The funny thing is, everyone under 25 years old is asking "Who the fuck is Tom Petty"?I'm seeing headlines for this all over the place, and my only question is, who the fuck is sam smith?
The funny thing is, everyone under 25 years old is asking "Who the fuck is Tom Petty"?
When I was a kid, I didn't give a shit about history either, other than rock history. Even at 10 years old, I could recite the history of rock and name all the Bill Haley's and Chuck Berry's, etc......No doubt. One of my favorite little games to play with my kids is "Do you know who this is?" I'll blurt out names of old famous people, and they say yes or no. Most of the time it's no.
Buy yeah, who the fuck is Tom Petty?
When I was a kid, I didn't give a shit about history either, other than rock history. Even at 10 years old, I could recite the history of rock and name all the Bill Haley's and Chuck Berry's, etc......
As I got older, I became somewhat of a history buff. Now, I love "old" stuff. I love watching old footage from the 30's, 40's, 50's, etc...I only watch documentaries. Haven't seen a real Hollywood movie in over 20 years. I have no interest in fiction. Who needs it. Reality is just as weird.
who the fuck is sam smith?
I think it's a safe bet to say this isn't your type of music, nor mine.
Chord progressions have nothing to do with it, I think we both agree. Millions of songs have the same chord progression.
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Me too. I worked in a gym that had the "commercial" radio station on all the time.. I heard this tune too many times, as well the other rip-off that goes "...and you can tell everybody", etc.....I feel sorry for you that you say you've heard that Sam Smith tune so many times!
I think there's more to it than just the same notes in the same order. It's also the timing, spacing, and phrasing that will make something seem like a rip-off. Sam's tune fits all three of those criteria, to me anyway.....and Tom's lawyesrs, too, as it turns out.There are times when I'm writing a song, I find the melody simply wants to go in a specific direction, using specific note because of the chord progression and the notes the lead up to that...and sometimes I can hear "other songs" in that, so I try to avoid it, though it's not always simple when the notes/melody is "expecting" to go in a certain direction. You can't just do a hard right and make it go elswhere...so you can abandon it or do what you can to alter it.
I think there's more to it than just the same notes in the same order. It's also the timing, spacing, and phrasing that will make something seem like a rip-off.
Speaking of gym....what are you doing these days?
Didn't the club you worked at close down or something a few months back...?