I saw
this earlier while looking around on Youtube at a couple of Lars videos (don't ask
), and what this person has done to their "Lars Auditions for DT" video is just plain ignorant. I mean, I respect that the uploader "made" the video as much as someone can using a bunch of spliced copyrighted clips, and that they have the right to an opinion and to do whatever they want to their video, but this person is just clueless! They force an overlay over the entire screen using caps on key words like it's something written by MP, to emphasize just how badly DT has plagiarized RED, and how EVERYONE MUST SEE IT NAO!!! wording it to sound like DT plagiarized the entire album because of the spurious plagiarism argument against BMU;BMD. I mean, honestly, he/she claims, I quote, "The Introduction, Pre-Chorus, Chorus, and Verses sound identical." I'll give you the similarities in the intro and verse (though light-years from identical), but to say that the chorus sounds AT ALL identical is just straight up lying, and just shows how desperate they are to try and make this accusation true regardless of the reality. It just annoys me because this video has had 2/3 the traffic part one of "The Spirit Carries On" documentary has had. That's quite a bit of people that could potentially see this drivel (most of those were from before this drama and he added the overlay, but having Lars in it guarantees a good bit of traffic over time I'm sure). *head>desk*
A lot of people don't seem to understand what actual plagiarism (especially something labeled as identical) sounds like.
The Ghostbusters theme (Ray Parker Jr.) ripping off Huey Lewis' "I Want a New Drug" (and both seem to have ripped off
M's - Pop Muzik ) or
Beach Boy's "Surfin' USA" ripping off Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen" (man, this one copies the music, the vocal melodies and even basically goes thesaurus on half the lyrics!) are just a couple of examples of plagiarism off the top of my head.
*vent off*
Update: As of 2011-12-22 it seems the uploader has removed the overlay from the "Lars Auditions" video, and removed the RED vs DT video. The RED vs DT video is back up by another account, no idea if it's the same owner, but regardless the stupid stuff and dramatics seem to be gone and it is simply A/Bing the songs and letting the listener decide as it should have originally. So, kudos to the uploader for taking all of the immature stuff down, and (assuming they re-upped it on another account of theirs and it wasn't someone else) for presenting the video with some class!