{"id":15593,"date":"2015-03-12T12:24:16","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T12:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/?p=15593"},"modified":"2019-07-23T10:31:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T10:31:10","slug":"pop-songs-borrow-worship-songs-now-lines-getting-blurred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/pop-songs-borrow-worship-songs-now-lines-getting-blurred\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop songs that \u2018borrow\u2019 from worship songs. Now which lines are getting blurred?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Its often been noticed how many pop songs sound like each other, or how many worship songs sound like pop songs, but what about the other way round when a new pop song sounds like a worship song? Take a listen to Hllsong\u2019s Man Of Sorrows and James Bay\u2019s Hold Back The River\u2026<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0Man of Sorrows \u2013 Hillsong<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s7ZJ5D5q54g\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Hold Back the River \u2013 James Bay<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gfZBJD8zYOo\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Truth is, there\u2019s only a certain number of musical notes to play with, most melodic hooks borrow from somewhere else, and most borrowing is a subconscious mistake. One of my song writer friends once said that it\u2019s heart breaking to have working really hard on a new song, then play it to someone else and be told \u201coh that sounds exactly like \u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whatever you think about the recent Robin Thicke\/Pharell Williams\/Marvin Gaye \u00a0and Sam Smith\/Tom Petty legal actions, they do change the nature of copyright forever. The bigger questions is perhaps to do with the blurred line between \u2018inspired by\u2019 and deliberate plagiarism.<\/p>\n<p>So\u2026 any other songs you can think of that display an element of \u2018the sincerest form of flattery\u2019?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Its often been noticed how many pop songs sound like each other, or how many worship songs sound like pop songs, but what about the other way round when a new pop song sounds like a worship song? 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