The first verse in particular is practically identical.

Interesting observation. I just recently read an old interview where Jon admits to using the song as an inspiration for Damned, which is easy to hear.

How about one that's so obvious I don't even need to say what the Jovi song (well, intro) is? The original (as far as I can tell) is not well known, as it was stuck at the end of the album as a hidden song:

One Wild Night.

All the world copy. Influences are small, I see the problem so evident in most songs, are only a few seconds or a riff here and there.

New Slash album also copy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY9UQ6sWIvU#t=00m52s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MTH0CzU4-8#t=00m56s

I think if you put attention to any band / artist of success for over 20 years we can find 20 similarities to other songs.

Now this thread is getting ridiculous ....... (Or should I have started it with EVEN MORE)

'Hey God' is quite similar to Carly Rae-Jepsen's 'Call Me Maybe'. Both amazing songs, for one.

Aloha !

Did you actually recognize the tune he posted?

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

I get Sebastian's point, I know everybody copy somebody else... The thing here is that Jon says "I'm the man, I'm the mastermind behind these hits, me, no one else and I'm proud of it" and we all know he is... in most of the songs... But NOT in all of them, he obviously has lied about that image he's tried to make us believe in.

Seb's right. Now that that's been said... I don't give a damn about it... I LOVE 99% of the BJ songs, don't care who wrote it, don't care if Jon's a good or bad person, a liar or a hero... The one thing I do care about is listening to BJ's music.

Of corse I did and I think it's hysterical! That beginning elevator sound has nothing to do with the song itself . It's basic waiting elevator music. You give the band way too much credit. I'm sure the song was written way before that sound was included. It was probably the producer who added it during the edit.

Like I said prior. This entire thread is a joke. It's been done twenty times already. If it's fun for people to find similarities, knock yourself out!

On a side note, there is one thing I'd really want to know... Did Jon write the entire blaze album himself? I know he used the script as a guide. I think those songs are brilliant