Video footage was played in the courtroom that showed Sheeran segueing between the two songs on stage.
Ed Sheeran took the witness stand on Tuesday in Manhattan to deny allegations that his song "Thinking Out Loud" ripped off Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get it On."Ed Sheeran took the witness stand in a New York courtroom Tuesday to deny allegations that his hit song "Thinking Out Loud" ripped off Marvin Gaye's soul classic "Let's Get It On."
Sheeran, in a dark suit and tie and his trademark ginger locks, was adamant that he had come up with the song himself. His testimony was at times contentious, as he sparred during cross-examination with the plaintiff's attorney, Keisha Rice. "I'd be an idiot to stand on a stage in front of 20,000 people and do that," Sheeran said about the accusation that he copied songs.
"We have a smoking gun," he said of the concert footage showing Sheeran flipping between the two songs.Sheeran looked on as his lawyer, Ilene Farkas, insisted that Sheeran and a co-writer, Amy Wadge, wrote their song independently and did not steal from Townsend and Gaye.The chord progression and basic building blocks in Sheeran's song are frequently used, and didn't appear first in "Let's Get It On," his lawyer said.
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