Beach Boys Stole "That's Why God Made The Radio" Melody?

[Newguy562]

Now i really doubt that they stole anything but it's very interesting(coincidence) that these songs all have the same melody..
Listen to the beat and melody of these songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrMaYVnF24U&feature=fvst (The intro to this song and the bridge before the last chorus of TWGMTR sound way too similar.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxlfX3kDKy8 (The whole beat of this song sounds like TWGMTR.)

[Ziggy Stardust]

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[Newguy562]

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Gosh darn it, the troller has been trolled! i should have known, i should have known.

This is just what i found out through Google but yeah they do all have a similar sound.

[runnersdialzero]

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[Newguy562]

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ok but seriously though...do the songs sound similar to you?

[Sheriff John Stone]

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Thanks for mentioning that. I thought it my computer. It's been that way for awhile.

Sometimes, if I so much as click on my mouse anywhere on the screen, it goes back or to a white page. Does this happen to anybody?

[runnersdialzero]

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ok but seriously though...do the songs sound similar to you?

It's a fairly common melody. Something similar appears in Robbie Williams' "Millenium", which is sampled from the theme from a James Bond film. So there's two more examples, albeit basically from one source.

[runnersdialzero]

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Thanks for mentioning that. I thought it my computer. It's been that way for awhile.

It's been this way for several weeks, but a few days ago was suddenly okay again. No idea what's causing it. Fairly annoying.

[Newguy562]

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ok but seriously though...do the songs sound similar to you?

It's a fairly common melody. Something similar appears in Robbie Williams' "Millenium", which is sampled from the theme from a James Bond film. So there's two more examples, albeit basically from one source.

that's true still the bb's did an amazing job with it at first i thought the song was cheesy as f*** now i really enjoy it

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Good ear...I do hear similarities. Of course, after a while, there is an finite amount of melodies that can be created, but damn...

It is a coincidence, though. I had a similar thing happen to me. When I was in college, we had to write a song on sheet music without using a piano or any other instrument. I did it, and got my grade. Several years later, I decided to see what the f*cker sounded like.  My collaborator immediately said it was the theme song from some anime that I had never heard of, that he had on DVD. Sure as sh*t, it was almost note for note similar. Only thing was, the thing wasn't available in the US when I had my class!

[Newguy562]

Good ear...I do hear similarities. Of course, after a while, there is an finite amount of melodies that can be created, but damn...

It is a coincidence, though. I had a similar thing happen to me. When I was in college, we had to write a song on sheet music without using a piano or any other instrument. I did it, and got my grade. Several years later, I decided to see what the f*cker sounded like.  My collaborator immediately said it was the theme song from some anime that I had never heard of, that he had on DVD. Sure as sh*t, it was almost note for note similar. Only thing was, the thing wasn't available in the US when I had my class!

thanx
wow that's amazing do you know the name of the anime cartoon? can you profit at all from that? it's weird how people can think alike and do things the same way without even realizing it.

[Autotune]

Anyone knows when TWGMTR was copyrighted. Perhaps earlier than the JLo song.

[buddhahat]

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ok but seriously though...do the songs sound similar to you?

It's a fairly common melody. Something similar appears in Robbie Williams' "Millenium", which is sampled from the theme from a James Bond film. So there's two more examples, albeit basically from one source.

Yeah but the james bond theme is also John Barry, writer of Midnight Cowboy theme, or maybe you knew that? I think for Midnight Cowboy he basically just recycled his own melody from You Only Live Twice.

I would argue John Barry wrote this melody, however simple it might be, and that Lopez, Beach Boys et al are kind of ripping him off, much that I love TWGMTR.

[Newguy562]

Anyone knows when TWGMTR was copyrighted. Perhaps earlier than the JLo song.

It says that the Jlo song came out in 2004.

[STE]

They had to steal a good melody then!

[Newguy562]

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ok but seriously though...do the songs sound similar to you?

It's a fairly common melody. Something similar appears in Robbie Williams' "Millenium", which is sampled from the theme from a James Bond film. So there's two more examples, albeit basically from one source.

Yeah but the james bond theme is also John Barry, writer of Midnight Cowboy theme, or maybe you knew that? I think for Midnight Cowboy he basically just recycled his own melody from You Only Live Twice.

I would argue John Barry wrote this melody, however simple it might be, and that Lopez, Beach Boys et al are kind of ripping him off, much that I love TWGMTR.

The weird thing is that the bridge on the jlo song is exactly the same as TWGMTR...it's soft and slow then builds up..(almost identical)

[Newguy562]

They had to steal a good melody then!

Yeah it suprises me...I have to give my girlfriend credit for this because when she heard me playing the song she said "wow that sounds like jlo" I was like wtf is she talking about and after deep research(google/wikipedia) lol I came across two songs that sounded so much like TWGMTR or songs that TWGMTR sound like (however you wanna put it)

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

wow that's amazing do you know the name of the anime cartoon? can you profit at all from that? it's weird how people can think alike and do things the same way without even realizing it.

Evangelion. I still have the sheet music, dated and all, with a giant red D. My music theory teacher was a bit of a prick...the only composers that mattered were Bach...and Lennon/McCartney. And yes, he actually said that in class :rolleyes

[buddhahat]

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ok but seriously though...do the songs sound similar to you?

It's a fairly common melody. Something similar appears in Robbie Williams' "Millenium", which is sampled from the theme from a James Bond film. So there's two more examples, albeit basically from one source.

Yeah but the james bond theme is also John Barry, writer of Midnight Cowboy theme, or maybe you knew that? I think for Midnight Cowboy he basically just recycled his own melody from You Only Live Twice.

I would argue John Barry wrote this melody, however simple it might be, and that Lopez, Beach Boys et al are kind of ripping him off, much that I love TWGMTR.

The weird thing is that the bridge on the jlo song is exactly the same as TWGMTR...it's soft and slow then builds up..(almost identical)

Ha ha! That is similar. Thank God Mike doesn't start singing "Ladies - you know what I'm talking about?..." over that part of the song.

Was TWGMTR written in 98, as that's when Millennium was released? Makes you wonder if Wilson/Thomas/Other Guy were influenced by the excessive radio play at the time, subconsciously or otherwise.

[Newguy562]

wow that's amazing do you know the name of the anime cartoon? can you profit at all from that? it's weird how people can think alike and do things the same way without even realizing it.

Evangelion. I still have the sheet music, dated and all, with a giant red D. My music theory teacher was a bit of a prick...the only composers that mattered were Bach...and Lennon/McCartney. And yes, he actually said that in class :rolleyes

wow i'm going to see if i can find that anime and hear the theme song lol
you're teacher was a douche lol..but at least he mentioned lennon/mccartney haha

[Newguy562]

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ok but seriously though...do the songs sound similar to you?

It's a fairly common melody. Something similar appears in Robbie Williams' "Millenium", which is sampled from the theme from a James Bond film. So there's two more examples, albeit basically from one source.

Yeah but the james bond theme is also John Barry, writer of Midnight Cowboy theme, or maybe you knew that? I think for Midnight Cowboy he basically just recycled his own melody from You Only Live Twice.

I would argue John Barry wrote this melody, however simple it might be, and that Lopez, Beach Boys et al are kind of ripping him off, much that I love TWGMTR.

The weird thing is that the bridge on the jlo song is exactly the same as TWGMTR...it's soft and slow then builds up..(almost identical)

Ha ha! That is similar. Thank God Mike doesn't start singing "Ladies - you know what I'm talking about?..." over that part of the song.

Was TWGMTR written in 98, as that's when Millennium was released? Makes you wonder if Wilson/Thomas/Other Guy were influenced by the excessive radio play at the time, subconsciously or otherwise.

that's really creepy :O mike is a real creep but one thing i like about him besides his voice is his style it might seem cheesy to some but it fits the beach boys look lol
wow that makes me wonder hmmm i doubt any of the boys listen to what was on the radio in 98 lol

[runnersdialzero]

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ok but seriously though...do the songs sound similar to you?

It's a fairly common melody. Something similar appears in Robbie Williams' "Millenium", which is sampled from the theme from a James Bond film. So there's two more examples, albeit basically from one source.

Yeah but the james bond theme is also John Barry, writer of Midnight Cowboy theme, or maybe you knew that? I think for Midnight Cowboy he basically just recycled his own melody from You Only Live Twice.

I would argue John Barry wrote this melody, however simple it might be, and that Lopez, Beach Boys et al are kind of ripping him off, much that I love TWGMTR.

Didn't know he wrote the Midnight Cowboy theme, too. Still, I feel like I've heard this used elsewhere, too, I just can't think of it.

We know some initial idea for "That's Why God" came about in 1998, but I don't think we have any idea what part or to what extent it was written back then.

[buddhahat]

The more I think about this, the more I wonder if Barry should have a writer's credit on TWGMTR. After all he does on Milennium (obviously as it's a sample), and as far as I can tell he is also credited on this Lopez song.

[onkster]

Also:
"Surfin' USA" sounds a lot like "Sweet Little 16"! OMG!!!

[Awesoman]

Now i really doubt that they stole anything but it's very interesting(coincidence) that these songs all have the same melody..
Listen to the beat and melody of these songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrMaYVnF24U&feature=fvst (The intro to this song and the bridge before the last chorus of TWGMTR sound way too similar.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxlfX3kDKy8 (The whole beat of this song sounds like TWGMTR.)

And here I thought I was about to get Rickrolled.