Not too terribly long after the Coldplay/Joe Satriani controversy comes a new musical controversy.
It’s possible we’re grasping at straws here, but I noticed (as if it’s not too terribly obvious already) a chord progression that is WAY too similar to be considered original. At least in my eyes.
The similarity in focus here is the first couple minutes of the Black Eyed Peas’ song “Alive” and the chorus of the New Radicals’ 1998 hit “You Get What You Give.” In both songs, the timing, rhythm and pitch of both are very, very, very similar. I think that if BEP would have pitch-shifted their backing instrumentation up or down a couple semitones, I wouldn’t have even noticed the similarity.
But, it is what it is. Check them both out below:
Black Eyed Peas – “Alive”
New Radicals – “You Get What You Give”
Are the songs too similar, or are they juuuuuuust different enough to exonerate the Black Eyed Peas? You decide. (I already have.)
yes you are right they did rip them off big time, and someone should let them know about it fast if they don’t know about it. I love new radicals.