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Razman
03-02-2009, 10:28 PM
This morning I was driving to work and I heard a snippet of a song and I was convinced it was OOALH as the base line was the same - but it wasn't!

It was "Hungry for You" by The Police, written some years before...

Has anybody else noticed this?

I wonder if that was what Trever was listening to in the Bathroom when he wrote the song!
Yes.2
03-03-2009, 10:24 AM
I've noticed it. Def Lep, was also ripping riffs from the police...
the greenman
03-03-2009, 10:35 AM
I know the song, but I wouldnt have said there was a strong likeness..
90125yes
03-03-2009, 10:39 AM
No

Owner Is Original
YESOLA
03-03-2009, 04:33 PM
I don't know about the songs being related, but I remember when I first heard owner on the radio way back when, I thought it was the Police.
CybrKhatru
03-03-2009, 04:36 PM
I suppose they are somewhat similar, but Owner is definitely not a rip off of 'Hungry For You"...the bass line is markedly different. :D
JaneEyre
03-03-2009, 06:34 PM
Great Police song, tho!
illusion
03-03-2009, 06:38 PM
Job interviewer asks a man "Do you have a police record"?

"Yes, Zenyatta Mondatta."


(We need a terrible joke thread)
JaneEyre
03-03-2009, 06:40 PM
Job interviewer asks a man "Do you have a police record"?

"Yes, Zenyatta Mondatta."


(We need a terrible joke thread)

:dog: That's the funniest thing I have read/heard all day.
Razman
03-04-2009, 06:23 AM
Great Police song, tho!
yes, it is one of my faves....
90125yes
03-26-2009, 01:44 PM
I think this is a great song, very oringinal and if you listen to the original demo verson on 90124 it was originally very different to anything that the police have ever produced.
Sharp on Attack
03-26-2009, 01:48 PM
I would say if one group influenced the other, it was the other way round!
rmig68
03-26-2009, 02:00 PM
I remember Chris talking about how Yes wanted to make their music more accessible at that point, and they thought what Genesis was doing in the 80's, and The Police, was a sound worth pursuing.

...and I don't have a problem with that anymore than if an established band in the 60's talked about changing and trying to sound like The Beatles lets say.

Chris was very forthright in the interview and that's fine.
90125yes
03-27-2009, 10:46 AM
YES have not copied the Police sound !!
CybrKhatru
03-27-2009, 10:47 AM
I wouldn't be at all surprised if the Police sound influenced Yes...although I don't really *hear* it. :D
90125yes
03-30-2009, 07:48 AM
it also has more to do with trevor horn's production style and trying to make YES flavour of the moment

.....


gosh i wish YES were flavour of the moment in 2009
Razman
03-31-2009, 01:04 AM
I still think that if u listen to the base lines ONLY of 'Hungry for You' and OOALH they sound the same/similar

ok so maybe OOALH is not a rip off of the former but the base line is similar....
zenslinger
03-31-2009, 12:31 PM
gosh i wish YES were flavour of the moment in 2009

Why?
luna65
03-31-2009, 01:20 PM
They were written the same year, true. I honestly don't think they are that similiar (and Trevor has stolen from himself before: i.e. three different versions of the riff in "Hold On") but maybe it was just a case of "steam engine time," meaning many people had an idea for that kind of bassline. But if you tabbed it out, I'm willing to bet a small amount of actual money that they are not the same.
Razman
03-31-2009, 11:33 PM
They were written the same year, true. I honestly don't think they are that similiar (and Trevor has stolen from himself before: i.e. three different versions of the riff in "Hold On") but maybe it was just a case of "steam engine time," meaning many people had an idea for that kind of bassline. But if you tabbed it out, I'm willing to bet a small amount of actual money that they are not the same.


Oooohh!

Same year!

Mayebe H4Y is a rip off of OOALH!