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William Zanzinger

07-06-2012 07:11 PM

Biggest rip off

I know there is artistic licence taken frequently in every area of music, but considering George Harrison was sued for "My Sweet Lord" infringing on "He`s So Fine", why didn`t this happen to Paul Weller for "Start"?
It`s virtually "Taxman" note for note.
Mind you, Oasis ripped off almost every riff The Beatles produced....

mr dave

07-07-2012 05:44 AM

The biggest offender to my ears if 'Get a Job' by the Offspring, which is just a slightly punked up version of Obla-di Obla-da by The Beatles.

Howard the Duck

07-08-2012 07:56 AM

and "Creep" is basically The Hollies' "The Air that I Breathe" except for the chorus

Duraddict

07-08-2012 08:03 AM

These two stick out in my mind:

Born this Way (GaGa) is Express Yourself (Madonna).

and

This Is Your Life (The Killers) is Road to Nowhere (Talking Heads).

Electrophonic Tonic

07-08-2012 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Howard the Duck (Post 1206707)

and "Creep" is basically The Hollies' "The Air that I Breathe" except for the chorus

The main theme for Karma Police is pretty much Sexy Sadie as well.

SGR	07-09-2012 05:39 AM

This is easy. Green Day's song "Warning" is a COMPLETE ripoff of The Kinks' "Picture Book." Get A Job is also a ripoff like mrdave said.

Howard the Duck

07-09-2012 05:46 AM

not exactly a carbon copy but Jesus and Mary Chain's Never Understand sounds a bit like T. Rex's Ride a White Swan

Stephen

07-18-2012 09:40 PM

The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony

Bittersweet Symphony's a good song but there's no arguing that the main hook was ripped off.

Howard the Duck

07-18-2012 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by stp (Post 1209951)

The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony

Bittersweet Symphony's a good song but there's no arguing that the main hook was ripped off.

huh? they didn't rip it off

it was actually a sample, and The Verve acknowledges Oldham as a writer in its credits

Neapolitan

07-18-2012 11:27 PM

I like both versions. I guess you could say that Led Zeppelin was the Coldplay of their day.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheSubstituteGnome

Dazed and Confused was written by the folk-rock singer Jake Holmes and released as a track in his debut album "The Above Ground Sound" Of Jake Holmes in 1967. That same year Jake Holmes opened for The Yardbirds in a show in New York where Jimmy Page heard the song. The song was rearranged and later became one of Led Zeppelin best-known songs, the debt to Jake Holmes however went largely unacknowledged by the band.

Pet_Sounds

03-29-2014 08:24 PM

Eminem has ripped off Billy Joel song titles twice: Say Goodbye to Hollywood became Say Goodbye Hollywood, and New York State of Mind became Empire State of Mind.

Forward To Death

03-29-2014 09:58 PM

Very obvious with the choruses, but the guitar intros are similar even though one is acoustic strumming, while the other is electric picking. Same progression.

This one is less obvious, but the guitars during the verses are identical, the Korn version is much slower, though. Also, the beatboxing in "Freak On A Leash" is about the same as the heavy breakdown at 2:00 in the Primus video.

More Korn vs. Primus. This time, the intros are very similar in how they build up from percussion, to guitar, etc.

Also, the guitar riffs are just similar.

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