The other day while watching a bit of the Grammies, Lady Antebellum came on and sang their release: "Need You Now." I turned to my wife and asked "Is this a new song?" She said "Yes," but I knew I had heard it before. Mystery solved...give a listen to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS1z2inwJ2o
It was a huge hit last year. Played constantly on the radio.
I'm not a fan of theirs, but I think that's a great song.
OMG. I can't believe I never noticed that before!!!
Sorry. No thank you.
I like Lady A, but I don't think that's the best song they have.
At least Lady "A", is apparantly NOT related to Lady "G"..
Of course not - different last names!
HB>! good point!,
"Lady" G is the trashy, New York area cousin of Lady A, and "Lady" G gets all the headlines because of her crazy behavior. Put that in your meat dress sandwich and take a big bite! ;)
Lady A does have some good music, so I was disappointed to find out that this particular song, "Need You Now," is a rip-off of "Eye In The Sky." Can you say "lawsuit?"
On the other hand, I find nothing worthwhile in Lady G.
And might i point out the using the term "Lady" G, might be pushing it a little. Oh well cant wait for MM and all that great music!! NOT!
I like Lady Antebellum; and I use to like their song "Need you now."
However after hearing it play constantly on the radio and at work, I tend to cring everytime I hear the intro to that song!
When I saw that that song won "song of the year" I was not surprised, it truly did deserve that title. When I think back to 2010, thats definatly the song that plays over and over in my head.
Well, Lady G at least can write her own music and she really does have very good singing chops. And her costume design is awesome. The thing is, she knows what sells, and therefore she's also a very smart business-woman. She's financially set for life. Go her!
I really like that Lady A song; I don't know if I've ever heard any of their other stuff.
Melodies cannot be copyrighted (is that a word? :o). The copyright applies to the lyrics. With only 8 Major chords, it is inevitable that the same melodies (or at least very similar) will show up in more than one song.
Melodies cannot be copyrighted? Hmmmm...so if I recorded an instrumental...say the Beatles' instrumental "Flying," or maybe "Dueling Banjos," its mine, all mine? Maybe I misunderstood you? :)
I believe that melodies can be copyrighted if they are written down on sheet music or a lead sheet, although chord progressions cannot. Example: the legal trouble George Harrison experienced with My Sweet Lord for which he was accused of plagiarizing Ronald Mack's He's So Fine. The court found that he was guilty of copyright infringement.
^^^I think Vanilla Ice would disagree.
Apparently this is a really slippery slope. As I said before there are only so many notes. Parodies (which use exactly the same music) are legal per the supreme court. I can list hundreds of songs with the same progressions and time signatures that sound almost the same. Maybe they could just sing it in a different key. Then the notes are technically not the same.
Sometimes these lawsuits go forward and sometimes they get tossed. There isn't really a definitive precident. How much the melody has to be changed is left to interpretation.
With millions and millions of songs written every day, how can you ever be sure you're not ripping somebody off?
I wonder if the writer of the song " In The Summertime" can sue for copyright infringement because the alarms on the ventilators we use at the hospital are the same as that melody.......da da dot da dot da da da da dot
oldscer!! what r u doing?
auditioning to get hired for moonlight madness????
Millions of Dollars are made each year by songwriters whose songs have been turned into ringtones, it would not surprise me if some copyright holder gets paid each time that another alarm or paging system unit gets sold that plays their song. When they came up with the "singing bass" plaques a few years ago, you bet someone got paid for the song snippets on those things. Legally, a business cannot play a radio in their shop unless they pay royalties for the recorded songs the radio station plays. It's also illegal to play a DVD intended for "home viewing only" in a public area. If it was my song, movie, or TV show, you bet I'd want to be paid for its use.
Know where I can get reasonable Elton John tickets in Springfield?
If you find a place, let me know! I tried at noon on Saturday to get into the ticket purchasing, but gave up after being in the "Waiting Room" for close to an hour.