I don't understand Maroon 5. I mean, I understand that they have a string of catchy pop hits, but they're as big as they are solely because of Adam Levine. Having a charismatic lead singer appear weekly on The Voice and get People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive does good things for a musical career. In my mind, Maroon 5 is Lifehouse without Adam Levine being Adam Levine. That's not a knock against Lifehouse either since I think their best songs are better than Maroon 5's best songs.
Anyway, I heard Maroon 5's latest song Sugar on the radio recently (yes, I still listen to the radio) and thought one part sounded a lot like Michael Jackson's Beat It. Apparently, Ben Schuller, as seen in this video below, agrees with me. Specifically, check out the part around the :23 second mark.
This isn't quite a Sam Smith-Tom Petty situation, and I'm not a lawyer or play one on the internet, but I think the Jackson family has a case to get some royalties here.
Totally heard it right away.
ReplyDeleteAfter I saw that Sugar video the first time I had to go listen to Beat It, was driving me crazy. You are on the money about Lifehouse too
ReplyDeleteFirst thing i noticed was Michael Jackson's beat it. It also sounds like another hit. Just cant place it right now. The song definitely isn't an original.
ReplyDeleteI knew it was familiar, but couldn't get there. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI knew it was familiar, but couldn't get there. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteSounds like the New Radicals. Exactly. Am I the first to say that??
ReplyDeleteThe sugar also sounds similar to Dangerous in my opinion:
ReplyDeleteThe part [Take Away My Money, Throw Away My Time, You Can Call Me Honey] in Dangerous and the part [Yeah, you show me good loving, Make it alright, Need a little sweetness in my life] in Sugar.
@Xieming Li
ReplyDeleteexactly what i was thinking.
Was listening to dangerous today and was driven mad. I don't like Maroon 5. Not an original song at all. Typical modern music.