Comments on: Discussion: Hey, I’ve heard that before!

By: pj_vett

pj_vett — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:00:40 +0000

I’ve always thought the music to Eric Church’s “How ‘Bout You” was a direct rip off of Dierks Bentley’s “Lot of Leaving Left To Do.”

By: Ryan Franciscus

Ryan Franciscus — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:56:36 +0000

No Chuck Wick’s “Stealing Cinderella” is different. It is from the view of the man taking the daughter. Butterfly Kisses is the view from the father stand point. I think He loved her first by Heartland and Butterfly Kisses are more similar.

Kristina Kornell’s “Little Red Balloon” and John Berry’s “The balloon song” are the same exact thing.

By: Frank Strovel III

Frank Strovel III — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:50:35 +0000

Isn’t Chuck Wicks’ “Stealing Cinderella” a rip-off of Bob Carlisle’s “Butterfly Kisses”?

By: Stephen H.

Stephen H. — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:19:34 +0000

Also, as it is, “Rock My World (Little Country Girl)” and “My Kind of Girl” (Collin Raye) are almost exactly the same song — content-wise, melodically (12-bar blues, 8-bar chorus that doesn’t state the song’s title, etc.). I’d be tempted to do a mashup such as what was done with Tim and Kenny above.

By: Stephen H.

Stephen H. — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:20:21 +0000

Whenever I hear the opening hook to “Things That Never Cross a Man’s Mind,” I think I’m about to hear “Rock My World (Little Country Girl)”.

Also, I heard “Rocks in Your Shoes” by Emily West for the first time, and it’s almost identical, content-wise and music-wise, to “If You’re Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows”. I even tried singing the latter as I was listening to the former, and it was almost a perfect fit, chord-wise.

By: Casey

Casey — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:32:45 +0000

I still can’t tell the difference (when the song starts, that is) between Craig Morgan’s “That’s What I Love About Sunday” and his first single “Almost Home.” The melody is practically the same thing. I feel the same way about all of his songs. Seems he’s got a template for a slow song and a template for a faster song and he just picks one, changes an instrument or two, then calls it a day.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:10:53 +0000

The Vassar reference reminded me of the similarities between his “This is God” and Dolly Parton’s far superior “Hello God”, though they were completely coincidental. Both artists wrote in response to 9/11 on their own and happened to pick similar approaches.

By: Leeann

Leeann — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 03:54:32 +0000

I see the similarities between “I Love the Way You Love Me” and “She’s Everything To Me”, but not the Vassar song. Maybe it’s because I like the first two, but really can’t stand the last one.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 03:41:35 +0000

When I hear one of these songs, I always think of the other(s):

Tim McGraw’s “Live Like You Were Dying” and Phil Vassar’s “Last Day of My Life”

John Michael Montgomery’s “I Love the Way You Love Me,” Brad Paisley’s “She’s Everything” and Phil Vassar’s “The Woman in My Life”

I’ll put Kenny’s “Don’t Blink” in with Carrie Underwood’s “So Small”

Heartland’s “I Loved Her First” and Chuck Wick’s “Stealing Cinderella.”

There are so many more out there!

Country is definitely one of those genre’s where things start to sound the same after awhile – yes love will be written about until the end of time, but it is the way you find to do it that matters – the lyrics, the instrumentation. Here’s hoping for more variety on country radio!!

By: Corey

Corey — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:03:35 +0000

Seemed like Travis Tritt was ripping off himself back during his good run of hits in the early 90′s… not that I minded, those were great songs, but sometimes I couldn’t tell which Tritt song it was until he sang the chorus.

I also noticed the similarity of Tim & Kenny’s songs; even wrote a mash-up of sorts back then (along with The Good Stuff):

Something Like That Good Stuff Just Don’t Happen Twice
by Kenny McGraw

I hadn’t seen her since September
Said I liked her bouffant hair
She gave my first kiss so tender
so we skipped the county fair

I had a barbeque stain on the hood of my car
Skippin’ rocks down by the corner bar
We sang Bobby McGee with hair full of rice
She had a carton of milk and a suntan line
My eyes went misty in that sailor’s sky
Something like that good stuff just don’t happen twice

Three AM by the railroad tracks
Her miniskirt caught my stare
I smiled and said I’ll have some of that
Just one more mem’ry we made there

I had a barbeque stain on the hood of my car
Skippin’ rocks down by the corner bar
We sang Bobby McGee with hair full of rice
She had a string of pearls and a suntan line
My eyes went misty in that sailor’s sky
Something like that good stuff just don’t happen twice

Five years later with a dixie cup
I reached around for the whiskey
I recalled my high school love
and how the cancer took her from me

Yeah man, a heart just don’t forget
when we fell in love
that’s the good stuff