So most people here are aware that P!nk's classic U & Ur Hand is slightly similar to The Veronica's 4ever (the chrous' anyway). Well, Butch Walker, P!nk's frequent producer and long time good friend details about how P!nk nearly jumpoed him at a party and how she refuses to work with him again (all in his book). Good read on Avril's Girlfriend song too.
Old news but interesting.
Quote:
Dr. Luke apparently is known for chopping up old songs on Pro Tools and changing the smallest part necessary to consider it a new song. So he chops up an old song he did with another artist. Gives it to Pink. Basically selling the same song twice. But she didn't know until after the song was out. And she was pissed. She confronted him about it and told him to F off she would never work with him again. He says she never liked him in the first place but was working with Max and this guy was brought it.
|
On Avril's "Girlfriend"
Quote:
He then pulled something similar on Butch with Avril's song. I don't know her songs but he said it was like Oh Mickey. He manipulated her in a way that made it look like she took part in him stealing Butch's idea for a song that he presented to Avril before she met Dr. Luke. Apparently they (Luke and Avril) were sued and settled out of court by some other party.
Butch claims he essentially stole a million dollars from him because the song was a hit. He then goes on to say without naming names that Dr. Luke is a 40 year old coke head Addidas track suit wearing loser despite having a number of massive hits.
He came up with the idea and got clearance for Mickey. The label liked his concept and it was going to be the first single on her album. He was the first person working on the album. Months later she is working with Luke on another track. Plays the Mickey song, he tells her he can do better. Then she goes to Butch and wants to make changes. Butch thinks Luke was whispering in her ear about it. Because by this point Luke is massive and he has artists believing that whatever they did with other producers he can out do it because look, he's that sure fire hit maker guy. When Luke started remaking it Butch told him he would not share producer credit. So Luke and Avril start working on the song but Butch didn't know exactly what was being done because everyone surrounding the project were all of sudden tight lipped. But her band spilled that they were rehearsing a song that sounded like Mickey and that's when he knew what was going on. Luke just changed the chorus which he stole from another group and got sued for. When Butch called him on it. Luke was surprised Butch heard the final product and then flipped out and was acting guilty. He then blames Avril for everything. Butch told him to watch his back because he will be effing him up next time he sees him. Avril felt so bad she burst out in tears when she finally had the guts to call him and basically apologize. Butch confronts Luke at a holiday party and all Luke can say is that he has all of these top 5 hits on the radio at the moment like some four year old. Butch is thrown out of the party after he is pulled off of Luke. End story.
|
All credit goes to Mpol from Pulse.
Sorry it's not direct qutoes from the book. I have read bits and pieces of it and it's all in there. This is just a summary. Also a lot of stuff about song of the songs P!nk and butch produced together.
EDIT:
More pics from the book below thanks to Robert.
Source: It's all in Butch Walker's book, "Drinking With Strangers".