Have you ever listened to an entire album, listened to the songs and decided after one listen of certain songs that you didn’t like them. You may have listened to the album over and over since then and always skipped the same songs. Then one day you forget to skip the song and after listening to it again you realise that you actually love the track.
I used to skip this song and never really gave it a chance until my friend borrowed the cd and returned it and told me that this was his favorite song. Now my friend is probably the last person in the world to like anything by Amy Diamond and here he was telling me a song he liked that I had never even bothered listening to! So I put the song on and fell in love with it immediately. I can’t believe I never gave it a chance before.
I’ve posted about Amy Diamond multiple times now but I couldn’t resist another. I really do love all three of her albums. Each album is full of single-worthy tracks and what I love is that each song has really unique sounds/instruments that you don’t really hear in the average song.
‘Shooting Star’ can be found on her debut album and is easily one of the best tracks from that album.
With rumors flying that Amy will try for Melodifestivalen again in 2009 I figured I’d start getting excited now. If she enters with a song even half as good as ‘Thank You’ then we have a lot to look forward to.
Amy Diamond – Shooting Star
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So I after my year end countdown I was meaning to do another post on Amy Diamond and this whole plagarism thing reminded me to do it and so here it is!
Like I mentioned below Amy Diamond is one of the wildcards in Melodifestivalen this year and that’s GREAT NEWS! It means that even though she JUST released an AMAZING new album recently… we’re going to get a brand new single from her in February.
If you are a fan of fun POP music… you need to order Amy’s 3rd album – Music In Motion. Every track is better than the one before. I am wildly impressed with the talent that she has and she’s only just turning 16 years old!
When I saw the title I wasn’t looking forward to hearing the song. I expected something really corny and boy was I proved wrong. I wish it had a different title because although the song can apply to one’s graduation… it can be applied to many different situations.
Something that sounds like it belongs on Darin’s album last album. It’s something a little more ‘cool’ sounding than some of her other songs. What I love about all of Amy’s songs is that they always have some really different sounds in them that you don’t hear used in a lot of songs.
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Amy Diamond vs Paolo Meneguzzi
Every year across the globe artists are accused of plagarism. Basically taking a song… changing the words and maybe the construction of the song and passing it off as their own.
It’s a touchy subject especially when music fans get involved and are defending their favorite artists. It can be extremely hard to prove as well. How do you prove that someone who writes a song similar to someone elses was aware of the original? Many people say that it’s only normal for two songs to eventually be released that sound alike.
Artists and song writers are constantly being sued for plagarising songs and often the accused end up settling outside of court with details that are never released.
Eurovision season is upon us and it is not immune to these types of allegations and it seems they come up every year. Last year Scooch’s entry was accused of copying a song originally recorded by Pandora.
Well this year is no different as the finger pointing already begins.
Switzerland has already selected their song for Eurovision 2008. A beautiful ballad that picks up the pace in the second half and is going to be a real crowd pleaser for sure!
Here’s the problem: The song is eerily similar to a song called ‘It Can Only Get Better’ that was released as a single in 2006 by Swedish pop sensation – Amy Diamond. Things are even more juicy because Amy is currently trying to win the spot to represent Sweden at Eurovision this year! I imagine if she wins there will be some awkward moments in the green room!
Now I am a HUGE fan of Amy. I’ve actually posted her song ‘It Can Only Get Better’ at least twice here before, so if you’re a regular here you’ve probably heard it already. I’ve listened to both songs and I actually really LOVE Paolo’s song. It’s probably going to end up being one of my favorites this year. BUT… the song is VERY VERY similar to Amy’s, especially the first minute.
I’ve read the comments online and it seems alot of people disagree with me… maybe I’m bias because I’m an Amy fan? I’d love to hear what you lot think! Vote on the right hand side.
If you haven’t heard the two songs… here is are two videos. I will also post a good quality version of Paolo’s track when I get it.
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