Posted on 01/29/2015 5:04:53 PM PST by Hugin
Tom Petty has addressed the recent news that he and frequent collaborator Jeff Lynne have received songwriting credit on Sam Smith's hit "Stay With Me." In a statement to Billboard, the rock legend praises Smith for quickly addressing what he calls a "musical accident" -- i.e., the similarities between "Stay" and his hit "I Wont' Back Down."
"Most times you catch it before it gets out the studio door but in this case it got by," he says. "Sam's people were very understanding of our predicament and we easily came to an agreement. "
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB-5XG-DbAA
Both songwriters were pretty mature over the whole thing. Great to see.
Petty handled this with a lot of class. There are some online comparisons of Petty’s song and the other guy’s, and the music is almost an exact match for the whole song, the only difference is Petty’s is played a little faster.
Petty has a pretty laid back reputation.
Mike Campbell, the lead guitarist for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, wrote the music for a song that they considered including on the great Southern Accents record. They decided the catchy tune didn't really fit with the other songs on the record, so they put it aside.
Their producer was working for some other artists at the time, so they let him see if anyone else was interested in it. Don Henley liked the track, so he wrote a set of lyrics for it ... and his classic "Boys Of Summer" was born.
I like the Petty version much better.
i like Tom Petty and i like Sam’s song... when i first heard it i thought it was a cross between Won’t Back Down and Stand By Me...
one of my all-time favorite songs...
I like both too but when I hear them, I don’t hear any similarities....lol. I am horrible about that type of thing.
According to Nicks, the title came from a conversation she had with Tom Petty's first wife, Jane, about the couple's first meeting. Jane said they met "at the age of seventeen", but her strong Southern accent made it sound like "edge of seventeen" to Nicks. The singer liked the sound of the phrase so much that she told Jane she would write a song for it and give her credit for the inspiration.
I like Jeff Lynne. I didn’t know he co-wrote I Won’t Back Down, but I’m not surprised.
That’s pretty cool. Campbell is a great guitarist that doesn’t get much recognition.
The melody in the chorus is practically verbatim, but it’s such a simple melody and such an obvious fit to the simple chord change that I have a hard time seeing it as anyone’s “property”.
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George Harrison ended up buying He’s So Fine, and Vanilla Ice ended up buying Under Pressure.
Best song of the 1980s, in my humble opinion!
I'm surprised Bowie would sell it. But then, he is The Man Who Sold the World.
LOL. I love stories like that.
And yet you have country songs that virtually sound alike
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY8SwIvxj8o
Yep. Campbell is truly a "guitarists' guitarist". He's not out trying to steal the limelight with blazing fast solos. He's tasteful and melodic and plays only to compliment the tune.
Live, Campbell and Petty are both a real treat for gear heads. They'll bring a truckload full of vintage guitars on the road and swap them out nearly every song.
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