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New "Get Some" a clear Devo ripoff

SweetAndLowSweetAndLow Posts: 178
edited June 2009 in The Porch
How anyone can say otherwise after having a listen needs their head examined. Listen to Devo's "Gut Feeling" AT LEAST until the 2 minute mark of this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YievWIX9AKk

Then, listen to "Get Some" from Conan last night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9bScneEUOs

It's as blatant as Jack White/White Stripes' "Hardest Button to Button" ripoff of seminal Detroit punk rocker Mick Collins and his old band The Gories' "Sovereignty Fight."
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  • HeavyHandsHeavyHands Posts: 2,130
    No way, dude. Completely invalid. Boom wasn't there to play the keyboard part. The fact that the guitar and vocal melodies are completely similar doesn't mean anything. ;)
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  • SolarWorldSolarWorld Posts: 1,902
    Devo is garbage...
  • over bendsover bends Posts: 1,568
    Sometimes these claims have validity but this is a pretty big stretch. There are stylistic similarities but I don't see how you can call this a clear ripoff.

    Like Ed's ripoff of that French song for the guitar for Guaranteed... THAT'S clear. This is most certainly not.
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  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    SolarWorld wrote:
    Devo is garbage...

    you sir, are incorrect!
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    clear ripoff? no

    similar? there are elements
  • Mindless DrifterMindless Drifter Posts: 210
    just like metallica and why go!...in the end, nobody cares
  • aNiMaLaNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    norm wrote:
    clear ripoff? no

    similar? there are elements
    Exactly, but in the end two completely different songs.
  • pj0705pj0705 Posts: 189
    Devo is awesome.
  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    They should go back to ripping off Zeppelin ;)
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    pj0705 wrote:
    Devo is awesome.

    this, this is correct.
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  • aNiMaLaNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    pj0705 wrote:
    Devo is awesome.
    Out of all the bands in the world, Devo is one of them.

    Awesome? That is kind of a stretch.
  • spread_the_jamspread_the_jam Posts: 93
    yep, clearly the same built up and "Got Some" = "Gut Feeling"

    nevertheless:

    AWESOME "NEW" SONG !!!!
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  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    I can see how the band or Ed was influenced by DEVO on this. The real question is, if there was no Devo, would we be hearing "Get Some" today?
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  • SolarWorldSolarWorld Posts: 1,902
    If there was no devo the world would be a slightly better place...
  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    SolarWorld wrote:
    If there was no devo the world would be a slightly better place...

    if there were less moronic comments like this, the world would be a much better place.
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  • say_hisay_hi Posts: 313
    jimed14 wrote:
    pj0705 wrote:
    Devo is awesome.

    this, this is correct.

    I only know the the first 4 Devo albums, but those albums are really quite good!!! :D
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  • U R A Crazy BreedU R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    SolarWorld wrote:
    If there was no devo the world would be a slightly better place...


    all music has a place in this world...just because it's not in your cd collection don't mean shit...becuz it may be in mine, hers or his! 8-)
  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,699
    Wow, I made the same DEVO comparison as well when the girlfriend and I watched the show this morning!

    DEVO is a great band...they were way ahead of their time, and, if they'd change up their setlist as much as PJ, I'd prefer to see them play multiple nights!
  • Stephen FlowStephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    Most people only know Devo for Whip It, sadly.

    Devo is a good band.

    But if you don't like it, you don't like it.

    "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!" is a great album.
  • flyinwhole313flyinwhole313 Posts: 1,651
    WOW, YOU ARE SOOOOO RIGHT....I DONT LIKE PEARL JAM ANYMORE..........I WOULD BE EMBARASSED TO HAVE POINTED THAT OUT. FUCK DEVO AND FUCK YOU...WHAT A FUCKING JACK-ASS... :ugeek: :!:
  • NothinGBetteRPJMaNNothinGBetteRPJMaN Posts: 530
    over_bends wrote:
    Sometimes these claims have validity but this is a pretty big stretch. There are stylistic similarities but I don't see how you can call this a clear ripoff.

    Like Ed's ripoff of that French song for the guitar for Guaranteed... THAT'S clear. This is most certainly not.

    Can someone tell me what song you are talking about for Guaranteed? I never heard this before
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  • darthvedder81darthvedder81 Posts: 688
    This thread is retarded. It reminds me of people saying WWS sounded like Offsprings "Keep Em' Seperated" when that came out. The chord progression is vaguely similar on the verse (different key though) but so what?
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    darthvedder81 wrote:
    This thread is retarded.
    Get with the times.....this thread is "mentally challenged." :?
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  • Ryan_WFCRyan_WFC Posts: 1,350
    The choruses are very similar, but "clear ripoff" is a stretch.
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  • SweetAndLowSweetAndLow Posts: 178
    It's a carbon copy in my book. As soon as Ed started the chorus over and over, I was wondering if I was listening to a cover song. Seriously.

    The melody, chord structure and lyrical cadence - right down to the same two-word chorus delivery - are exactly alike.

    How apologists try to defend it, i don't know. I've been as big of a fan as anyone else here since 95, and of course I hear lots of other influences/chord structures/etc on other PJ songs, but this one song is blatantly ripped off.

    Sorry, but it is.

    And it pains to type that, because I still love the band and I know the album is gonna rock regardless - 99.7 percent of the people who listen will have no idea about Devo's song, just like 99.7 percent of the people out there have no idea The White Stripes' Hardest Button to Button is a complete ripoff of Detroit punker Mick Collins' work (and who knows, we don't know if Ed or someone in the band approached Devo about the song; after all, Jack White and Mick Collins are good friends and jam together).[/u]
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  • over bendsover bends Posts: 1,568
    NothinGBetteRPJMaN wrote:
    over_bends wrote:
    Sometimes these claims have validity but this is a pretty big stretch. There are stylistic similarities but I don't see how you can call this a clear ripoff.

    Like Ed's ripoff of that French song for the guitar for Guaranteed... THAT'S clear. This is most certainly not.

    Can someone tell me what song you are talking about for Guaranteed? I never heard this before

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rodnvh2BbZw
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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,699
    CJMST3K wrote:
    I can see how the band or Ed was influenced by DEVO on this. The real question is, if there was no Devo, would we be hearing "Get Some" today?

    Very puzzling question....reminds me how people who travel in time machines are warned not to step on any bugs or kill any dinosaurs, since it could change the course of the world!
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