Musical plagarism

[Mike_is_God]

Ok, this is something that has been bothering me since I first heard this (poor excuse for a) song. To me, it sounds like they've taken Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day), Wonderwall (Oasis) and a song called Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough (Patti Smyth & Don Henley) Feel free to add your own!

I know I'm gonna sound like a old person, but goddammit! In my day, people actually wrote their own music! If George Harrison can get sued for My Sweet Lord, why has no-one commented on the blatant plagarism in this shit!?

Am I the only one who sees it?

YouTube - Simple Plan - Your Love Is A Lie

 

[Meirionnydd]

Am I the only one who sees it?

Nope, 1:26 on that video sounded a hell of alot like Wonderwall.

 

[Mase]

Plagiarising songs is just a lazy attempt at making music. We need more artists that put originality and innovation into their music. Too many generic and unoriginal bands these days.

 

[Mike_is_God]

Exactly my point. I'm picking on this song in particular coz it's getting flogged on the radio right now, and every time I hear it I wonder when Oasis or Green Day are gonna start claiming their royalties! But there's a lot of it going on.

Never thought 'd say it, but oh, for the good old days!

 

[Natasha]

Hmmm...I can see what you mean, but I don't think it's that noticeable, really. Just one of those "hey, that kinda sounds like _____________________."

 

[Peter Parka]

Everyone does it at one point or another though, Oasis have plagarised a few songs in their time too.

 

[Mike_is_God]

Everyone does it at one point or another though, Oasis have plagarised a few songs in their time too.

Oasis plagarise their own music!

 

[NicAuf]

Simple Plan sucks anyway, nobody says anything about them stealing music, cuz they aren't making any money anyways lol

 

[Obdurate]

Yeah no kidding. They're a sad excuse for a band.
Besides, if they rip off better songs, it would be an improvement.

 

[Zorak]

Yeah I totally hear it lol, It's so obvious.

Sometimes it can be accidental, there's a song by Rory Gallagher called Shadow Play, and it sounds remarkabley like the more famous Sultans of Swing by Dire Straights.
I think Sultans of Swing came out slightly before, but we're talking a few months, so it would just be a case of two musicians writing a similar song I would imagine.

Just for reference if anyone is interesting in hearing the similarities:

Sultans of Swing:
YouTube - Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

Shadow Play
YouTube - Rory Gallagher - Shadow Play (1978)

 

[skyblue]

well i can hear that its heavily influenced but plagurism i'm not sure about......i quite like it

 

[SYN]

lol wasn't weird al a master at that... cuz he stole most of the artists hit songs and just changed some of the lyrics lol

 

[Obdurate]

lol Yeah but he was funny and he did parodies.

 

[Zorak]

lol Yeah but he was funny and he did parodies.

Yeah parodies are legal and actually protected by the US constitution, plageurism however is illegal.

 

[SYN]

lol Yeah but he was funny and he did parodies.

but thats pretty gay...