So it seems I'm not crazy:
The Flaming Lips have been forced to turn over publishing royalties to Cat Stevens as part of a settlement in which Stevens (real name: Yusuf Islam) alleged that the Lips' song "Fight Test" bore a very close resemblance to his early '70s track "Father and Son."Since the first time I heard "Fight Test," months ago, the similarity with "Father and Son" has been driving me nuts. Like, batshit crazy. I rant incoherently about it to anyone who will listen - Dan, for instance (who didn't know the Cat Stevens song); or Bryan (who didn't know the Flaming Lips track). I can't tell you how reassuring it is that lawyers have confirmed the intuitions of my critic's ear. :)