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Major Nikon

(36,827 posts) Fri Mar 13, 2015, 10:00 AM Mar 2015

Musical plagiarism

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Musical plagiarism (Original Post) Major Nikon Mar 2015 OP

don't you mean Jack Black plagiarism?... lame54 Mar 2015 #1

They have a song about looking like Jack Black too. cemaphonic Mar 2015 #2

Chord progressions are fundamental building blocks of (Western) music. cemaphonic Mar 2015 #3

lame54

(35,277 posts)

1. don't you mean Jack Black plagiarism?...

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 10:28 AM

Mar 2015

they should have played this at the Margin Gaye/Robin Thicke case

cemaphonic

(4,138 posts)

2. They have a song about looking like Jack Black too.

Reply to lame54 (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 11:36 AM

Mar 2015

Axis of Awesome are great.

cemaphonic

(4,138 posts)

3. Chord progressions are fundamental building blocks of (Western) music.

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 11:46 AM

Mar 2015

That's a really common one, to the point of cliche, but it is nothing like plagiarism at all. Reordering the same group of chords slightly gives you the chord progression used in "Stand by Me"' and hundreds of other songs.

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