Joe Bennett PhD

Forensic musicology, songs, copyright, guitars and teaching. Prof, Berklee College of Music. Pop musicologist BBC5 Live. Views are my own.

[Joe Bennett PhD @JoeBennettMusic]

It's here for 2026. Please forward to every Eurovision fan you know! #songwriting #popmusicology
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[Joe Bennett PhD @JoeBennettMusic]

Eurovision 2025 live musicology/songwriting blog is up now - follow along with the voting!
https://t.co/3aLGfE2VQV
#Eurovision2025

[Faking Michael 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩 @FakingMJpodcast]

Listen to Faking Michael, Episode 11 – Forensics 👇

🔗 https://t.co/2rBsiaNUlP

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I spoke to @nytimes this week about the *other* Christmas up-tempo banger. #popmusicology https://t.co/kkXqB9j7lK

[Joe Bennett PhD @JoeBennettMusic]

I'll be on BBC Radio 4 @R4WorldTonight this evening, talking with @BBCJamieCoo about @Adele's (non) plagiarism of a Brazilian artist's melody. Live from 10pm UK time. (Spoiler - it's a coincidence!)

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@gordonsmart @bbc5live @1AaronPaul @tonylivesey It’s been an absolute pleasure @gordonsmart meeting you every week and sharing so much music with each other and with the @bbc5live listeners. Thank you for your warmth, your generosity, and your sense of fun; here’s hoping we can get together somehow, some way in the future!

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In 2007 the Rubinoos sued Avril Lavigne, alleging that “Girlfriend” copied from “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend” (1979). As featured on The Gordon Smart show, BBC Radio 5 Live, Nov 11, 2024. Mashup: Joe Bennett / Rafi Waters https://t.co/yX0DH95lVb
#forensicmusicology
#songwriting

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@Twistednbitter @gordonsmart @bbc5live Niall you are a legend of the @gordonsmart midnight musicology quiz! Well done!

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This week @gordonsmart and I are exploring literature. Here's a full walkthrough of tonight's show. https://t.co/NIk7nuHQmz #popmusicology @bbc5live

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@paulybengali great show last week! Pop trivia erratum for your audience member; Chas n Dave “sample” on the Eminem track is a re-recording, so sadly, we don’t hear them on the record. #forensicmusicology

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@copyrightlately I want to host an awayday weekend for presiding judges about chord loops in songwriting. #forensicmusicology #songwriting
https://t.co/Qz7okJVoGw

[Joe Bennett PhD @JoeBennettMusic]

Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) – Canon in D (as played by) Maroon 5, Aerosmith, Green Day, The Farm, Vitamin C, Original Caste, Ralph McTell, Pop-Tops, Bee Gees. The @gordonsmart show, BBC 5 Live, October 2024 #popmusicology https://t.co/vRMy7TaBaY

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A very enjoyable show with @gordonsmart this week. My only regret is that I didn't get to Jeff Beck's extraordinary live performance in time. Also Green Day, Maroon 5 and Ralph McTell jamming Pachelbel's Canon in D. https://t.co/5h7lH31vI4 #popmusicology #stratocaster

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Did we get them all? @taylorswift13 #songwriting #popmusicology. More chord loops on tonight's @gordonsmart show with @SteffanPowell. #CGAmF #onefivesixfour. https://t.co/yX0DH95lVb

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It's saxophone week! @gordonsmart #popmusicology
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[Joe Bennett PhD @JoeBennettMusic]

In tonight's show - 4 Non Blondes v Bobby McFerrin. Just a I-ii-IV-I chord loop. Nothing to see here. https://t.co/vRMy7TaBaY #popmusicology #mashup @gordonsmart @bbc5live

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Melodic coincidences are way more common than many plaintiffs think #forensicmusicology https://t.co/yX0DH95TKJ @gordonsmart

[Joe Bennett PhD @JoeBennettMusic]

Getting set up to enjoy more great music with @gordonsmart this evening on @bbc5live. Where else can you hear Pantera and Etta James on the same playlist? #popmusicology https://t.co/A2UM2GRswd

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Our @MercuryPrize show is tonight! https://t.co/KD1Vgun11Y

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With @gordonsmart, talking about 'no intro' songs: Beach Boys, Elvis Costello, Beatles, Hall & Oates, Green Day, and Arlo Parks. Only @oasis refused my Fair Use YouTube argument - tho to be fair it was in a section on #copyright! Listen @ 34:15 https://t.co/B6Mo3WrHzl