1974: John Lennon releases Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird Of Paradox) with a particular riff (drumbeat followed by a progression of 7 sax [?] and guitar notes)
1979: Nick Lowe releases Cracking Up with a similar, sped up version of the same riff (guitar stab followed by a progression of 7 bass notes)
Hear the riffs side by side (repeated 3 times):
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I first heard this in my head and tracked down the original songs to check! What do we think?
Surely this happens a lot in music-land.
Surprising Sweet Crackup: Did Nick Lowe copy John Lennon?
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Re: Surprising Sweet Crackup: Did Nick Lowe copy John Lennon?
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Re: Surprising Sweet Crackup: Did Nick Lowe copy John Lennon?
Isn't that what the boss says when you ask for a raise-?
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Re: Surprising Sweet Crackup: Did Nick Lowe copy John Lennon?
The Nick Lowe riff sounds more like "Paperback Writer" to me.