>...who is more than willing to cash in on that formula in the
>hopes of gaining attention. Billy Joel's "Just The Way You
>Are" sounds too close to 10cc's "I'm Not In Love", Elton

I mean I guess I can hear the Gmaj, Gmin thing, but they are in different keys and structured a little different...I guess there are a few similarities but I never caught that...now that I think about it the phrasing is suspect...
but 10cc's tune just plays on major/minor relationships of chords, which is something that a lot of songwriters do...
I think that one could just be coincidence...but its not like I would be surprised if it were a blatant bite...there are only so many notes on a piano though...