jnorman Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 i have heard the new song "listen to your heart" a couple of times now (i dont know who it is by), and it sure sounds like a significant plagarization of the song "what about love" done by heart many years ago. there are entire phrases that they have just completely lifted from the heart song - melody line, chord progression, accompaniment, and even basic arrangement. how can they do this? did they pay some royalty to be able to use so much of the essence of the earlier heart song? jnorman sunridge studios salem, oregon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Doe Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Wasn't that song done 10 or so years ago by Roxette? No signature required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeleCarlos Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Right... 10 yrs?!? I think I was in high school back then. Slow danse song for the prom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrancedelicBlues Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 Yeah, they keep remaking old songs. The Roxette song does bear a striking resemblance to the Heart song, now that you bring it to my attention. Which one was first? Maybe Heart copied Roxette instead of the other way around? I remember seeing an interview one time with Ray Manzerek of the Doors. The interviewer asked him if they had copied "All of the day and all of the night" to write "Hello, I love you, won't you tell me your name." At first he was all like, "No, they are completely different..." Then he started humming the Kinks song. He ended up capitulating, saying, "Please don't sue us, Ray..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 I don't know the Roxette song, but it was released 15 years ago. (1990). Heart released "What About Love" on the Heart album. That would be 20 years ago. I went to the concert in support of this album at the U of Iowa's basketball arena in 1986. It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblue1 Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 Originally posted by TrancedelicBlues: Yeah, they keep remaking old songs. The Roxette song does bear a striking resemblance to the Heart song, now that you bring it to my attention. Which one was first? Maybe Heart copied Roxette instead of the other way around? I remember seeing an interview one time with Ray Manzerek of the Doors. The interviewer asked him if they had copied "All of the day and all of the night" to write "Hello, I love you, won't you tell me your name." At first he was all like, "No, they are completely different..." Then he started humming the Kinks song. He ended up capitulating, saying, "Please don't sue us, Ray..." Yeah, but if they set that precedent with the Doors, then they'd have to sue themselves for semi-plagiarizing so many of their own songs. As much as I love some of those early Kinks songs, I can't tell you how glad I was when they moved on to new beats and progressions... bookmark these: news.google.com | m-w dictionary | wikipedia encyclopedia | Columbia Encyclopedia TK Major / one blue nine | myspace.com/onebluenine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mats Olsson. Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 Ever compared Roxette's song "The Look" with Prince's "U Got The Look"? Per Gessle gets "inspired" by other songs a lot... http://www.lexam.net/peter/carnut/man.gif What do we want? Procrastination! When do we want it? Later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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