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Thread #22015   Message #236752
Posted By: Grab
01-Jun-00 - 06:51 AM
Thread Name: Ever write a song already written?
Subject: RE: Ever write a song already written?
There's a recent Bryan Adams song which copies lines wholesale from Dire Straits' Romeo and Juliet. It was blindingly obvious to me, but a friend hadn't noticed it until I pointed it out. I'd guess it's like an optical illusion, or the Stormtrooper banging his head on the door in the original Star Wars - you can't see it at first, but once it's been pointed out, or once you've spotted it in a moment of clarity, suddenly you can't help seeing it all the time.

Grab.