My Little Pony channels Sondheim

[Jon]

Posted: 8/9/12 at 8:15am

Unfortunately, a generation of little girls who eventually see Into the Woods will think Sondheim ripped of My Little Pony.
My Little Sondheim

[MusicalBoy]

Posted: 8/9/12 at 8:23am

Being used to the original melody, this is REALLY subversive to listen to!

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/9/12 at 8:27am

It's not plagiarism, but it's so clearly a ripoff. Wow!

I suppose he should be flattered ... ?

[Jon]

Posted: 8/9/12 at 8:30am

And here, they do Sunday int he Park...
Thread by Thread

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/9/12 at 8:48am

Sondheim Preschool

Maybe it's like serving the kiddies a tempered, watered down sip of wine before they try the real deal when they're older.

I want Assassin Babies next!

EDIT:

Pacific Lullabies

A Little Nap Music

ComPony

Sleepy Todd

Merrily We Stroll Along

Dollies

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[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 8/9/12 at 9:12am

"Unfortunately, a generation of little girls who eventually see Into the Woods will think Sondheim ripped of My Little Pony."

Not to mention all the bronies.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bronies

[Jon]

Posted: 8/9/12 at 9:22am

...and to clarify: I myself am not a "Brony". I found these clips becuase I was lookng at clips of Into the Woods, and people kept writing "At the Gala!" in the comments. So, I searched YouTube for "At the Gala".

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/9/12 at 9:23am

Are there LuPonies out there, too?

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 8/9/12 at 9:25am

bestie, you're killing me in this thread.

CumPony would be something else, entirely, methinks.

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[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 8/9/12 at 11:01am

It's hard to believe there was never any legal action taken. If it was just the one song you might be able to call it a coincidence, but "Art of the Dress" is very obviously "Putting it Together." Even the lyrics are similar. "Thread by thread, I'm stitching it together." Really???

[finebydesign]

Posted: 8/9/12 at 11:18am

There is absolutely no way this wasn't cleared by an extensive team of legal experts. It may even qualify as parody. I love when these types of homages pop-up in projects for children.

I'm not a Brony, but the production value of this show is pretty freaking stellar. The lyrics actually rhyme!

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/9/12 at 11:25am

There's no legal issue here. Plagiarism is very hard to prove. A certain number of notes and words have to be identical. Not "obviously" similar, but identical.

It might fall under parody, but I doubt that would hold up (if there even was a case here, which there isn't). They aren't spoofing the composer Sondheim or his shows directly, so parody doesn't work.

It's just a ripoff. Like a designer knockoff of a dress for $30 at Walmart.

[sondheimboy2]

Posted: 8/9/12 at 11:32am

When I read the title of this thread, I thought that it was going to be something like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT65_G8ItEs&feature=fvsr

As for the "My Little Pony" number, they can probably get away with it by calling it an "homage". Jonathan Larson did it to "Sunday" with his song "Brunch" in "Tick, Tick, Boom!"

And very few composers take it to court when it involves children's shows. Though, I do remember hearing an interview with a song-writer for "Sesame Street" who got taken to court because his song "Letter B" was too close to "Let It Be" by the Beatles. He lost in court. He basically got a slap on the wrist , $500 fine, which he had to pay to the owner of the Beatles song catalog. He had to write a $500 check to Michael Jackson.

[Jon]

Posted: 8/9/12 at 12:02pm

It's no different than the stuff done for years on The Simpsons, Animaniacs, etc.

Remember "Les Miseranimals"?


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