Plagiarism In Songs

Discussion in 'Bulletin Board' started by dreamboy3000, Mar 28, 2019.

  1. dreamboy3000

    dreamboy3000 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 20, 2005
    Messages:
    59,172
    Likes Received:
    25,890
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    DB3K Towers
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    I see George Ezra is the latest in a long line in recent years such as the song Blurred Lines and artist Ed Sheeran to be involved in bother. So his big hit single is Shotgun......



    Which sounds like this song that he claims to have never have heard before.....



    It can't be denied the tune to the chorus is the same and Ezra has even got in the trumpet part. Maybe it's just a coincidence because on a guitar there is only so many ways you can make a tune without it sounding similar to something. But as far as copyright claims have go it's closer than some I have read about in the past.
     
    dreamboy3000, Mar 28, 2019
    #1
  2. On yer tyke

    On yer tyke Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 27, 2018
    Messages:
    2,711
    Likes Received:
    3,723
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    In all fairness I've never heard of the bottom one either.
     
    On yer tyke, Mar 28, 2019
    #2
  3. Men

    Menai Tyke Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 8, 2011
    Messages:
    10,656
    Likes Received:
    7,381
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Earth
    Style:
    Barnsley
    Honestly couldn’t accuse one of copying the other Tbh.
     
    Menai Tyke, Mar 28, 2019
    #3
  4. Vesp77

    Vesp77 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 6, 2017
    Messages:
    2,605
    Likes Received:
    2,788
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Style:
    Barnsley
    George Ezra is an abomination.
     
    Vesp77, Mar 28, 2019
    #4
    sir ronald likes this.
  5. Redhelen

    Redhelen Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 29, 2018
    Messages:
    37,637
    Likes Received:
    44,105
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Female
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Similarities not plagiarism. He was great live at the arena.
     
    Redhelen, Mar 28, 2019
    #5
  6. Gre

    GreenyTyke Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 9, 2016
    Messages:
    1,537
    Likes Received:
    457
    Trophy Points:
    83
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    Layabout
    Location:
    Everywhere
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Don't like George Ezra but who ever the bottom bloke is must be mad to think he's nicked anything from his song cos it's woeful and except for a couple of instruments used in both its incredibly different.
     
    GreenyTyke, Mar 28, 2019
    #6
  7. #FWF

    #FWF Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 22, 2011
    Messages:
    1,886
    Likes Received:
    1,347
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley Dark
    I found a few songs recently that I loved as a kid that I didn't realise were ripped off from other tunes.

    New Order's Blue Monday for example:

     
    #FWF, Mar 28, 2019
    #7
  8. Old Goat

    Old Goat Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 15, 2017
    Messages:
    8,070
    Likes Received:
    14,927
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    And this one...



    which nicked the riff from this one...

     
    Old Goat, Mar 28, 2019
    #8
    TitusMagee likes this.
  9. man

    mansfield_red Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 18, 2011
    Messages:
    10,489
    Likes Received:
    17,435
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    I think a lot of plagiarism is probably unconscious - the artist hears something in the background that worms its way in and reappears when they rack their brains whilst trying to write a new song. Something like this is probably a good example - I can't imagine Chris Martin is a huge Joe Satriani fan but might have heard it somewhere at some point.



    Having said that there are clearly times when there is a clear and knowing rip-off. As much as I love them, Led Zeppelin were possibly the worst for doing it.
     
    mansfield_red, Mar 29, 2019
    #9
  10. Vesp77

    Vesp77 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 6, 2017
    Messages:
    2,605
    Likes Received:
    2,788
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Style:
    Barnsley
    Killing Joke, fookin amazing band.
     
    Vesp77, Mar 29, 2019
    #10
    Load Bearing Pillar and Old Goat like this.
  11. Old Goat

    Old Goat Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 15, 2017
    Messages:
    8,070
    Likes Received:
    14,927
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    True. I first heard "Requiem" on John Peel's Festive Fifty and bought their debut album on the strength of it. Been enjoying their music ever since.

    Bloody hell, that all seems a long time ago...
     
    Old Goat, Mar 29, 2019
    #11
    Vesp77 likes this.
  12. Red

    RedMonk Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 8, 2011
    Messages:
    2,248
    Likes Received:
    1,831
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    I've often thought to myself by the middle of this century you won't be able to create a song without it sounding like another.
     
    RedMonk, Mar 29, 2019
    #12
  13. Stephen Dawson

    Stephen Dawson Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 25, 2018
    Messages:
    36,226
    Likes Received:
    30,996
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Oasis Cigarettes and Alcohol and T-Rex Twentieth Century Boy. Hello that Gary Glitter song.
     
    Stephen Dawson, Mar 29, 2019
    #13
  14. Redstone

    Redstone Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 10, 2005
    Messages:
    16,074
    Likes Received:
    11,516
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley Dark
    Suppose it could be a fine line between influence and plagiarism.
     
    Redstone, Mar 29, 2019
    #14
  15. Carlycu5tard

    Carlycu5tard Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 15, 2014
    Messages:
    947
    Likes Received:
    358
    Trophy Points:
    63
    Location:
    Wombwell
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Carlycu5tard, Mar 29, 2019
    #15
  16. Carlycu5tard

    Carlycu5tard Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 15, 2014
    Messages:
    947
    Likes Received:
    358
    Trophy Points:
    63
    Location:
    Wombwell
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Duplicate
     
    Carlycu5tard, Mar 29, 2019
    #16

Share This Page