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Originally posted by Nicole
I still don't get how this songs sounds more like EY than TTWE sounds like Blow or California Gurls sounds like TT though...
The Alejandro video is way more Madonna.
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I don't think Blow and TTWE are all that comparable, but sure, let's say all of these songs are identical and borrow too heavily from each other. The supposed offense doesn't seem as notable when you consider the fact that these songs are the product of the same production house. It's self-plagiarism, really. For some reason, having one track that sounds like another one of your tracks seems like less of a violation than having a track that sounds eerily similar to something created by someone else.
That said, I wish the BTW/EY issue could be put to rest. Both songs feature a very basic and predictable chord progression that has been used in no fewer than 5,000 notable and not-so-notable tunes throughout the years. The same could be said of the melody of any pop tune. Gaga had the misfortune of (unintentionally, I believe) replicating the a song released by someone she's continually pitted against.