Apparently the free part of the blogosphere is again under attack, but I saw my very first Piramida talk-show today and was immediately stung by the following…
Žnidaršič… Erika Žnidaršič
OK, I may be both tone deaf and Bond-prone. But does the theme of Piramida sound like a Bond theme ripoff to anyone else?
Please, compare and comment – and please notice the rhythm of both clips…
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Piramida theme
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James Bond theme
P.S.: How the hell do you get Audio Plugin to work 👿
Unfortunately, I can’t comment on that – it seems I’m very bad at noticing such things. (Apart from the fact that I don’t care much about Piramida, ever since…you know).
I did have a similar interesting moment while listening to RSi not long ago: I was murmuring “…so bileee tiste krave?…” when my husband suddenly wanted to know why I was listening to the Soviet anthem? At first I didn’t believe him but then it turned out he was right. Only that Predin did acknowledge the source on his CD, as I found out…
It used to be very common in our parts to copy foreign music without asking, no?
That doesn’t sound like a ripoff to me. But “I can’t take my hands of you” also doesn’t sound like “Twist in my sobriety” as you claim.
Alcessa: Zadnja večerja is a copy of a Soviet anthem?!?!?!?!? 🙁 That’s a total shock to me. 🙁 I LOVE that song!!
@Sunshine: Didn’t you know that? The Pet Shop Boys did the same with their hit “Go West”, where they (ab)used Soviet anthem.
If you want some more Predin vs. Anyone-else, here’s an ancient post by the venerable Michaelle M.. Predin vs. U2.
I don’t know about you two, but I definitely hear a Bond rhythm (seven notes) in Piramida theme – albeit in a fast forward version.
Perhaps alcessa should ask her hubby, what he thinks about that 🙂
Could it be possible that there is a rule stating that a musical rippoff starts at 8 notes? I thought I read about that somewhere…
Actually, I think it’s four beats. I’m not saying that Piramida stole the riff, just that the ripped Bond off… 😀
OK, all right. My husband says he is not an expert either, BTW. 😳
I don’t need an expert… I just need a male opinion 😀
I tend to trust my wife’s opinion.
Ha! A catch 22! 😀 But thanks anyway 🙂
So: have we learnt anything today? 👿
apart the fact that I am tone deaf 😀
/serious mode/ : Actually, I have a sneaky suspicion that there are men in this world who will notice things about music or remember most of the things said in a conversation far better than …me (possibly other women, too?). I wasn’t surprised yesterday when it turned out you remembered much more about things said than your lovely cenversation partner… And I really am interested in real people (not so much categories or abstract types, only if they help me understand concrete persons better) and love talking to them.
In other words, I can feel a grey hair growing on my head any time when my dearest says “Remember the time you said…?” 🙁
His lovely conversation partner (damn, this sounds like a typical example of an euphemism 😀 ) didn’t know what he was referring to (the first or the last part of my sentence that was discussed). When I figured that out, I also knew what were the things said. After all… it was worth remembering. 😀
@ Alcessa: From my experience there are very few men that will notice things about music, listen very carefully and so on. But there are some! I know a living personification of this type of man. And I cherished every single moment when I witnessed that. Unfortunately, there were many other crucial characteristics that were just “wrong”. But I still love people that are interested about what’s going on around them and who are good listeners. 😉
And to clear things up. There are not that many women that have an attention span longer than the one of a gold fish. 🙁
I thought so… *swims away*
*swims back*
Any ideas what this (remembering and attention spans) is all about? Motivation? Can’t be only that.
Multitasking… Women are capable of doing several things at once, thus multiplying the amount of information processed at a given moment, effectivelly shortening the attention span…
…And I don’t agree that women have an average attention span of a gold fish. At least that of a trout 😀
Seriously: when it comes to bad things, women tend to have a much longer memory…
Yes, you said it. I seem to remember bad things much better. As if it were necessary not to forget them, to be able to react appropriately next time….