Trivia

Often enough you hear something in a (new) song that immediately makes you think;

"Hey, I know that piece from somewhere!"

It is common knowledge that all musicians inspire each other, but where is the line between inspiration and copying?

In this section I would like to occasionally give an example of inspiration and copy.

Do you have a good suggestion of your own? Send it to me!

The original from 1935. Great song!

Fantastic cover from 1972.

1976

Nice intro!!

1990

1975

From 15 seconds

Apparently Dré also just listened to Julio..

1990

From 31 seconds

1981

Nice bass line!!!
But uhm... do I know that from somewhere?

1979

Beautiful intro by Steely Dan from 1974 inspired by Horace Silver's "'Song for my father'' from 1964. Judge for yourself.

This time I'm comparing the melody of the 1920 song "Whispering" by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra with "Cherchez La Femme" by Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band from 1977.

It's the melody of the song "Whispering" starting at 0:19 sec. Listen and judge for yourself.

Breath support is very important as a singer but eh..
Who has ever sung the longest vocal stretch in a song or something?

No. 1 – Les Compagnnons de la Chanson – Un Mexicain 30 sec from 3.35

No. 2 – Aha-Summer Moved On 21 sec from 2.50

No. 3 – Bill Withers-Lovely day 18 sec from 3.07

In the spirit of 'better stolen well than poorly invented', we have another one.

For the original, we go back to 1936. In the song Alla en el Rancho by Tito Guizar, a very familiar melody sounds at 1 minute 15.

Now listen to Henk Wijngaard's song. After 26 seconds, this melody returns. Judge for yourself!

A sample of Al Bowlly's "My Woman." Both beautiful songs, and completely in the same vein! Give it a listen…

Al Bowly Lew Stone Monsignor Band – My Woman 1932

White Town – Your Woman 1997

Better to steal well than to invent poorly. Judge for yourself!

Frank Zappa – Uncle Remus (1974)

Winne – WINNE (2009)