Alan Parsons claiming country band lady Antebellum “ripping off” their song.
Representatives for Alan Parsons have alleged that the Lady Antebellum song “Need You Now” is a “lazy rip off” of the classic Alan Parsons Project song “Eye in the Sky”.
A letter was received by the editor of www.nashvillescene.com sent by a lady called Lisa Marie Parsons, claiming that she was the “Personal Assistant to Mr. Alan Parsons”, however not mentioning of any family connection. The letter went on to describe Parsons career included 11 Grammy nominations and even mentioning that he was boss of Abbey Road Studios in London at one point, and then stated that “our fans are reaching out to us by the hundreds telling us how Need you Now…..is one of those "lazy rip offs" of Eye in The Sky…..”.
So even though borrowing bits and pieces from other songs is not unheard of in country music circles, the front part of the chorus in both songs seems very similar however once the back part of the chorus is reached and the rest of the song doesn’t seem to match up.
Storm in a teacup? You decide for yourself based upon the video at http://youtube.com/watch?v=sS1z2inwJ2o.
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