GREEN as a copy?
 

Okay...I'm sure most of you out there remember when people were trying to say that "GREEN" was a copy or sample of an old Chinese song, right? Well, Ayu hasn't mentioned that the composition is a sample or anything in her diary and the single isn't out yet so we can't check the credits. Now that the full version of "GREEN" is out, I just wondered what everyone's final opinion was. I found the supposed original chinese song on youtube. Have a listen and discuss it here. ^^

Personally, I don't think they sound anything alike really.

YouTube

I dunno... there is something about GREEN that reminds me of the other song :S
Only the chorus though.

yeah...i can understand how people can say that about the chorus.

Woah the beginning instrumental and chorus sound so much alike ._.

The rest of the song doesn't but... I'm beginning to wonder if the composer was influenced by this song (whether they realized it or not) xD.

I still believe it samples the chorus. And there is NOTHING wrong with that.

the chorus sounds a little alike GREEN but isn't plagiarized °_°
most of the songs in the world sounds like others.. for example a Tohoshinki's song seems TO BE ^^'
This is normal, but isn't right call this a copy.

The first phrase of the chorus is the same in GREEN, but the rest of the song is absolutely different. I can see how the chinese tabloids will go to say bad things on the next ASIA TOUR because this coincidence :S

It's def not a sample, that's when you use well, um, a sample of another song, like a piece of the music.


I don't think it's a rip off of the melody either..

Wasn't this post earlier?
And no... I don't think it's a copy... it's SOOOO different..

Not even the choruses are alike. There is note length difference, and OBVIOUS note length difference =/

There are only small parts of the song that sort of sound like GREEN, the rest sounds completely different.

The melody of whatever instrument was playing at the beginning was like in GREEN.
And then the chorus?

Ayu's version definitely sounds better though XD

Nah, no real simmilarities, and it's by far a great stretch. A few notes might be simillar, but not enough to make it seem like sampling. It was definitely a very little coincidence.

EDIT: Ok, I take back what I said. i guess I'm just not very familliar with GREEN yet and with that song either. I was carefully checking both now, and there's quite a lot of simmilarity in some of the chorus notes. I dunno...I don't think we'll ever know if there was some inspiration from it or just coincidence. Of course both songs as a whole don't really sound alike though.

Yes I think there are similiarities in the chorusses. And listen to the end of the last chorus, the last note goes up like in GREEN. But I don't believe that the composer purposely sampled some melodies. Most likely the thing that can easily happen; the composer just has heard the chinese song but doesn't remember it.
And they're not so similiar I would freak out or anything. GREEN is still very original and reminds the other song only a few times during chorusses. :yes

choruses are similar yeah

too similar xD

maybe avex payed for that



but at the end the song is ayu's

^^

only the 1st and 3rd line of the chorus is similar.. for me, i dont really care about copy or not. but for non-ayu fans, they will see it as a copy and it may be bad for ayu.

anyway, i dont care about non ayu fans either.

begining and chorus are quite similar... btw, it doesnt matter

it's only some tunes in the verses and the first part of the repating chorus...the others....no

I think its similar only in the beginning. It's a nice song too, but i prefer ayu's version :)

The chorus of the song sounds similar to GREEN's chorus but the rest of the song sounds nothing like it. Could be inspired, who knows. But the first time I herd GREEN, I thought the arrangement and tone of the chorus was a rather common one even though I really liked it. So it could just be a coincidence also.