This is an update to Aztec Camera vs. Gwen Stefani vs. Weezer vs. Lita Ford
I heard “Cough Syrup” by Young the Giant the other day and started thinking about the descending vocal melody heard in these other tracks. Enjoy.
Young the Giant - "Cough Syrup" (2011)
Gwen Stefani - "What You Waiting For?" (2004)
Weezer - "Hash Pipe" (2001)
Lita Ford - "Kiss Me Deadly" (1988)
Aztec Camera - "Somewhere In My Heart" (1987)
This descending scale is super easy to come up with. I don’t think any of these ripped each other off on the scale bit alone. If the overall structure of the song is the exact same though, like same scale plus exact same chorus and verse structure and matching rhythms then yeah. Like how Radiohead’s “Creep” has less similarities with The Hollies’ “The Air That I Breathe” than Lana Del Rey’s “Get Free” has with “Creep”. They all have the same chord change, but “Get Free” and “Creep” have the exact same notes in their initial sections.
Hash Pipe is from TOTO not Weezer (it’s a cover)
This is not correct. TOTO covered “Hash Pipe”