Sound familiar?

[Doctor Phibes]

Unbelievable

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[Horace]

It's like she didn't try to hide it. Or maybe she doesn't listen to radiohead and her producer slipped it past her.

[George K]

The most disturbing thing is that @Doctor-Phibes knew the Radiohead song.

[Doctor Phibes]

@George-K said in Sound familiar?:

The most disturbing thing is that @Doctor-Phibes knew the Radiohead song.

I love that song. I really do. It's funny, my musical tastes are a lot broader now than they were when I was younger, when I really was a rabid jazz snob.

My theory is it's so blatant a copy that she or the writer must have done it subconsciously.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Sound familiar?:

My theory is it's so blatant a copy that she or the writer must have done it subconsciously.

Very possible. That phenomenon is called cryptomnesia, by the way. And if you make stuff for a living, it's terrifying.

[89th]

They settled out of court about 5 years ago. Ironically Radiohead also “stole” the song.

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/when-radiohead-sued-lana-del-rey

[Doctor Phibes]

@89th said in Sound familiar?:

They settled out of court about 5 years ago.

So much for my attempt to be down with the kidz.

[Axtremus]

Reminds me of something I have read about music copyright infringement (paraphrased): when A sues B for copyright infringement, the key to fighting the suit is not whether B sounds like A, but whether A itself is original.

[George K]

Wasn't it Stravinsky....

"Good composers borrow; great composers steal."

[Doctor Phibes]

@George-K said in Sound familiar?:

Wasn't it Stravinsky....

"Good composers borrow; great composers steal."

...and average composers settle out of court.