Elvis Costello on Olivia Rodrigo plagiarism claims: It’s OK, I do it, too
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nypost.comtweeted Monday, linking to an article about 18-year-old Rodrigo being accused of plagiarism by multiple artists. Costello, however, quickly made clear that he’s not hopping on that “plagiarism” bandwagon, — and is actually a proponent of sharing riffs.“This is fine by me, Billy,” Costello, 66, responded that same day. “It’s how rock and roll works.
You take the broken pieces of another thrill and make a brand new toy. That’s what I did #subterreaneanhomesickblues #toomuchmonkeybusiness.”The hashtags reference the fact that “Pump It Up” was inspired by Bob Dylan’s 1965 song “Subterranean Homesick Blues,” which was in turn inspired by Chuck Berry’s 1956 song “Too Much Monkey Business.” Courtney Love, meanwhile, is far less supportive of what.
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