Think of it......three years before "night moves", Grey came out
with "Drift Away", which has the exact same theme of lost youth,
melancholia, ect, but most of all, the same vocal, in sound, timbre,
etc., Think of the beginning, and the slow build-up, just like night moves.........the reoccuring chorus with the soulful black chick chorus.....now, I'm not saying it was a DIRECT rip-off...Night Moves is a classic song in its own right...it's just that its patently
obvious that "Drift Away" was a big time influence, and, sonsidering, it charted at #5 in the top ten, surely Seger was quite
familiar with it, being in the music industry himself. AND. the vocals
are spot-on similar, with the same yearning for wistful youth...
same with the lyrics......Drift away...in melancholy reminiscing of better, older days......
Both were great songs, but you have to admit that Drift Away,
being first, influenced Night Moves big time!
2006-10-04
05:05:39
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