Plagiarism is the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own
Johnny Cash vs Gordon Jenkins
This particular case hit the courts, but was settled out of court. The original song in question was recorded on a concept album called Seven Dreams, the song in question was part of the ‘Second Dream: The Conductor”. When the lyrics to the two songs are compared side by side, there is no question that they are kissing cousins. Though Johnny Cash’s version is more fine tuned and shows more experienced talent, some of the lines are word for word and some of them have a word or two difference. It took fifteen years, from the release date of Johnny Cash’s version, for Gordon Jenkins, the original song. owner to sue. The 1968 out of court settlement approached the hundred thousand mark.
This particular case hit the courts, but was settled out of court. The original song in question was recorded on a concept album called Seven Dreams, the song in question was part of the ‘Second Dream: The Conductor”. When the lyrics to the two songs are compared side by side, there is no question that they are kissing cousins. Though Johnny Cash’s version is more fine tuned and shows more experienced talent, some of the lines are word for word and some of them have a word or two difference. It took fifteen years, from the release date of Johnny Cash’s version, for Gordon Jenkins, the original song. owner to sue. The 1968 out of court settlement approached the hundred thousand mark.
The kinks picture booth -> greenday warning
During the entirety of the Greenday song, Warning, the combination of sounds and rhythm is directly prevalent in the beginning of the song, Picture Booth, by The Kinks. Furthermore, the cadence of the lyrics in Warning also resembles although does not exactly match, the delivery by The Kinks. So far, no such lawsuit has been filed by The Kinks. this may be because they are all dead, dont care,, was used legally or consider Greenday's use of their rhythm an ode to their song and timelessness.
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