As a songwriter, I have accidentally written creep 3 different times
@ianmcgregor82684 жыл бұрын
Shawn Connolly THIS IS GOLD MY G
@laurahulland4 жыл бұрын
Hilarious! Its like soft rock monkeys and typewriters. Eventually Creepy Shakespeare
@tegesnripendra94734 жыл бұрын
lol
@BibleStorm4 жыл бұрын
@@fennecbesixdouze1794 fuck, settle down. Dude didn't say that he deserves royalties from these 3 songs because he figured out the chords.
@unknown-hx2oy4 жыл бұрын
Omg same
@sultanofswing446 жыл бұрын
In a stunning turn of events, all three are sueing Beato for stealing their music in his new song "The Creepy Air that I get for Free"
@CamerondeGrey5 жыл бұрын
Owen Polley omfgrofl
@lincolnhawk46715 жыл бұрын
What?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Haha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@robertchanrussell20105 жыл бұрын
Awesome, thanks for the laugh
@mithileshtarkar15 жыл бұрын
Owen Polley hahhahaa nailed it bro :P
@firstthessalonian68895 жыл бұрын
That was good
@gamecat19234 жыл бұрын
For anyone coming to this new, a lawsuit never materialised, and Del Ray still has writing credit on her song.
@ninjeff4 жыл бұрын
nice! thanks!
@planpitz41904 жыл бұрын
Ah ,thank you ! By the way, is there anything new by Aphex Twin?
@ajaxlewis76644 жыл бұрын
APHEX TWIN FAN HERE
@TheToycloser4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. That's exactly why I was looking at the comments.
@richardroberson25644 жыл бұрын
@@planpitz4190 I wish
@cdd1craig5 жыл бұрын
To be fair Lana del Ray follows the same vocal pitch and volume changes and vocal structure as creep. It's not simply chord progression.
@endoffate54755 жыл бұрын
Exactly and the vocal line from Creep is diff from The air that i breath.
@maulcs5 жыл бұрын
It's extremely close, too close to be coincidental
@pvthfindxr5 жыл бұрын
he changed the key to creep. so there is a difference
@oresthopiak86095 жыл бұрын
@@pvthfindxr changing key is not a real solution, if the melody line is 90% similar, Lana will have to pay (even though I think that such lawsuits are stupid)
@kpag30305 жыл бұрын
cdd1craig I agree. It’s a dead ringer
@jaco51875 жыл бұрын
"I wish I found some chords in an order that is new" - Twenty One Pilots
@callofcaymen30075 жыл бұрын
^ inversions and sus chords
@stevenbender665 жыл бұрын
jaco5187. Hey, I wrote that......see you in court. Lol
@nox42985 жыл бұрын
Imight Realperson wrong
@jonnyb27744 жыл бұрын
There’s four chords ? - green day.
@tamashoxd4 жыл бұрын
@@callofcaymen3007 microtonalities, changing the rythm, just one chord or even not using chords, just fifths...
@lunarlegend89246 жыл бұрын
In another 10-15 years lana should sue the next person down the latter
Lunar Legend clavius and Robert Milak its either down the line or down the road or along the chain. another phrase for this situation would be passing the buck. As in their just gonna keep passing the buck so none of them get stuck with it. And down the latter makes absolutely no sense.
@hakonsoreide5 жыл бұрын
So, if Radiohead wins, would the Hollies get a chunk of Lana Del Rey's song equivalent to their share of "Creep"?
@HDJoltTV4 жыл бұрын
Fennec Besixdouze lol is that true fr fr?
@Atlas654 жыл бұрын
Yes the songwriters of the Air that I breath, (Hollies didn't write it, Just did a cover on it) since they already own a part of Creep. And they, or the estate. Actually probably their label are the ones that are sueing. Not Radiohead. -Btw if that is the case, the songwriters of the Air that I Breath are sueing Del Rey. That is quit ridiculous, Since the chorus is from Creep is what sounds like Del Rey's song. That melody is nowhere to be found in the Air that I Breath. That melody is completely original from Radiohead.
@ccmkoho4 жыл бұрын
Albert Hammond “it never rains in so California” fame wrote the song
@turdferguson21493 жыл бұрын
@@Atlas65 The melody is not "completely original" from Radiohead that is one of the most ignorant things I've ever heard.
@turdferguson21493 жыл бұрын
@@red5llaw You're thinking way too deep into this lol Albert Hammond literally wrote and made the song, "Air that I breathe". The Hollies got the rights to the song from Albert Hammond. And if you're accusing Albert Hammond of theft, you should do some research on him because he's actually very creative and talented. He also wrote the song, "It never rains in Southern California". And he's also very much so still alive. ;)
@soullighter3 жыл бұрын
1957 - Elvis Presley - That's When Your Heartaches Begin. 1965 - Aline - Christophe 1969 - Carry the Weight - the beattles 1972 - Albert Hammond - The Air That I Breathe 1974 - The Hollies - The Air That I Breathe 1992 - Radiohead - Creep 2003 - Vuelve - Latin Dreams 2008 - Los Ronaldos - No puedo vivir sin ti 2015 - Mon Lafarte - Tu forma de querer 2016 - Cruel Youth - Mr. Watson 2017 - Get Free - Lana Del Rey
@Gainn3 жыл бұрын
You missed : world of love - sharon jones
@msalazar4133 жыл бұрын
Ares This is hilarious.
@LRZRAY3 жыл бұрын
2020 - Diodato - Fai Rumore
@mloftin64723 жыл бұрын
I don't mean to ruin your point with my question, but do all those songs share the same chord progression?
@ckaz0073 жыл бұрын
I guess it's alright to steal from the French, Christophe is the same as The Air That I Breathe.
@richardlee-graham60643 жыл бұрын
All Radiohead have achieved with this is to make more people aware that Creep ripped off the Hollies
@dervaumann13 жыл бұрын
Is this another case of the Streisand effect? It seems like it.
@chuckthebull3 жыл бұрын
Streisand effect on action,,
@chuckthebull3 жыл бұрын
@@dervaumann1 just noticed your comment..yup
@brigittefalderbaum56823 жыл бұрын
radiohead released in rainbows fully free, it’s not like them to pursue cash
@chuckthebull3 жыл бұрын
@@brigittefalderbaum5682 then it's about ego
@kunalbhattacharya17525 жыл бұрын
It's not about the money, it's about sending a message - Joker
@quickscopeoneeighty91584 жыл бұрын
"That was no message... This, is a message." - Makarov
@jaspermcminnis55384 жыл бұрын
@@quickscopeoneeighty9158" The American thought he could deceive us".
@rockytopg47673 жыл бұрын
"I am spartacus" -Bob Ross
@raflyrivaldi45553 жыл бұрын
"You wouldn't get it" - another Joker
@ermanevcil3 жыл бұрын
@@j_freed hahah awesome catch !
@scaho3 жыл бұрын
It’s a chain reaction. Lana “steals” from Radiohead, Radiohead steals from the Hollies, the hollies steal from Elvis Presley, Elvis steals from Vasily Kalinnikov.
@Manu-pj3ie3 жыл бұрын
How does elvis copy from nietzsche..
@arpitdas42633 жыл бұрын
@@Manu-pj3ie He was a creep,he was a weirdo,what the hell was he doing here?
@terrybull29033 жыл бұрын
Elvis was not a songwriter
@ghostnspectors93003 жыл бұрын
@@arpitdas4263 hahaha...oh the fucking irony!
@thedalillama3 жыл бұрын
Our programmers only have so much code.
@4wardnthought2344 жыл бұрын
"You are trying to steal what I have rightfully stolen" -the Sicilian
@shadowbanned51644 жыл бұрын
Put Creep and The Air That I breathe side by side and they are two completely different songs
@w12ath0402114 жыл бұрын
Let me put it this way have you heard of Led Zeppelin, Elvis, Rolling Stones? Yes. Thieves. Reeally?
@LOLCoolJ6 жыл бұрын
Today I Learned The Hollies invented the I, III, IV, iv progression. I guess a lot of people owe them money.
@el_catto_uwu6 жыл бұрын
The progression it's I - V/VI - IV - IVm. And was not invented by them. "The air that I breath" it's a cover of a song by Albert Hammond.
@DroneCorpse6 жыл бұрын
G-B-C-Cm is literally I - III - IV - iv
@JazzGuitarScrapbook6 жыл бұрын
No they did not. You can find a similar chord progression in hymn tune harmonisations for instance. One example that springs to mind is A Closer Walk With Thee (also works for happy birthday). There's good reason why chord progressions are not subject to copyright....
@el_catto_uwu6 жыл бұрын
No, my friend. The third grade of a diatonic scale its a minor chord, but in this progression that third grade it's major (B major), cause' it's a secondary dominant chord. Thats one of the reasons of why this progression sounds so special and unique, and also easily recognizable.
@mdee25816 жыл бұрын
i don't think its just the chord progression…maybe you should watch that video again lol
@EhurtAfy5 жыл бұрын
I'm sure thousands of songs have been independently created with identical chord structures at identical BPMs throughout history. Some Venetian was probably playing these chords hundreds of years ago on a lute.
@jameswhite-aldworth28045 жыл бұрын
A A Er what?
@jameswhite-aldworth28045 жыл бұрын
Chord progressions are one thing but ripping off a melody is blatant stealing
@joycesanders48985 жыл бұрын
I love the Venetian lute...
@CloudedByKatana5 жыл бұрын
@A A Ah yes, you gotta find some way to fit that in everything, even if it has nothing to do with the original comment.
@CloudedByKatana5 жыл бұрын
And he even came up with the lyrics "For thou is a churl, thou is cox-comb"
@micuronium3 жыл бұрын
I think Vicini in The Princess Bride said it best: “You’re trying to kidnap what I’ve rightfully stolen.”
@Jacks.Outback3 жыл бұрын
I’ve accidentally wrote so many songs that already exist. It sucks so much. Especially when you didn’t realize it until a friend points it out and u search up the song and it’s the exact same thing
@allaroundentertainment7230 Жыл бұрын
Bro that doesnt just happen lol your brain clearly stored the lyrics
@ordinaryshiba Жыл бұрын
@@allaroundentertainment7230You clearly have never written any music before.
@allaroundentertainment7230 Жыл бұрын
@@ordinaryshiba i got plenty music. Wheres urs?
@AlexBallMusic6 жыл бұрын
I've had musicology reports done several times over the years. Whilst I'm not a musicologist, the comparison, (from my experience) would be in both the chords and the melody (pitches and rhythm thereof). They have the same chord pattern, which wouldn't be enough. But there's parts in Lana Del Ray's melody that are identical to "Creep". As there are parts of the "Creep" melody that are identical to "The Air that I breathe". When you've got the same chords AND melody outlining the same notes with the same rhythm, that's where it starts getting dangerous, for sure. A musicologist would be able to answer this one and is probably involved already.
@VeronicaGorositoMusic6 жыл бұрын
Add it the rythmic vibe to the melody & chords and you have the full combo. The vibe is identical.
@AlexBallMusic6 жыл бұрын
Verónica Darrell It's particularly things like the melody, rhythm and harmony happening at "manifesto-o-o" in Lana Del Ray Vs "weirdo-o-o" in Radiohead. It's all there.
@secondclassheroes26376 жыл бұрын
I think one of my teachers said you can have the same chord progression all you want. However the melody is the real copyrightable content.
@AlexBallMusic6 жыл бұрын
Second Class Heroes It's the combination. Also depends on the chord progression. Some chord patterns are so common that it would be a joke to claim it was original. But if a chord pattern was complex and rare, then maybe that could be enough.
@premiumbackgroundmusic6 жыл бұрын
Unique chord progressions like this one usually only have a few melody lines that go well with it because of the particular voice leading you need to do to connect non-diatonic chords, so it's harder to write good melodies over them.
@canadam19835 жыл бұрын
Hmm so can Johann Pachelbel's descendants sue the whole music industry?
@LesterBrunt5 жыл бұрын
Boboski Copyrights expire +/- 100 years after the composers death, sometimes....
@canadam19835 жыл бұрын
@@LesterBrunt It was a rethorical question but thanks
@Jacobi1115 жыл бұрын
@@LesterBrunt depends on country. As of about 5-10 years ago for the UK music licensing companies, it was 50 years after death.
@21stCenturyDub5 жыл бұрын
Canon in D certainly was massively influential
@suesjoy5 жыл бұрын
Don’t Look Back in Anger- such a blatant rip off. Poor Johann...
@starlinreese92064 жыл бұрын
Just my opinion as a non-musician music lover: I love the Hollies and "The air that I breathe." is a great song. I also love Radiohead's "Creep" and it is a great song. That said when I listen to either of them I don't hear the other, I didn't even realized there was a connection. When I first heard Lana Del Rey's "Get Free" (which was before I saw this video) I instantly thought this IS "Creep." I like Lana's song, and think of it as an extension of "Creep", but I do not think of "Creep" as an extension of "The air that I breath."
@curtisrodriguez9384 жыл бұрын
I remember the first time I heard "Creep.," it sounded real familiar. Then I realized it sounded like "The Air that I Breathe." I love them both but they are different songs with different vibes to them.
@vornamenachname10694 жыл бұрын
@@curtisrodriguez938 It's funny because when I heard the song of Lana Del Rey for the first time, I didn't think of Creep, even though I have listened to Creep various times. And it was just an hour ago that I heard The Air that I Breathe for the first time (I wasn't born when it came out/ it's not my generation), I had to think of Creep at some parts, not knowing that Creep was written later.
@lindazee4 жыл бұрын
I feel the same way as you. I grew up listening to the Hollies, and never associated Creep to their song, Air that I Breath . Even with similar chord progressions, they sound almost nothing alike. The lyrics and stylings of the song, Creep, differentiate it significantly from any of the other two songs.
@CathyKeating2 жыл бұрын
The first time I heard "Creep," I recognized and loved this section: She's running out the door (run) She's running out She run, run, run, run, Run... as an homage to "The Air That I Breathe." And I thought it was super cool.
@errollzastre73802 жыл бұрын
I agree. I am actually a somewhat impartial judge as I don't know Creep or Get Free. Hearing the juxtaposition of Creep and Get Free, you get an immediate impression they are the same. The Hollies song has a different vibe and melodic feel, even though it is the same chords.
@ConradSpoke4 жыл бұрын
The embarrassing thing about the Del Rey song is that her pacing and inflections are a *perfect* copy of Radiohead. It's not just about chord progressions. Creep used the same chord progression as the Hollies, but their songs are utterly different. If you heard these three songs over the speakers in a restaurant or cafe you would not mistake the Radiohead song for the Hollies songs. But you would pay attention to the Del Rey and ask, "Who is this covering Creep?"
@Nereosis164 жыл бұрын
There's nothing embarrassing. She made a song and it sounds similar to Radiohead. They need to grow up and understand music isn't science and things can sound similar without trying. You're embarrassing yourself by trying to make this a thing.
@VanielDeeform4 жыл бұрын
Nereosis Yeah it’s obviously no coincidence that she copied the melody and vocal inflection so much. She’s clearly familiar with Creep. It’s probably Radiohead’s most well known song in the USA if not one of them:
@PoopyFrikoli4 жыл бұрын
Nereosis i would normally agree but you’re wrong
@Nereosis164 жыл бұрын
@@PoopyFrikoli are you omniscient or something?
@Nereosis164 жыл бұрын
@@VanielDeeform She probably heard Creep in the past and then made a song that subconsciously sounds like it. That's the problem with trying to hold music to IP and copyright standards. It's an art form, not a science.
@pedterson6 жыл бұрын
You're right, but: "To set the record straight, no lawsuit has been issued and Radiohead have not said they 'will only accept 100% of the publishing of Get Free."
@ZippyLeroux6 жыл бұрын
And also even if they did, creep is from Radiohead's earlier days, they may not have been savvy enough to retain the full rights, which means the lawsuit may be out of their hands and in the hands of the likes of UMG! We know how much they like to sue!!!
@HrobbTutorials6 жыл бұрын
Yeah. I think Lana Del Rey has sadly put it in her favor by making radiohead sound like the assholes. The same argument about Get Free vs Creep is the same you could make about Creep vs the Air that I breathe. Creep isn't wholly a plagarism of The Air That I Breathe, but the "she's running out" was proven to have been taken from the hollies. It's not the chord progression, unlike what some people claim. It's the chord plus the melody. In this case, I think that the verse sections of Get Free are very similar to creep. But, as some Lana fans have pointed out, it's not an entire knock off of creep. It's all very hysterical so I'd rather wait and see what happens if a lawsuit does actually transpire. However, it sounds like this is Radiohead's management, not them themselves, that have been negotiating
@Hellstrike6 жыл бұрын
Gad somebody mentioned it. He's going in on this band without knowing all the facts and looks a bit ignorant on the subject as a whole. ...And a bit bias with the dig on the song itself.
@Fireglo6 жыл бұрын
Sounds like they started to deny it after so many people brought up the Hollies. I guess they thought not many people would know about that.
@pedterson6 жыл бұрын
All we have is one tweet from Lana Del Rey and the statement from Radiohead's publishers. Let's not turn this into some Taylor Swift/Katy Perry style feud. Let's remember who we are talking about. Radiohead have been critics of the music industry for a long time, they offered their album In Rainbows for free, Thom Yorke distributed his last album via BitTorrent. Across the years they've been very engaged in politics and charitable work. I find the presumption that they were a bunch of money-grabbing fools really silly.
@EchoHeo6 жыл бұрын
Steven universe's opening has the same chord progression
@SirMikeProvolone5 жыл бұрын
The kids watching the show may not even realize to begin with. Just a side note...
@jameswhite-aldworth28045 жыл бұрын
It’s not just the chord progression. The melodies are the same too. Rip off. Confirmed.
@oclot71773 жыл бұрын
The Hollies tune is close, but Lana's tune is a flat out COPY. Tempo, chord position changes, feel etc.
@Redamthe5th3 жыл бұрын
The only thing missing is the crunchy guitar strums before the chorus. I do like how Lana's song completely changes during her chorus but theres no doubt she or whoever's wrote the song ripped the majority straight from creep
@afandou19664 жыл бұрын
Update: Radiohead settled with a writing credit on Lana del Ray's song.
@alyssapatricia3 жыл бұрын
**rey
@mowl3 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@andrewallison705 жыл бұрын
Maybe Radiohead doesn't need the money, but the lawyers surely do. Who really benefits from this lawsuit.
@TonyHavenMusic5 жыл бұрын
Lawyers win every lawsuit, people lose most
@tolfred5 жыл бұрын
@@TonyHavenMusic the suit makers probably make the most money, as the suits that the lawyers usually use isn't exactly cheap
@TonyHavenMusic5 жыл бұрын
@@tolfred hahaha that's so true, the economic pecking order goes deeper than first thought
@tolfred5 жыл бұрын
@@TonyHavenMusic yes, it goes deeper and deeper still. Maybe we all benefit from this lawsuit in some strange way?
@uncleswell5 жыл бұрын
Well it's not necessarily about money.. copyrights are only effective if you actively enforce them. This is why Disney will shut down an Etsy store selling Mickey mouse headbands. It's not that they are losing any money to them, it's that if they dont enforce the copyright on a regular basis, it opens them up to risk of losing control of the copyright. As the copyright holder, you are responsible for enforcing it, and if you don't, it becomes easier for the opposing litigant to get away with it.
@earphbound7206 жыл бұрын
The Hollies should sue them both. Lol
@HanDrumsolo6 жыл бұрын
The hollies did sue radiohead
@cryptidcowpoke38196 жыл бұрын
HanDrumsolo and I believe Radiohead gave them partial writing credit after that.
@wesleychalmers90566 жыл бұрын
The melody of Get Free is a lot more like Creep than it is The Air That I Breathe, so such a scenario wouldn't make much sense (despite being funny).
@earphbound7206 жыл бұрын
No I was just kidding because it's so ridiculous. Let them all sue each other.
@Module79L6 жыл бұрын
The Hollies should've never won the case against Radiohead.
@kevinvitale89805 жыл бұрын
Completely agree Rick... Stop. These so called copyright infringement cases are ridiculous.
@fani50005 жыл бұрын
The Creep part that really sounds like the Hollies, melody wise, is not the verse but this part: "She's running out again, She's running out She's run run run run"
@NahreSol6 жыл бұрын
Really neat video on this comparison! It's interesting how accusations of plagiarism happen in the music industry.
@taylortripp85986 жыл бұрын
Nahre Sol it's because the people that complain about plagiarized songs are the non Musicians they think just one part that is similar was stolen.
@uzaname79746 жыл бұрын
What about sampling?
@taylortripp85986 жыл бұрын
Uza Name what about it?
@uzaname79746 жыл бұрын
Never mind.
@taylortripp85986 жыл бұрын
Uza Name no I'm curious what you mean by it
@bobboitt31266 жыл бұрын
If that is copyright infringement then so is every 12 bar Blues tune ever written. Give me a break.
@gavinreid83516 жыл бұрын
Bob Boitt and Jazz 2-5-1
@gavinreid83516 жыл бұрын
Bob Boitt the melody is identical
@arastoomii43056 жыл бұрын
the West African tribes still sing that form, even though they don't even have chords. oh and they were the real source of all this syncopation and rhythms you see today in western music. 0 dollars were given to the African people for their contribution to music.
@orlock206 жыл бұрын
The blues gets away with it because it's a traditional pattern beyond the age of a copyright and therefore public domain.
@songsmadeforyou6 жыл бұрын
You can't copyright a chord progression
@olehsmirnov24723 жыл бұрын
Even though I heard both songs I never caught myself thinking that someone stole from someone. As somebody mentioned - you can just subconsciously write existing chord progression and put a similar vocal melody without thinking too much of it, because it just sounds good
@kayamerrick39073 жыл бұрын
This is true. But her mangers, producers and record company could’ve pointed out the similarities, right? 😂 I mean, it’s not like Radiohead are some obscure indy band that only the scene knows…
@avidadolares3 жыл бұрын
Lets just have 1 super-song "The Air That Creep Breathes Gets Free" and call it a day.
@DeenDesperado6 жыл бұрын
It just so happened I read somewhere a couple of days ago about how the late, great Prince became so worried if the last part of Purple Rain sounded a little too similar to Journey's Faithfully that he requested Jonathan Cain to listen to it before release. Upon listening the Journey songwriter said something like no worries, the song is gonna be huge, and all the best. The rest is history. Such class, the both of them.
@d-rzarkocubrinoski5 жыл бұрын
The Hollies song is different than Creep, but Lana Del Rio's verses are with the rhythm of Radiohead's Creep.
@davecarsley87735 жыл бұрын
You can't copyright rhythm dude
@d-rzarkocubrinoski5 жыл бұрын
@@davecarsley8773 It's how the things are. Whether you can copyright it or not it's a different issue.
@davecarsley87735 жыл бұрын
@@d-rzarkocubrinoski Fair point. Your comment didn't say you could or couldn't copyright anything... Also, I agree with you
@shuggy15 жыл бұрын
Žarko Čubrinoski Radiohead had to credit the Hollies for Creep
@judgeporceddu80575 жыл бұрын
agreed.
@DolleHengst3 жыл бұрын
Same with Nirvana's song "Come as you Are" They stole the riff from Killing Joke's "Eighties". And KJ stole it from the band Damned and their song "Life goes on"
@deadpan803 жыл бұрын
Maybe. But Creep is definitely a “rewriting” of the Hollies “The Air That I Breathe”; so much so that they had to give the songwriter half credit on their song.
@EmotionalSupportGobies3 жыл бұрын
yeah. The Stones took the royalties for Bitter Sweet Symphony because their manager decided that they got more out of the strings section, something that they had gotten permission to use from Decca, than they should have and happened to have better lawyers. So being awarded songwriter credits by a court doesn't really mean anything.
@riethc6 жыл бұрын
Lana Del Ray took more of the melody from Radiohead than Radiohead took from the Hollies. Just sayin'. Sidenote: If two songs aren't released around the same time, I don't think it should matter if two songs are similar. It's not like they are cutting into each others sales. These lawsuits are frivolous.
@bubblybelle5555 жыл бұрын
riethc rey***
@harrisfrankou23685 жыл бұрын
I agree..her melody is too similar she could of easily changed note up a third ...down a fifth whatever
@chrishamilton25595 жыл бұрын
And with that, ushered in the era of unrepentant repackaging that assured that no one would ever hear a new song again,......ever
@drakedoragon30265 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure this is why Trent Reznor of NIN, wrote the song “I am just a copy of a copy...”.🤔.
@StuartRoland4 жыл бұрын
@EC Tron And ChucK Palahniuk has said that Fight Club was written with The Downward Spiral by NIN on repeat... Just an echo of an echo of an echo
@joesimpleton72274 жыл бұрын
I believe at the time (or shortly thereafter) Metallica stated that they weren't doing it for the money - they were doing it because they could afford to. ie: the bands who were in fact being impacted financially couldn't afford to (do anything.) I rather quickly went from "you greedy bastards" to "wow - that's actually kind of a noble thing to do."
@andrewrh174913 жыл бұрын
i still find it rather unfortunate that people still trash Metallica for how they handled Napster. clearly it was the right thing to do as even now streaming services are ripping off musicians
@maxmccann53233 жыл бұрын
I dunno, honestly I rather get free even though I heard the other one wayy before, not that there's anything wrong with creep, get free is just a little less awkward and kinda more applicable. And then of course the air that I breathe is just the best ofc
@hubertvancalenbergh90226 жыл бұрын
That's what you get when your guitarist(s) play nothing but campfire chords.
@kirkwahmmet84066 жыл бұрын
Johnny greenwood is a badass though.
@anthonymaloney68386 жыл бұрын
I heard Hubert Van Calenbergh had uttered heresy. I came as fast as I could.
@elektriccobra6 жыл бұрын
I think he was talking about the song, itself
@joaovictor33126 жыл бұрын
The chords may be simple but the arpeggios on Creep make it sound awesome
@bdgreg6 жыл бұрын
Hubert Van Calenbergh go listen to some "praise and worship" if you wanna hear some campfire chords. All two chords.
@zozovaca6 жыл бұрын
Rick, you didn't compared right parts of the songs, in the case of "Creep" and "The Air That I Breathe" . Crescendo part in Radiohead's song: 'She's running out again...' and vocal line/melody in that part is so obviously inspired by The Hollies song (verse, not chorus); it is probably 'unconscious theft' (if that term exists in English:)). Progression it self wasn't problem. Btw, 'Creep' is much better song, although simpler. :)
@FernieCanto6 жыл бұрын
"it is probably 'unconscious theft' (if that term exists in English:))." It might've even been a deliberate reference, but they didn't bother to give the proper credit.
@ahman56126 жыл бұрын
I know this comment is a bit old, but I believe the word you're looking for is "cryptomnesia".
@nicknelson65836 жыл бұрын
Parallel thinking?
@alanbenatar11206 жыл бұрын
Zozovaca, you are correct, Rick isn't comparing the correct parts and most of the public are doing the same. Even if the chords ,key and phrasing of the chords were identical in each song , there is still no case to sue. It's all about the vocal melody. Radiohead's falsetto at the end is identical to 'Air's' verse melody and Creep's verse melody is identical to Get Free's verse melody.
@Meladjusted5 жыл бұрын
Radiohead didn't sue her. They asked to be credited as writers. The lawsuit language was thrown around by Del Rey to garner sympathy and misdirect for the fact that she directly copied the rhythm and tried to pass it off as original instead of some form of sampling.
@BatMite194 жыл бұрын
Just to clear some things up -- Albert Hammond and Mike Hazelwood, who wrote "The Air that I Breathe," were not members of the Hollies. They wrote the song for Albert Hammond's album in 1972. The Hollies covered, and had a huge hit with it, in 1974. The Hollies did not sue Radiohead. It was Hammond and Hazelwood's lawyers. And Al Hammond has stated that he had no idea that his lawyers were doing that. It is very likely that Radiohead's members have little to do with the lawsuit against Del Rey. They will not be called on to testify is it goes to trial. Radiohead will not really be impacted by this, with the exception that their names will probably end up on future releases of the song. They will not receive a ton of royalties, and they may not even have the authority to object to the lawsuit. That's life!
@jonathanreich63604 жыл бұрын
Thanks for setting the facts straight. Often times, it is not the band doing anything but publishers or copyright holders.
@RobertKreegier4 жыл бұрын
If I’m not mistaken, it’s also sort of the duty and diligence for copyright holders to enforce their IP. If they’re not diligent, then it could be seen that they don’t care or something. I’m not an expert, though, and just going off of a faulty memory. And now that I think of it, I might be thinking of trademarks? I dunno,
@projectptube6 жыл бұрын
so we cant use a chord progression that someone else has already used? Might as well stop making music because its all been done.
@Sam-yb4zy5 жыл бұрын
Yes, but it's the same melody as well
@ruris1895 жыл бұрын
It will never be all done
@LesterBrunt5 жыл бұрын
Mega Rockstar We have been doing this for almost a thousand years now all over the world, it has all been done.
@ruris1895 жыл бұрын
@@LesterBrunt people said this for decades and new and original music still pops out from time to time. You always feel like it has all been done, because it's hard to imagine something that you've never heard. Do you find Nirvana for exemple not original? Kurt said that when he was in school people kept saying that everything has been written. There are too many options to just finish. If someone is creative enough, he will always find something new to play
@LesterBrunt5 жыл бұрын
Mega Rockstar Well I am pretty sure somewhere somebody thought of similar melodies on a similar chord progression. I am sure somewhere in all the symphonies, beethoven sonatas, Bach fugues, late 19th century music, let alone the lost music of all ages across all countries, there exist a passage that uses the same melody on the same chords of any modern song. It is just that that all music pre 1900 is public domain and thus you are free to copy from it as much as you want, as it should be with all music. I am not saying that there is no point to originality, just that by the standard we hold today, melody + chords = yours, everything has already been done.
@dombauer63386 жыл бұрын
I think you're wrong here, Rick. Radiohead's publisher, Warner Music, released a statement saying that there's no lawsuit just negotiations, they didn't ask for 100% and that their goal is to get proper credit for all the writers, Radiohead and Hammond and Hazlewood included. The verse of Get Free blatantly rips off Creep's chorus (the chorus being written solely by Radiohead while the bridge of Creep was from Air That I Breathe) and Lana has outright refused to admit any similarity or inspiration and seemingly refuses to give any credit meanwhile making untrue claims about the situation. I think it's worthy of a lawsuit; proper credit seems more important than any money in this specific case.
@RickBeato6 жыл бұрын
Radiohead should care and WB would never do for just the credit. They are a business. If Radiohead signed a pub deal with WB it would have been a 50/50 deal like all publishing deals back then meaning that WB couldn’t do this without Radiohead’s consent. I know all about publishing deals because I’ve had major pub deals for over 25 years.
@dombauer63386 жыл бұрын
Rick Beato thanks for the reply but I'm confused on where you stand on this issue. In the video you make it seem like you're against this lawsuit and think it's frivolous and undignified but in some of your comments you say that it's justified and they should care about it. Which is it?
@piteusx84406 жыл бұрын
Dom Guy Rick has no clue either. Of course, Radiohead wants writing credits. So do Hammond and Hazlewood. This is NOT about money for Radiohead. It's about art and copyright laws that protect artists and their creativity. Thom Yorke didn't fight Hammond and Hazlewood. He never denied the chord similarities to The Air I Breathe. However, Lana Del Rey continues to insult our intelligence claiming it was mere coincidence. BS. Her lawyers even offered the same 40% to Radiohead previous publishing company that they gave to Hammond and Hazlewood. This is either a publicity stunt or blatant theft. The lawyers are fighting over money. Radiohead is fighting for art. This is a band who gave their fans the option to pay as they wish for downloading an album / song. Money is not their priority. Everything from the tone, chords, chord progression, mood, melody, etc. in Get Free was exactly same Creep. Everyone acknowledges many songs will be influenced / have similarities to the songs of the past. However, it doesn't take a genius to figure out Lana Del Rey's song was a blatant rip off.
@FernieCanto6 жыл бұрын
If Lana Del Rey is bullshitting us with the 100% of publishing rights thing, then shame on her. But other than that, wouldn't it just be smarter for her to admit the "inspiration"? That only gives her more publicity. I've never even heard of Lana Del Rey before this goddamn controversy started at all.
@FernieCanto6 жыл бұрын
Rick Beato By the way, with your knowledge of how these deals work: if this legal move is really coming from Warner, could Radiohead just tell them to drop the case and stop it on its tracks, or does it have to be a mutual agreement? I mean, it would be a smart move for Radiohead to drop the case altogether, make it look insignificant. But is that legally possible?
@donnalynn24 жыл бұрын
I have to give you a big kudos for these comparisons. Before I had a hard time hearing the similarities sometimes. With what you do, you strip away all the instruments, singing and processing and just give us the basics so we can hear exactly what is at the heart of the lawsuit. As someone who can read music but for singing only (high school choir) the times you put up is also helpful. I really appreciate these videos so so much!!!
@dkg37485 жыл бұрын
9th circuit just ruled chord progressions to be unconstitutional.
@vincentm38906 жыл бұрын
You are correct about "Air That I Breath" the chorus is quite beautiful especially the last time he says breath and it takes that chord change then the airy guitar solo comes in. That is simply brilliant! Also their other song about the long cool woman in the red dress which has an amazing guitar intro. One of the best rock song intros ever!
@KM-tv5km6 жыл бұрын
I can almost guarantee you that Thom and Jonny and the rest of the guys in Radiohead don’t care at all, they all hate Creep, they’ve stated that many times, they want nothing to do with the song and that’s pretty good confirmation that this whole thing has to do with their publishing team and their label because they want money out of it. And secondly, Creep is better than The Air That I Breathe by a wide margin.
@gab_gallard6 жыл бұрын
Agree on the first part, totally disagree with your final sentence.
@evo25426 жыл бұрын
they don't hate creep. Thom hated creepy in the 90s but now they play it on occasion and not 'ironically' like they used to.
@martinkrauser40296 жыл бұрын
well how to put this basically everything you wrote is wrong?
@DefThrone6 жыл бұрын
They still don't like Creep and after doing it as an encore for the last couple of tours they're retiring it again.
@banparlous25526 жыл бұрын
K M As Thom himself would call it “Fridge Buzz”.
@jeffcollins48795 жыл бұрын
Didn’t John Fogerty get sued for sounding to much like CCR?
@seanmastin25595 жыл бұрын
Yes, even though John Fogerty made CCR
@violinmke5 жыл бұрын
Saul Zaentz head of Fantasy records sued him that Old Man Down the Road sounded like Green Rucer I think. John won the suit.
@curtisrodriguez9384 жыл бұрын
I remember that suit. I remember the judge said something like this is just John Fogerty writing like John Fogerty. Hilarious. Sad that JF got sued for essentially being himself.
@Greg0428693 жыл бұрын
@@violinmke Run through the jungle
@preston744 жыл бұрын
Madness tweeted back to Boy George asking to be left out of this!
@cdh796 жыл бұрын
So Lana del Ray should have gone to the Hollies and offered them co-writer credits, bypassing Radiohead completely from the equation.
@Atlas654 жыл бұрын
That would be super ridiculous since the melody that is used in Del Rey's song is lifted straight from Creep. That Melody is nowhere to be found in the Air that I Breath. The Melody that Radiohead got sued over in Creep from the Songwriters of the Air that I Breath (written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood, Not the Hollies) is the Middle 8 in Creep that Del Rey does not use. The Melody that Del Rey uses is the chorus from Creep. Which is completely original from Radiohead. If you would have known that then you would have realised how stupid your suggestion sounded like.
@ccmkoho4 жыл бұрын
The hollies didn’t write the song. Albert Hammond did
@friendlyplayer923 жыл бұрын
@@Atlas65 nice explanation but no need to be a dick
@Atlas653 жыл бұрын
@@friendlyplayer92 Thank you ... But, sorry. I guess I was just fed up with these uninformed Del Rey fan's at the time, that commented again and again that Radiohead didn't have any rights to sue Del Rey, because they stole it from the Hollies, which wasn't really accurate, like I pointed out in my former comment.
@BambiTrout6 жыл бұрын
The issue I have with cases like these is several fold. Firstly there is the intent. If you hear two songs with the same chord progressions and similar melodies, it can be very easy to point the finger at the newer track and cry "plagiarism", however it often isn't that simple. I have sat down many times at my piano and accidentally composed songs that already exist. One that I can very specifically remember is that I accidentally composed Harry's Wondrous World from Harry Potter 1, by John Williams. Sometimes your brain hears something familiar in whatever you're playing, and works to fill in the gaps before you even notice that you've already heard the song. You're sitting there thinking you've crafted an original masterpiece and then someone goes "Nice Harry Potter music, when did you learn that?", and you suddenly realise. Given that a lot of songwriters compose based on flashes of inspiration or melodic fragments that appear in their head fully formed, it's definitely not out of the realms of possibility that Lana and her co-writers simply subconsciously rewrote the verses from Creep, and didn't realise until it was far too late. The feeling of "That sounds really great" and "That sounds familiar" aren't necessarily that different. Secondly, only the verses resemble Creep. The chorus is completely different. The lyrical content is also very different, and the song as a whole has a much more hopeful feel than Creep. The issue is that the chords used in the verse are very distinctive, immediately recognisable, and rare enough that you can pinpoint them to specific songs, which leads to you recognising even more similarities between the songs, than you otherwise would. Most pop songs use the same/similar chord sequences, and often have similar melodies, but due to the much greater number of similar songs, you don't tend to pinpoint those traits to a specific song. For example, Better in Time by Leona Lewis and Price Tag by Jessie J share many of the same similarities that Radiohead is suing Lana Del Rey for, but most people wouldn't notice them unless you played them side by side, because the songs aren't as iconic, and the chord sequence more commonplace. As people have said in other comments, there is a slightly limited number of rhythmic and melodic combinations that sound both attractive to the ear, and "poppy"; and in an unusual, non-diatonic chord sequence, it is much harder to write a distinctive melodic line that fits with the unusual chords, because there are far less options to choose from. Finally, and most importantly, cases like these set an annoying precedent for copyright law in music. This case isn't anywhere near as stupid or influential as the Blurred Lines - Marvin Gaye case, but it still will have an effect. I didn't like Blurred Lines particularly, but the fact that Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams got successfully sued for it "feeling" like it could have been a Marvin Gaye song is a disgusting travesty. I personally love it when a pop artist makes a callback to a previous era of music in the now very much homogenised world of chart music these days. There are more distinctive artists making great music than ever these days, however very few of them are in the charts, as due to the increasing pool of available music, only the music that is disliked by the least amount of people, or that by well established artists tends to make it to the top. This is why I enjoy it when a well established artist makes something inspired by a different era, because it is likely to make it high in the charts, and is guaranteed to be different to all the other indistinguishable fluff in them. However, when those artists start getting sued for the melody, chord sequence, or even the "feel", of their new song, they're likely to start shying away from doing anything like that, and will go back to just making the same risk-free music as everyone else. Lana Del Rey has a distinctive enough style that this likely won't affect what she puts out in the slightest, but other artists will take note. Now some people would argue that this will lead to greater creativity, with people actively seeking to make something new, to avoid infringing on someone else. I would argue that it is virtually impossible to create a pop song that someone couldn't claim to be plagiaristic in some aspect, simply due to the essentially codified nature of a pop song, the ability of the human mind to find patterns and similarities where there are none, and the ability of people to game the system for their own gain. As well as this, it's far easier to simply follow the majority, as if everyone is making the same music, no one can be sued for it. If music copyright law progresses much further you'll see a lot more Blurred Lines type cases, where artist who try to buck the trends of the day are immediately sued by someone else, because the distinctiveness of the song draws attention to itself, and immediately draws up comparisons with other distinctive songs.
@thisbliss815 жыл бұрын
Great comment. You summed it up perfectly regarding the feeling of writing a new song is annoyingly similar to stumbling on how an existing song is played. For myself when I write and think it sounds great I will immediately assume it is a song I'm just remembering! I've had too many false alarms when band mates tell what it sounds like! We have been exposed to so much music in this point in history almost saturated
@skyblazeeterno5 жыл бұрын
legally its irrelevant if only a verse is similar....check the story of Bittersweet Symphony and The Last Time....its just 4 or 5 notes used...personally I think the lawsuits and that are silly
@KevyNova3 жыл бұрын
People always compare the verses of “Creep” and “The Air That I Breathe” but the melodies are very different. Where Radiohead actually knicked the melody was in the bridge after the second chorus when Thom sings in falsetto. He’s an octave higher, but it’s the exact melody from “The Air That I Breathe.”
@peterfrknpan66745 жыл бұрын
Lana should sue Radiohead for slander and bring in the hollies as a character witness
@LesterBrunt5 жыл бұрын
So what if I copied the entire song but changes the key from E to Ab and the tempo from 4/4 to 2/2 and added a fifth interval at the end of every melody line. Would it then magically be “original”?
@TomCasey6 жыл бұрын
What I learned from this: be very careful if you try to write something with that chord progression.
@ronwilliams3576 жыл бұрын
*and same melody, and same rhythm
@JazzGuitarScrapbook6 жыл бұрын
You can use those chords all you want - it's the melody you have to be careful about, cos that's the bit that's copyrightable*. Chord progressions get reused and reused (check Rick's video on the 4 chords that ruined pop for instance.) The del Rey melody is very close... That said, it is a fear of all composers that they will plagirise something without realising it. If they lift it on purpose at least they can change it enough to be legal *at least until the Blurred Lines case a couple of years back
@nintendo64626 жыл бұрын
I've played many so songs with the same chord progression. But different strumming and timing. This sounds the same. Lol peoplw getting lazy they know that these songs will touch a chord in people's minds and said wow i love that song. When really its just their memory of creep being activated. See how that works? Sneaky sneaky Lana del sexy. Still a fan and I would tap.
@wolftripplex38185 жыл бұрын
I guess you didn't learn jack, I've gotta agree with the replies prior to mine.
@4wardnthought2344 жыл бұрын
Best frivolous lawsuit ever: John Fogerty, the author of "Old Man Down the Road" by was sued for copyright infringement of "Run Though the jungle" ...also by John Fogerty. 🤔 So basically, the author was sued for sounding like himself. 🤣
@switterbeet2 жыл бұрын
Tbh, i think that they (lana) offered Radiohead 40% of the profit is actually more than generous. It has little elements and the same Key but Lana turned the idea into something great different.
@GreenHoleSun6 жыл бұрын
I am not convinced at all. As other people have said: it's not only a question of chord progression. Here the tempo and the melody are substantially the same (quite different from the Hollies case). If this is not plagiarism, then nothing else can be. It's not a question of money: probably Radiohead are going to give to charity what will come from this legal dispute...I hope.
@HauntingsLibrary6 жыл бұрын
GreenHoleSun you're putting too much faith in them.
@jamj.51996 жыл бұрын
Radiohead isn't suing. It will be EMI, their former record label. Since they don't have Creep's copyright, they can't sue themselves. Lana's fans should be attacking EMI instead of RH.
@skyblazeeterno5 жыл бұрын
@@jamj.5199 I think thats true. often musicians are forgiving about other artists accidentally copying them....record company lawyers less so
@mazdaman12864 жыл бұрын
There are only so many chords, and only so many ways to put them together that sound right that it has to happen. I am not musical but I hum to myself and I was humming what Ithought was a made up tune only for someone to say I didn't know you liked Bach ! Er no..Alice Cooper yes.
@chrispritchard34863 жыл бұрын
Important to remember vis a vis copyright or trademark law: Part of maintaining one requires vigorous defense against infringement (i.e. use it or lose it). These lawsuits usually aren't brought due to greed (although the lawyers make sure it makes them some money), they're brought to fulfill that obligation. Makes no sense to copyright your work otherwise.
@Sanjuro21123 жыл бұрын
One of Rick's best posts.
@Ceviche4K6 жыл бұрын
Except they didnt actually sue her though
@anthonymaloney68386 жыл бұрын
They haven't sued because they want to negotiate out of court.
@blazbohinc57356 жыл бұрын
Lana Del Ray will soon die of lung cancer, why sue her at all..
@Rekko826 жыл бұрын
Blaž Bohinc Lung cancer? It seems that some people want only bad for those who don't give something for them.
@blazbohinc57356 жыл бұрын
Jamie Bales Probably.. and she will as well. From smoking 3 packs a day. To each their own. It's a shame we were born into this world smart enough to realise we'll die some day. And nothing really matters. So fuck your body up before you even have the chance to get old. That's the logic right?
@jamiebales83946 жыл бұрын
There's hundreds of things that can end your life at any time. Life is too short to worry about eliminating just one scenario. I don't smoke myself, but I don't see the need to point out when others do and to tell them what they already know. People also poison their livers every weekend without a second thought.
@bipbipletucha5 жыл бұрын
The Hollies lawsuit actually pertained to the bridge of Creep (when Thom Yorke goes into falsetto)
@manolislianis965 жыл бұрын
I believe that the I - III - IV - iv interpretation is not describing accurately the harmonic function of the chords. In my opinion C solves the tension created by B. So the B - C progression sounds to me like an imperfect cadence V - VI in the relative E minor key. And then we go back to G with a plagal cadence iv - I.
@Autorezeptor5 жыл бұрын
Every song has already been written.
@Groesch77775 жыл бұрын
I remember writing a song with an F, C, Am, G for a bridge, then realized I was playing Learning to Fly by Tom Petty...a song I never learned. I didn't even think about it, I just played it and it sounded great to me. No other progression wouldve worked for me in that song. Sometimes these things just HAPPEN without any intentions of ripping someone else off.
@timbeaton50456 жыл бұрын
It looks like it's a bit more complex than people seem to think... according to the website oaf Albert Hammond, he said of the case against Radiohead....and i quote: "Albert Hammond (writer): I don't publish The air that I breathe, I only own the writer's end, so the publisher of the song, Rondor Music, when the song Creep came out, he felt it was a steal from The air that I breathe, and he sued Radiohead, and they agreed. Radiohead agreed that they had actually taken it from The air that I breathe. Because they were honest they weren't sued to the point of saying "we want the whole thing". So we ended up just getting a little piece of it. (Albert on the telephone with Reto, Copyright ?2002 by Reto)" Also, the Hollies (as far as i can see) have no involvement here at all. t wasn't the Hollies who were involved with the Radiohead suit, but the publishing company for the original Songwriters, Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood. The Hollies COVERED the song in 1974, two years after the original Albert Hammond release. And as a result Hammond is credited as co-writer of Creep. Further to all this, Radiohead's management claim they are NOT suing Lana Del Rey for 100%, and that a lawsuit hasn't actually been issued. Yet?
@AndyFilms20005 жыл бұрын
“Latitude 88 north” by E.L.O has the same exact progression in the verse.
@roberttoth26203 жыл бұрын
The 3 songs may have similar chord patterns, but quite different songs as a whole. Like a blues song ;-)
@rooguitar6 жыл бұрын
However, "Creep" was such a big hit, played everywhere, that i can not believe Lana Del Rey did not recognise that chords progression. Iam surprised no one in the studio said, "dont you think that sound a little bit too much like Creep?"
@NielsBohr1076 жыл бұрын
So basically the music industry is a scary and irrational place haha
@marcelob41325 жыл бұрын
Albert Hammond, the composer of The Air That I Breathe should sue The Hollies, Radiohead and Lana
@mcbrodz16635 жыл бұрын
Marcelo B I should sue bc I thought all of the songs yesterday
@MrPhenixburn5 жыл бұрын
I feel that these are now considered to be the "Cursed chords of the industry" for those who strum these forbidden chords shall lose both time and money to the rock ghosts of the past. It is a vicious cycle doomed to repeat itself forever...it is the Inception of guitar chords.
@DaveZula6 жыл бұрын
I see a stronger case here than with other infringement suits, but still it's not really the same melody or lyrics which I feel should be the criteria. Rick, I would love to hear your take on the Blurred Lines/Got To Give It Up case. That one seemed particularly outrageous to me. The two songs have almost nothing in common other than "vibe" or MAYBE groove yet it was deemed infringement in court.
@johndivy6 жыл бұрын
Nope. There are marked differences, even in the passages that are the most similar. Does she hit some of the same accent notes? Of course, but it can't be honestly argued that the melody is the exact same. If you transcribed them, they would look very dissimilar.
@ATX07056 жыл бұрын
No. The melodies are not identical. It's right fucking there. How can people not hear this? The melodies are different.
@messyjesseB6 жыл бұрын
i agree, the blurred lines/got to give up case was just ridiculous
@grayforester6 жыл бұрын
When the melody and lyrics are generic and stupid, how can you use them as the basis for a plagiarism suit? The thing that's getting ripped off is the shape and feel of the earlier recording.
@Doodlebug19966 жыл бұрын
David Paul. It is the same melody
@davisnin5 жыл бұрын
You have to defend a copywrite or you lose it.
@beerranger44235 жыл бұрын
Radiohead has some huge balls to sue someone for stealing that song
@capngeeoff5 жыл бұрын
I think one important thing is that even though the melody in the Lana song is similar, it uses synth instead of guitars and the song is very minimalist in comparison to Radiohead or the Hollies.
@energ8t6 жыл бұрын
When I heard Get Free, Creep instantly came to mind and I can't get around hearing it every time I hear that song. That said I'm not familiar with the Hollies song, otherwise I'd hear that.
@energ8t6 жыл бұрын
wingracer 16 Oh duh... I obviously have heard this song. I'm in the opinion Get Free is way more similar to Creep than to The Air that I Breathe as far as the overall song is concerned.
@energ8t6 жыл бұрын
wingracer 16 But! I actually like all three songs in their own right.
@im215exempt6 жыл бұрын
She then goes on to brazenly "borrow" sing the identical melody and progression of "Last Christmas" by George Michael when she makes the Bb to G change. Anyone else hear that?
@ArgentAbendAzure4 жыл бұрын
This is a part of music. Musicians are always reforming old tunes. Sometimes it's adding new lyrics. Sometimes a minor change,and update of a classic song. All the old country artists did things like this. A.P. Carter,and Ralph Peer music did a copyright on everything A.P. could find. Which was mostly old ballads that had been reworked over many years.Centuries old music in some cases. But none had a copyright so they were free to use them, change them. Whatever they liked. Take the old English or Irish tune 'The Rose Tree'. It became 'Turkey in the Straw' in the US. Then it was used in a well known Minstrel song. It then got used for a joke song that soldiers would sing on march called 'Do your Balls Hang Low?'. That got cleaned up to a tune called 'Do your Ears Hang Low?' Now use the same chords = lawsuit. I know they're trying to protect their income, but they could negotiate it.
@NKBobcat3 жыл бұрын
I agree. They need to realize the important thing. They created music we all love and listen to. Why is it 100% money with these people?
@waywardsuol3 жыл бұрын
At the end of the day, everyone rips off Sabbath.
@downhill2406 жыл бұрын
You know what they call three Lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? A good start! BADA-BOOM!
@hadlerleco14 жыл бұрын
you never miss a beat, man. your videos are so good to watch. Thank you!
@soliscrown12724 жыл бұрын
"...there is nothing new under the sun." -Ecclesiastes
@kristoffertnder77875 жыл бұрын
Well, the whole Metallica/Napster-thing seemed stupid back then. But I have to say.. The way the music industry has changed, they were on to something. I don't think that it was ALL about the money, but more the need to have control over their own creations.
@jim2lane5 жыл бұрын
No, no, no sir. What you're effectively saying is that music after Napster isn't as good because the record labels aren't making as much profit as they did before Napster. The whole record industry was amazingly corrupt by the 90's. For the biggest acts, the label would basically pick where they wanted one of their singles to land on the charts. It had nothing to do with who was listening to what. And don't get me started on the contractual environment of that industry at that time. For all but the biggest acts, the record company charged the artist for the costs of recording, producing, promotion and distribution of the music. So they're charging the artists for a product that they turn around and sell. That is like WalMart charging Sony for the televisions that they sell in their stores. And let's also not forget the model of charging consumers $10-$15 for an album or CD for you to be able to listen to the one or two songs off it that you actually wanted to hear, and making it very difficult you to buy those songs as singles. It was all amazingly corrupt, and it desperately needed to be blown up!
@Ryan-kc5pl5 жыл бұрын
Napster ruined the record industry. It's why we only have KZfaq acts, now
@Ryan-kc5pl5 жыл бұрын
@@jim2lane maybe wasnt the best but was way better than what we have, now
@jim2lane5 жыл бұрын
@@Ryan-kc5pl - what isn't better, the music, or your access to it? Because the two are completely separate. Let's face it, by the time the early 00's rolled around the new music being hoisted upon us by the record labels was already absolutely awful compared to the decades that preceded it. So it's absolutely false equivalency to state that Napster ruined music - it was already ruined!
@enderwiggin89475 жыл бұрын
This is such a sad state of affairs that somebody should write a song about it.
@cinmai9784 жыл бұрын
And get sued for it too.
@giunovv67412 жыл бұрын
Yea I'm a serial Lana listener and I absolutely felt like I've heard the song before, but it's just so common now that you point it out
@lucianmoon585 жыл бұрын
And Mozart should sue every metal band
@endoffate54755 жыл бұрын
Thats just not true...
@dcfromthev4 жыл бұрын
Mozart? Maybe Bach
@SERVICERMUSIC3 жыл бұрын
"The Air That I Breath is a MUCH better song than Creep!" *Every Radiohead fan liked that*
@madden77323 жыл бұрын
Wait what
@SERVICERMUSIC3 жыл бұрын
@@madden7732 every radiohead fan hates creep, or at least every radiohead fan that listens to their stuff after the bends
@madden77323 жыл бұрын
@@SERVICERMUSIC ohhh now I get what you saying. Yeah, its kinda typical for a fan to start hating a little the hits of the band. I personally even when im a fan of a specifically band, still love their hits, for me they cant be denied.
@dylan25883 жыл бұрын
@@madden7732 I usually feel the same, but honestly there are so many radiohead songs that are better in my opinion, and even in the same vein (?) like "Lewis (Mistreated)" and "You" (or mostly anything off of pablo honey).
@madden77323 жыл бұрын
@@dylan2588 yeah thats right :)
@aaronflorian81505 жыл бұрын
I was reading the comments during the Lana switch and I was like “waaaait a minute”
@mauipalmandtreecare2 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love your videos Rick. Thank you so much for the great content
@luckyJenLewis3 жыл бұрын
This & summertime by sublime which she actually calls summertime .. I still LOVE her tho 🥰🥰🥰
@cl98266 жыл бұрын
Wow, that was blatant. If George Harrison lost to the Chiffons for my sweet lord, she will definitely lose on this one.
@sunrisesunsets59896 жыл бұрын
I'm a huge Radiohead fan and I agree that the Hollies song is far better than Creep, although, they're not quite the same. I disagree that Radiohead shouldn't sue though. I'm a fan of Lana too, but if you rip a song you have to fork over the cash. Those are the rules. Just because Radiohead have money they should let other people rip their stuff? Nah man, I bet Lana's got more pocket money than most of us. Besides, Radiohead were just starting out when the Hollies sued them, and no one here is ripping the Hollies for it.
@PeculiarPumpkin074 күн бұрын
I still think putting copyright on chords is stupid, if every song with the same chords as an other song got copyright striked there wouldn't be any songs left
@PeculiarPumpkin074 күн бұрын
also yes, I know there are songs even in this modern time that use new chord progressions, but there once also was written the first song with C G F Am also yes, you could change songs with time signatures, but I don't think everyone shoukd use weird time signatures purely to not get copyright striked
@josiplozic9622 жыл бұрын
It goes even deeper, The Hollies' version of The Air That I Breath is a cover. The original was released in 1972 by Albert Hammond, two years before The Hollies!