[kj] More on the Johnny Depp/Dave Vanian "coincidence"

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

Huh. Where did I say Vanian should sue anyone?

The point was: 1) Damn, look how much Johnny Depp looks like Dave Vanian 
in this new film; 2) I looked into it further, and thought, 'Wow, this 
is really weird; here's a side by side comparison.' Given Depp routinely 
borrows others' personae, it's hard to dismiss this as coincidence; 3) 
If that is so, wouldn't it be nice if Vanian got credited or even some 
residuals, given that The Damned have influenced bands that went on to 
make a lot more $$$ than them? And then I showed one hypothetical way it 
could be done, though I agreed Vanian was too modest to probably do any 
such thing anyway. (They didn't seem to care about the "Life Goes On" 
and "Eightes" similarities, after all, unlike a certain other band, who 
cared about a song's similarity.)

Of course, on this list that became "BWAHAHA! YOU THINK DAVE VANIAN 
SHOULD SUE JOHNNY DEPP BECAUSE HE HAS A STREAK IN HIS HAIR? OMG LOLOLOL!!"


-Oliver


Brendan wrote:

> And Alice Cooper would be suing the fuck out of practically everyone...and

> anyone who could settle the debate about the origins of punk and the

> origins of the punk look, would be worth billions...

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