For years one of my favorite songs has long been Mickey Dolenz’ Randy Scouse Git<\/i>. He wrote it in 1967, and it appeared on the Monkees’ Headquarters<\/i> album.<\/p>\n
Just today I listened to that song, and then to another one of my favorite songs, El Paso<\/i> written and recorded by Marty Robbins in 1959. Since I didn’t know any other songs by Marty Robbins, I looked him up on the Wikipedia.<\/p>\n
I learned there that one of his other most popular songs, also written and recorded in 1959, was called Big Iron<\/i>. I had never heard of that song, so I went over to YouTube to hear what it sounded like.<\/p>\n
And I discovered that the main melodic line and rhythm of Randy Scouse Git<\/i> is an exact copy of Big Iron<\/i>. From a musical perspective, it could almost have been the same song with an alternate title.<\/p>\n
Now I am left wondering several things. Was Mickey Dolenz consciously aware of Big Iron<\/i> (it was released only eight years before his own song), or was this a case of unconscious copying?<\/p>\n
And just how often does this kind of thing happen?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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