09-07-2012, 09:06 PM
A few years back I looked into the song as I remembered it was pretty big.
It turned out BJ got himself in a whole heap of shit for the song. I think it was settled out of court for plagarising REM's "It's the end of the World". But I'd always thought there was enough differences with the songs myself. Anyhow Joel's always been a guy who wears his influences on his sleeve. Help, he's a huge Beatles fan still. I think the bad blood is because he didn't give any credit to Stipe and the lads. Ahhh well, I like the lyrical content of both songs. Nonetheless, I always liked Living Colours 'Cult of Personalty' it's crunchy as hell and the lyrics. Vernon Reid's guitar is brilliant. Good ole Black English metalist.
"Realise Nobel Prize, when a leader speaks that leader dies" Pan to shot of MLK. Genius!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xxgRUyzgs0
It turned out BJ got himself in a whole heap of shit for the song. I think it was settled out of court for plagarising REM's "It's the end of the World". But I'd always thought there was enough differences with the songs myself. Anyhow Joel's always been a guy who wears his influences on his sleeve. Help, he's a huge Beatles fan still. I think the bad blood is because he didn't give any credit to Stipe and the lads. Ahhh well, I like the lyrical content of both songs. Nonetheless, I always liked Living Colours 'Cult of Personalty' it's crunchy as hell and the lyrics. Vernon Reid's guitar is brilliant. Good ole Black English metalist.
"Realise Nobel Prize, when a leader speaks that leader dies" Pan to shot of MLK. Genius!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xxgRUyzgs0
"In the Kennedy assassination we must be careful of running off into the ether of our own imaginations." Carl Ogelsby circa 1992