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with sssoul
sure Ronnie Wood wrote Hey Negrita - that's on the public record.
he's talked openly about it
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DandelionPowdermanQuote
with sssoul
sure Ronnie Wood wrote Hey Negrita - that's on the public record.
he's talked openly about it
Yep, but I'm pretty sure Mick wrote the lyrics.
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liddas
Of course the two songs are similar, but the main reason is that Preston is doing basically the same thing on both.
I think "inspiration by" is the correct credit in these cases.
Musically, only the progession of chords of the chorus of DYLM is the same of Melody's verse, but Melody's chorus is completely diffrenet and - most imposrtant, Melody's melody and lyrics are completely different.
Speaking of similarities, I was listening for the first time in years Manassas' Down the Road and surely City Junkies was more than "inspired by" Let's Spend the night together ...
No big deal. I am convinced that plagiarism should be free in music!
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DandelionPowderman
IMO, yes and no. Without the chords there wouldn't be a Melody (The similar chords is actually in Melody's chorus). The bridge in Melody is different ("I took her out dancing, she drank away my cash..."), and it goes for the ending with all the screaming from Mick and Billy as well.
"Inspired by Billy Preston's Do You Love Me" would have been the right credit, perhaps?
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NeddieFlanders
Wow, what an interesting find! Now we know, why Bill Wyman
always announced this song as "written by Billy Preston" (at
his Rhythm Kings-gigs).
Maybe Preston got the meager "inspired by"-credit as some kind
of horsetrading, as Jagger wrote some (uncredited) lyrics for BP's
1974 The Kids & Me-album.
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stupidguy2
I always thought Keith was the main reason others never got full name credit on a song. I may be wrong, but Keith has been the purist in the sense that Jagger/Richards meant Jagger/Richards...period. Keith doesn't even like it when Mick used a Stones song in his solo set. Keith may be the reason why Taylor/Preston never got actual songwritin credit. Again, I may be wrong, but that's always been my impression.
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liddas
Chorus, you are right! Memory plays games. The chord progression is quite common though. Something similar in the finale of the Crowes Remedy, if I am not wrong.
On the other hand, the melody of the choruses of two songs - even if the chord progesstion is quite the same, is completely different.
And the remaining part of the two songs is way different - melody, lyrics AND chords.
But to make the whole discussion a little more interesting, these two songs are a great example of why the current crediting system is - as a matter of fact - stupid in pop music. Not always the hook is incorporated in the melody (miss you yes, satisfaction no) and the timbre - the most defining characteristc of pop music - is not considered at all.
As a matter of fact, Melody is not a copy of DYLM, but the songs "sound" extremely similar.
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