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Originally Posted by WildHearted
But fleshing something out structurally/instrumentally is not the same thing as writing a song. It's arranging. I could take a song of Stevie's and completely change everything but the lyrics and melody and that doesn't mean I now can claim to have written my version of her song. I just made a new arrangement of it.
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In all fairness, you are absolutely correct about this. I should have made the point myself when I downplayed Stevie's talent and contribution. I should have been more fair.