Sam Smith and Tom Petty
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Sam Smith and Tom Petty
This is a big oops!
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... t-20150126
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Re: Sam Smith and Tom Petty
Interesting. And an amicable settlement is good
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Re: Sam Smith and Tom Petty
I love Tom Petty but maybe I'm missing something.
Are they saying "stay with me, cause you're all I need" and "won't back down, no I won't back down" is the similarity? If so, that is ridiculous. I could make a list a mile long of songs with a few similar notes.
Isn't every other country song some form of GCD?
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Are they saying "stay with me, cause you're all I need" and "won't back down, no I won't back down" is the similarity? If so, that is ridiculous. I could make a list a mile long of songs with a few similar notes.
Isn't every other country song some form of GCD?
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It wasn't so much the notes as it is the rhythm and stresses in each lyric. They are incredibly similar but I could see how the writers may have unconsciously put that song together like that. Heck maybe they heard 'Won't back down' the day before the writing session and were channeling it that way. Very interesting nonetheless.
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Side by side of the two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkcZV97O3pw
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The writers for "Stay with me" say in the article they had never heard of TP song, but the similarities are very obvious, which I think is why they decided to settle amicably.
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I don't know if you could get that close by sheer chance though. I guess it's possible but "Won't Back Down" is played so often (in the states) I can imagine even hearing it in a grocery store and pulling it as inspiration.
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Re: Sam Smith and Tom Petty
Add Corinne Bailey Rae to the list of writers. I heard Stay With Me today and found myself substituting lyrics from Put Your Records On.
Stay With Me @ 41 seconds:
http://youtu.be/pB-5XG-DbAA?t=41s
Put Your Records On @ 12 seconds:
http://youtu.be/7gPD7kY1amE?t=12s
I know the writers are young enough to know that song.
Michael
Stay With Me @ 41 seconds:
http://youtu.be/pB-5XG-DbAA?t=41s
Put Your Records On @ 12 seconds:
http://youtu.be/7gPD7kY1amE?t=12s
I know the writers are young enough to know that song.
Michael
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