Accusing English musicians of plagiarism is so hot right now! With Viva-gate™ now settled, a new blogger is suggesting that Bloc Party’s “Mercury” (more specifically, the track’s horn parts) “bears a striking resemblance” to Peter Gabriel’s “Shock The Monkey.” No serious accusations are being made (it could be a deliberate sample), but I thought you listeners would enjoy comparing and contrasting for yourself.
MP3:
Bloc Party - “Mercury”
Peter Gabriel - “Shock The Monkey”
PREVIOUSLY:
New Bloc Party - “Mercury”
3 Responses
NewsieGestapo
July 9th, 2008 at 11:38 am
1Re: DCfC Post.
I’m curious. Why didn’t you just fix the post?
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July 11th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
2[...] all the hype surrounding this song, the inevitable has happened: plagiarism accusations. Hypeful has pointed out that This Just Happened pointed out (gotta love trackbacks) that [...]
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July 16th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
3[...] album because she’s “ripped off” Take That. (Honestly, what’s up with the Brits and plagiarism this year? It’s so hot!) On her MySpace blog, Allen wrote (verbatim): i haveput up a song [...]
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