Huey Lewis sued. Said it sounded too close to "I Want A New Drug".

He and Ray Parker, Jr settled out of court in confidence. In 2001 Lewis commented on the payment in an episode of VH1's Behind The Music.

In turn Parker sued Lewis for breaching confidentiality.

 

Sounds like Parker may have had some culpability. I remember listening to Parker when he broke onto the scene with Raydio.

Sounds like Parker may have had some culpability. I remember listening to Parker when he broke onto the scene with Raydio.

 

Always liked that "Jack And Jill" song...

Always liked that "Jack And Jill" song...

 

Just got through listening to it. Also, "You Can't Change That." Ray was smoooooth. Good memories from the late seventies.

 

Jack {Jack}

Like Little Red Riding Hood {Hood}

Always tryin' to do good {Good}

Waited as long as he could

Jill {Jill}

Is it right or wrong {Wrong}

For Jack to carry on {On}

If you leave him home too long

Now why do you think

Jack snuck down the hill (He snuck down, he snuck down, broke his crown)

He needed love (Sweet love)

{He needed} Love he couldn't get from Jill

About 5 years ago when Indie Folk bands like Mumford and Sons, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Of Monsters and Men, and The Lumineers were beginning to rise in popularity, I took a certain amount of notice because I was generally digging the good vibes that the bands of this genre were putting out.

 

There seemed to be an obvious connection with the sounds that these bands were creating, and at times it felt like they could be tossed into a blender, or have lyrics from one song sung within another's melody.

 

Whereas this thread is looking for without doubt similarities, these next 5 songs that I will post are not completely identical yet they were all in radio rotation around the same time, and as much as I liked them It was driving me a little bit bonkers that it seemed like they were all in various ways ripping each other off.

 

Perhaps not entire songs, but nuances and anthemic sing-a-long type ooohs and ahs and hey's and ho's. Sometimes it's not as obvious until you get deeper into a tune's vibe and energy. For quite awhile I was having a hard time distinguishing which band was which.

 

Two songs were released this year, first Britain's Jack Garratt's - "Worry" and then the British band Oh Wonder's - "Lose it".

 

I dug the song "Worry" enough to put in on repeat for a while until I was deeply familiar with it. About a month after listening to that tune, the song "Lose It" was released, and though they are different, there were times that I was finding myself singing the words to "Worry" right along when I was listening to "Lose It".

 

Not sure if the similarities will be so obvious to people listening the first time, but since I was already very familiar with "Worry", I could hear the nuances while listening to "Lose It"

 

On a side note, the video for "Lose It' is interesting in that the dancers auditioning for the video were not aware that they were all actually filming the final video while they were auditioning.

 

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Rip Off City

 

Pat Benetar - Shadows of The Night

 

Demi Lovato - Really Don't Care

 

BBF - I never know when it's Lumineers or Mumford and Sons when one of them comes on the radio. Not everyone's cup of tea but I like them both.

I can't hear the 2006 Snow Patrol tune "Shut Your Eyes" without also hearing The Zombies 1965 tune "She's Not There" in my head.