Duck & Cover

[Dawn Meredith]

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

Wow Seamus, I did not know that. I love the REM song ( It's the End of the world as we know it) - and I do not consider it at all any sort of plagarism. Now George Harrison's My Sweet Lord and the early 60's song He's So Fine is another matter entirely. That may have been done innocently on George's part, but nonethe less you can't hear Harrison's song w/o thinking of the Chiffon's. But I have never heard We Didn't Start the fire and think of ITEOTWAWKI. So I don't see why Joel had to give Stipe any damn credit. And yes Billy Joel is on record as being a huge Beatles fan, while I read an interview with Stipe one time where her referred to the Beatles as elevator music. What a dipshit, in my opinion.

Now I have to hear both songs. And will post them on fb. REM and Joel I mean. At lunch. Since it's nine and this is a dman work day.

In Canada we had no "duck and cover" ....

Dawn