Wow....

it didn't just win 1 grammy either....

When the APP's "Eye in the Sky" came out, I was building with my Legos...

That explains why I keep thinking "hmm...Linoln Logs" any time I hear Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" on the radio.

I THOUGHT that sounded familiar!!
It's either a direct rip off or (this may be worse) -- they've too young to ever have heard of the Alan Parson's Project OR that song. It's not an earth-shatteringly original chord pattern or melody, after all.

Holy crap. And I thought rap music sampling songs was bad...at least they give props to the original artists.

(Vanilla Ice<---- I said rap artists)

I ALSO THOUGHT that sounded familiar!!


It was either a direct rip off or (this may be worse) -- they've too young to ever have heard of the Alan Parson's Project OR taranimator's observation.

This is not an earth-shatteringly original comment after all.

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Much love to APP. Just great music. Lady Antebellum sounds like processed cheese by comparison.

Not to defend this mediocre music, but there are only so many chord progressions and melodies in the world. Sometimes you play something you thought was original on the piano only to have someone say, "hey, I know that song." Often times, really catchy ideas inspire the "did I subconsciously rip this off from somewhere else" paranoia syndrome. It's also possible for two people who've never met each other to come up with the same exact idea.

The Rolling Stones did this a few years back: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constant_Craving

"Eye in the Sky" by The Alan Parsons Project - 1982
"Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum - 2009

Separated by 27 years. It's entirely possible it was a song from childhood that they re-created without realizing it.

But to be honest, I don't care either way. I like the Lady Antebellum just as much if not more. The lyrics and melody are different enough that they still feel like different songs, despite the obvious similarity when played together.

They took a fantastic tune and turned it into garbage. Now, this is music: