This week's selection is good - just familiar. Very very familiar.
Last December, I posted a song that sounded eerily like the Police. At least heavily influenced.
If that was influenced, "Seein' Stars" by Turnstiles is borderline plagiarism.
Do not get me wrong. The song is not bad. But listen to it and if you don't hear the Police's "When the World is Running Down" you're kinda crazy. Assuming you know that work by the Police.
I loved the YouTube comment saying the song was "like a breath of fresh air". Recirculated, maybe. Fresh? No.
I also love that Wikipedia classifies the group as "hardcore punk". I don't (think I) know them, so I can't really question this, but if you were to judge them by "Seein' Stars", I'd say Adult Contemporary, at best. Delilah would play this on her nationally syndicated show on FM lite-radio - should either her show or FM radio still actually exist.
So, while the song isn't bad, I do have a hard time listening to it knowing Sting isn't getting any royalties for it. I find it hard to believe someone in the process of writing, rehearsing, recording and releasing this song didn't say something.
Maybe it's meant to be an homage.
