♪ Ooh woo, I'm a rebel
just for kicks, now ♪ ♪ Oh yes, wait a minute, Mr. Postman ♪ - Okay so the melody lines
are exactly the same. Welcome back to another daily video. Today we're gonna be
looking at songs that the internet has decided
sound exactly the same. By the way if you really like this video you can always print it out and have it like a flip book you can take out whenever you want and watch
this video about music without the sound, which is a great idea. Anyway in this video we
go a little bit deeper. We compare the songs in my music program. And sometimes I play 'em on the piano. We do a bunch of cool musici bits. Make sure to watch this
video 'til the end. Or your pipi will shrink. Okay let's get started. Ed Sheeran "Shape of You"
versus TLC's "No Scrubs". Let's go. ♪ Girl you know I want your love. ♪ ♪ Your love was handmade
for somebody like me. ♪ ♪ Come on now, follow my lead. ♪ ♪ I may be crazy, don't mind me. ♪ ♪ Say, ♪ ♪ No, I don't want no scrub. ♪ ♪ A scrub is a guy that
can't get no love from me. ♪ ♪ hangin' out the passenger
side of his best friend's ride ♪ ♪ trying to holla at me. ♪ - Hmmm I don't know how I feel about this one. I don't think it's that close. I think I know what they're talking about. Let's get it into the music program and check for ourselves, if it's similar at all. Pitch 'em into the same key. Et cetera. Let's see if the melodies or anything is similar. And I play 'em on top of each other. I usually play them in
one ear and the other ear. But a lot of people wanted to hear them just on top of each other. So let's do that for this video. Let's see. (songs play at the same time) - I honestly don't think
that's very close at all. I can see an inspiration
in the Ed Sheeran thing. He probably did use it as an inspiration. But even when pitched to the same key they don't start in the same notes. (songs play at the same time) It kinda sounds like they're
harmonizing on each other. So right now we have
both songs in this key. It's whatever. D flat minor. The TLC song starts here. (piano playing) And the Ed Sheeran song is like (piano playing) I don't really see it. Yes, the rhythm is kinda there. But the rhythm is also very different. Okay I'm gonna say this
one is not similar. I actually do know the details to this and Ed Sheeran is paying royalties to TLC for this song. Because he referenced it while writing. I don't think he should have. I think this is just clear
inspiration but not Stalin. Am I right? Shoutout to my Tommy Craze fans out there. Let's check the Wikipedia page. Shape of You bla bla bla bla bla "Due to its interpolation
of "No Scrubs" the writers of that song are also
credited as songwriters." I think that's crazy, honestly. I can see why Ed Sheeran
is careful nowadays tho. Because he has actually done some things that have been more on
the line with other songs. I guess he just like whenever. He even has a hint of
another song in his head while he's recording. Like "Yeah we gotta pay these guys." (laughs) He's been featured a lot in these videos. By the way this is the forth installment. We have other videos similar to this one. So check those out later. We'll link to them at
the end of the video. "Sheeran said he wanted
an RB feel to the song. Therefore he adjusted the original tune adding an interpolation of "No Scrubs" onto part of the melody." Interpolation what does that even mean? "The insertion of something
of a different nature into something else." I guess Ed has enough money to just give it away. Even tho it's not that similar. It might be that it's
the lyrics that does it. Okay I guess sometimes I get to technical with the musical stuff
and kind of overlook the lyrical content. Okay, so let's pair up lines. "Girl you know I want your love. No I don't want no scrub." Yeah. The first line is kinda close. (sings) Maybe there is something to this actually. Okay. (sings) The more I look at this
the more similar they feel. What did I miss? And then you have two lines that don't really match up at all. "Hanging out the passenger side of his best friend's ride
trying to holler at me." And "Come on now, follow my lead. I may be crazy, don't mind me." They don't really match up that well. Apart from maybe "me". I don't know if you guys know this but the word "me" is pretty commonly used in language. Maybe I'm slow. I'm very sorry. I feel like I'm calling myself out of it. But yeah it's a little
bit of a rollercoaster. I'm starting to lean
towards that it was probably good that he did it. But I think that Ed would
not have been in trouble for a lawsuit around this. By the way if you like this video so far please subscribe and
turn on notifications. I make a lot of this stuff. Next copy, or whatever you wanna call it. Maybe not a copy. We see what the next one is. Okay, so here we have Meghan Trainor "All about That Bass". What a bop. What happened to that? Well I haven't heard about
Meghan Trainor in two years. Versus Koyote "Happy Mode". Let's have a listen. I've never heard of Koyote "Happy Mode". ♪ Yeah, my mama she told me,
"Don't worry about your size" ♪ ♪ She says, "Boys like a little
more booty to hold at night" ♪ ♪ And, no, I won't ♪ Okay, so before we even
move on I feel like that Meghan Trainor song is very much like "Oh, it's this like classic 50s song. This sounds like a prestige almost of songs from like the 50s through 60s. I don't know exactly what that kid I'm talking about. You know what I'm talking
about if you listen to old music. There's a lot of stuff
that sounds very similar to that. Both in melody and arrangement. ♪ So if that's what what's you're into ♪ ♪ Then go ahead and move along. ♪ (korean song playing) Okay, so the melody lines
are exactly the same. They really are. But it's also a typical melody. It's just the scaled down. (humming) (piano playing) It's pretty much wanting
to corporate the scale at that point. Let's actually get it into
the music program tho. Just to check stuff like
the rhythm and everything. Okay, so as always I
have timestrechted them. However I didn't have to pitch it at all. They are already in the same key. Which made it a little
bit weird I gotta say. That made me feel a little
bit weirder about it. But yeah, listen to this. This was interesting actually. ♪ Yeah, my mama she told me,
"Don't worry about your size" ♪ (korean song playing) The way it continues is kinda like the natural way to continue
the melody on those chords. Which are not uncommon
chords by the stretch of the imagination. But, it might sound if
you haven't heard a lot of music using this type of chord structures. Like "Oh my God, yeah it's copied." But it's melody lines that
follow the chords basically. (songs play at the same time) There's a few too many similarities for it to totally just be like
"Yeah, no, it's nothin'." I don't know. (laughs) It's very difficult. In the chaos of the
world they both came up with pretty much the
exact same melody there. Totally different markets. Totally different everythings. One's in japanese
intended for what I think is just the japanese market. It kinda blows my mind but I guess it's just not as genius as
she might think that it is. It's pretty basic. Okay, so there is a
mention of "Happy Mode" on the Wikipedia page. It says ""All about
That Bass" has also been described as melodically
similar to the 2006 song "Happy Mode" by South
Korean group Koyote." It was South Korean. I'm Sorry. I don't know the difference
of different languages. I'm an idiot, okay? Just leave it at that. I'm an idiot. Don't listen to me. "And both songs have been
noted for their similarity to the 1989 song "Contact"
by American rock band Phish." So that song was even
before the other one. So let's have a look at that then. ♪ The tires are the things on your car ♪ ♪ That make contact with the road ♪ (laughs) ♪ The tires are the things on your car ♪ ♪ That make contact with the road ♪ This makes it even more
obvious, when you get kinda like the bassinova
jazzy beat in the background. It's a super basic jazzy melody on that type of harmony. It just kind of plays
itself, rights itself. Let's move on to the next one. Jennifer Lopez "On the Floor"
versus Kaoma "Lambada". Okay, Kaoma from "Lambada". You haven't heard Kaoma from "Lambada"? ♪ Dance the night away ♪ ♪ Live your life and
stay young on the floor ♪ ♪ Dance the night away ♪ ♪ Grab somebody, drink a little more ♪ This is a sample, right? I'm sure I've heard both of these songs. (music playing) Yeah. (music playing) This is a hundred percent the sample. They would never have gotten away with just stealing that. Let's check it to be sure. But yeah, that's just the sample. Oh my God the original is so much better. I've got nothing against J-LO but also she's got Pitbull
on the track, right? Pitbull, I love Pitbull. I just never wanna hear his music. Anyone else share that
mentality of like... I wan't Pitbull to exist and be famous but I just don't wanna hear anything he makes. Oh it gets even more complicated actually. There's an original song from 1982 called "Llorando se fue"
that the Kaoma song sampled. And then Jennifer Lopez sampled not Kaoma but "Llorando se fue". I'm butchering these names. I know it. (music playing) Sounds like "The Curse of
Monkey Island" soundtrack. Not enough people use pan flutes anymore. Bring back the pan flute. 2020 year of the pan flute. Come on guys. Portugal. The Man "Feel it still" versus The Marvelettes
"Please Mr. Postman". Okay, I don't think I've ever heard any of these songs before. Let's have a gander. ♪ Ooh woo, I'm a rebel
just for kicks, now ♪ I have heard this song. I apologize. ♪ I been feeling it since 1966, now ♪ ♪ Might be over now, but I feel it still ♪ ♪ Oh yes, wait a minute Mr. Postman ♪ ♪ Wait Mr. Postman ♪ Okay, it's only that phrase
that's supposed to be similar? I agree that the first
phrases are similar. Portugal. The Man seems
like the type of artist that might listen to a lot of old music and get inspired by it. So maybe. Hard to know for sure. Not really lots to talk about with this. ♪ Ooh woo, I'm a rebel
just for kicks, now ♪ ♪ Oh yes, wait a minute Mr. Postman ♪ (humming) Again it's pop music. It's not rocket science. They could definitely have come up with that exact melody both of 'em. And what I think really
makes Portugal. The Man's song work is the second phrase ♪ I been feeling it since 1966, now ♪ That's what makes it
like "Oh this is a bop." So yeah, I don't know. Here we have Lana Del
Rey "Get Free" versus Radiohead "Creep" versus The Hollies "The Air That I Breathe". That's a lot of versuses. I'm not sure if I can keep
track of all these versuses. ♪ Finally, ♪ ♪ I'm crossing the threshold ♪ ♪ From the ordinary world ♪ Man I'm feeling so emo right now. ♪ When you were here before ♪ ♪ Couldn't look you in the eye ♪ ♪ You're just like an angel ♪ ♪ Your skin makes me cry ♪ Wait, what are we listening after? This songs are so slow and boring. I just zoned out. (laughs) Is that an edgy statement? ♪ If I could make a wish ♪ ♪ I think I'd pass ♪ I'm so confused. What are we listening to? Are they similar in the
way they're super boring? So, they're unlistenable? All of these songs sound like when you're buy a new synth and it's got like one of those inbuilt
orchestras so you can play. (instrument playing) (beat boxing sounds) ♪ This is my commitment ♪ ♪ My modern manifesto ♪ ♪ I'm doing it for all of us ♪ ♪ Who never got the chance ♪ ♪ But I'm a creep ♪ ♪ I'm a weirdo ♪ Okay I could hear it there. ♪ What the hell am I doing here? ♪ ♪ I don't belong here ♪ There's something in here. I hear that the chords are about the same. However, it's 9 P.M. in the evening. These songs are making me
really sleepy, really bored. I'm just going to say this. I know "Creep" is an iconic song. It's too slow. It's boring. Fine me. Fine me in the comments. Tell me that I'm an idiot but
I can't even listen to them. Whatever, let them copy eachother. I don't care. Let's just have a look at
if there is any lawsuits and move on. "In January 2018, Del
Rey confirmed speculation that Radiohead had filed
a copyright lawsuit against her and her team
for alleged similarities between "Get Free" and
their hit song "Creep". Interesting. So there is actually... Oh my God. The bulk of this Wikipedia page is only about the Lawsuit. "Radiohead asked for one
hundred percent royalties instead of her offer of forty percent. She denied that "Creep"
had inspired "Get Free"." Okay. "In March, Del Rey told an audience that "my lawsuit's over, I guess I can sing that song any time I want." Prior to the suit, Radiohead themselves were sued over "Creep"" from
the song we watched as well. "The Air That I Breathe" They actually gave songwriting
credit to that old song. Oh my God. I can't do it, whatever. I'll get it into the music program. I'm intrigued now it's so boring tho. These songs are boring. I sound like a toddler. Okay so I got them in the
music program finally. Synced up, pitched, whatever. First off, the old song I don't see why did Radiohead have to pay them royalties? It's just the same chords. These are pretty basic chords. I was playing these on
the regular in songs when I was like 14,15
years old and I'm sure people have done that
way earlier than I have. Because I was by no means some kind of seventh when it came to chords. In C will be C, E major, F minor. It's the most basic kind
of like low in chords if you go outside of the key. I'm getting to technical. However, there's no black
magic going on with that. So I'm just totally gonna
cut the old song out. Let's just delete it. I deleted it. The Lana Del Rey slash Radiohead thing is more interesting to me. After pitching them I
can definitely hear it. You gotta acknowledge that there's just a little bit of similarities. Then should Radiohead get money for it? I don't know. Like, it's still not that close. But, I think just waving it away like that make her seam a little bit unlikeable. It get that it's a little bit weird by Radiohead to also go after someone for copying their song that they already lost a lawsuit about copying parts of it from someone else. Does that make sense? And I put 'em the right an left speaker because that's how you
hear it the easiest. Lana to the left, Radiohead to the right. (songs play at the same time) (humming) That's a little bit of
a weird melody to me and that makes me think that
they were inspired by it. Either on purpose or just
in the back of their heads when they were writing the Lana song. But it seems to close for comfort to me. (songs play at the same time) That's different for sure. (songs play at the same time) Those are pretty similar. I think Lana's in hot water with this one to be honest. I assume she paid them off. Let's just say that. Be happy, be smiley. We need that in life right now. We need a bit more smiles. Let's be happy Radiohead got some money that they probably should have had. That's hopefully what happened. I'm just guessing anyway. Maybe she just punched the lead singer in the face. Just like "You not getting my money!" And he was like "Oh okay I'm sorry. Just don't punch me anymore." That's probably what happened. Let's be real. I'm also scared of Lana
punching me, so yeah. Actually would you look at the time? We'll wrap it up here. Click here for more
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