Nami Tamaki's "Result" borrowing from Ayumi Hamasaki's "UNITE!"?
 

I realize that making an accusation without any convincing evidence was pretty foolish of me as it would result in angry flames or denials from rabid Nami fans.

Well, I now return with evidence that I've gathered using my precious time and bandwidth in order to prove to you that I'm not crazy. I have split off the parts from Ayumi Hamasaki's "UNITE!" and Nami Tamaki's "Result" where they sound almost exactly the same.

If you consider yourself a true Ayumi fan and you weren't able to pick this out, I'm very shocked! It's been years since I listened to "UNITE!" and once I heard "Result", I immediately thought it sounded like "UNITE!".

Thank you in advance for downloading the "evidence" and hearing this "crazy" person out!

Thanks for using "borrow" instead of "copy" or something. i think that's really good. And I agree. Some parts of the tune is definetly carried over. Thanks for pointing it out.

LOL :laugh interesting. I hadn't listened to "Result" yet but they do have some simillarities.

it does sounds similar but only the music in the bg sounds lower pitched
thanks for the clips btw

I can hear similarities but they aren't really exactly alike. But interesting...

I hear it a tiny bit...

I definately can hear it! Nami just doesn't do the higher parts like Ayu does but there is definately similarities! Could you upload the full Result mp3?

I agree, it sounds similar! Not exactly the same, but I can definetely hear some similarities!

When I frist hear Result..my first thought was that it sounded like Unite. lol.

try to hear this

I just finished watching Result, and while I thought the PV was super sparkly, I definitely noticed the similarities between the instrumental and the verses. But I was pleased to hear that the chorus was completely different. It'll be interesting to see the liner notes for this song.

I hear it, very interesting...

Yep, the lyrical melody is exactly the same only slowed down in the Nami song. Balsy, considering Unite is one of Ayumi's own compositions - she wrote the melody.

wow it does sound the same....i like this song! thanks for the clip....yu just made me fall back in love with Nami! AND AYU!

yes its sound the same for me too
tamaki made it more soft and technois...but it sound the same
i haven't hear the chorus part but the verse looks the same

woooow. o_o that's all I have to say. they're much alike!! thanks for the clips :)

My cousin & I were watching the video the other day & we heard it and were like, "Doesn't that sound like that one Ayumi song"?, ahaha.

hrm...it is indeed very similar. not that ayumi has ever released a song that sounded similar to another artist's. :innocent

i wonder why, this kind of thing seems to happen frequently in the jpop scene, but i almost never hear of this happening in the u.s. or other countries?

Perhaps because the american scene is mostly about rap which hasen't got any melody-line at all? :P

hehe, that's certainly one reason. But I think the main one is in the US music industry people will sue you immediately for doing it. You don't hear about too many lawsuits in Japan that are music related.

Another reason I think is the general view on "borrowing" and cover versions. Covers are produced a lot more frequently and closer to releases than in the US (at least from my experiences). Also the pop industry in Japan seems to be dominated by really few people (producers/writers). This doesen't explain how ayu's melodies are being borrowed though, cause she's never written music for any other artist.

maybe borrowing melodies in Japan seems to be more acceptable than in the US? :shrug

woah! XDDD that's insteeresting...is Nami with avex?

Nope, she's with Sony Records.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong :x but isn't "plagiarism" a form of flattery in Japan/Asia? Plagiarism is a blanket term…and I guess it’s just as good as barrowing or stealing or coping.

ou! it does soudn of rip off ne? >__< the verse