Plagiarism: 'Apache' & 'Metamorphosis'

Subject: Plagiarism: 'Apache' & 'Metamorphosis'
From: GUEST,Charles Macfarlane
Date: 22 Nov 18 - 02:15 PM

I've searched for this online, but no hits worth anything. Am I really the first person to document the striking similarity between Jerry Lordan's 'Apache', a big hit for the Shadows in 1960 which has since become something of a legendary recording, and Philip Glass' 'Metamorphosis #3', apparently 'composed' in 1988?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_%28instrumental%29
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjwrbzHzujeAhWDL8AKHZYHA04QyCkwAHoECAEQBQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DEzgbcyfJgfQ&usg=AOvVaw027ErYhY28XkTt6KXaZasd

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solo_Piano_%28Philip_Glass_album%29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M73x3O7dhmg
(similarly begins to be closes about 9:15 from start)

Subject: RE: Plagiarism: 'Apache' & 'Metamorphosis'
From: GUEST,Ed
Date: 22 Nov 18 - 02:52 PM

Well, listening to your YouTube link, I would say that they sound bugger all the same. Especially around 9:15.

Is this a wind-up?

Subject: RE: Plagiarism: 'Apache' & 'Metamorphosis'
From: GUEST
Date: 22 Nov 18 - 02:59 PM

Certainly not. I was listening to the Philip Glass thinking: "Where have I heard this before?" It was a while before it came to me. I can hear the similarity, even if you can't.

Subject: RE: Plagiarism: 'Apache' & 'Metamorphosis'
From: BobL
Date: 23 Nov 18 - 03:27 AM

Yeah - the similarity is in the alternating F#m and D chords.

Subject: RE: Plagiarism: 'Apache' & 'Metamorphosis'
From: GUEST,Charles Macfarlane
Date: 23 Nov 18 - 06:08 AM

Thanks, I'm glad that at least one other can hear it too.

For doubter Ed's benefit, try comparing a few seconds starting at Apache 0:40 and Metamorphosis 9:15.