

Lawyers for Kathryn previously showed Ed and members of the jury the two songs being performed live in a video that transitioned one into the other "seamlessly" and argued his 2014 concert footage amounted to proof of the alleged plagiarism. He also sang his track's opening line: "When your legs don’t work like they used to.”Įd explained the courtroom that he preferred to "write quickly" and claimed that he has even penned eight or nine songs in a day, with some tunes being put together in a matter of minutes in the past.

The 'Perfect' hitmaker then sang the phrase "I’m singing out now", which he explained was the original line when he was writing the song with collaborator Amy Wadge, and played the chord progression to the court.

On the stand in New York he said: "When I write vocal melodies, it’s like phonetics." (I’ll give you a minute to buy Callie, Unwrapped. The 32-year-old pop star is being sued by Kathryn Griffin Townsend for allegedly ripping off the 1973 classic track 'Let's Get It On', which was co-written by her late father Ed Townsend and famously performed by Marvin Gaye, for his number one hit 'Thinking Out Loud', and he picked up his guitar and briefly sang for the jury during the trial on Thursday (27.04.23). Psyched to have Romance author Amy Jo Cousins on the blog today, who’s not only one of the most prolific, supportive, and delightful people in all the land, but also wrote my 1 recommendation for I need something short and absurdly hot. Ed Sheeran sang in court in an attempt to prove his innocence.
