RADIOHEAD VS. LANA DEL REY

Radiohead recently just hit Lana Del Rey with a lawsuit over the similarities between their 1993 hit “Creep” and her song “Get Free” on her album “Lust For Life” that was released July 21, 2017.

https://twitter.com/LanaDelRey/status/950065789549166592

The singer addressed the controversy to a crowd at a Denver concert by stating,

“I just want to say that I do have a particular song that Radiohead wants 100% of my publishing for, and actually the only reason why I mention it is I wanted to let you know… that regardless of what happens in court, the sentiment I wrote in that song, which was my statement song for the record, my personal manifesto, my motto manifesto,” the singer told the audience on Sunday. “I just want to let you know that regardless of what gets taken down off of everything, those sentiments that I wrote, I really am going to strive for them even if that song isn’t on future physical releases of the record.”

It was a personal song for Lana’s that closed out her album, but upon first listen, it is hard not to hear the similarities. There are similar chord progressions and the opening of “Get Free” sounds exactly the same as “Creep”. If you haven’t listened to Radiohead’s “Creep” before, which I don’t think anyone has not, the listener would think that “Get Free” is an extremely original song. But the problem is that the reason it is good is because it is copied from one of the biggest names in alternative rock. To me the song seems obviously duplicated, especially the beginning. Lana claims that she did not hear the similarities and no had intention of copying the song but that doesn’t seem 100% honest. Lana should probably get better producers who aren’t recycling the same beats from pervious songs. Even if it wasn’t her fault, they are similar, and nothing can cover that up.

Do you think they sound similar?

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