I Wanna New Ghostbusters Theme

Happy Halloween!!!

Since Huey Lewis and The News' I Want A New Drug and Ray Parker Jr.'s Ghostbusters have the same bass line I thought it would be fun to make them into one song. I tried to re-shoot the video scene for scene as best I could with what I had. So enjoy.

And have a safe and happy Halloween.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• ghostbusters
• ant
• new
• drug
• huey
• lewis
• ray
• parker
• music
• gateway

[gkilgore9]

Beautiful. YOu're bangin my friend

[musicisthegateway]

I do all my own stunts too

[TheGrammarian]

You're fucking adorable, music. <3 you! =)

[musicisthegateway]

I know, right? thanks

[aaron5000]

If only Ray Parker Jr. would have thought of this first. Think of the career he could have had!

[mooheiferghandi]

There's a reason they sound alike. It's called plagiarism. Huey sued Ray and settled out of court.

[benderfry100]

They sound the same because Ghostbusters copied Huey Lewis, then Lewis sued them. Good mash-up, though.

[flynt007]

You my friend ,,,,,,,are BAKED!!! LoL Loved the video.

[strawberryjombi]

John Candy would've beat up the ghosts.

[musicisthegateway]

@sandmoover Said the troll that never did anything.

[sandmoover]

@joeyraccoon, I agree that in a short burst one sounds just like the other. And it's believable that Ray Parker was inspired by Lewis.. But as soon as I let them play I feel they are pretty different songs. And there a zillion songs with similar progression structures. So having a sound like another group, isn't the same thing as stealing a song. I think the judge should have been forced to learn something about music. Also dozens of Christmas songs all sound a like as well.

[sandmoover]

2, But beyond this, the melodies differ the most, and it's the melody that define the song, not the progressions underneath. So yes, in a short 3 second burst, one can remind you of the other, but they both have different changes, different melodies, not to mention lyrics. The singer in this video isn't as clever as he thinks he is, and from the hideous singing/playing it's also apparent why he never got anywhere.

[sandmoover]

What's wrong with the comparison is that you are only showing how melody of one song can be played over the other due to a simplistic bass line which is true of MANY songs. Also both bass lines are different, and especially melodies. And in this demo, you don't switch the bass line to ghost busters, but keep Huey one. The problem is unsophisticated listeners pick up on both arrangements having moog synth bass on 8ths, with fuzz guitar and think that qualifies for a "copy", but are wrong.

[joeyraccoon]

Ray Parker had to settle . . . because HE RIPPED IT OFF . . . (troo)

[mistertrucker]

Real good. Funny.

[helloweenarctico]

Amazing D=