Talk:Rhythm of My Heart

The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond?

Has it been acknowledged that this song is based on The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond? It really sounds like it to me. For example, see this Recording on YouTube. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jon the Geek (talk • contribs) 04:08, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Not only do I agree with you, but the provenance of the connection of Rhythm of My Heart to the Scottish folk song Loch Lommond is substantial enough that I completely reversed the wiki entry to cite Loch Lommond, not the Tongan folk song as its rightful inspiration.giggle 14:28, 13 July 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gregory.george.lewis (talk • contribs)

Scottish, Not Tongan

It has long been regarded that Rhythm of My Heart is the melody of the Scottish folk song Loch Lommond. To be fair, however, I took the time to compare both melodies, the melody of Loch Lommond,, and the melody of Anu Lati. Although we might find its passing resemblance to the melody of Anu Lati, the preponderance of evidence that Rhythm of My Heart is based on the Scottish song is overwhelming. Besides the much closer resemblance to the Loch Lommond melody, the stanza structure, and even the lyrics are arguably inspired by Loch Lommond. Also, Rod Stewart is of Scottish descent, not Tongan. It is for these four reasons (1)similarity of melody; (2)stanza structure; (3)similarity of lyrics; and (4)Rod Stewart's own cultural heritage that I changed the main entry to give credit where credit is due, and to remove credit which was not only unjustifiably entered ("copyright infringement of Anu Lati"), but was cited completely absent of evidentiary support.giggle 14:40, 13 July 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gregory.george.lewis (talk • contribs)

You've got to be smoking something...

This Loch Lomond reference is laughable. The chord structure is quite different. 'Rhythm' chorus progresses as 1,4,1,5,1,4,1,5,1. "Loch Lomond" is more complex, something like 1,minor6,4,5 (x2), 4,minor6,minor2,4,5,1,4 or minor6,minor2,5,1. There has to be hundreds of songs with the same meter, and this isn't even exactly the same.

To answer your first allegation, I don't smoke. To answer your subsequent assertions, whether or not Marc Jordan wrote Rhythm of My Heart for himself doesn't invalidate Rod Stewart's Scottish styling of the song. Stewart's Vagabond Heart was cut in 1991, while Marc Jordan didn't cut Reckless Valentine until 1993. The difference between the Jordan version and the Stewart version doesn't make a good case for invalidating Stewart's Scottish / Loch Lomond connection. giggle 15:38, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

And while Stewart may be Scottish, he didn't write the song, or even commission it. It was written by Marc Jordan (a Canadian born in NY city and living in California when the song was written) and John Capek (an American of Czech extraction and Australian upbringing). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK0UxUXGubc (CTV interview: Jordan answers this exact question at 3:45 in the clip)

In the video you link to, Jordan says, "I didn't write it for him; I wrote it for myself. That statement doesn't do anything to disconnect the way Stewart sings it or his band plays the song to Loch Lomond. All you are saying is that Marc Jordan wrote the song. So? giggle 15:38, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

The 'citation' is a link to a Youtube clip of "Loch Lomond". Come on! Here's a more relevant clip of Marc Jordan doing his own song. Doesn't sound too Scottish to me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZbuR3y5rq8&feature=related

The similarity to Loch Lomond is still apparent here. The differences are stylistic, not thematic. You might just as well say that Whitney Houston or Jimmy Hendrix singing the Star Spangled Banner doesn't sound very American. Rod Stewart's audience apparently does makes the Scottish/Loch Lomond connection. Of course, the best we can say is that this applies to the Rod Stewart rendition. giggle 15:38, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

I was considering editing this to a comparison with "Red River Valley" or "Shenandoah" just because it is similarly ludicrous, but then I'd get banned.Drgrit (talk) 17:28, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Music Video and WWII

I have watched the video for this song on Youtube, and it appears to be (and probably is) base on World War II. I think that there should be a section summarizing the video and verifying whether or not it was based on WWII. Thank you--Kevjgav (talk) 16:16, 23 July 2012 (UTC)