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(Fellow guitarist here) I agree, there are only so many chord progressions that work in a pop song.. perhaps 30 or even less? But the chords are not the only pr
by manmal 9y ago
(Fellow guitarist here) I agree, there are only so many chord progressions that work in a pop song.. perhaps 30 or even less? But the chords are not the only problem here.
Listen to the voices‘ melodies of „my modern manifesto“ (Lana) vs „I‘m a weirdo“ (Radiohead) - that’s so blatantly copied I almost can’t believe it. If she were a hobbyist, I might believe that her subconscious sneaked it all in without her noticing, but I don’t believe all the producers and test audiences this has been run by haven’t noticed.
- jnwatson 9y agoYeah, I think there's more similarity than just the chord progression. Part of it is the vocal timbre. Lana Del Rey's relaxed, under-enunciated consonants is similar to the vocal style in grunge when Creep came out. But she does that in almost all her songs. The chorus is completely different, and so is the instrumentation and musical style. It is a close call whether I'd call that plagiarism.
- shawndrost 9y agoThe melody of the chorus is almost identical.
- manmal 9y agoOr rather, Lana‘s verse is Radiohead‘s chorus.