Originally posted by usdgomez@Dec 16 2003, 01:03 AM
They could have edited the song to make it fit the commercial. So it wouldn't be exactly "Tusk" but they sound so similar. I think that the just modified the the song
Right.. but what I'm saying is that the two songs have nothing in common.
Tusk lyrics:
Why don't you ask him if he's going to stay?
Why don't you ask him if he's going away?
Why don't you tell me what's going on?
Why don't you tell me who's on the phone?
Why don't you ask him what's going on?
Why don't you ask him who's the latest on his throne?
Don't say that you love me!
Just tell me that you want me!
Tusk! Tusk! Tusk! Tusk!
Tusk! Tusk! Tusk! Tusk!
Tusk! Tusk! Tusk! Tusk!
Tusk! Tusk! Tusk! Tusk!
Tusk!
ad lyrics:
oooooh!
One, two, three!
Also, the melodies have nothing in common. Listen to them side by side. Tusk features a horn section and chanting, the ad has a synthesized violin and minimal words.
The drum beats are the only things that sound even remotely similar, but the rhythm of the two drums aren't the same. Listen to the ad, taking the bass out in your mind, and count the rythm, then listen to Tusk.
Yes, maybe the drums sound a little bit the same.. but if you take a song, change the drum's rhythm, add a bass, change the words completely, take out the horns and chanting, add a violin.. then it's not the same song any more. That goes far beyond editing a song to fit the 60 second time frame. If they wanted Tusk, they would have chopped out a section of the song that spans 60 seconds, not changed it entirely.
But anyway, I'm not trying to force anyone to see my way, I'm just stating as a lifelong Fleetwood Mac fan that I don't hear "Tusk" when I see that ad.. so y'all can listen for yourselves and draw your own conclusions.
