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Red Hot Chili Peppers ripped off Tom Petty?

AxlUlrichAxlUlrich Posts: 12,652
edited May 2006 in Other Music
found this pretty interesting...you be the judge

http://www.wgmd.com/SOUNDS/FEATURES/051706-petty.mp3
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  • dr jamdr jam Posts: 69
    That is pretty funny. :)

    The question should be about the intention, ie. did they mean to rip it or is it a fluke.

    Is the Tom Petty tune famous in the US?
  • ArabesqueArabesque Posts: 34
    I knew that song sounded really familiar! I just couldn't put my finger on what it sounded like...Now I know. I can't believe I didn't notice because I love Mary Jane's Last Dance. It's exactly the same song!

    Wow, whether it was conscious or not, it's a rip-off...
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  • kdpjamkdpjam Posts: 2,303
    the tom petty version was pretty popular when it came out. and yes, its the same exact song. the only difference i hear is the red hot chili peppers play it a bit flat.
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  • dCowboyPJdCowboyPJ Posts: 479
    I can't get the link to open. What RHPC song are they talking about?
  • AxlUlrichAxlUlrich Posts: 12,652
    in the Stadium Arcadium dvd though..John Frusciante actually explained how he came up with the riff while listening to the Wu Tang Clan or something so i think it was unintentional.

    and yes Mary Jane's Last Dance is a pretty popular song I'd say.
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  • ArabesqueArabesque Posts: 34
    Dani California
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  • dr jamdr jam Posts: 69
    kdpjam wrote:
    the tom petty version was pretty popular when it came out. and yes, its the same exact song. the only difference i hear is the red hot chili peppers play it a bit flat.

    I agree, there is a slight difference, but wow, it's really interesting to hear.
  • WillWill Posts: 41
    Got to say, they're pretty similar.
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    THere is also a song on their album that the opening riff sounds a LOT like the mountain song by Janes Addiction.

    I forget the song but my roomate heard it too.
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  • AxlUlrichAxlUlrich Posts: 12,652
    intodeep wrote:
    THere is also a song on their album that the opening riff sounds a LOT like the mountain song by Janes Addiction.

    I forget the song but my roomate heard it too.
    ah yes that's right!
    Readymade is the song!..great song but its no Mountain Song ;)
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  • KlumpieKlumpie Posts: 2,649
    Try this, it's the song Tom Petty - Mary Jane's Last Dance with the voice of Kiedis.

    http://blogsrus.typepad.com/mediaxray/files/dani_cs_last_dance.mp3
  • AxlUlrichAxlUlrich Posts: 12,652
    Klumpie wrote:
    Try this, it's the song Tom Petty - Mary Jane's Last Dance with the voice of Kiedis.

    http://blogsrus.typepad.com/mediaxray/files/dani_cs_last_dance.mp3
    haha thanks for posting that..pretty funny lol.
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  • Shawn Smith CollectiveShawn Smith Collective Posts: 986
    There are a number of songs on Stadium that are overtly borrowing from other songs...so much so that it's clearly a nod to those bands...like a new form of covering.

    Pettty, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Mountain, Metallica to name a few
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  • Virgil CaineVirgil Caine Posts: 44
    Listen to The Strokes : 'Last Nite'

    and then

    Listen to Tom Petty's : 'American Girl'
  • kdpjamkdpjam Posts: 2,303
    Virgil Caine wrote:
    Listen to The Strokes : 'Last Nite'

    and then

    Listen to Tom Petty's : 'American Girl'

    you could go on and on, but those songs should be in a different thread....
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  • pearl jam rulespearl jam rules Posts: 129
    i found this link in a different forum last night and laughed pretty hard when they played both the songs at the same time. same tempo, mostly the same drums, and just about the same chords. same style of singing as well. pretty funny
  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Posts: 4,154
    Thanks for the link.

    Is there a mash-up for this yet?

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  • KlumpieKlumpie Posts: 2,649
    PissBottleMan wrote:
    Thanks for the link.

    Is there a mash-up for this yet?

    PBM

    Nope, not yet.
  • brhf9brhf9 Posts: 1,475
    hahahahaha, man that's the same song!!

    thanks for that one axlulrich, i can't help from laughing...
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  • adam42381adam42381 Posts: 2,505
    That definitely is the same thing. Definite ripoff here.
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  • adam42381adam42381 Posts: 2,505
    Seems this thing is gathering some steam. http://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/230/9/
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  • Thin Air 211Thin Air 211 Posts: 114
    Haha, my friend just told me about this cause she heard it on another board and I said, well I guess I'll check if its on pearl jam's mb. Wow...thats pretty crazy.
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  • Wanted To Get RightWanted To Get Right Posts: 25
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    not as bad with the lyrics, but the music is pretty close.
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  • AxlUlrichAxlUlrich Posts: 12,652
    the drum intros to Dani California sound like Sweet Home Alabama as well..that was pointed out to me by Chad Smith on the dvd haha.
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  • NickyNoochNickyNooch Posts: 629
    This is pretty funny.

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  • Oh, JimmyOh, Jimmy Posts: 957
    One more point of proof that RHCP need to hang it up. Overrated, overblown, and overcommercialized. Mainstream fame has been very unfriendly to their songwriting
  • nightfly107nightfly107 Posts: 67
    unless its a blatant rip off who cares artist and musicians have been using riffs and whatnot forever...listen to early jazz and even i would say some classic stuff thats music.
  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    nightfly107 wrote:
    unless its a blatant rip off who cares artist and musicians have been using riffs and whatnot forever...listen to early jazz and even i would say some classic stuff thats music.

    This is a blatant rip off.
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  • JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Posts: 10,219
    what's this DVD you're talking about?
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  • depopulationINCdepopulationINC Posts: 2,074
    intodeep wrote:
    THere is also a song on their album that the opening riff sounds a LOT like the mountain song by Janes Addiction.

    I forget the song but my roomate heard it too.

    yeah, I noticed that, but never really noticed the dani california. Totally see it now. I think it is a huge coincidence...but wow! Very interesting stuff. The RHCP, I believe, every try to sound like anyone. They have always had there own beat/sound. Most of the album has this sorta vibe to it, and I think they were staying in theme, and just ended up with the same music. I believe it was unintensional. Last Dance was WAY to big for somebody to intentionally rip off and think they would get away with it.
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