who owns the rights to the song under pressure
Under Pressure Controversy arose when Vanilla Ice sampled the Bassline for his 1990 single "Ice Ice Baby". Initially he denied the accusation, and then said he had modified it,[67] and did not originally pay songwriting credit or royalties to Queen and Bowie.[68][69] A lawsuit resulted in Bowie and all the members of Queen being given songwriting credit for the sample. Vanilla Ice later claimed to have purchased the publishing rights to "Under Pressure".[70][71] Vanilla Ice said buying the song made more financial sense than paying out royalties.[70]
Thick as a Brick Jethro Tull's frontman and songwriter Ian Anderson was surprised when critics called the band's previous album, Aqualung (1971), a "concept album". He rejected this, thinking it was simply a collection of songs, so in response decided to "come up with something that really is the mother of all concept albums".[2] Taking the surreal English humor of Monty Python as an influence, he began to write a piece that would combine complex music with a sense of humour, with the idea it would poke light-hearted fun at the band, the audience, and the music critics.[2] He also intended to satirise the progressive rock genre that was popular at the time.[3]