Has Murdoc been thieving? Boyzone certainly have.

WHY CAN'T WE LET GORILLAZ BE GREAT!?!?
No but seriously, last week began triumphantly with the Plastic Beach release, being number one in the midweek charts, generally brilliant reviews...and now?

They've been accused of plagiarizing Stylo from Eddy Grant, and Boyzone have stolen the top spot on the UK album charts!

OK Boyzone, one of you died. Fair play. There's really no way to beat the cache of a dead band member when it comes to the sentimentality of the UK album buying public. Just last year, a sad sack, abomination of a compilation album, Time To say Goodbye got to number 15 in the Tesco album charts (yes, people buy their albums at Tesco's now). Lame. It seems that British reality star Jade Goody's death needed a soundtrack, and my god did it get a rubbish one. So yeah, sentimentality will always win in Britain, and a "dead" cartoon character brought back as a robot just doesn't register high enough on the sympathy scale. Seriously, if you ever want to make a quick buck (pound) just release a version of Hallelujah after a high profile celebrity death in the UK and you're golden.
Sorry Gorillaz, better luck next time. Maybe try a posthumous greatest hits release; with a heart warming cover of "Fields of Gold" by Noodle and Susan Boyle.

OK so the plagiarism. No. No. No. Nopers.
Yes the songs sound similar in style and intent, and well, the beginning is pretty close, but I think using the same pre-fab Casio beats is not grounds for plagiarism. Sorry Eddy, it's a no-go. Maybe if they'd ripped off your Princess Diana memorial duet performed with Stephen Gately using the same technology that allowed Celine Dion to perform with Elvis you'd get some sympathy from the Brits.



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