[Publius]

Here's some fun.

The original.

Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 13, second movement

And then Billy Joel turned it into a doo-wop song.

Billy Joel: “This Night”

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I love the wee little bit of drag when he intrudoces the second subject...it doesn’t alter the timing at all...it is so subtle, but I feel it.

Now here is another cool comparison

Bach:

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=bach%20st%20matthew%20passion%20main%20chorus%20%22Oh%20sacred%20head%22&qs=n&form=QBVR&pq=bach%20st%20matthew%20passion%20main%20chorus%20%22oh%20sacred%20head%22&sc=0-28&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&mid=79D52B818AFC671C404079D52B818AFC671C4040

and Paul Simon:

https://www.bing.com/search?q=american+tune+paul+simon+youtube&pc=MOZI&form=MOZSBR

[ConorMacNessa]

I always thought that Joel should have credited Beethoven for that tune. Melissa Manchester also copped it - Midnight Blues.

"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces which guard my country and our way of life.
I am prepared to give my life in their defense."

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on1DDSLdDOo

vs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmJ1AqtTuyo#t=13

LOL!