Gavin DeGraw aka Mr. Plagiarismo

Have you ever wondered why your favourite music then sounds like your favourite music now? Is it a plain coincidence...or is it plagiarism?

Here's why I came up with this issue...

It was like any other day, I was at home completing my grueling Add Maths homework. Before I went to take a walk with the Monkey Man, I decided to turn on the radio and listened to some contemporary hits on 98.7 fm...

Minutes later, this particular song went on. When I heard the intro of the song, I had a gut feeling that it was an Oasis song. Until....

I realised that it was the new single from Gavin DeGraw called Cheated on Me .....

Shite, I was bamboozled by this song and I knew that there was something fishy about the intro of the song.

Then, I went on to listen Where Did it All Go Wrong? by Oasis and it struck me.....

Both songs seemingly have the same intro!

Since Where Did it All Go Wrong? was released in 2000 and Gavin DeGraw's Cheated on Me was released 3 months ago, it came to my senses that the dude who did the theme song for One Tree Hill plagiarised one of Rock's greatest bands.

But...the difference between the two songs is that Where Did it All Go Wrong? is about the singer contemplating on his failures and asks himself, "Where did all go wrong?"

Then, Mr. DeGraw's Cheated on Me is about the singer who suspects that his soulmate is having an affair and cheating on him...

Here are two music videos featuring the two songs I mentioned:





Now, you be the judge..compare these two songs and tell me what you think...


Cheers,
-Tim-