❗ EXTRA DISCUSSION: I've seen a few comments saying that some of the examples in the video aren't plagiarism because Sheeran credited the original writers. I agree with this. In the video I'm not meaning to suggest that all six of the examples are out right plagiarism. My aim was to examine six occasions when Sheeran has been accused of "ripping off" other songs. Sorry though if it came across as unfair or overly-sensationalist 👨🦰
@spongebabe27
4 жыл бұрын
Nah it didn't seem that way, was just trying to make sure everyone watching didn't think you were hating on him, I know that can get people pretty riled up! Excellent video as always 💛
@instrumentalsongs500
4 жыл бұрын
here are similar songs that are similar to others that I discovered myself, here is the link, Look at the comments that are more than 50 kzitem.info/rock/gAf69j_Nwba1pFp6wLbdMAdiscussion?view_as=subscriber
@phill2840
4 жыл бұрын
can you do miracle aligner from last shadow puppets (why it sounds so oriental)?
@boredchika
4 жыл бұрын
"Rip off" is slang for plagiarize. You can't use either term without implying plagiarism. "Accusing" someone of ripping off of someone else is accusing them of plagiarism.
@christoph.schneider
4 жыл бұрын
Well, you just seem like you're searching for reasons to hate.
@michaelsimons1489
4 жыл бұрын
Shaggy: You’ve clearly plagiarised my song Ed Sheeran: It wasn’t me
@grimTales1
4 жыл бұрын
Very good! xD
@veronicam2935
4 жыл бұрын
the songwriters were always credited, that's why an extra 11 writers since shaggy's song had sampled another song
@matthewiles5714
4 жыл бұрын
😂🤣 Brilliant!
@plutofs
3 жыл бұрын
That "It wasn't me" was copped from "Eddie Murphy Raw".
@mixsmasher
3 жыл бұрын
That’s actually really good! I only understood when I got to that part as well😂
@yay-cat
4 жыл бұрын
I've never seen a band sponsor a KZitem vid. Probably the one video sponsor I've actually gone to check out so maybe not a bad plan haha
@DavidBennettPiano
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Slightlykilld are great! 🙂
@YousefAHMusic
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah! I've actually thought about doing that myself to help get my music heard... cool to see someone who has actually done it, haha.
@wildcalmxtra
2 жыл бұрын
I don’t expect they’ll be collaborating with Ed Sheeran anytime soon, though! Lol
@jamesdaniels487
4 жыл бұрын
Is this a David Bennett Piano video that doesn't mention The Beatles? I'm shocked
@Peaceful_Rayne
4 жыл бұрын
😂
@DavidBennettPiano
4 жыл бұрын
I guess I could have mentioned Ed Sheeran's appearance in that 'Yesterday' film!
@julianlarucci2045
4 жыл бұрын
@@DavidBennettPiano what did you think of that movie I'm curious
@banjoindrajit
4 жыл бұрын
@@DavidBennettPiano 😂
@EmiTheLoomistar
4 жыл бұрын
@@DavidBennettPiano .
@kenrehill8775
2 жыл бұрын
In 1983 my music teacher said “there is no such thing as a new tune, now”. At that point I should have become a music publishing lawyer.
@NGHTNGLHS88
2 жыл бұрын
Or a guy called Allen Klein... (Rolling stones Vs The Verve) etc, he liked to screw a lot of people.
@beckyhazlett2162
2 жыл бұрын
Someone clearly needs to do this!
@masteroftrumpetsedited272
2 жыл бұрын
Make sense
@kooldude2ful
2 жыл бұрын
But instead you chose to smoke weed well into your 40s..
@kenrehill8775
2 жыл бұрын
@@kooldude2ful never touch the shit🥰, it’s for weak characters
@JKenjiLopezAlt
4 жыл бұрын
The chorus of thinking out loud (the “maybe we found love right where we are” bit) is basically the chorus of Van Morrison’s Crazy Love note for note and chord for chord.
@veronicam2935
4 жыл бұрын
Ed Sheeran said he was inspired by Van Morrison for the song, and Van said he loved it when they met up years ago.
@davycornell8715
3 жыл бұрын
Ya Ed himself said Van Morrison was one of his favorite artists growing up. Kind if hard to write ANYTHING absolutely original anymore.. since music has been recorded and or passed down for centuries now... still love Ed's music. Always will.
@elijahdomingo3222
3 жыл бұрын
@@mgray7927 Exactly, the only part of the melody that is similar(not even identical) is that "Love love love.." part. The chords and rhythm is very similar but like this video said, that isn't plagiarism. They are also not in the same key. so yeah, thinking out loud's chorus isn't "basically" Van morrison's Crazy love note for note and chord for chord.
@kianwelsh4451
3 жыл бұрын
i would never had expected to see you here my friend
@brmbkl
3 жыл бұрын
it helps if you're an artist backed by a multi million budget corporation, with lawyers out the wazoo.
@angustang6726
4 жыл бұрын
that guy that copies your homework and gets a better mark than you do
@TinaLynn1978
3 жыл бұрын
I like Ed Sheehan a lot, however, your comment made me giggle. Thanks!
@gdfggggg
3 жыл бұрын
My mate was one of those
@rodwavings
3 жыл бұрын
somehow it always works
@danomo675
2 жыл бұрын
I disagree
@samuelojedaedits
2 жыл бұрын
So he surely copied on purpose a lot of songs rythym but having his own ideas for his songs, i mean if you think it that is really cool because that shows how much does he love the music
@louiearthurs7203
4 жыл бұрын
more like Ed hearin' other peoples music
@DavidBennettPiano
4 жыл бұрын
😂
@jamstonjulian6947
4 жыл бұрын
PlagiarisEd Sheeran
@RobertsKong
4 жыл бұрын
Ed Sharin' melodies
@thesuncollective1475
4 жыл бұрын
Ed is a blatant crook..shame on him..one thing I am careful about is being original otherwise what is the point?
@squarz
4 жыл бұрын
It's funny that in the movie Yesterday he played himself and the protagonist (that is not sheeran) was a "plagiaritst"...
@LON009
4 жыл бұрын
6:35 And that, kids, is how you get a song with 15 songwriting credits.
@AbbeyRoadkill1
4 жыл бұрын
...that also sounds like it was made by a committee.
@sambkingmusic
4 жыл бұрын
@@AbbeyRoadkill1 by "committee" you know you mean "three songwriters" right?
@enduser63
4 жыл бұрын
@@AbbeyRoadkill1 a satanic occult more like
@naominegata5752
2 жыл бұрын
@@AbbeyRoadkill1 General rule I've found is, if it takes more than a couple of writers to make a song, unless it's some incredibly complex and clever piece (not just a by the numbers I IV V VI type pop song) then something is amiss. And in this case that holds true because Sheeran writes some of the most dull, trite pop music I've ever heard, and gets way too much credit for knowing how to use looping in his live shows, which really isn't that difficult. 😁
@nigeljuggler
2 жыл бұрын
Envy much?
@leroyrodgers6089
2 жыл бұрын
I honestly think the human mind is incredible. We can listen to something and not realize that we listened to it and years later our subconsious will dream up a song that sounds incredible, but unbeknownst to us it was clearly influenced by something else. That's what happens to me sometimes. I hear songs all the time thinking "that part right there sounds exactly like this other song."
@elbowstancenow1519
2 жыл бұрын
Exactly!
@jhart1127
2 жыл бұрын
It's literally his job and the industry he works in day in, day out. It isn't an excuse to not do due diligence. If I handed in a report at work entirely based off of what a colleague had come up with I wouldn't be able to just go "oooopsie" and then cash my bonus. Well I mean I could but can you imagine the backlash.
@JqMarsh
2 жыл бұрын
@@jhart1127 Its kinda hard to just look up a melody on the internet
@ryanparry1247
2 жыл бұрын
Great comment, Leroy!
@unforseenlaboratories8017
2 жыл бұрын
OK Ed
@lumberpilot
3 жыл бұрын
"Right Here Waiting for You" by Richard Marx coincidentally had the same melody AND words as the first two phrases in a song I wrote back in the 80s. So I came up with it first but he couldn't have heard it since it's only ever made it to cassette. It was so similar, friends were calling me excited that I had finally got some air play.
@naominegata5752
2 жыл бұрын
It's odd when the exact same inspiration hits two people at once isn't it? I had a song like that too, in the 90s, which was similar to a 3 Colours Red song called "This Is My Time", though in fairness their version was way better than mine.
@robjvarney
2 жыл бұрын
Richard Marx co-wrote 'Dance with my father' ..... same piano intro?
@keebs1152
2 жыл бұрын
Holy shit, really? That’s the only good song Marx ever wrote… and damn it’s a good song.
@GaZonk100
2 жыл бұрын
unless an even great melody has exactly the right words and phrasing, one example will soar on gossamer wings while the other will struggle to get off the ground. . . they won't be the same at all
@kellyq21
2 жыл бұрын
I wonder, if you uploaded your song so we could hear it, if YT's bot would take it down for copyright infringement of the Marx song lol.
@jamlemon
4 жыл бұрын
Pretty ironic that he was in Yesterday where the main character is passing off (the Beatles) music as his own.
@leesharra1413
4 жыл бұрын
Oh, I am so unoriginal, I was about to say the same thing!!! Ed Sheeran is a real world Jack Malik!
@jamlemon
4 жыл бұрын
Lee Sharra I watched it a few weeks ago so it’s still fresh in my mind.
@kieranriddle9120
4 жыл бұрын
@@leesharra1413 nah he just take some lines and make completely new songs, and share royalties as well. It's still way better than sampling old hits and pretend that you are a songwriter. The only real plagiarism is with that piano song but Sheeran is a guitar player... unlike the piano-playing producer that co-wrote this song and obviously "composed" that melody. P.S. You would be surprised how much pop, rock and metal hits were "rip-off" from classical music.
@weirdofromhalo
4 жыл бұрын
Except the Beatles don't exist in the alternate universe, so it doesn't matter.
@theplacebeyondthelies2429
4 жыл бұрын
it's no coincidence people wake up
@daleincisions
4 жыл бұрын
In acoustic guitar every pop song Chord progression basic : G Em D C You can play 1000 trendy pop songs with those chords .
@TinaLynn1978
3 жыл бұрын
Yep. Another is C G Am F. (Or G D Em C. I V Vi IV)
@clauseclause6640
4 жыл бұрын
In first example idea of both songs obviously inspired by "No surprises"
@energyboat4682
4 жыл бұрын
I've always thought I recognised the Photograph chorus from somewhere!
@ossianns
4 жыл бұрын
Radiohead?
@wolfie1234100
4 жыл бұрын
@@ossianns Yes
@BRGhostito
4 жыл бұрын
Add the bridge of Damien Rice’s “The Blower’s Daughter” to this list
@umutalandag6853
4 жыл бұрын
I don't get it.. Isn't "No surprises" based on a I to iv (1maj to 4min) arpeggio ?
@pvann1703
Жыл бұрын
In 2008 Ed Sheeran wrote a song called "Autumn Leaves". The chorus melody..... float/down .....hush/now.....miles/away..... follows the same structure as Photograph's keep/me...ripped/jeans..... eyes/meet. In the Shape of You trial, the judge noted that the melody of "Photograph" simply followed the very basic chord progression in an obvious way. He also noted the pick up notes in each were different. He indicated if it were for him to decide he would take into account other songs using the same basic melody. Amazing wasn't released until 2011. Is it really "obvious plagiarism" or did Cardle actually copy Sheeran?? Also the Shape of You trial revealed that because it was time to release the song and clearance was still pending, Sheeran actually REMOVED the melodic bit from "No Scrubs" that was an interpolation and the reference "TLC on the Jukebox" so TLC receives a decent chunk of royalties from Shape of You even though there is absolutely nothing TLC created in the song! And "When I Found You" copied Ed's song "Even My Dad Does Sometimes" that was released a year before it. There is a good reason they didn't receive credit.
@Dos3R_
Жыл бұрын
Finally someone who does their research before making up opinions!
@Slim-Richard
3 жыл бұрын
So many old blues pieces have same chord progression and melody, yet are different. Similar with early rock n roll. Yet nobody sued each other, and that helped to develop whole genres of music.
@mochiizakovic9503
3 жыл бұрын
... because when a bluesman steals something (a wife, a song) from another bluesman they just go and write a sad blues song about that... :D no lawsuits, just a saaaaad, saaad song... ;)
@DanielFriendMusic
4 жыл бұрын
I'm not really surprised when similar melodies show up in these songs. The songs are often 4 chords and there are certain notes that sound good with certain chords in general. I reckon that similarities are pretty inevitable.
@sahanaiyengar5132
4 жыл бұрын
Similarities are okay but it depends on how similar. It's not an issue if rhythms are similar, but it becomes a copyright issue when melodies and lyrics are too similar. They actually count how much similarity there is and judge based on that. You can have some amount of similarity but there's a threshold. Also if he wants to use songs that have already been done, he can use a song from an artist who has been dead for more than 70 years. That's legal. Otherwise it isn't.
@shaieresmirnoff
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah ok this is pretty obvious ... you just don’t know or feel music that way
@omnikosm8472
2 жыл бұрын
@@sahanaiyengar5132 Yes, but imagine we would analyze all the music that has been released, not just famous songs.There would be a lawsuit every second.
@kellyjo6978
Жыл бұрын
Ah yes, very similar melodies of other people's who just happen to be darker skinned (mostly) or women. nothing to see here...move along.
@the-engneer
4 жыл бұрын
What pisses me off is there are sooo many talented, and original artists who write, and perform their own music and get absolutely no credit
@samylemzaoui2298
4 жыл бұрын
If the sample is credited, there is no problem. Everyone is allowed to do it so it's not unfair. Sheeran writes songs that are more appealing to the public than the very talented unknown musicians of the world, so he gets to be more popular. Pop music is not about who is the best writer, but about who is capable of making the most popular music
@endi3386
4 жыл бұрын
It’s irrelevant if their talented and if they are original. If the song isn’t good nobody will be interested
@natemonroe2559
4 жыл бұрын
@@samylemzaoui2298 actually it's about the producers, lyric-writers, music writers, session instrumentalists, and a tried and tested formula. drop all that and sheeran is just another busker lol.
@supesulgi
4 жыл бұрын
@@natemonroe2559 well he was a busker before the fame. What helped him get famous are all the things you mentioned.
@kieranriddle9120
4 жыл бұрын
@@supesulgi He was famous in Britain before he signed the record deal. Not as famous as he is now, but had sold-out shows and had his last self-produced album on the second place in itunes british top charts. That's why label "picked" him up in the first place.
@TheDevinShamel
4 жыл бұрын
Another amazing video man! Basically Ed Sheeran is the “You can copy my homework but make sure you change it up a bit” meme personified 😂
@GokiGandalf
4 жыл бұрын
You must be some super succesfull musician..
@ferdyirawan4971
4 жыл бұрын
You might be ever wrote like 300 songs
@dababy1443
3 жыл бұрын
@@GokiGandalf Shut up. That’s why the way he leaps off of rooftops and flips backwards to face the camera before falling into a head first dive is just full of the exaggerated swagger of a black teen. It gives me goosebumps everytime he does it.
@philipheubeck
Жыл бұрын
My takeaway after hearing all these samples is simply that Ed Sheeran’s melodies are super generic and not unique. It’s the uncanny feeling of having heard it all before, but it also translates to mass success because it’s the kind of music you can like after one listen, and that’s how a lot of people judge music.
@sarangistudent8614
2 жыл бұрын
The Indian Raag system relies on the fact that music is only so finite in it's ability to be unique, and you rely on a framework or raag for the sequence and progression of notes, both ascending and descending, and a taal, which defines the beat. Most raag and taal are already created and categorised. You are able to mix them effectively to create more unique pieces, but you can almost always determine which raag and taal is being used during a phase of music.
@rupamthelegend
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah indian music is really beautiful❤
@parttimeautistic4267
4 жыл бұрын
The part about strip that down and shaggy was very interesting about how the part sampled in shaggy's song was credited in strip that down even though it wasn't in there 😂
@veronicam2935
4 жыл бұрын
Shaggy's song was credited for Strip that down but shaggy sampled another song, so that's why 11 extra writers were credited overall. Liam Payne sings the song, not Ed.
@lesboothe7291
4 жыл бұрын
Very similar to the Verve's Bittersweet Symphony, the music they sampled illegally, and ended up giving every cent they made to the Rolling Stones' publisher , never appeared on any Stones record. It was a sample from an album of classical song versions of Stones' tunes and has nothing in common with the original Stones' song.
@veronicam2935
4 жыл бұрын
@@lesboothe7291 well they credited all the writers for shaggys song and the song he sampled, that's why there were 14-15 writers all together. David Bennnet is just recycling some old stories about stuff that was credited or acknowledged at the time
@EclecticSceptic
4 жыл бұрын
I burst out laughing when he said they plagiarised from Shaggy.
@PhillT1988
4 жыл бұрын
Zoiks!
@samylemzaoui2298
4 жыл бұрын
Why ?
@manasdeep4712
4 жыл бұрын
@@samylemzaoui2298 cause he(Shaggy) himself samples a lot of songs
@veronicam2935
4 жыл бұрын
It's hardly stolen when Shaggy's song was already credited for the interpolation before the song was released plus its not Ed's song but sung by Liam Payne ft Quavo. Steve Mac is the same co-writer/producer for 3 of the songs David mentioned here. Shaggy's song sampled another song in the first place, that why 11 extra co-writers were added to Strip That Down :)
@EclecticSceptic
3 жыл бұрын
@@manasdeep4712 No more like bothering to plagiarise and choosing Shaggy. If you are going to plagiarise, pick the best.
@michaelnajoan5104
4 жыл бұрын
And the thing is he's a big pop star, if you are a small indie artist no one will care. But when you are a pop star, well, you have to know what will coome to you if you do a plagiarism.
@jacobawojtowicz
4 жыл бұрын
And you'll get sued for looser "violations" Hip-hop used samples for ages but once Ice Ice Baby went multi-platinum, suddenly it was an issue. The more money you make, the more people are gonna come looking for it.
@sambkingmusic
4 жыл бұрын
I'm sure Ed Sheeran does know that. He can pretty easily afford to pay people out of court or give them royalty credits, he's a multi-millionaire
@brianrns2421
4 жыл бұрын
isnt that works both ways ? if youre an indie artist no one will care and people will start to say youre dumb and envy if a multi million big star plagiarize your song
@fraserkyle4880
2 жыл бұрын
Whenever I’ve heard Ed Sheeran’s music it always sounds nostalgic, like I’ve heard it before. Sometimes it’s obvious and other times I can’t place it. Yet, I hear this a lot in the music of today at least in the pop chart world. I don’t intentionally listen to it, it’s unavoidable at points. I remember hearing Blurred Lines in passing and presuming it was a 70s tune that I couldn’t place only to later find out it was brand new. Anyway, todays music is fantastic if you know where to find it and where not to look.
@tresebrown6062
2 жыл бұрын
Damn is this why I Love All Ed Sheeran songs🤔🤔🤔because I already love these songs😳🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
@bmcg8888
Жыл бұрын
They must be using a software that produces variations on existing melodies
@lynnr3195
Жыл бұрын
This is one reason I've always been bored by Ed Sheeran's music. He sounds derivative to me. I'm no musician but I've got ears.
@injanhoi1
Жыл бұрын
Today's music is fantastic! You really think that? Music was fantastic in the 60s 70s 80s and 90s.
@lucythomasclassics
3 жыл бұрын
Fascinating video David, thank you. I'd like to add that the chorus of "Shape Of You" is almost identical to the main tune of the Beatles "From Me To You"
@nairbas392
4 жыл бұрын
Generic pop songs sound like other generic pop songs. *shocked Pikachu face*
@DavidBennettPiano
4 жыл бұрын
Ha! We need a “shocked pikachu” emoji
@louis1001
4 жыл бұрын
David Bennett Piano 😲
@sambkingmusic
4 жыл бұрын
In what way are Marvin Gaye and Shaggy generic lol?
@jusjoshandthemic
4 жыл бұрын
Marvin Gaye, generic? Shaggy was not generic. No Scrubs was not a generic melody.
@kieranriddle9120
4 жыл бұрын
@@jusjoshandthemic yeah Shaggy was not generic, he just put his lyrics above sampled music that he did not wrote.
@Bubba-zu6yr
4 жыл бұрын
If you are going to “rip-off” anything musically steal from the masters. There are NO copyrighted Mozart pieces and he played all the notes. 😉😅👍🏻
@theusorelha
4 жыл бұрын
Its hard, because melody kind of has a fashion, the type of melodies that was made 500 years ago sounds corny today in a new context i've already tried
@lydiabrown3208
4 жыл бұрын
and Bach!!!
@samuelbrown434
4 жыл бұрын
Some of mozart’s melodies fit over the simple chord loops common in today’s pop music. But Mozart tended to write melodies intended to be developed and to interact with other melodies throughout the duration of a piece which doesn’t happen so much in pop music these days. If one used a Mozart melody for a pop song it might feel like something was missing. Give it a try any let me know how it goes.
@Bubba-zu6yr
4 жыл бұрын
Samuel Brown, great point! The term ‘variations on a theme’ immediately comes to mind. One could take a well developed mid score melody and exercise a subtractive process and then re-embellish to personal taste while preserving elements of the motif. Conversation of this type always remind me of emperor Franz Josef‘s critique one of Mozart’s commissioned concertos (if I remember correctly) in the movie, ‘Amadeus’ “Too many notes” he says whilst insecurely looking for validity from his Kappellmeister and others whom “think they $hit marble”.😅👍🏻
@sambkingmusic
4 жыл бұрын
You don't think Marvin Gaye is one of the masters? Also if you work in the industry of Pop and RnB, people are obviously more likely to take influence from the masters of those genres. Difficult to interpolate eine kleine nachtmusik into a slow jam.
@fafatak13
4 жыл бұрын
Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” also samples a similar melody and theme to Eric Clapton’s song “Wonderful Tonight”.
@justarandomdudeinthecommen2265
4 жыл бұрын
The lyrics might be in lawsuit territory, but I doubt the theme would be as well. I haven't tried comparing the two yet though.
@applehack97
4 жыл бұрын
he's mentioned that already in his "why do so many songs choruses end with 'tonight'?" iirc
@spenney09
4 жыл бұрын
That's interesting. I always thought that "Perfect" was exactly like the Italian hit song from the '80's "Ti Amo" made famous by Umberto Tozzi...
@HeadbangoO
4 жыл бұрын
@@applehack97 It's to give a conclusion to all those that begin with "woke up this morning" 😂
@Leohalo123456
4 жыл бұрын
always thought that its pretty similar to it
@louisetrinidad8230
2 жыл бұрын
Imagine suing a guy for using the same chord progression. I’m a musician, and this happens everywhere all the time lol 😂
@BossLevelAudio24
3 жыл бұрын
Ed Sheeran has to be the luckiest sod in music. Everything I've heard him sing sounds very close to older hits. I just hate the way he has this hipster with a guitar/genuine songwriter image carefully crafted. For me, he's the epitome of how music stopped being brave and experimental and became an industry controlled thing to compete with PlayStations and smartphones. Still, he's the millionaire and I'm trying to pay the rent. What do I know!
@th2k864
3 жыл бұрын
@Hicky Hicky So you don't think music has become corporate controlled and less original? He's not wrong and saying so doesn't make him bitter. It means he has a music sensibility that discriminates between what is good and what isn't. But if you think music is just fine, just as good as it's always been, then you will have some negative shit to say about my comment too. Oh well.
@thienduy5570
3 жыл бұрын
@Hicky Hicky it's easier to see the mainstream back then had more memorable hits that are timeless and people still enjoy them to this day. Nowadays, it's just boring music on mainstream made to attract audience because they somehow accept this type of music. Yeah, music today is not as good but some people can argue and that's alright
3 жыл бұрын
@Hicky Hicky * humour to Toot Fixed that for you!
@KACOACH
3 жыл бұрын
His music is beautiful.
@JAmes-BoNDOO7
3 жыл бұрын
You are an idiot if you think that. Pop music is just 4 chords with different permutations. Whatever he plays, you'll say that it was an old hit. Also you question his song writing capabilities? He's maybe the only one in pop industry that write their own song. Any artist who doesn't have a pretty face isn't surviving in today's pop world, he is, because he's talented, and that's why he's a millionaire and you struggle to pay rent.
@brazierf
4 жыл бұрын
Ed Sheeran? more like Ed Sharin' these royalty cheques
@dirkdiggler.
3 жыл бұрын
Cough cough
@jamesthompson3016
2 жыл бұрын
He's a ginger toss
@alextalkey4304
4 жыл бұрын
The thing about most of these songs are the generic chords and progression like in most pop music but pop music is also pop music because of its catchy and these chord progressions stick
@mrvegetables2934
4 жыл бұрын
True, specially the chord progression of C, G, Am and F. You'll find them anywhere, literally
@meetroushan2727
4 жыл бұрын
@@mrvegetables2934 yeah, that same progression but maybe transposed to a different key
@ryxeene9071
4 жыл бұрын
These days it's nearly impossible making a truly unique song
@ethelwulfmountbattenderoth2286
4 жыл бұрын
I think the Elephant in the room is at 9:11 where you bring up the fact that if he continues to, "Borrow" from other artists for his, "own" songs and generates enough cash to pay off the original artists, he can keep doing this for the next 15 years or so.
@MaximDL1410
2 жыл бұрын
🤔Facts 😁
@andybarry5315
2 жыл бұрын
And there was me thinking he was a modern day musical genius..Has he Chinese ancestry?
@NativeNomad10
2 жыл бұрын
@@andybarry5315 No, white
@annettecao
2 жыл бұрын
Recently, a very famous Korean pop song composer Yoo Hee Yeol has been embroiled in plagiarism controversies. Somehow I am reminded of this video of yours, because Korean netizens have been digging up all his songs and comparing a few seconds of them with other older songs (like those composed by Sakamoto Ryuichi) that "just sound similar". When two songs have similar chord progressions or backing instrumentals, where do we really draw the line? I felt this so-called controversy has been blowing out of proportion in south korea and I'm a bit sad that there's nobody neutral out there to analyze the situation, so I'm just wondering if audiences here would be interested in taking a look at it.
@katec9893
3 жыл бұрын
There is another song I think Ed was heavily inspired by. It was a song the BBC used for a recent winter olympics from a few years ago, unfortunately I don't know who it was by. It was a good song often used in the snowboarding roundup segment and had a kind of chorus of several guys. That summer Ed had a hit with a song that immediately reminded me of the snowboard song. I'd love to find it again.
@BlankRami
4 жыл бұрын
You can recycle your influences but being a rip-off is sth else
@downhill240
4 жыл бұрын
It's all about the money. I think all Copyright lawsuits should be arbitrated by professional musicians. That would eliminate the need for lawyers piling on to fill their pockets with other peoples money!
@loriannrichardson7644
3 жыл бұрын
How about just giving credit to whom its due and avoiding all of the lawsuits.
@49zeph
Жыл бұрын
@@loriannrichardson7644if you have never heard a song before, and end up writing something similar, is it your fault that you don’t credit someone that you didn’t know about? Music, especially pop music, is not as diverse as everyone thinks. There are building blocks everyone uses. Calling it plagiarism is disingenuous
@Lamadesbois
4 жыл бұрын
Usually, I have a negative feeling towards sponsored episodes. Although with sponsoring by bands, I am actually quite pleased to discover new music while David Bennett gets a check. Everybody wins!
@DavidBennettPiano
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Obviously in an ideal world I wouldn’t need sponsors. But having bands and musicians sponsor me is a great compromise! 🙂
@Lamadesbois
4 жыл бұрын
@@DavidBennettPiano indeed. Thank you for having taken the consequences for us viewers into account!
@FabulousKilljoy
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah same
@kevinstreeter6943
Жыл бұрын
We do not copyright flavors, colors, or scents. We should not copyright sound. Only words should be copyrighted.
@QuatMan
2 жыл бұрын
It's odd that the original artists are able to write original songs, but when Sheeran copies them, such that they sound so similar to the original, music is suddenly finite🙄
@levalaleen5241
4 жыл бұрын
So if someone writes a song, what should they do to make sure that none of their melodies have been written before? Some simple melodies might occur to different people at different places, times, genres.. etc? Plagarism software for songs?
@nahuel6136
4 жыл бұрын
chord progression and melody: exists ed sheeran: *it's free real estate*
@HeadbangoO
4 жыл бұрын
Nah, he's just a squatter 😜
@phoneguy3409
4 жыл бұрын
@@HeadbangoO He doesn't look like a slav to me
@carolinewallis-newport1068
2 жыл бұрын
OK... I play lots of Ed's songs at weddings. I love what he does but every time I play Perfect, I am reminded of an old song called Amazing Grace which I think was done by Judy Collins back in the 1970s. Intentional or not, who knows but it doesn't detract from the fact that Perfect is the most frequently requested song at weddings. I love its emotional content, its lyrics and the Irish, folky feel of the music. As you say, all artists plagiarise to a degree - Bach, Beethoven and all the other greats did it. I say give Ed a break.
@DrakusRecords
4 жыл бұрын
There's only so many chords and melodies you can come up with when trying to write generic pop songs.
@philipjr.pavich2905
4 жыл бұрын
Don’t think anyone has said this one yet, but “Barcelona”’s guitar is basically a simplified version of the guitar from “Neon” by John Mayer.
@hassanmasood1010
4 жыл бұрын
Didn’t John help him write it?
@chaddavies1032
4 жыл бұрын
Didn't notice this😂 but they pretty good friends so I don't think John minds
@veronicam2935
4 жыл бұрын
Pino, the bass player for John Mayer Trio plays bass for Barcelona
@veronicam2935
4 жыл бұрын
@@hassanmasood1010 John plays guitar solo for Ed's song How Would You Feel (Paean) Pino from John Mayer Trio, plays bass for Barcelona
@jshstcy_18
4 жыл бұрын
I agree with parts of this video, there are definitely similarities in songs taken from other artists but some of the similarities, are just pure money grabs. Music if finite and has a limited combination of elements. Chord sequences are not copyrightable and it is actually a joke how corporations make up these lawsuits. Let music be music and don’t ruin this amazing art.
@naominegata5752
2 жыл бұрын
While I agree with your sentiment, I wouldn't say Sheeran's work qualifies as amazing art. It's the pop music equivalent of paint by numbers, pretty run of the mill.
@wayofthewonderer
2 жыл бұрын
@@naominegata5752 well duh, we are talking about something subjective. it doesnt matter if you think it is or it isnt, it matters that you are arrogant enough to think your subjective is of more value than anyone else.
@CYMRUKID69
4 жыл бұрын
Ed Sheeran is just the Noel Gallagher of his day both rip off other artists.
@beckyhazlett2162
2 жыл бұрын
Sheeran seems pretty dedicated to keeping integrity. I beleive as in a union you have to at this point pick and choose what battles to fight. As the lines will progressively cross the more music that is created.
@paulshuttleworth6261
2 жыл бұрын
I don’t think he’s a plagiariser. He credits writers when he borrows their work. Why would he do it sometimes and not others? Plagiarism is a strong word, it implies conscious thievery if someone else’s work, and an intention to conceal this.
@DavidBennettPiano
2 жыл бұрын
I only use the word plagiarism here when I think it applies, for example, with Photograph VS Amazing.
@paulshuttleworth6261
2 жыл бұрын
@@DavidBennettPiano it’s awfully strong word though, has legal ramifications too. It’s the implied intent that comes with the word. Do you think he deliberately copied that song and concealed it? Plagiarism implies a covert act, it implies he’s a thief basically.
@DavidBennettPiano
2 жыл бұрын
@@paulshuttleworth6261 copyright infringement doesn’t actually have to involve intent, for example see the George Harrison VS One Fine Day case.
@paulshuttleworth6261
2 жыл бұрын
@@DavidBennettPiano for the sake of argument, is copyright infringement the same as plagiarism? Can you plagiarise accidentally? There is such a thing in academic research, but I don’t know if it’s music too. I suspect “accidental plagiarism” in academic research, is to de-power it, and not accuse someone directly. But the word has a power that implies intent that doesn’t seem to have the same weight as copyright infringement, which feels less judgemental. I don’t know, just my thoughts 🤷♂️
@nikulmmadhu6566
4 жыл бұрын
*0:43** you can't copyright a chord progression.period*
@pianoboi4842
4 жыл бұрын
You're right. Too bad Ed ripped of the melody.
@EffortlessEthan
4 жыл бұрын
yeah but Ed Sheeran is just some hack that rips off music with lazy song writing from day one
@laureanoahmad7495
4 жыл бұрын
That's true. Unless someone has recorded it before. Chords don't belong to anyone. Records.... ohh yes they do.
@veronicam2935
4 жыл бұрын
@@pianoboi4842 it's not the lyrics or melody though or could have been settled back in 2016 when first sued for it, the drum,bass, piano were done in production by producer.. plus the chord progression and common time drum beat has been done in other songs before LGIO from that the judge had stated
@HeadbangoO
4 жыл бұрын
@@laureanoahmad7495 No. Pop wouldn't exist if it were the case.
@Agrivv
4 жыл бұрын
The piece over the credits this video has a bit of a Charlie Brown vibe.
@DavidBennettPiano
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! That’s my tune “Running Man”
@juannauj9631
4 жыл бұрын
David Bennett Piano lovely tune! It does reminds the work of Vince Guaraldi, but in a good way, greetings from Chile, i love your channel
@happyron
4 жыл бұрын
He must have gotten the idea to rip off other people when he was in the alternative universe of the movie YESTERDAY.
@EclecticSceptic
4 жыл бұрын
He must have got the idea to rip off other people from someone else.
@nickdryad
4 жыл бұрын
EclecticSceptic Clever!
@leob4403
4 жыл бұрын
That movie released in 2019 though, he was ripping off well before then
@FavouriteYear
4 жыл бұрын
lol
@EclecticSceptic
4 жыл бұрын
@@nickdryad Haha
@ajhd95
2 жыл бұрын
Noel Gallagher did it for years, ADMITTIDELY! It's fine to be inspired, it's fine to borrow chords. It's impossible not to be influenced my melody's. That Marvin Gaye one is a farce, photograph, not so much. James bay did the same with Hold Back The river after hearing John Wheatley 'all of this' play in concert. He was there that night. Look it up. It's legit. If John had had any money or power there's no doubt it would have been a suit, but maybe he didn't mind? Was his idea at the end of the day, just didn't receive the credit. John wasn't in this for the money, just the love of music. But there's the catch 22 again? We all think we're original but theres only 12 notes repeated in octives. You can argue theres a billion combinations but how many are actually listenable. You see rap music follow trends drop the same song a million times but no one is sued. Why? Because most of them belong to the same label. Same lyrics, same flow, same drums, slightly different beat. Anyway. I'm not an ed nut rider just a defender of song writing. We'd all be lost without the art.
@tamibogea4282
3 жыл бұрын
Just subscribed to your channel! Wondered if you noticed similarities between Billie Eilish's "All the good girls go to hell" and Arctic Monkeys' "Why u only call me when u r high"? I play acoustic guitar and those notes are identical.. Same for My Chemical Romance's "I don't love you" and the classic "Stand by me". Olivia Rodrigo's "Brutal" borrowed the Elvis Costello's guitar riff in "Pump it up", Dua Lipa's "Break my heart" stealed INXS's "Need you tonight". The list goes on and on and is far from flattering... The pressure to produce hits (and collect a quick buck!) is huge and we need to blame the music industry for all this plagiarism. We need to educate fans musically so that they become aware and more hard to please... Channels like yours certainly will make a difference!
@sarmadhabibkhan3036
4 жыл бұрын
"Ed Sheeran Plagiarises music" Meanwhile EVERY FUCKING RAP SONG SOUNDS THE SAME and nobody talks about it
@ddempsey9642
2 жыл бұрын
@Sarmad ~ I don't talk about rap. I either turn over to a music channel or turn off altogether. A recital of a Shakespeare speech or some funny limericks would be better. Only they're too homegrown.
@lioncurlew
Ай бұрын
Rap isn't really music
@sadmochineko
4 жыл бұрын
somehow watching these kinds of videos just makes me feel that sampling / lifting off portions of existing songs are perfectly fine, but to do it correctly and honorably is to admit you did it and correctly credit the people involved. actually, i would like to ask a question, is there a difference in laws over this "plagiarizing", specifically in the korean industry (kpop)? im asking this because of so many recorded incidents of BIG KPOP ARTISTS "sampling" portions of other songs but not doing the proper crediting, yet not once have they been sued over such issues.
@sambkingmusic
4 жыл бұрын
It depends on who they're sampling and where they're from. If they're sampling music from someone in a country with the same kind of intellectual property laws as the US or the UK, then they could theoretically be sued. It just depends on whether people can be bothered going to all the effort and expense of a lawsuit tbh
@harukuroma376
2 жыл бұрын
I think you're talking about the SM songs right? Those are bought and deals with western musicians and labels as far as i know but some kpop companies straight up rip off without buying the license or credit.
@ashleyholloway6993
4 жыл бұрын
I'm only starting to write music and its hard to write anything that sounds good but doesn't sound like anything that came before it
@AbbeyRoadkill1
4 жыл бұрын
I've found the more I think about music theory the less effective I am at writing anything original. I tend to rely on spur-of-the-moment inspiration nowadays. Clear your mind of any preconception of what sounds good, or what you should be writing, and just go with primitive instinct.
@pratimangautam6541
4 жыл бұрын
I can relate
@Just-Tony
4 жыл бұрын
@@AbbeyRoadkill1 I know this might sound a bit stupid before I say it, but I think knowing too much theory can actually inhibit your creativity.
@bryshares
4 жыл бұрын
People get hyper-focused on the theory. It isn't that knowing TOO much theory can inhibit your creativity. That'll only happen if you let it happen. After writing music and learning music theory for a couple of years, I have found that it is best to use theory as a tool rather than a set of rules. You don't HAVE to stick to the "rules" of music theory. Sometimes it's just best to go with your ear. Also, I'm not saying that a extremely technical (in terms of theory) piece of music can't be creative. It is simply paramount to know your own perfect balance.
@ashleyholloway6993
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, what I try to do is look at something and think "let's try mess around with that" and I play then try to write what I've written down after. Theory is just a theory, not an exact science. So like certain theories like the many worlds theory and multiverses it can be used for other scientific ideas or be used in media like marvel and dc comics and also Rick and Morty.
@oooanikiooo
2 жыл бұрын
Still keep on showing this video to people especially in reference to the ongoing case about shape of you. Also noticed in Shape of You the mmmh - is so similar to a key part of No Digitty - something he clearly is aware of as he's mentioning this song in his court case. Would love a video investigating that song in more detail, shape of you feels like a scrap book of previous music to me.
@billclinton984
Жыл бұрын
The fact people’s really think that all of his songs are copied is surprising because how tf are you gonna make 100% original songs every time
@DenisLogicCertified
4 жыл бұрын
Ed Sheeran is a factual plagiarist. I've never seen or heard anyone said that but Ed Sheeran has plagiarised with his song "Sing" that he took and tweaked from "Miss you" by the Rolling Stones. You change the tempo and of course with a more modern arrangement and you've got "Sing". This guy is a shame. There's a difference, a real difference, between inspiration and plagiarism...
@veronicam2935
4 жыл бұрын
actually it was in the song credits years ago as an inspiration, and you forget about the producer of that song, plus Ed was opening act for The rolling Stones a year after 'Sing' and are friends of his. :)
@erik-janvanoosten1450
4 жыл бұрын
Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud" is basically where Eric Clapton's "Tears In Heaven" and Shakira's "Underneath Your Clothes" overlap in a Venn diagram.
@faaaduma6876
3 жыл бұрын
"Underneath Your Clothes" is rip off by the way.
@themacocko6311
3 жыл бұрын
@@faaaduma6876 From what?
@b-ryemendez8335
3 жыл бұрын
"Underneath your clothes" is very similar to "Eternal Flame" by The Bangles
@faegibb4043
2 жыл бұрын
@@b-ryemendez8335 Christ alive, get a grip. I love both those songs and no they are not similar enough to be called plagiarised.
@porcuspius858
4 жыл бұрын
Ed Sheeran should hire a lawyer and pay them a full-time salary. He'd probably save a lot of money in the long run.
@ilwayeebstay1080
4 жыл бұрын
Wouldn’t you think he already has one on retainer? He certainly has the money.
@rachelcox1651
4 жыл бұрын
All major record labels have lawyers on retainer for their artists for this exact reason.
@thechief00
4 жыл бұрын
surely his record label deducted the cost of a legal team from his contract and they're all making absurd amounts of money.
@kommissar.murphy
4 жыл бұрын
That's basically how the Marvin gaye foundation operates. Whatever you think about the songs content, blurred lines was absolutely mugged by them.
@drmedwuast
4 жыл бұрын
Ed Sheeran has a whole team of full-time lawyers.
@zekkez
2 жыл бұрын
Ed Sheeran has been doing this for years. He crafted his skills when he wasn't famous. Look for his accoustic sessions where he does mash ups of various songs, including rap songs. He's very clever at what he does
@dbmabe
4 жыл бұрын
In light of this video, do we consider it a coincidence that Ed Sheeran is the artist they used as the one to take Jack under his wing in the movie "Yesterday," a movie about a guy who becomes a superstar by plagiarizing the Beatles?
@leob4403
4 жыл бұрын
It's good to see Sheeran can make fun of himself atleast, he probably realizes his songs aren't very good nor original
@leob4403
4 жыл бұрын
@MemeLordSupreme I think that says more about this generation than the quality of his music
@Klocks420
4 жыл бұрын
@@leob4403 A team and Castle on the hill are fucking amazing songs, I'm not the biggest Ed Sheeran fan but he has a lot of talent and produces some really high quality stuff.
@marvelboy74
4 жыл бұрын
I wish I could write a song that gets sampled and then gets sampled again so that I can get royalties.
@emmatorode6704
4 жыл бұрын
Learned guitar because I wanted to be like John Frusciante and I’ve ended becoming like Ed shreean
@HeadbangoO
4 жыл бұрын
Not that different, play a little bit faster and you're there.
@TheChristianNomad
3 жыл бұрын
Come on man Ed Sheeran is clearly doing ALL of it on purpose. You can’t have almost a dozen songs that “sound” exactly alike “on accident”. But he doesn’t pay them when it’s a small band, or an old song, Sheeran is dirty man.
@lizzieoconnor3242
2 жыл бұрын
100%. There is nothing genuine, original or even likeable about his music, even by his own admission he can't come up with something that isn't based on something else
@faegibb4043
2 жыл бұрын
@@lizzieoconnor3242 in YOUR opinion, which is, I have to shockingly let you know, not the only opinion... Plenty of people find his music 'likeable'.
@michaelpalmer5351
2 жыл бұрын
A man completely devoid of the genuine creative spark.
@courtneyawalsh
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah…apparently so. Bummer.
@faegibb4043
2 жыл бұрын
Oh someone is bitter 😂
@michaelpalmer5351
2 жыл бұрын
@@faegibb4043 Bitter? Is criticism of Ed Sheeran forbidden and/or immoral?
@JamesCM86
Жыл бұрын
It’s quite alarming 😂😂
@michaelpalmer5351
Жыл бұрын
@@JamesCM86 You got that right, bud
@veronicam2935
4 жыл бұрын
You will find that Ed and Kandi Burress (TLC), both said in interviews that their teams were in contact for the No Scrubs interpolation before shape of you was released, ( it was written, recorded and released a very shirt time frame) but it wasn't settled until afterwards. Strip That Down had an extra 11 writers listed because shaggy's song sampled another song. Ed doesn't play piano and it was the other co-writers piano riffs for Photograph and Rest of our life. Don't has credited don't mess as inspiration, Thinking Out Loud vs Let's get it On case first started back in 2016 and not settled, as it's not cut & dry either, plus the producer plays many of instruments in production, so he could be the one inspired by it, since Ed said he was inspired more by Van Morison. You will find that most of these songs have acknowledged the similarities either with song writing credits or as inspiration . numerous songs use samples and interpolations. But the record labels, producers, engineers and publishers should be checking more for what they might consider might be actual copyright infringements or just public domain.
@veronicam2935
4 жыл бұрын
Actually the Billboard article, one album reviewer said when Thinking our Loud was released that it sounded like a bit Let's Get It On. So could be why Ed mashed them up in performance months later, he wouldn't do that if thought his team were guilty of plagiarism or copyright infringements. There are actually numerous new songs by other artists as well, that are accused of sounding like Ed's song, so it works both ways.
@T1000-s4j
10 ай бұрын
Kandi Burruss isn't from TLC
@Am6-9
4 жыл бұрын
The cover of that Jasmine Rae record looks as if Jimmy Carr’s face has been photoshopped on her body...
@cakemartyr5794
4 жыл бұрын
My goodness. This is so illuminating. Has Sheeran ever written anything original?
@kermita12
Жыл бұрын
Id love to see this guy explain how "Men at Work" got done over for "Down under". I reckon different judges/jurys in different parts of the world woukd easily come up with different verdicts on the same evidence. How many singers/songwriters would have melodies jingling around in their head (in the Men at Work case, a childs nursery rhyme....) that could inspire a similar tune?
@soulstalgiarecords77740
Жыл бұрын
I always heard people singing Thinking out loud in South African Idols, etc... But I never heard Ed Sheeran's song until driving with my brother one day and he was playing the song, and while the song was playing, I immediately sang 'Let's get it on' while the Ed Sheeran song was playing, and I mentioned it to my brother, that damn, I wonder if this song was leggally sampled or stolen, and low and behold, a few years later and I started reading about the Marvin Gay estate sueing him.
@felicao16
4 жыл бұрын
Hey Dude, soon on a Ed Sheeran LP
@SRMDUK
4 жыл бұрын
I am constantly baffled by how NOBODY seems to be talking about how similar Happier - Ed Sheeran and Stay With Me - Sam Smith are! Especially considering Sheeran has previously covered Stay With Me on BBCR1 Live Lounge.
@veronicam2935
4 жыл бұрын
Sam Smith was already sued for Stay With Me, plus you cant copyright protect chord progressions
@vrzM8
4 жыл бұрын
I think this is all an inevitable result of the saturation of the recording industry, and the significant amount of experimentation since the 60s. Back in the mid-20th century it was normal for Doo-wop songs to all sound very similar. Now that other chord progressions, production styles etc. have been explored, the new ground that was broken has been covered rapidly. Put simply, given the confines of pop music and the unwillingness/ inability for artists to make it more complex or unconventional (in other words risky commercially), the possibilities for originality run out quite quickly. Extended pieces of music like symphonies will be far less likely to run into such an issue.
@wmpx34
4 жыл бұрын
I think you are right, but also consider the medium: pop music is simple by its very nature. There's only so many ways you can arrange the diatonic chords in a progression. And I don't hear too many melodies featuring chromatic intervals in hit songs, which makes sense because most people couldn't sing them. So I don't think its unwillingness or inability on the part of the artists so much as the preferences of the vast majority of listeners. That's probably changing a bit with streaming and our new, easy access to massive amounts of music, but it could be generations before we see an overall shift from the simplicity of 20th-century pop music.
@vrzM8
4 жыл бұрын
@@wmpx34 yea you're right, I just meant from their perspective (they don't want to do it even if they could because it wouldnt sell). I think music is less significant in the overall culture of America/ England than it once was. Lots of people in the 60s were curious about music, in a fairly serious way (i.e. as more than pop culture, and more than the lyrics). That's why we got so much good, creative stuff. People took it very seriously. I think many of the kind of people who could create great material out there nowadays never take an interest in music. It's background noise to most people I know. Older relatives tend to be very different. People today have lots more to entertain themselves with. Music isn't really the rare bit of exciting exploration in life anymore.
@iamcoach6536
Жыл бұрын
Ed just needs to pay the artist upfront for sampling and give them credit for their hard work.
@bossfighter8322
Жыл бұрын
This aged well
@michaelconway644
4 жыл бұрын
You would think if he was stealing stuff he go for something good. Not the mediocre stuff he puts out.
@terrythekittieful
4 жыл бұрын
Calling his music 'medicore' is being kind, 'awful' and 'samey' more like.
@benjaminstedman868
4 жыл бұрын
That live version of Don't with John Mayer though 👌
@sillysillyme8150
4 жыл бұрын
Amazing by Matt Cardle also is similar rhythmically (edit: and melodically, to an extent*) to the chorus of After Hours by The Weeknd.
@Liggliluff
3 жыл бұрын
> You plagiarised my song! You climbed up the scale just like me, used the word "oh" and a second word repeatedly. This is the height of creativity!
@davidbennett5981
3 жыл бұрын
Ed "Rip-off" Sheeran
@HA-kw7vq
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for a great explanation - Ed seems to be prolific with this sort of sampling - which he did acknowledge when called out, perhaps because he had got found out.
@scotishproductions
4 жыл бұрын
I see fire is very similar to 'Listen to your heart' by either Roxette or DHT. Especially live versions.
@NmpK24
4 жыл бұрын
Ironically the chorus that Roxette song sounds a lot like part of the song 'Alone' by Heart.
@scotishproductions
4 жыл бұрын
@@NmpK24 Your right yeah. I've never noticed until now. The chords from all 3 have a similar progression
@JoeCambo
2 жыл бұрын
I've always found Happier and Stay With Me to be similar. I even arranged a mashup, it worked out seamlessly.
@biruktesfaye4575
Жыл бұрын
Deaf much?
@gstree
2 жыл бұрын
The thing is that no music in this day and age can be described as "original". Going back a few years The song "Surfing USA" by The Beach Boys was a direct copy of Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen". All the royalties and credits were given to Berry.
@Niemannsnuthouse
Жыл бұрын
When All Summer Long 1st came out I said to myself, "Wait! He (Kid Rock) stole the music from Werewolves of London. " I just saw the news abt Ed Sheeran going to court for "stealing the music" to Marvin Gaye's Let's Get on. In which Sheeran's side says that it's a common "chord progression". They are just in different keys. But All Summer Long & Werewolves of London sound exactly the same. Honestly, if I hear those 1st few chords, I rethink of which station that I have on to figure out which song will I be hearing. Yes, all of this goes on b4 the lyrics start. Especially now since All Summer Long has been out for a while now. Thank you for putting this together!! I was hoping to find a video like this to show my other half the similarities of the 2 songs. Thanks again! ❤❤❤👂🏼👂🏼🎧🎶🎵🎶🎵📻📱💿💻
@L-mo
2 жыл бұрын
Following the _Oh Why_ case outcome, Sheeran said he thinks settling out of court for _Photograph_ was the wrong thing to do. Not according to your analysis (which I agree with).
@OLIVERAYRE
2 жыл бұрын
He’s so rich and has such a big fan base the law suits don’t phase him
@onesppiegel
3 жыл бұрын
Ed “No one will ever notice” Sheeran
@peelben
2 жыл бұрын
When I first heard Thinking Out Loud, I thought oh Sheeran has covered Marvin Gaye. When I noticed the lyrics were different, I couldn’t believe how blatantly he was copying another artist. If that’s not plagiarism, nothing is.
@onetwo-in4mh
2 жыл бұрын
Ed's newest monstrosity "Bad habits" rips-off Bronski Beat - Smalltown boy He just can't help himself
@andrewrobertson444
4 жыл бұрын
Great video but there’s one very important concept that’s missing - the homage. The homage occurs throughout music, film, literature and all art. It sits between copying and plagiarism because the artist is inserting their own take on a previous piece of work without accreditation but, crucially, they _expect_ at least some of their audience to spot it. An homage is a tribute, not plagiarism. Pharrell’s ‘Everybody get up!’ At the beginning of Blurred Lines is an excellent example. In that case, he should never have lost the ensuing law suit.
@jaywest3734
3 жыл бұрын
It's not homage when you do it with every single song.
@arthurballs7083
2 жыл бұрын
Homages are obvious. Motorhead homage Johnny B. Good in the lyrics of Born to Raise Hell. Down's Bustle in a Hedgerow is of course a homage to Stairway to Heaven. Back in the USSR features a homage to the Beach Boys' California Girls.
@Ching1888
4 жыл бұрын
“Songwriting arsenal” No David. Nuke Ed Sheerin from orbit,
@IndiesoulMusik
3 жыл бұрын
This guy made a whole career out of rehashing old RnB songs. I like Lego House and it seems that was when his original songwriting peaked
@noel_savage_dota1436
3 жыл бұрын
How much does it cost to get that sponsor slot?
@mtperes
Жыл бұрын
Am I the only one that noticed that the video is out of sync when he shows up talkin ??
@floaty10
4 жыл бұрын
Sorry to have say, but I’m afraid that you can argue (like I have) the musical merits/differences in the songs, quote Adam Neely and Rick Beato or any so-called musical expert till you’re blue in the face, but it counts for nothing in a copyright case. The only test is: the similarities are such that an ordinary layperson would think they are the same song. That’s in American law, by the way, and is not a very high bar, in my opinion, but it is what it is.
@ThomasNimmesgern
4 жыл бұрын
Seriously: Is there any rule to determine whether you can choose in which country you go to court in a case of (alleged) plagiarism?
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