rihanna - leaving on a jet plane?

As usual, all the radio stations here play the same crap over & over - so I've had to listen to Rihanna's 'new' 'song' a few times - called 'Shut Up & Drive' the melody/bass line/basis of the track (i dont know how to describe it) is just a distorted guitar playing one of the major rifs from Blue Monday!

So, IMHO New Order should, get the lawyers out & make yourselves some pension money!

Can anyone else hear the resemblance?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shut_Up_and_Drive_(Rihanna_song)

The track technically samples Orgy's 1999 single "Blue Monday", which was a cover version of the 1983 song of the same name by New Order.

Double blasphemy?

[On the other hand, neither Giorgio Moroder nor Klein & MBO sued NO in the first place...]

That's OK then . . . . . i suppose

John Denver's people should sue Rhianna over 'Umbrella' - it has a la-di-da sing song melody and a mid-tempo beat, obviously a rip-off of 'Leaving on a Jet Plane'!

He should also sue Bjork, Michael Jackson, the Beatles, Coldplay and Bon Jovi and anyone else who thinks they can write a pop song without giving the John Denver his due!

Rihanna's song Umbruella was number one for 10 weeks (beating Gnarls Barkley but not quite Bryan Adams and Whittney) and I only heard it for first time the day it got toppled by Timberland (last Sat).

I was quite impressed that I managed to avoid such a ghastly song for so long, as I remember Bryan and Whittney songs being on constant rotation where ever I went.

An indictment of how sad the whole single genre has become?

or an indication that you listen to the radio less?

hibster wrote: or an indication that you listen to the radio less?

You do have a point there. I dont listen to radio apart from in the car. But I do watch the music channels on sky a fair bit.

NO Regret wrote: Rihanna's song Umbruella was number one for 10 weeks (beating Gnarls Barkley but not quite Bryan Adams and Whittney) and I only heard it for first time the day it got toppled by Timberland (last Sat).

I was quite impressed that I managed to avoid such a ghastly song for so long, as I remember Bryan and Whittney songs being on constant rotation where ever I went.

An indictment of how sad the whole single genre has become?

I'm totally with you there. I still haven't heard the song (properly). How can that be ? I was asking my workmates yesterday how can somebody write a song about an umbrella and it's at number 1 for 10 weeks and I can avoid hearing it ? It was impossible to avoid Whitney & Brian's travesties. I looked up the lyrics to umbrella - thinking it must be something corny that couples buy to make up (Whitney & Brian's clever formula) - nope, they're just terrible. I've caught about 2 seconds of it on a Now That's What I Call Music Volume 546 advert, but was instantly forgotten. Of course if I really wanted to hear it, I could stick MTV on all night and I'm sure it'll come on, but that's not the point - it should be unavoidable. A bigger mystery than UFOs.

I haven't read all this thread yet - but I was just logging in to make the same point. I saw the video on MTV today and just assumed it was a cover, a tribute to New Order, until I heard the vocals. Complete rip off.

I can't stand Rihanna. Had to hear Umbrella during my Greece trip! She really has no talent if she is going to rip off tracks which others have created already and if she is singing songs that make no sense.

[magenta]cozmonite61[/magenta] wrote: I can't stand Rihanna. Had to hear Umbrella during my Greece trip! She really has no talent if she is going to rip off tracks which others have created already and if she is singing songs that make no sense.

umbrella is class. Right shedjacker?

FtotheDoubleOff wrote: John Denver's people should sue Rhianna over 'Umbrella' - it has a la-di-da sing song melody and a mid-tempo beat, obviously a rip-off of 'Leaving on a Jet Plane'!

He should also sue Bjork, Michael Jackson, the Beatles, Coldplay and Bon Jovi and anyone else who thinks they can write a pop song without giving the John Denver his due!

apparently mr denver was unavailable for comment.

J wrote:

[magenta]cozmonite61[/magenta] wrote: I can't stand Rihanna. Had to hear Umbrella during my Greece trip! She really has no talent if she is going to rip off tracks which others have created already and if she is singing songs that make no sense.

umbrella is class. Right shedjacker?

Oh yes

Is Rihanna the same girl who sampled Tainted love a couple of years ago? She certainly has the right legs

Umbrella is a fucking class pop song. Jay Z is the best bit in it though.

jesus, that was terrible. i'm not a pop music hater... obviously... and umbrella is quite good, but that was just shit. and she looks awkward in those heels.

umbrella is awful! I really can't stand the vapidness of it. I guess kudos for sampling the boys (+girl) on the other one...