Dan Bull – Dear Lily [an open letter to Lily Allen]
October 15th, 2009 | by admin |
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Description: An open letter to Lily Allen in song format, regarding her recent campaign against filesharing and her decision to quit music.
Lyrics:
Dear Lily Allen,
Remember when you pretended, Lily, that you were truly independent, Lily? Faking like you made it all alone but you were legally with Regal, part of Parlophone – oh yes. So when you lectured me, I thought I’d fileshare my thoughts on your mp3, Lily.
Now first I must sing your praises – I love your singing but I’ll just say this: I saw on your MySpace pages saying filesharing’s a new ice age, but the industry’s a recent innovation – music’s been alive, thriving since cavemen. Folk songs so long have had a place in communities that you should be amazed at it. Then one day came intellectual property, meaning if I think a thought, you can’t copy me. And if honesty’s the best policy, I’d say songs are better off without this monopoly. It’d blatantly be a major fail if they’d patented the major scale. And downloads don’t equate to sales, so taking them away won’t make me pay up – just procludes me from sending your tunes to my friends, so we all lose in the end. You lose potential fans and we lose respect for the fact that you’re desperate for cash. But what do you expect from the lass who’s collecting a fat bank cheque from the man, while her fans are collecting the glasses for minimum wage they’ll spend on her tracks?
Now please don’t be offended, Lily; I think your new CD’s splendid, Lily. Everybody’s at It and it’s Not Fair, I Could Say, The Fear was Him but He wasn’t There so let’s go Back to the Start, before 22 – all music’s in the public domain, so You.
It’s never the amateurs that’s reckon it’s damaging us, it’s the major labels saying it’s fatal; like when Napster had to pack up, wrecked by Metallica. The table’s turned now – the labels churn out a new Jezebelinternetelevangelist – and she’s fit – with a manuscript that was actually written by Mr. Michael Masnick. Can you get the irony? And by the by, Lily, I like this beat – I hope you don’t mind me thieving, ’cause even doing a cover song’s decried as stealing. But it’s alright, still, for you to plagiarise, and preach it – Don’t you believe it’s maybe time to rethink, Lily?
Put music back in the hands of the people; make the majors and amateurs equal. If anything labels strangle the freedom you claim they’re saving by banning this evil. That’s the actual reason, you see; and please don’t compare sharing to stealing – I’ve not took anything off you, I’m just spreading love for what you do. Downloaded your songs for free, then I bought my mom your CD. She likes it too, she keeps telling me, all because I pirated an mp3. Now I’ve got Matt Bellamy belling me, telling me I’m not a fan, I’m the enemy. That’s amusing, I’ve paid enough to see Muse in my time I could buy them a museum. Did you see them on that programme miming? Yeah, the pirates are killing live gigs. Maybe we should have a ban CDs appeal – then people would pay to see bands for real. Dear Lily, why are you being this silly?
Yours sincerely,
Dan Bull
P.S. – And I don’t mean any offence or anything, Lily. I just don’t think the issue’s as clear cut as you’re making out. And I know you’re going to carry on making music really. But when you’re between the devil and the deep blue sea, you need to stop worrying about pirates, and adjust your sails.
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Instrumental: “22″ by Lily Allen. If you like this version, you should check the original too
Duration : 0:3:54
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Tags: Allen, Bestival, Bull, Copyright, Dan, FAC, File, Lily, Sharing
By backmog on Oct 15, 2009
No no… a ” …
No no… a “replicator” makes an exact copy just like downloading an mp3. I’m suggesting that most would see this as one of the greatest inventions for human kind, but some would like to ensure that it never gets off the ground because they know they will never be able to make a profit from it.
I agree that copying is not stealing. I’m trying to make the point that some people are just trying to keep things the way they are for no real benefit to human kind.
By chodtedopice on Oct 15, 2009
lilly just got …
lilly just got owned
By MurderMan11 on Oct 15, 2009
Lol@Blades99 I do …
Lol@Blades99 I do in fact know what trolling is.
It’s one thing to call someone out, it’s completely another to put a tune to it and make a song out of it. lmao!
It’s more than calling someone out at this point in my opinion… But hey, I never said trolling was a BAD thing. Most of the time, if trolling is done by a really good troller, then it’s amazing. Like this video for instance.
By kaviar101 on Oct 15, 2009
… what?
If it ” …
… what?
If it “creates”, it’s not taking its product from somewhere else.
By cabbage0dusk on Oct 15, 2009
I think most people …
I think most people would see it, realise it was a rip off and not like it anyway?
Or they’d do a better job, and it’d be good for name of Star Trek?
By gotgame19rizla on Oct 15, 2009
you’ve done it …
you’ve done it again dan !!
fucking classic mate haha
By backmog on Oct 15, 2009
Ok… I’ve seen …
Ok… I’ve seen alot of comments mostly going in the same direction I agree with, but some (I’m looking at you jamescat) who think the status quo is just fine.
So my question relates to the future (kind of trekky like too). What if someone in the near future were to create a replicator like in Star Trek TNG and all the worlds people could have anything they wanted with a simple command? Would you think this is beneficial to the human race or would you still be stealing?
By Catai on Oct 15, 2009
i don’t think that …
i don’t think that rhymes, though
By zifnow on Oct 15, 2009
ahahhaah
ahahhaah
By kaviar101 on Oct 15, 2009
Niiice.
That was …
Niiice.
That was the shit.
By drstirling on Oct 15, 2009
Hey, that was tight!
Hey, that was tight!
By evizz on Oct 15, 2009
I love Lily Allen, …
I love Lily Allen, but you are totally right.
By rockdeadrockstars on Oct 15, 2009
dear lily: your …
dear lily: your redonkulous.
By Mentalspud49 on Oct 15, 2009
Btw, the comment …
Btw, the comment from Matt Bellamy was taken out of proportion, he’s actually concerned for the up and coming bands who are not getting the money they need to tour etc. He doesn’t care about the money for himself, or other artists who already have enough money. He has said in the past that he downloads music. Just throwing that out there.
By Mentalspud49 on Oct 15, 2009
Holy shit. This is …
Holy shit. This is awesome.
By finnobrit1 on Oct 15, 2009
I totally agree …
I totally agree with the message behind this video, but I wish the song itself wasn’t so serious and “right on”. It’s not like we’re talking about life or death here.
By blades99 on Oct 15, 2009
Apparently you …
Apparently you don’t know what “trolling” means. He isn’t trolling, he is calling this out on her lying, and saying that piracy really isn’t that wrong.
By MurderMan11 on Oct 15, 2009
Epic trolling video …
Epic trolling video FTW!
By benjawilliams on Oct 15, 2009
cheers man, its all …
cheers man, its all old stuff i dont have the time to finish projects nowadays, everything that i do gets half done : /
yeah youve got a good point, I’m just looking forward to dan bull’s next album! WOOOOOOOO
By lollypoppp08 on Oct 15, 2009
j’avoue!!!
j’avoue!!!
By darthvacuumcleaner on Oct 15, 2009
wait a sec… if …
wait a sec… if you earn $60k a year, and it takes a week to put together, it cost you at least $1153 in lost earnings!
By labtec514 on Oct 15, 2009
I hope he sent it …
I hope he sent it to her.
By azxten2342 on Oct 15, 2009
I’ve been using …
I’ve been using smithjolt . com while I look for another job.. lol
By sk8erboi7000 on Oct 15, 2009
Lily is being …
Lily is being singled out (and deservedly so) for the remarkably stupid way she went about it. I mean c’mon don’t tell me you can’t see the irony of her spouting off about piracy, then plagiarising someone else’s manuscript.
By spycat13 on Oct 15, 2009
I have to say that …
I have to say that I do not need to be lectured by some goggled eyed mockery company strumpet. Her actions actually compel me to use illegal download/ file sharing services. Love and kissed a new illegal file sharer. Xxx