I found out that the Dutch band TAXE is almost exactly copying Bon Jovi songs. If they've not stolen BJ's lines, then it's the typical Bon Jovi 'ideology' that speaks through most of their songs. In the Netherlands its known that Martijn, the frontman of the band, has always been a huge BJ fan. He was involved in the Starmaker show, a show that puts six people together who form a band and learn how to deal with the music business. In Starmaker we could see how Martijn tried to imitate Jon. He wears his hair the way Jon wore it during Keep the Faith and he makes the same move as Jon does during concerts. Very annoying. And now he's also stolen lines and ideologies from Bon Jovi. I presume you guys know the lyrics to the songs mentioned in this post, so I will only mention the website where you can find the (in my opinion) stolen songs by TAXE:
www.taxe.nl. The site is in English, so it's easy for you to find your way. I would like to know what you think about it. Should the Bon Jovi management know about this? See below for examples.
Quote:
Bon Jovi ideology:
Alive and dangerous compare this song to 'these days' and 'all I want is everything'. There's also a little similarity to 'it's my life'.
Brutal society - a strong tendency to Keep the faith and Hey God. Bon Jovi have regularly written songs about the ****ed up society and if an other band wants do to use this theme to, then they should try to be a little bit more original.
Cammy's song vs Queen of New Orleans: search for the likeness.
Devil in disguise vs You give love a bad name: view comment above
Copying is punishable, editing is tolerable (they think...); see this:
Taxe Drive me insane
So close the door baby
And leave the world outside
Bon Jovi Born to be my baby
Close the door
Leave the cold outside
Taxe Drive me insane
Don't need a priest to say you're mine
Bon Jovi Living in sin
I dont need no preacher, to tell me youre mine
Taxe Drive me insane
I wanna be her holy water
Bon Jovi Bitter Wine
What was once like holy water [
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Especially this one is very remarkable, for the term 'holy water' is not something that returns often in music
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And these are only a few examples....
this is the band TAXE; the guy in the middle is Martijn.