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T.G.I. Friday’s Denies Lifting Song From LCD Soundsystem
nymag.com 2 days, 10 hours agoJames Murphy. Last week, we told you about the minor controversy surrounding a new T.G.I. Friday's ad: Its background music sounds similar to LCD Soundsystem's "Daft Punk Is Playing at My House." We reached out to Friday's, and Trey Hall, the company's chief marketing officer, got back to us: "Friday’s has always and continues to respect the rights of all artists. The music in question is original content that was created for the Friday’s brand; and therefore we do not believe it infringes on any artist cop
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Did T.G.I. Friday’s Lift An LCD Soundsystem Song For A New Ad?
nymag.com 6 days, 15 hours agoOr maybe he's just a big fan of Long Island Iced Teas? Pitchfork certainly thinks so! The soundtrack of a new T.G.I. Friday's ad is a song that sounds like a generic-y, low-rent version of "Daft Punk Is Playing at My House" (the evidence, in the form of the ad, is below). It's hard to argue with the similarities, so we put in a call to T.G.I. Friday's to see what they have to say, but haven't heard anything back yet. It is Friday (TGIF, right?!), so maybe they're all down at the restaurant kicking off the w
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