Bands that Plagarize

Zaqarbal · 11-15-2010, 07:07 PM

♫ "Last Christmas... we were stealing your song... ♪ We'll give it to someone special..." ♫

Rod Stewart: Do Ya Think I'm Sexy With My Cool Copied Brazilian Rhythm?

Jedey · 11-15-2010, 08:20 PM

After The Jayhawks opened some shows for Tom Petty the riff from "Waiting For The Sun" showed up as "Mary Jane's Last Dance".

The Replacements also opened shows for Tom Petty and the phrase "a rebel without a clue" from "I'll Be You" turned up in Petty's "Into The Great Wide Open".

If you're a band from Minneapolis don't open for Tom Petty, he'll plagiarize you.

**Janszoon** · 11-15-2010, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Jedey

After The Jayhawks opened some shows for Tom Petty the riff from "Waiting For The Sun" showed up as "Mary Jane's Last Dance".

Interesting additional part of this: "Waiting For The Sun" was released on Rick Rubin's label Def American and Rubin also produced "Mary Jane's Last Dance".

Jedey · 11-15-2010, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Interesting additional part of this: "Waiting For The Sun" was released on Rick Rubin's label Def American and Rubin also produced "Mary Jane's Last Dance".

The plot thickens.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 11-15-2010, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Rage Against the Machine

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That was stupid. I should have known better than to click on a link to anything from Cracked.

HKz · 11-16-2010, 05:19 AM

There was an interesting one I was hearing. Coldplay's vida la whatever (I'm certainly no Coldplay fan) had the exact same melody as Satriani's "If I Could Fly"..

And there is that one Dream Theater/Muse similarity in one of their songs, Stockholm Syndrome/(don't remember the DT song)

**Janszoon** · 11-16-2010, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by HKz

There was an interesting one I was hearing. Coldplay's vida la whatever (I'm certainly no Coldplay fan) had the exact same melody as Satriani's "If I Could Fly"..

There's a song by the Argentine band Enanitos Verdes also has a similar melody and is older than the Satriani song. I don't think anyone actually stole it from anyone else, it's just one of those melodies that's easy to come up with. Satriani is an idiot for suing over it (and he lost by the way).

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra · 11-16-2010, 11:26 AM

It's a weird one but one of the most blatant:

sidewinder · 11-16-2010, 01:58 PM

^ Thieving fucks! Now I hate them more.

Zaqarbal · 11-16-2010, 02:24 PM

Italian Tiziano Ferro is the king of plagiarism:

He even has plagiarized a plagiarism: Visage ---> K. Osbourne ---> T. Ferro

11-15-2010, 07:07 PM	#51 (permalink)
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11-15-2010, 08:20 PM	#52 (permalink)
Jedey Veritas vos liberabit Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Musicapolis Posts: 477	After The Jayhawks opened some shows for Tom Petty the riff from "Waiting For The Sun" showed up as "Mary Jane's Last Dance". The Replacements also opened shows for Tom Petty and the phrase "a rebel without a clue" from "I'll Be You" turned up in Petty's "Into The Great Wide Open". If you're a band from Minneapolis don't open for Tom Petty, he'll plagiarize you. __________________ My Tunes

11-16-2010, 01:58 PM	#59 (permalink)
sidewinder Engorged Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,536	^ Thieving fucks! Now I hate them more. __________________ last.fm \| my collection on RYM \| vinyl instagram @allthatyouseeandhear I'd love to see your signature/links too, but the huge and obnoxious ones have caused me to block all signatures.

11-16-2010, 02:24 PM	#60 (permalink)
Zaqarbal Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Spain Posts: 824	Italian Tiziano Ferro is the king of plagiarism: He even has plagiarized a plagiarism: Visage ---> K. Osbourne ---> T. Ferro __________________ "Lullabies for adults / crossed by the years / carry the flower of disappointment / tattooed in their gloomy melodies."

11-16-2010, 05:19 AM	#56 (permalink)
HKz Groupie Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 7	There was an interesting one I was hearing. Coldplay's vida la whatever (I'm certainly no Coldplay fan) had the exact same melody as Satriani's "If I Could Fly".. And there is that one Dream Theater/Muse similarity in one of their songs, Stockholm Syndrome/(don't remember the DT song)

11-16-2010, 11:26 AM	#58 (permalink)
Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra \/ GOD Join Date: May 2010 Location: Nowhere... Posts: 2,179	It's a weird one but one of the most blatant: