[rant] You raise me up...biggest ripoff ever

[rant] You raise me up...biggest ripoff ever - Page 2

qrs

United States3637 Posts

June 26 2009 21:58 GMT

#21

On June 27 2009 06:18 tiffany wrote:
believe it or not, chord progressions being recycled and reused is fairly common

believe it or not, that has nothing to do with the subject of this blog.

stafu

Australia1196 Posts

June 28 2009 11:34 GMT

#22

dmwpeet

1 Post

January 03 2012 10:31 GMT

#23

None of the people who have commented on this 'You Raise Me Up', 'Danny Boy' and Londondery Air have it completey right.

The people who have claimed this piece 'You Raise Me Up' as their composition, lyrically, and musically have rightly done so. They wrote the music and the lyrics. The Chords, Cadence and melody are not the same. Cadence can vary significantly evben in the same song depending on arrangement, and the tempo any particular arranger may wish to use. Thematically Londonderry Air and the 'tune' for 'You Raise Me Up' are similar. Thematically, the lyrics are the same, but the words used are completely different. The Chords if simple and placed for use by a guitar for example could be exactly the same while the actual melody may be different. Some who have commented here do not know their musical theory knowledge to a good enough level to make the comments they have. As for someone playing'Danny Boy' and being questioned if they were playing 'Raise Me Up', that could be explained easily simply by nthe speed you played at and whastever little personal arrangements and interperatations you may have added.

Now to give a good example here of how music can be arranged and have different lyrics but sound similar is this:

There is a boys choir in England called Libera, for want of a better term, their theme song is 'Sanctus' Now there are literally thousands of 'Sanctuses' because it is of a religious theme. This particular piece is based on an arrangment of Pachobel's Canon in D. The choir Musical Director arranged both the music and wrote the lyrics for the song and can rightly claim that he wrote the song. He does acknowledge rightly the basis for the music he has written.

For those who can't work out the intent of the lyrics of 'You Raise Me Up' because there is a phrase 'I am strong when I am on your shoulders' because what if it is a girl, should leave music alone altogether. You have no idea at all. Themes, allegories, interperatation and parables etc are clearly beyond your ability to read, listen or both, and understand.

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