Radiohead, Jarvis Cocker, and Warner Bro’s vs. Canadian Folk Band
October 9th, 2005 . by JillyCanadian folk group Wyrd Sisters are suing members of Radiohead, Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker and Warner Brothers Movies over the new Harry Potter film.
According to XFM News…
The Wyrd Sisters, who have been around for 15 years, are suing Warner Brothers Entertainment Canada, Warner Brothers Records, Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker and Radiohead’s Phil Selway and Jonny Greenwood for trademark infringement in an Ontario court.
This stems from a scene in the new Harry Potter movie, ‘Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire’, in which a band of wizards play at the Hogwarts Yule Ball. The band comprised of Cocker, Radiohead drummer Phil Selway and guitarist Jonny Greenwood are called The Wyrd Sisters.
I don’t understand why this band is suing Phil, Johnny, and Jarvis. Why didn’t they sue J.K Rowling from the get go, for using their name in the book?
In other Radiohead news…they’re back in the studio. They’ve been keeping an online journal about the making of their new album. The picture above is possible song titles that will end up on the new album. Green Plastic was kind enough to decode Thom’s chicken scratches…
01. No Shame
02. Videotape
03. Solutions
04. House of Cards
05. Bodysnatchers?
06. Morning M’ Lord
07. Faust Arp
08. Suit Don’t Fit
09. Nude
10. Arpeggi
11. Open Pick
12. A Pig’s Ear
13. Trills
14. Reckoner
15. Skirting on the Surface
16. Fela Kuti
17. Can Stylee
18. Burn the Witch
19. Down is the new Up
20. Walking on Stage Now
21. Last Flowers
It’ll be interesting to see if this album has a different sound to it. They’ve fulfilled their contractual obligations to EMI and are now label-less. And they seem quite happy about it. Part of me is excited to hear that. Maybe we’ll get something more like Ok Computer and less like Hail to the Thief. Its rumored that they’ll be finished by the end of the year, and that the album will be released Spring 2006.
I hope we get someting between Talk Show Host and I Might Be Wrong. I love Ok Computer but that would lower them to the likes of Coldplay. burhur…someone knock on wood!