Steven sent in U2’s “Peace on Earth” vs. John Mayer’s recent release “Heartbreak Warfare” and pointed me to the Mayer chorus and the second verse of Peace on Earth.
I wasn’t too psyched about this one until I listened to the intro of Mayer’s Heartbreak and was immediately reminded of U2’s 1984 track “Bad” and figured that the combination of U2 similarities were enough.
U2 – “Peace on Earth” (2000)
John Mayer – “Heartbreak Warfare” (2009)
U2 – “Bad” (1984)
John Mayer – “Heartbreak Warfare” (2009)
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wow two U2 rip offs in the same song?? copy much?
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Amy Reply:
December 5th, 2009 at 5:27 am
omg I too just did my own analysis and came to this conclusion (as a long term, hard core U2 fan, I LOVE the new John Mayer song, now I know. why. wow.
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lime Reply:
March 10th, 2010 at 9:32 am
Check out Goyas Child “wailing to the waves from early 1990’s on youtube.
His Heartbreak battlefield sounds more like that. Easiest to hear at the start of both songs, before he statrts his vocals. Also, his lyrics at one point refer to very similar visual imagery such as lightening, clouds etc.
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I agree. It sounded very U2ish to me, but I couldn’t tell which songs exactly. Good job.
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Don’t forget U2’s “Stuck in a Moment”. Mayer didn’t even bother to hide the chord progression he stole when he made “Waitin’ On the World to Change”. It’s the SAME song, with different words! They even gave him a Grammy for “Best Original Song”. Straight up insulting.
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