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Shuimu Nianhua vs. Jars of Clay: you decide!Posted by Joel Martinsen on Saturday, April 22, 2006 at 9:27 PM
 水木年华: A folk-rock band goes classical. Take a listen for yourself. Here's a short comparison of the intros to the two songs in MP3 format. (1:57 min, 459k). The two song's vocal melodies and lyrics (not included in that comparison) bear no resemblance to each other, however. The "Forever Young" music video is linked below if you'd like to hear the whole thing. The music and lyrics on "Forever Young" are credited to Shuimu Nianhua founder Lu Gengxu; the arrangement is credited to Lu Xiaoxu (aka Curepunk), with "arrangement ideas" by Lu Gengxu. The new album was released early this month to much fanfare after the group inked a 2-million-yuan distribution contract with Jinghuang Records. Album release notes wax lyrical about the fusion of classical music, acoustic guitars, and rock percussion - you know, what people said about Adrian Belew's production on "Liquid" back in 1995. Jars of Clay's eponymous debut LP, incidentally, released a version in Taiwan, and made it to VeryCD's P2P downloads in late 2004. The Rhapsody of Life recently passed the 200,000-copy sales mark. Links and Sources
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Comments on Shuimu Nianhua vs. Jars of Clay: you decide!
In the words of Mentok the Mind Taker:
"Same song,judgment for the plaintiff!"
this is just tip of the iceberg
I've never heard of Shuimu Nianhua, but I know that Jars of Clay album backwards and forwards...this is a complete ripoff.
Is Shuimu Nianhua a 'religious' band? I see that they're "folk rock" but, considering Jars' success (most notably with Flood, the first single from the album) it's no stretch to think that they own they album they ripped off.
Pity.
Zheng: Your obscure reference tormented me, until I finally broke and downloaded that episode. Thanks, now I can say that I've seen Harvey Birdman and no longer have need to watch any more.
MusicMan: Not 'religious' at all - they started as an acoustic college duo singing songs about growing older and falling in love, and that's what they do now, albeit with more bombast.