Earlier this week, Portishead’s Geoff Barrow took to Twitter to voice his frustrations upon hearing the Weeknd‘s new single, “Belong to the World“. As I initially wrote in my post on the track, I was kind of happy to hear someone sampling Portishead’s “Machine Gun”, if only because it could lead to more fans for one of my favorite groups. Well, it turns out that the sample wasn’t actually cleared, according to Barrow.
But wait! Barrow has now said that the Weeknd didn’t actually sample or use a sound with enough likeness to “Machine Gun”. That means there’s apparently no infringement or call for credit, Barrow wrote on Twitter. Hmph.
Seems @theweeknd have said there is no sample used or enough likeness to Machine Gun to warrant any infringement….or credit.
— Geoff Barrow (@jetfury) July 17, 2013
Im bored with..I’m not going to talk about this again..onwards!
— Geoff Barrow (@jetfury) July 17, 2013
that weekend song is turd…..id be pissed as well.
seems like Barrow is saying that the Weeknd is lying, moreso than Barrow is suggesting that the sample wasn’t a sample.
*best
and that’s how the worst Weeknd song was made….
PFFFBBBBT.