Dr Hu

Well I listened to Coldplays X&Y for the 'n'th time this morning on my drive into to work and that album is simply stunning

So if music died a 20 years ago i'll eat my hat

Nick Read

Got to say that it's one album I still can't get into. Compared to their first two which were superb from start to finish, X&Y was a very poor show I thought. Speed of Sound as a single was great, I thought if they're all like this on the new album then we're in for a treat. But then came the next single 'Fix You' which didn't even seem to be a complete song (to me at least) and the only other track I liked off the album was the one that reminded me what groundbreakers Kraftwerk were and I turned the Coldplay CD off half way through and stuck on 'Computer Love' instead LOL

But then it happens all the time I suppose. I remember listening to one of the Groove Armada albums. I can't recall the name, might have been the first one. Anyway, I was gobsmacked to suddenly hear a straight rip-off of Alexander Robotnick's 'Problemes D'Amour' from '84 or '85, sometime around then... I only pick on that particular example because it's is one hell of an obscure track that not many would know.

And it's only cos I recognised it, I thought, Groove Armada, you cheeky buggers, I bet all these 'youngsters' listening to this will be thinking what great musicians you are when in fact all you've done is remove the crazy French voiceover and the rest of it is pretty much the original. I'll just go and have a look actually...got it... It's 'In My Bones' off of the 'Vertigo' LP

JTaylor

Have they run out yet?

scoobeenut

Yes, think they ran out in 2006.

pslewis

WTF?

In answer, I believe that the Music ran out/died in 1979 .......

DARB

speedking

The same 'logic' also applies to books, plays and films. We need a whole new type of entertainment.

JTaylor

If you really have to know, I was thinking about the guitar solo in the Muse song thread and how some of the notes and progressions sounded like the Radio Ga Ga solo and then I remembered posting something along the same lines, went looking for it and came across this. There.

pslewis

Awwwww, and there's me thinking I had won another stalker

This song has renewed my faith that originality in music is still alive ...... excellent!

legb4rsk

Prepare that hat!

Has no one noticed the similarity between 'Fix You' & 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'?

Same sentiment ,same structure,same piano.The way the song builds.

Please can someone listen to both songs.It can't be just me.It just appears so obvious to me.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY9b6jgbNyc

speedking

1971

JohnSmith

Not true of the pop industry but certainly true in Jazz

I would hazard a guess that every single progression has already been done, it's the stuff on top that makes the songs / tunes different

Leslie

Haven't you noticed the same tunes coming round again but with different words Pete?

Les

toneh

iTrader: (1)

Music just goes full circle , there are many covers of covers
And new lyrics to old tunes
Some artists that are quite original often don't get credited with it because of their pop type tunes or appeal to a younger generation
Prince is a classic example , a bit of an oddball maybe
But a talented musician
As for literally running out of music ie combinations of notes / chords ect , it may already have happened but you will never know

SiPie

Here lies your answer (although you may well be asleep before the end of vid)

ScoobyJawa

happened years ago, almost every modern song is a cover or rips something off from an older song

TelBoy

Has every genre of music now been invented though, that's the question.

Leslie

You must have been desperately short of something to do!

Les

RobsyUK

iTrader: (2)

I would love for all the old x mad songs to die off.... My god George micheal 20 times a day is a nightmare.. Someone please write some ne ones!

daviee

Emeli Sande is also a breath of fresh air ,She has written for Cher Lloyd,Alesha Dixon, Cheryl Cole, Tinie Tempah, Mutya Keisha Siobhan, Susan Boyle, Gabrielle, Preeya Kalidas, Rihanna and Leona Lewis, to name a few as well as her own award winning Album.

I was lucky enough to see her on the 6th of this month. She had a crack 7 piece band 3 quality backing singers 1 dress and over a hour and a half of quality entertainment. She has restored my faith in music.

Mouser

http://www.wimp.com/runout/