Songs that are ripoffs of other songs...
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"Hello, I Love You" by The Doors has the same vocal melody of "All Day and All of the Night" by The Kinks.
Actually, I think a lot of garage bands, old and new, owe Ray Davies some money.
"Surfin' USA" by the Beach Boys is now credited as a Chuck Berry song.
The chorus part of Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" was stolen from the song "Taj Mahal" by brazilian musician Jorge Ben.
Actually, I think a lot of garage bands, old and new, owe Ray Davies some money.
"Surfin' USA" by the Beach Boys is now credited as a Chuck Berry song.
The chorus part of Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" was stolen from the song "Taj Mahal" by brazilian musician Jorge Ben.
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Could be like in the movies, where a director will "borrow" from another film - to pay "homage," as Quentin Tarantino likes to phrase it.
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Pretty much 99% of rock n' roll are the same recycled riffs and chord progressions over and over. The only thing that distinguishes them are style and production choices.
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in the arts everyone copies everyone else and adds something of their own to the work. Madonna said that when she writes music for a new album it's based on what she's listening to at the time.
how is this news?
how is this news?
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I would say Green Day's "Warning" is more similar to STP's "Big Bang Baby" than STP's is to The Kinks.
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That never gets old.
One that comes to mind for me lately is that "Lit Up" song by Buckcherry (the local rock station has been playing it alot lately for some reason). It sounds alot like Kiss' "Shock Me"
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I believe Killing Joke sued over this one---don't know the outcome, but they all must have made up as Dave Grohl played drums on their 2003 album. For pete's sake, they even used the exact same guitar effects!
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i found a recording of Woodstock in the library during lunch and borrowed it. Noticed a song called Sea of Madness by Crosby Stills and Nash.
I can hear some similartities to the Iron Maiden version
I can hear some similartities to the Iron Maiden version
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I believe both are Jim Steinman compositions. He also wrote all of Bat Out of Hell, Parts 1 and 2. All his songs sound remarkably similar, or should I say, distinctive.
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Metallica totally ripped off the song "Rainbow Warrior" by NWOBHM band Bleak House for "(Welcome Home) Sanitarium." (Hear a comparison here)
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I just thought about this the other day when I heard an ELO song on the radio, and couldn't help but notice that Huey Lewis and The News pretty blatantly ripped off the first couple lines for their "Do You Believe In Love". I don't know the name of the ELO song, but I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.
Another instance I always wondered about was Violent Femmes' taking an entire verse of Foghat's "I Just Want To Make Love To You" for their "Gone Daddy Gone". Then I found out later that it's actually originally by Muddy Waters.
Another instance I always wondered about was Violent Femmes' taking an entire verse of Foghat's "I Just Want To Make Love To You" for their "Gone Daddy Gone". Then I found out later that it's actually originally by Muddy Waters.
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I just thought about this the other day when I heard an ELO song on the radio, and couldn't help but notice that Huey Lewis and The News pretty blatantly ripped off the first couple lines for their "Do You Believe In Love". I don't know the name of the ELO song, but I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.
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I just thought about this the other day when I heard an ELO song on the radio, and couldn't help but notice that Huey Lewis and The News pretty blatantly ripped off the first couple lines for their "Do You Believe In Love". I don't know the name of the ELO song, but I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.
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".
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Sometimes they don't have a problem with it. Michael Jackson told Daryl Hall he took the bass line from "I Can't Go for That" for "Billie Jean," and Hall had no issue with it. Eddie Van Halen also told him he copied the synth part from "Kiss on My List" for "Jump." He said it was something they all do. Tom Petty didn't mind the similarities between "Mary Jane's Last Dance" and the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Dani California." He also didn't mind the Strokes taking "American Girl" for "Last Nite."
The Green Day song isn't really a copy of the Weezer song, so I don't think they'd sue. To me, it kind of sounds more like Neil Young's "Heart of Gold."
The Green Day song isn't really a copy of the Weezer song, so I don't think they'd sue. To me, it kind of sounds more like Neil Young's "Heart of Gold."
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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.