― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 10 March 2003 17:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
Direct sample -- it's officially credited. Yes I have the single somewhere. ;-)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 March 2003 18:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 10 March 2003 18:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 10 March 2003 18:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
It's only bad when a complete melody is stolen - like Stone Temple Pilot's Plush and Pearl Jam's Evenflow, for instance.
Or the Yeah Yeah Yeah's godawful "Year to Be Hated" and fucking "Crimson and Clover" - I'm hoping for a pyrotechnics accident
― roger adultery (roger adultery), Monday, 10 March 2003 18:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
There's a tiny little moment at the tail end of "Bohemain Rhapsody" where Brian May appears to play the riff from "Strange Magic" by ELO.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 10 March 2003 18:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
― bryan kennedy (bryan kennedy), Monday, 10 March 2003 18:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 10 March 2003 18:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 10 March 2003 19:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
― autovac (autovac), Monday, 10 March 2003 20:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 10 March 2003 20:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Hunter (Hunter), Monday, 10 March 2003 20:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Monday, 10 March 2003 21:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Arthur (Arthur), Monday, 10 March 2003 21:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 10 March 2003 21:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
The chorus in Tom Petty's "Running Down a Dream" and the chorus in Juice Newton's "Queen of Heart" (particularly the guitar strum after each vocal line)
Also, the descending guitar line in Magazine's "The Light Pours Out of Me" and Gary Glitter's "Rock & Roll, Pt. 2"
― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Monday, 10 March 2003 22:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
― bryan kennedy (bryan kennedy), Monday, 10 March 2003 22:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
― David A. (Davant), Monday, 10 March 2003 22:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
― David A. (Davant), Monday, 10 March 2003 22:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― your null fame (yournullfame), Monday, 10 March 2003 22:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
― man, Monday, 10 March 2003 22:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
― man, Monday, 10 March 2003 22:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 10 March 2003 22:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
b-b-but
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Classic Or Dud?
SLTS: F minor, B-flat minor, A-flat major, D-flat major (which, IIRC, resolves back to F minor 2nd inversion). i-iv-iii-VI(i)
MTAF: G major, C major, E minor, D major. I-IV-vi-V.
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 10 March 2003 22:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
― man, Monday, 10 March 2003 22:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
The recurring riff in the first song on Blonde Redhead's first album ("I Don't Want U") seems to be direct from the VU's "The Murder Mystery."
The grinding riff that opens one of Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers' songs (I think "Get Off the Phone") is straight from a Yardbirds song (again, can't recall which), only without the chord change midway through (thus making it even more brutish).
I love this topic; I've always wanted someone with a huge record collection to map out hundreds of these.
― Sam Jeffries (samjeff), Monday, 10 March 2003 22:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sam Jeffries (samjeff), Monday, 10 March 2003 22:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Savin All My Love 4 u (Savin 4ll my (heart) 4u), Monday, 10 March 2003 23:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
That tATu single reminds me of the Cranberries' godawful "Zombie," but I can't quite put my finger on the nature of the resemblance.
Also, clearly, Kraftwerk's "Radioactivity" vs. Simple Minds "Reel to Real Cacophony."
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 11 March 2003 07:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
Bon Jovi's I'll Be There For You and the Beatles Don't Let Me Down
Strokes Last Nite ripping off Tom Petty's American Girl, obviously
"Mr Soul" and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" have riffs that sound remarkably similar
― roger adultery (roger adultery), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 07:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 11 March 2003 08:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 17:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
― dave q, Tuesday, 11 March 2003 18:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
The "thin white duke" melody in "Station To Station"reminds me of Cream's "White Room."
But really, this happens so often in pop it's not evennoteworthy.
Most of the time, it's unintentional, I think, hence forgivable. Often the redo surpasses the original.
Oasis are "masters" at this. I can't be bothered tolook up the song titles, they have
1. A blatant ripoff of the Stooges' "Search And Destroy"2. A ripoff of Lennon's "Mama, I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier"3. A ripoff of the Doors' "Roadhouse Blues"
and that's not counting stolen riffs from T. Rex, Beatles, Mott The Hoople, and anyone else that got in their way.
In contrast, Blur's "End Of A Century" contains a pleasingresemblance to Pink Floyd's (underrated) "Apples And Oranges."
― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 18:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
― john fail (cenotaph), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 21:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
Conversely, sorta, Eddie Floyd's "Don't Rock the Boat" has a bridge that sounds just like the Band.
― Jess Hill (jesshill), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 15:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
Is the bridge of No Doubt's "Underneath it All" a moment of mimicry, or does it actually contain a Pixies ("Dig for Fire?") sample?
― summerslastsound (summerslastsound), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 16:05 (twenty-one years ago) link
― your null fame (yournullfame), Thursday, 13 March 2003 13:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
Also, the chords in the two progressions are related to each other and have a similar sound when played.
Speaking of No Doubt, "Don't Speak" ==> Aerosmith's "Dream On".
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 13 March 2003 18:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 13 March 2003 18:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 13 March 2003 18:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 14:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 17:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
Another, then.
The intro to Motley Crue's "Dr.Feelgood" (the sinister, bass-driven bit before the riff kicks in) is the main riff of Killing Joke's "Love Like Blood."
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 17:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 27 March 2003 03:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Joe (Joe), Thursday, 27 March 2003 03:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Joe (Joe), Thursday, 27 March 2003 03:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Joe (Joe), Thursday, 27 March 2003 03:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
I remember reading something about David Lee Roth getting in a huge fight with Valerie Bertinelli (Eddie's wife) that "Immigrant Song" was a re-write of "Balli Hai" (sp?) from "South Pacific".
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 27 March 2003 04:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
― matt riedl (veal), Thursday, 27 March 2003 19:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 5 December 2003 10:44 (twenty years ago) link
Also, much has been made in years past, in various circles, of "Waking Up" = "No More Heroes", but I found the track The Stranglers ripped off in the first place for *that* riff. It's a keyboard riff at the beginning of a track on The Essential Pebbles and now it's come to it I can't remember what it's called... it's not "You Treated Me Bad" by the JuJus, is it? (Look for update on this once I get home to check)
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Friday, 5 December 2003 10:52 (twenty years ago) link
― Dave Vinson (Gaughin), Friday, 5 December 2003 11:06 (twenty years ago) link
I know every track on Pink Flag is supposed to be a re-cycling of something or other, but I can never tell what, aside from "Feeling Called Love" being "Louie Louie".
― Schwingung (Damian), Friday, 5 December 2003 11:51 (twenty years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Friday, 5 December 2003 12:16 (twenty years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 5 December 2003 12:41 (twenty years ago) link
― David A. (Davant), Friday, 5 December 2003 21:57 (twenty years ago) link
― man, Friday, 5 December 2003 22:00 (twenty years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 5 December 2003 22:01 (twenty years ago) link
― F. Anthony O'Reilly (Ferg), Friday, 5 December 2003 22:04 (twenty years ago) link
― may pang (maypang), Friday, 5 December 2003 22:06 (twenty years ago) link
And that one that sounds like This Charming Man.
― F. Anthony O'Reilly (Ferg), Friday, 5 December 2003 22:10 (twenty years ago) link
― Felcher (Felcher), Friday, 5 December 2003 22:12 (twenty years ago) link
― Schwingung (Damian), Saturday, 6 December 2003 02:53 (twenty years ago) link
― pete s, Saturday, 31 January 2004 15:14 (twenty years ago) link
― Ian Grey (Ian_G), Saturday, 31 January 2004 16:36 (twenty years ago) link
And the opening of Tender (Blur) has always reminded me of the opening of Here (Pavement).
― syntaxfree, Saturday, 31 January 2004 17:21 (twenty years ago) link
― Bumfluff, Tuesday, 7 September 2004 01:06 (twenty years ago) link
If we're talking ripoffs, however, then I submit R.E.M.'s "The One I Love" as a slightly slowed-down version of Neil Young's "Hey Hey My My."
― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 01:11 (twenty years ago) link
Good god I don't know...you may be right. I was just wanting a 'stuff that sounds like other stuff' thread but frankly the searchprocess flummoxes me..especially when I'm up late and tired like now blah blah..
― Bumfluff, Tuesday, 7 September 2004 01:20 (twenty years ago) link
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 7 September 2004 01:24 (twenty years ago) link
― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 01:27 (twenty years ago) link
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 03:19 (twenty years ago) link
also, maybe someone here remembers which it was, but i recall a silkworm record from '95 or so which, during the course of one song had a guitar solo that blatantly mimicked a pavement solo, from which tune i can't recall.
and speaking of pavement, the beginning of "silence kit" resembles "everyday" by buddy holly.
― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 15:41 (twenty years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 15:47 (twenty years ago) link
― phil d., Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:20 (twenty years ago) link
― phil d., Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:22 (twenty years ago) link
I doubt it's intentional or anything, but it's still uncanny.
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 17:30 (twenty years ago) link
the songs are pretty much identical. muddy waters would've made a good pooh stick.
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 17:45 (twenty years ago) link
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 01:25 (twenty years ago) link
Bowie's "Absolute Beginners" is "Memories" from Cats.
Actually, a great deal of Bowie, approrpiately, is someone else.
― i grey, Wednesday, 8 September 2004 19:29 (twenty years ago) link
two nickleback songs played simultaneously, one left channel, one right channel.
― (Jon L), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 18:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 18:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 26 September 2005 00:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Saturday, 8 April 2006 00:40 (eighteen years ago) link
Sir Douglas Quintet's "Crossroads" = Allman's "Melissa"Dylan's "Hazel" = Neil's "Ambulance Blues"
and there was one from the other day that was EXACT but i forget now, will remember it and get back to yall
― Branch Dancer, Saturday, 8 April 2006 02:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Saturday, 8 April 2006 03:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lotta Continua (Damian), Saturday, 8 April 2006 07:32 (eighteen years ago) link
This has been driving me crazy, and a quick Google search turns up nothing, but there is no way this is a coincidence:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAZLmJGQHxc (1982)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eVrT5nZuro (1974)
― Wimmels, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 19:46 (eight years ago) link
The intros to David Bowie's 'Soul Love' and The Cure's 'The Drowning Man'
― // 166,000 W A N K E R S // LOVE (Turrican), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 23:50 (eight years ago) link
Surely I am not the only person to notice this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hW9fADmFrchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wRHBLwpASw
― Wimmels, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 14:59 (seven years ago) link
Don Henley's "All She Wants To Do Is Dance" and Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" are pretty much the same song
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 30 March 2018 11:15 (six years ago) link