any way, this probably won’t go legal, mainly because Brasil insists he’s too big a Madonna fan to consider suing her. He told Brazil’s Folha da Sao Paulo newspaper: “I still don’t understand what happened. I’m a huge fan of hers. If it’s plagiarism, then even better. She is always at the cutting edge of music, so it’s a good sign about what I do… It’s in their hands, they’re looking at how to proceed and what they can do. But personally I don’t want to do anything. The last thing I need in my life is a fight with Madonna”.

Anyway, if you want to compare and contrast, or just join MIA and Minaj in some champion cheerleading of Madonna, or perhaps chant along as Brasil and his mate Lovefoxx big up the banana, here are the video links…