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did springsteen rip off Sam Cooke

mrwalkerbmrwalkerb Posts: 1,015
edited February 2006 in Other Music
on teh song Mary's place vs. the Sam Cooke Meet me at Mary's place, I checked the Itunes song infor on springsteen's and there was nothing of sam cooke I don't have the actual liner notes around for the rising but any thoughts if anyone has heard both songs
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  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Yeah, I think the chorus is a pretty direct pull from Sam Cookes song, and I don't think its credited anywhere.
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  • mrwalkerbmrwalkerb Posts: 1,015
    merkinball wrote:
    Yeah, I think the chorus is a pretty direct pull from Sam Cookes song, and I don't think its credited anywhere.

    so I guess the question becomes when does the homage become a rip off?
    "I'm not suicidal, except when I drink. That's why we don't all drink at the same time, there'd be no-one alive to drive home..."
    Chris Cornell

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