Elvis Costello really doesn’t mind if Olivia Rodrigo is using a guitar riff from his song. In fact, he doesn’t necessarily mind if any artist does, saying that that’s just how the music industry works. Billy Edwards noted on Twitter that that the first song off the album, “Brutal,” is “a pretty much direct lift from Elvis Costello.” But Costello quickly came to Rodrigo’s defense. It’s how rock and roll works,” Costello tweeted back. #subterreaneanhomesickblues #toomuchmonkeybusiness — Elvis Costello (@ElvisCostello) June 28, 2021Costello added hashtag references to Bob Dylan’s 1965 hit Subterranean Homesick Blues, which inspired “Pump It Up” — the song containing the riff in question — and Chuck Berry’s 1956 single Too Much Monkey Business, which influenced the Dylan song.

Source: The Guardian August 13, 2022 20:36 UTC