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Old 06-24-09, 07:07 PM
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Re: Songs that are ripoffs of other songs...

^that is done on purpose (he credits both artists)
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Re: Songs that are ripoffs of other songs...

Originally Posted by trespoochies
That stupid fucking Kid Rock song that's always playing rips off Sweet Home Alabama AND Werewolves of London. I don't know the name, but as soon as I hear it, I want to pull a gun.
Actually, I think the Kid Rock song fits under "mash-up", and since he probably had to get permission to use both songs, it wouldn't really qualify as "ripping off". From what I read, Lynyrd Skynyrd's keyboardist even played piano on the Kid Rock song.
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Re: Songs that are ripoffs of other songs...

Originally Posted by The Infidel
Actually, I think the Kid Rock song fits under "mash-up", and since he probably had to get permission to use both songs, it wouldn't really qualify as "ripping off". From what I read, Lynyrd Skynyrd's keyboardist even played piano on the Kid Rock song.
Also, not a rip off when the artist openly acknowledges shared songwriting credit - which he did. Plus, Kid Rock even toured with Skynyrd when promoting this album, so I'm quite sure everything was cool between them.
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Re: Songs that are ripoffs of other songs...

There's been many times where I'll hear parts of a song meddling around in another; recently, the Duran Duran song "Falling Down" and Phil Collins' "Another Day in Paradise." I also thought Gwen Stefani's "This Love is Serious" took the strings and synth lines from "The Color of Success" by Morris Day.
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Re: Songs that are ripoffs of other songs...

Nirvana's song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" rips off its main riff from Blue Oyster Cult's song "Godzilla"

(...or so I've been told)
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Re: Songs that are ripoffs of other songs...

Originally Posted by dhmac
Nirvana's song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" rips off its main riff from Blue Oyster Cult's song "Godzilla"

(...or so I've been told)

Or Boston's "More Than A Feeling" (which the band acknowledged at Reading '92).

"Territorial Pissings" is a rip off of Jello Biafra's Lard project ("The Power Of Lard")

"Come As You Are" is a rip off of "Life Goes On" by The Damned or a Killing Joke song (they even ended up paying royalties to Killing Joke, but I think the Damned song may have preceded it).
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Re: Songs that are ripoffs of other songs...

Originally Posted by dhmac
Nirvana's song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" rips off its main riff from Blue Oyster Cult's song "Godzilla"

(...or so I've been told)
Not even close.
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Re: Songs that are ripoffs of other songs...

Originally Posted by Rockmjd23
Whatever, man. Theirs goes, 'Ding ding ding dingy ding-ding.' Ice's goes, 'Ding ding ding ding dingy ding-ding'. It's that extra ding. It's completely different.
That was one of the best interviews I've ever seen.
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Re: Songs that are ripoffs of other songs...

Originally Posted by JZ1276
I wouldnt really count the Vanilla Ice song
I would. Vanilla Ice himself said (at the time anyway) that "it's not the same". Of course he was wrong and had to add the appropriate writer credits. Initially though he claimed it was not a 'rip-off".

Interesting timing of this thread as Colin Hay and Ron Strykert (Men at Work) are in the news in Australia today and are being sued by a company that claims they own the right to a very old chidren's song called "Kookaburra Sits In The Old gum Tree", claiming the melody of a line in "Down Under" was pinched from their kookaburra song.

And interestingly too. Strykert was arrested in Feb in LA for making death threats against Hay over the phone in late 2008. They are sure living in interesting times. :-)

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment...9-7484,00.html (Lawsuit)

and
http://www.triplem.com.au/music/news...0224-2vbq.html (Death threats).

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Re: Songs that are ripoffs of other songs...

Bruce Springsteen - Radio Nowhere sounds almost exactly like Tommy Tutone - 876-5309/Jenny.
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Re: Songs that are ripoffs of other songs...

Originally Posted by TheKing
Bruce Springsteen - Radio Nowhere sounds almost exactly like Tommy Tutone - 876-5309/Jenny.


Almost exactly? Not really. The choruses are completely different and there's a slight similarity in the verses but the melody and chords are different.
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Re: Songs that are ripoffs of other songs...

My favorite is The Eagles' "The Long Run" totally ripped off an old Memphis song called "Tryin' to Live My Life Without You" that was famously covered by Bob Seger on Nine Tonight.
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Re: Songs that are ripoffs of other songs...

Originally Posted by Robot Rock
That was one of the best interviews I've ever seen.
does anyone know where on the net i can find that clip, as youtube doesn't seem to have it (vanilla ice mentioning 'its not the same')
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Re: Songs that are ripoffs of other songs...

Originally Posted by redhenry
I would. Vanilla Ice himself said (at the time anyway) that "it's not the same". Of course he was wrong and had to add the appropriate writer credits. Initially though he claimed it was not a 'rip-off".

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Actually, I meant to say I would not count any RAP music bc this would be a neverending thread.
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Re: Songs that are ripoffs of other songs...

Originally Posted by JZ1276
Actually, I meant to say I would not count any RAP music bc this would be a neverending thread.
Nothing better than releasing the exact same song, 20 years later, only difference is you say "Yeah" every once in a while. And the "new" recording sells 10x better than the original.
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Re: Songs that are ripoffs of other songs...

Originally Posted by JZ1276
Actually, I meant to say I would not count any RAP music bc this would be a neverending thread.
Fair enough. I think there's a real difference between openly "sampling" a song, and 'stealing' bits and claiming it as new and original. There are lots of examples of both. It might be huge, but there is a finite number of ways musical notes can be arranged.
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Re: Songs that are ripoffs of other songs...

Silversun Pickups uses the same two note riffs that Smashing Pumpkins did.
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Re: Songs that are ripoffs of other songs...

Originally Posted by ESUguy
Nah, they both just have that distinct sucking sound.
funny, I didn't ask for your opinion
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Re: Songs that are ripoffs of other songs...

Practically every song Creed ever did?
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Re: Songs that are ripoffs of other songs...

Originally Posted by redhenry

Interesting timing of this thread as Colin Hay and Ron Strykert (Men at Work) are in the news in Australia today and are being sued by a company that claims they own the right to a very old chidren's song called "Kookaburra Sits In The Old gum Tree", claiming the melody of a line in "Down Under" was pinched from their kookaburra song.
I remember singing that song in Bible school, but don't remember it sounding anything like MAW. I wonder if I can find an old copy.
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Re: Songs that are ripoffs of other songs...

The bass line in Marron 5's "Won't Go Home Without You" seems identical to the famous one Sting plays in The Police's "Every Breath You Take".

John Mayer's "Waiting On The World To Change" sounds an awful lot like Curtis Mayfield's classic "People Get Ready".
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Re: Songs that are ripoffs of other songs...

Originally Posted by Giles
funny, I didn't ask for your opinion
Funny how that works on message boards, isn't it?
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Re: Songs that are ripoffs of other songs...

Originally Posted by Rocketdog2000

But while we're on the subject of Huey Lewis, and song rip-offs, let's not forget he sued (and won, out of court, I believe) over Ray Parker Jr.'s "Ghostbusters" being too similar to "I Want A New Drug".
Growing up the 80's, I never heard any similarity there, and even now I think this is a tenuous claim by Lewis.
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Originally Posted by starman9000
, but don't remember it sounding anything like MAW. I wonder if I can find an old copy.
The rest of us pretty much think the same thing (except the lawyers for that rights company - obviously). :-)
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Re: Men at Work. Seems an Australian company would be wise not to sue over "Down Under." I'd think that's an easy way to end up forever "lost" in the Outback. And in multiple pieces.

I also think it's funny that (according to an AP story) the company says it bought the "Kookaburra" rights after the song writer's death in 1988. But "Down Under" was released in 1983. So not only did they not even (allegedly) own the rights until 5 years after the offending song was released, but they waited 21 years to file the lawsuit? Isn't there some sort of statute of limitations?

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