Adele's cover art for sophomore album '25' (i-D Magazine/Alasdair McLellan )
As much as Adele is making top spots
on all the charts with her smashing it record, 'Hello,' she has left
some music fans less than impressed, as she's been accused of copying a
song by US singer Tom Waits.
According
to fans of Waits, the 27-year-old British star has ripped off lyrics
from his 1970s hit 'Martha', with words similar although clearly not
exactly the same.
His song has the same theme as
hers: a former flame calling a past lover, and in the track he sings:
'Hello,
hello there, is this Martha? This is old Tom Frost / And I am calling
long distance, don't worry 'bout the cost / 'Cause it's been forty years
or more, now Martha please recall / Meet me out for coffee, where we'll
talk about it all.'
Adele's Hello begins in a similar way, as she croons:
'Hello, it's me / I was wondering if after all these years you'd like
to meet / To go over, everything / They say that time's supposed to heal
ya, but I ain't done much healing.'
While the words to each song aren't quite the same, there is a markedly similar theme.
'Martha' featured on the 65-year-old US singing
legend's classic album '1973 Closing Time' and, while it has been over
40 years since it was produced, fans have noted the likeness between
that and Adele's new single.
Some music lovers
took to Twitter to remark on the similarities and these comparisons come
after producer Greg Kurstin, who worked closely with Adele on the new
track, admitted that she was inspired by Waits.
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