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So here's a tasty little slice of mystery for the game music historical archives: blogger Mau, inveterate LP-hunter, found this weird funk record by a group called Friendship. The very first track is called The Real Thing, and exactly duplicates the famous chord progression from Mario Brothers' Underground theme.
Now, there are a lot of comments on this post from people who argue that it's only six notes, and six notes does not a thievery make. And I'm inclined to agree, although lawsuits have been won over less. I think this is more a case of inspiration, perhaps unconsciously so.
The rundown leading up to the chord progression in The Real Things sounds like the one that happens AFTER the progression in the underground theme.
Commentor Hoxecutor says:
however, the chances that this was random replication are far more slim than you people make them out to be. its easy to say the chords are common, but realistically, there is almost zero chance that two published items — independently of each other — would replicate the exact musical process
It comes down to pure likelihood. We're going to make an effort to track down this bassist and get his thoughts on the matter.
More here [MauBrownCow]
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