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Old 05-02-2011, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by tabruns View Post
I think it has to say that. You can't say "lyrics by E. A. Poe" because he *didn't* write lyrics to a song: He's been dead! So since he didn't actively write lyrics to this specific song, you have to say "adapted from Edgar Allen Poe".

Seriously, you can't slam Stevie for supposedly not crediting someone. She's very conscientious about that. She even offered Prince 10% royalties on "Stand Back", just because his "Red Velvet Car" inspired the song.
and because he wrote the beat and keyboard parts and played on it.
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