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Gonna See My Friend ripped from Goo Goo Dolls!

WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,934
edited May 2010 in The Porch
So, this Goo Goo Dolls song comes on my ipod (I know, I know...what can I say? :shifty: ). Turns out, the opening riffs of Gonna See My Friend were lifted from Stay With You by the GGD :wtf: :wtf: :wtf:
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  • Evacuation RulesEvacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    No wonder it sucks.
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,934
    Evacuation Rules wrote:
    No wonder it sucks.

    :lol::lol::lol:
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  • Hawk123Hawk123 Posts: 2,033
    I don't hear that much similarity, maybe the way the first 2 chords are hit but other than that I don't hear much.
  • LostdogsinthegardenLostdogsinthegarden Posts: 844
    Definitely not similar enough to be considered a rip in the slightest...
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    It seems more of a similarity on the drum part. But I've noticed a similar snare-heavy drum part on songs ever since Coldplay "Clocks" came out.

    Some similarity, and possibly some influence even, but I'd believe it everyone in the band said they've never heard a GGD song too.
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  • megatronmegatron Posts: 3,420
    CJMST3K wrote:
    It seems more of a similarity on the drum part. But I've noticed a similar snare-heavy drum part on songs ever since Coldplay "Clocks" came out.

    Some similarity, and possibly some influence even, but I'd believe it everyone in the band said they've never heard a GGD song too.

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  • youngsteryoungster Posts: 6,576
    Lostdogsinthegarden wrote:
    Definitely not similar enough to be considered a rip in the slightest...

    Something tells me if this GGD song was just released this week, you guys would be singing a different tune.
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  • PJammer4lifePJammer4life Los Angeles Posts: 2,645
    I hate when OP's make accusations with no link.

    http://www.lala.com/#song/360569470940841377

    Don't ear it..same chords E G D..but so do a million songs..the PJ song is way heavier and contains /slides
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    youngster wrote:
    Lostdogsinthegarden wrote:
    Definitely not similar enough to be considered a rip in the slightest...

    Something tells me if this GGD song was just released this week, you guys would be singing a different tune.

    i wouldn't, this kinda crap is retarded. i remember reading about all these supposed rips of the intro to Last Exit and laughing about it.

    as if chords are somehow copyrightable.

    im sure PJ was sitting around listening to fucking GOo Goo Dolls and thinking "how can we be more like them?"

    if they took it from anyone (which im sure they did since BS is practically a giant homage album) it wasnt fucking goo goo dolls.
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    MrSmith wrote:
    youngster wrote:
    Lostdogsinthegarden wrote:
    Definitely not similar enough to be considered a rip in the slightest...

    Something tells me if this GGD song was just released this week, you guys would be singing a different tune.

    i wouldn't, this kinda crap is retarded. i remember reading about all these supposed rips of the intro to Last Exit and laughing about it.

    as if chords are somehow copyrightable.

    im sure PJ was sitting around listening to fucking GOo Goo Dolls and thinking "how can we be more like them?"

    if they took it from anyone (which im sure they did since BS is practically a giant homage album) it wasnt fucking goo goo dolls.

    Mike did admit to ripping off Led Zeppelin a little, and Stone shook his head saying something like "this is the tape they're gonna use to sue us". ...but luckily LZ has ripped off 100% of songs from other bands, so them suing someone would open a huge can of worms for them. :lol:
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  • youngsteryoungster Posts: 6,576
    MrSmith wrote:
    youngster wrote:
    Lostdogsinthegarden wrote:
    Definitely not similar enough to be considered a rip in the slightest...

    Something tells me if this GGD song was just released this week, you guys would be singing a different tune.

    i wouldn't, this kinda crap is retarded. i remember reading about all these supposed rips of the intro to Last Exit and laughing about it.

    as if chords are somehow copyrightable.

    im sure PJ was sitting around listening to fucking GOo Goo Dolls and thinking "how can we be more like them?"

    OK, maybe not you. I was making reference to when the Metallica song came out in 2008, The End of the Line. There were threads left and right about how Metallica ripped off Why Go in the opening riff. The song sounds nothing like Why Go yet people were having a fit over it. The same thing could be said here....like Metallica was sitting around listening to PJ going, "how can we be more like Pearl Jam?" :roll: Metallica was selling out stadiums and millions of records before Mother Love Bone was even a group.
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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Wow, what a stretch. That intro riff is probably used in a million songs.. when the song structure is the same, then come back and make a useful thread.
  • jg1988jg1988 Posts: 181
    they are hardly the same really, just the drumming is the same tempo. plus that song sucks.
  • SomethingCreativeSomethingCreative Posts: 3,371
    this is worse than all the Real Me comparisons
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,934
    PJammer4life wrote:
    I hate when OP's make accusations with no link.
    MrSmith wrote:
    i wouldn't, this kinda crap is retarded.
    Gob wrote:
    .. when the song structure is the same, then come back and make a useful thread.
    note to self: some people don't even like playful jabs at the band. :shock:
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  • starmap3333starmap3333 Posts: 3,925
    are you tone deaf or something? this sounds NOTHING like G.S.M.F.
    Maybe the opening two snare hits but this is seriously one of the most inaccurate comparisions ever. EVER.

    WHOOMP there it is. SING IT!
  • beakbeak Posts: 148
    Yep, they definitely ripped this off, and for the lead in the intro and outro, they ripped off the solo from the Saved By the Bell song. No doubt about it. Ha!
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  • corduroykellycorduroykelly Posts: 668
    You listen to the Goo Goo Dolls! LOL
  • jubilairesjljubilairesjl Posts: 497
    i think thats a bit of stretch to call it ripped.....it is sort of similar because of the accents but not too much.
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  • IsaacIsaac Posts: 137
    Something tells me if this GGD song was just released this week, you guys would be singing a different tune.[/quote]

    i wouldn't, this kinda crap is retarded. i remember reading about all these supposed rips of the intro to Last Exit and laughing about it.

    as if chords are somehow copyrightable.

    im sure PJ was sitting around listening to fucking GOo Goo Dolls and thinking "how can we be more like them?"

    if they took it from anyone (which im sure they did since BS is practically a giant homage album) it wasnt fucking goo goo dolls.[/quote]

    Mike did admit to ripping off Led Zeppelin a little, and Stone shook his head saying something like "this is the tape they're gonna use to sue us". ...but luckily LZ has ripped off 100% of songs from other bands, so them suing someone would open a huge can of worms for them. :lol:[/quote]

    Yeah, I love that quote... he also said something like... if zep sues us for this I have two words for them: "muddy waters!" :D
  • BlackThirteenBlackThirteen Posts: 423
    I listened to it and maybe for the first 1 second it sounds similar but that's about all the similarity I hear.
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,934
    BlackThirteen wrote:
    the first 1 second it sounds similar .

    that's all I'm saying....didn't mean to get y'all fired up ;)
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  • usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    imalive wrote:
    So, this Goo Goo Dolls song comes on my ipod
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    imalive wrote:
    So, this Goo Goo Dolls song comes on my ipod


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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    imalive wrote:
    PJammer4life wrote:
    I hate when OP's make accusations with no link.
    MrSmith wrote:
    i wouldn't, this kinda crap is retarded.
    Gob wrote:
    .. when the song structure is the same, then come back and make a useful thread.
    note to self: some people don't even like playful jabs at the band. :shock:
    Maybe I didn't catch the playfulness, but there's too many serious threads around here about this stuff, it's hard to tell any more.
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    Gob wrote:
    imalive wrote:
    PJammer4life wrote:
    I hate when OP's make accusations with no link.
    MrSmith wrote:
    i wouldn't, this kinda crap is retarded.
    Gob wrote:
    .. when the song structure is the same, then come back and make a useful thread.
    note to self: some people don't even like playful jabs at the band. :shock:
    Maybe I didn't catch the playfulness, but there's too many serious threads around here about this stuff, it's hard to tell any more.
    yeah dont assume its obvious that you're joking. many people would be dead serious about it. the interwebs has many strange and wonderful people.
  • U R A Crazy BreedU R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    corduroykelly wrote:
    You listen to the Goo Goo Dolls! LOL


    i like a couple of their songs too....wanna make something of it?! :evil: :mrgreen::mrgreen:
  • JoJo Posts: 2,098
    Thank Goodness we're not all sitting around on the goo goo forums!

    PJ will take thier influence from where ever they find it....but thank God not the Gooey girls...or so what if they did?..... :D
  • ChampagneBreakfast4EveryoneChampagneBreakfast4Everyone Posts: 215
    Goo Goo Dolls? Definitly a stretch..... but I always said that Gonna See My Friend does sound a lot like Velvet Underground's "Waiting for my man." Very similar guitar structure, and very similar title, with the same drug idea. I love both songs though
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,934
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    Maybe I didn't catch the playfulness, but there's too many serious threads around here about this stuff, it's hard to tell any more.

    I just realized the intro to severed hand sounds a lot like the beginning of let love in!! :lol::lol::lol:

    who knew McCready was so influenced by the Goo Goo Dolls???? :wtf:

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