OT-Stolen music
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:58 amby Angiekay
Out now is the new book Sounds Like Teen Spirit: Stolen Melodies, Ripped-Off Riffs And the Secret History of Rock and Roll by author Tim English. The book chronicles the various instances in which rock songs have accidentally, and sometimes deliberately, "borrowed from past hits."
Among the songs compared and analyzed for their similarities are:
George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" and the Chiffons' "He So Fine."
Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" and Hank Williams' "Move It On Over."
The guitar riff from Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and Boston's "More Than A Feeling."
Bob Marley's "Buffalo Soldier" and the "Tra La La Song," which was the theme to the late '60s children's show, The Banana Splits.
U2's "Beautiful Day" and an obscure A-ha hit from the 1980's.
Ray Parker Jr.'s "Ghostbusters" and Huey Lewis and the News's "I Want A New Drug," and many more.
For more information on the book, log on to soundsliketeenspirit.com
Re: OT-Stolen music
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:59 amby Sarah
Angiekay wrote:The guitar riff from Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and Boston's "More Than A Feeling."
lol wut
I can't hear that at all.
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:10 amby Saint John
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:13 amby JohnH
Smells Like's main riff is similar to the chorus riff of Boston's More than but it's a totally different key. It's not really a rip off the way My Sweet Lord stole from the Chiffons, or Ray Parker ripped off Huey-those are true note for note ripoffs.
coldplay
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:48 amby dudelookslikealady
more recently Coldplay's Viva la vida copied Joe Satriani's riff - see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ofFw9DKu_I
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:43 amby StoneCold
There are parts in A-Ha's "Sun always shines on TV" that also sound like Coldplay's "Vida La Vida". Specifically, at 1:04 to 1:30 in this clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYeFWmc21Fc&
So they got the riff from Satriani & the vocals from Aha. Vida should be called "Stealin la music".
It sounds more like Vida then Beautiful day although I can see a similarity there too.
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:52 amby Ehwmatt
The Smells and More than a Feeling comparison is retarded.
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:52 amby 4everkop
I found that the song By Lionel Richie "stuck on you" sounds like Eric Claptons song "Wonderful Tonight" the same guitar riff
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:57 amby journey062393
When I hear Daughtry's What About Now, I cant help but think of Heart's Alone. Its not that similar, and then quickly changes but just the very beginning.
Re: coldplay
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:12 amby Sarah
This guy was about to press charges a while back but I think he dropped it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUhFLiw6h6s
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:15 amby T-Bone
Don't forget Ice Ice Baby and Under Pressure...
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:21 amby S2M
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:26 amby T-Bone
Also, an "odd" coincidence...
The band Black N Blue was produced by Gene Simmons back in the day. In 1986 they released an album called Nasty Nasty. In 1992, Kiss released their Revenge CD with a tune called Domino that was basically a riff for riff ripoff, lyrically similar as well as the structure of the song:
Black N Blue - Nasty Nasty:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3RiEw5r2dE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LKTshoUCyE
Kiss - Domino
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQd3cZICfmE
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:16 pmby larryfromnextdoor
the DOORS - 5 to 1-Krieger (great player!!) (1:15)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ufJitRL ... re=related
KISS- She ..........Ace (great player!!) completley stole ALL the lead riffs and solo from Krieger (3:15)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfagvcwjLyE
pearl jam-Alive.. McCready (great player!!) stole from Ace.. (3:25)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_LQU2-GOXY
GREAT PENATONIC LICK
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:26 pmby S2M
I'm not convinced about McCready and Ace....both play Les Paul Customs - so perhaps the tone is making you think they are the same. As far as the Doors - BOOOORING.....I don't see ANY resemblance to Ace there.
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:30 pmby larryfromnextdoor
StocktontoMalone wrote:I'm not convinced about McCready and Ace....both play Les Paul Customs - so perhaps the tone is making you think they are the same. As far as the Doors - BOOOORING.....I don't see ANY resemblance to Ace there.
you calling me a liar!!??
ok.. you might be right .. but do you have any idea at the amount of time it took to
gather
all my facts..
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:38 pmby 7 Wishes
Everything was stolen from Franz Joseph Haydn, anyway. So it's ALL derivative.
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:14 pmby larryfromnextdoor
7 Wishes wrote:Everything was stolen from Franz Joseph Haydn, anyway. So it's ALL derivative.
there you go again with talk of Derivatives in music.. you know i once flunked a class call
Derivatives in Calculus,,
and ill bet ya ,, Mark Farner cant even spell
derivatives.. and hes a monster player and writer!!
