The chord progression doesn't matter — music plagiarism is about melody and lyrics. In this case, the melody is basically identical for "won't you stay with me / Cause you're all I need" and "Well I won't back down / no I won't back down." My feeling is that the tune is so simplistic/generic, and the raw melodic…

I hate to be the guy complaining about the inclusion of a film on a list like this — better to be the guy pointing to a deserving, but unmentioned gem — but I'm seriously puzzled at seeing God Help The Girl here. I really wanted to like the film. I'm a big fan of Belle and Sebastian, I had owned the record since its…

This is funny. Maladroit was also my junior-year weezer album. I was basically a weezer superfan back then. I pored over the official Blue Album and Pinkerton sheet music and learned all of the songs on the guitar. Obviously I had the above-referenced issue of Guitar World. I spent a ton of time posting/arguing on the …

That would be some seriously 2nd-level irony if that's how it was meant and they still put that music to it.

Warning: pedantry ahead.