I'm ashamed to admit that I actually liked it 
Especially the last minute or so. The only part I didn;t like was the 'Swagger Jagger' bit :S WTF does that even mean? And she looked nice in the vid....although maybe too much hair 
Oh and Jessie J is amazing!! I've been watching her live sets on youtube and she can really belt them out without fault 
Swagger Jagger describes someone who spoils a good mood or fun I think, a killjoy.
And it's a fecking awful song, I heard it on the radio a little while back and it sounds like it's been written by Will I Am or Fergie.
The words are to the tune of oh my darling Clementine. 
The words are to the tune of oh my darling Clementine.
The Wiki entry for "Oh My Darling, Clementine" now includes the line:
"The chorus of Uk pop singer Cher Lloyd's 2011 single release 'Swagger Jagger' is clearly based on the tune of the original melody."
It has to be said that if your first single is going to be a song telling others not to copy, but be original instead, then it's probably not a good idea to copy a very well-known song yourself in the opening lines...
The words are to the tune of oh my darling Clementine.
The Wiki entry for "Oh My Darling, Clementine" now includes the line:
"The chorus of Uk pop singer Cher Lloyd's 2011 single release 'Swagger Jagger' is clearly based on the tune of the original melody."
It has to be said that if your first single is going to be a song telling others not to copy, but be original instead, then it's probably not a good idea to copy a very well-known song yourself in the opening lines...
Blimey whatever next.
The words are to the tune of oh my darling Clementine.
The Wiki entry for "Oh My Darling, Clementine" now includes the line:
"The chorus of Uk pop singer Cher Lloyd's 2011 single release 'Swagger Jagger' is clearly based on the tune of the original melody."
It has to be said that if your first single is going to be a song telling others not to copy, but be original instead, then it's probably not a good idea to copy a very well-known song yourself in the opening lines...
I don't think she wrote the song. A lot of songs these days use bits of other songs.
I don't think she wrote the song. A lot of songs these days use bits of other songs.
Oh, she definitely won't have written it. 
It's still chosen to suit her "style" though. The whole thing is in fact drenched in Simon Cowell's influence (note the *ahem* "subtle" references to Sony products throughout the video...)
As for songs using parts of other songs: of course they do. It's (generally) illegal without permission, although that's hardly an issue with "Oh My Darling" as it's over a hundred years old and way out of copyrght. (And to be fair, "Oh My Darling" was probably based on another song called "Down by the River Liv'd a Maiden" anyway.)
The problem is that those sorts of songs generally don't adopt a bolshy attitude about being original and not copying others, while themselves copying a very well known tune (and a rather corny one at that)...
To do so makes Cher look rather silly (to put it nicely - some more unkind souls might suggest "hypocritical"). Looking around the forums, it's opened her up to a lot of mocking derision, and even unfair comparisons with Rebecca Black: Rebecca didn't write "Friday" either, but at least it was original.
What I find incredible about the whole thing is the way in which Cher and her people either didn't realize the chorus was copied, or else simply didn't care...
