songs that steal the sound of other songs....

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  • Oh, Jimmy
    Oh, Jimmy Posts: 957
    Creedence-Run Through the Jungle >John Fogerty-Old Man Down the Road

    I think thats the right Creedence song. The Creedence record company actually sued John Fogerty for stealin his own song.
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    catefrances wrote:
    what's the name of that god damn ukelele song PJ ripped off The Who?

    I soon forgot the name of it too. ;)

    But the Who song is Blue, Red and Grey.
  • MotorCityMike
    MotorCityMike Posts: 73
    Some modern day classics for your consideration:

    Ice Ice Baby and Under Pressure! (yeah, i know..Ice Ice Baby has an extra 'ding'...supposedly)

    You Can't Touch This and Superfreak.
  • CM1847
    CM1847 Posts: 577
    MotorCityMike wrote:
    Some modern day classics for your consideration:

    Ice Ice Baby and Under Pressure! (yeah, i know..Ice Ice Baby has an extra 'ding'...supposedly)

    You Can't Touch This and Superfreak.
    Those are straight samples and the original artists both ended up making good money off of the new songs. Rap has too many songs like that to count, the entire genre is based on sampling. I think the original purpose was songs that sound very strangely firmilar to something else, but don't come out and acknowledge they stole from somebody.
  • spnkri
    spnkri Posts: 137
    I thought of another one: "Counting Blue Cars" by Dishwalla and "Cast No Shadow" by Oasis. I always thought the choruses were very similar.
  • brhf9
    brhf9 Posts: 1,475
    spnkri wrote:
    The chorus of "Feel Good Inc" by Gorillaz has the exact same melody as the verse to "Staring At The Sun" by U2. Doesn't anyone else hear this?

    have not notice that one, but now, man, the melody sound way too familiar.
    'Go easy, step lightly, stay free!'

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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    I soon forgot the name of it too. ;)

    But the Who song is Blue, Red and Grey.

    oh you're funny :D
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  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,083
    are you gonna be my girl by jet
    lust for life by iggy pop
  • reeferchief
    reeferchief Posts: 3,569
    the offspring rip off the offspring on every album;)

    Oasis a lot of there songs seem to have a Beatles riff in them somewhere especially that All Around The World and Champagne Supernova, blatant plaguerism.
    Can not be arsed with life no more.
  • karma defect
    karma defect Posts: 5,483
    Well it's not a real rip off but:

    One song on "And the circus leaves town" by Kyuss I think it is El rodeo, sounds a bit like when Eddie goes tu du du du tu du du in Black. I don't know if this is any clear at all, but anyway what Ed does with his voice is done by guitar in this song.
    « One man's glory is another man's hell.
    You’re on the outside, never bound by such a spell.
    Together in the darkness, alone in the light.
    I took it upon me to be yours, Timmy,
    I’ll lead your angels and demons at play tonight......»
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    The intro of the Rage Against the Machine song "Born of a Broken Man" sounds a lot like a Stone Temple Pilot song off of Purple. I think it is Lounge Fly but not sure.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    my eldest daughter came to me and asked me to identify a song.
    i think it's pearl jam she said. okay give me some lyrics. she does. there is no way pearl jam have a song with the words fat boy in them. are you sure?. (incredulous roll of the eyes) yes i'm sure. it's silverchair. the song is tomorrow.
    a couple of weeks later the other daughter comes to me with the same enquiry. i can't remember what the song was, but it was one of silverchair's.
    i just found it amusing that both times they mistook silverchair for pearl jam. to be fair, frogstomp is a bit grungerama.
    no self respecting pearl jammer or silverchair fan would have been mistaken but neither of my daughters could even be called a casual pearl jam or silverchair listeners.
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  • clutching_benjamin
    clutching_benjamin Posts: 95
    The Beatles "Taxman" vs. The Jam "Start!"
    The Jam "In The City" vs. The Sex Pistols "Holidays In The Sun"
  • Jellyrolls
    Jellyrolls Posts: 523
    1. Our Lawyer Made Us Change The Name Of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued
    2. Of All The Gin Joints In All The World
    3. Dance, Dance
    4. Sugar, We're Goin Down
    5. Nobody Puts Baby In The Corner
    6. I've Got A Dark Alley And A Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth (Summer Song)
    7. 7 Minutes In Heaven (Atavan Halen)
    8. Sophmore Slump Or Comeback Of The Year
    9. Champagne For My Real Friends, Real Pain For My Sham Friends ListenMusic
    10. I Slept With Someone In Fall Out Boy And All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me
    11. A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More "Touch Me"
    12. Get Busy Living Or Get Busy Dying (Do Your Part To Save The Scene And Stop Going To Shows)
    13. XO
  • brhf9
    brhf9 Posts: 1,475
    Jellyrolls wrote:
    1. Our Lawyer Made Us Change The Name Of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued
    2. Of All The Gin Joints In All The World
    3. Dance, Dance
    4. Sugar, We're Goin Down
    5. Nobody Puts Baby In The Corner
    6. I've Got A Dark Alley And A Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth (Summer Song)
    7. 7 Minutes In Heaven (Atavan Halen)
    8. Sophmore Slump Or Comeback Of The Year
    9. Champagne For My Real Friends, Real Pain For My Sham Friends ListenMusic
    10. I Slept With Someone In Fall Out Boy And All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me
    11. A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More "Touch Me"
    12. Get Busy Living Or Get Busy Dying (Do Your Part To Save The Scene And Stop Going To Shows)
    13. XO

    hehe, i hear you...

    do you wanna elaborate that?
    'Go easy, step lightly, stay free!'

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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    two words people:

    DIRTY FRANK.
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  • Moondemon
    Moondemon Posts: 93
    The Beatie Boys song "Open letter to NYC" has the guitar riff of Sonic Reducer in it...

    And Kid Rock's "Devil without a cause" has the same riff as Metallica's "Sad but true".. now that's sad...!!!
    "I gather speed from you fucking with me"
  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,083
    Moondemon wrote:
    The Beatie Boys song "Open letter to NYC" has the guitar riff of Sonic Reducer in it...

    And Kid Rock's "Devil without a cause" has the same riff as Metallica's "Sad but true".. now that's sad...!!!


    but thats because they used it as a sample. They're not claiming to call it their own melody or riff.

    we're talking about non samples.
  • Thumbing My Way
    Thumbing My Way Posts: 1,073
    A bunch of Jet songs sound like a bunch of other tunes!!!

    Cold Hard Bitch - Stiff Upper Lip

    Are You Gunna Be My Girl - That Iggy Pop song

    The guitar solo little bridge part in Cold Hard Bitch is Taking Care of Business!!! It's actually like the exact same....listen to it!!
    "I Miss You Already!!!!!"

    "Sorry is the fool who trades his love for high-rise rent, Seems the more you make equals the loneliness you get"

    .NJD.
  • spnkri
    spnkri Posts: 137
    I thought of another one:

    "Working For The Weekend" - I can't remember who sings it but it sounds very similar to "Sex Type Thing" by Stone Temple Pilots, the guitar does anyway.

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