Songs that Sound Suspiciously Like Other Songs!

cledussnow · 09-14-2015, 04:31 PM

Custard Pie - Some of the lyrics are straight from Blind Boy Fuller's "I Want Some of Your Pie". Who cares this song kicks ass and to call it plagiarism is a pretty big stretch.

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In My Time of Dying - Traditional blues song. Some of the lyrics are from Blind Willie Johnson's version "Jesus Make up My Dying Bed" recorded in 1927.

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Boogie with Stu - Pure cover of Ritchie Valen's "Ooh My Head".

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Nobody's Fault but Mine - Pure theft of another Blind Willie Johnson song.

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In conclusion, we can see they definitely did steal quite a few songs, there catalogue is over 80 songs and over 80% are purely Page/Plant.

**Frownland** · 09-14-2015, 04:33 PM

*ahem* spoiler tags would be nice for those of us with computers on the ****tier end of things, thanks.

cledussnow · 09-14-2015, 04:40 PM

^^^Will do^^^

Psy-Fi · 09-19-2015, 09:10 AM

I'm surprised this one hasn't been mentioned yet...

The Jam - Start
https://youtu.be/fdSqpT6gfDU

The Beatles - Taxman
https://youtu.be/Oyu5sFzWLk8

Plainview · 09-19-2015, 03:00 PM

^ Do not know why the Jam bothered to straight up copy the Guitar and Bass lines whilst adding inferior lyrics and missing out Paul's amazing solo guitar part which completely makes Taxman. Just completely redundant.

**Frownland** · 01-16-2017, 01:46 PM

Tom Waits' Back in the Crowd borrows a lot from Beefheart's Call on Me.

**Frownland** · 02-22-2017, 11:33 PM

Black Sabbath's song Planet Caravan

Sounds like Tim Buckley's song Dritin' once it takes off a little bit, which was released one month prior to the recording of Paranoid.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 03-21-2017, 04:01 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRAWwdzNL6c

Sounds like:

Alphabet St. - Prince - SAPO Vídeos

&

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c15QgtYqknA

Sounds like She's Always In My Hair but with the Camille voice.

Trollheart · 03-21-2017, 04:18 PM

Surely Bryan Ferry just completely ripped off Canned Heat here?
Bryan Ferry - "Let's stick together"

Canned Heat "Let's work together"

He couldn't even be arsed to change the title! One word!

Trollheart · 03-23-2017, 01:57 PM

Both written by the same guy, but how similar they sound!
"Still got the blues for you" (Gary Moore)

"Picture of the moon" (Gary Moore)

09-14-2015, 04:31 PM	#131 (permalink)
cledussnow Music Addict Join Date: May 2012 Location: North Alabama via New Orleans Posts: 149	Custard Pie - Some of the lyrics are straight from Blind Boy Fuller's "I Want Some of Your Pie". Who cares this song kicks ass and to call it plagiarism is a pretty big stretch. Spoiler for different versions: In My Time of Dying - Traditional blues song. Some of the lyrics are from Blind Willie Johnson's version "Jesus Make up My Dying Bed" recorded in 1927. Spoiler for different versions: Boogie with Stu - Pure cover of Ritchie Valen's "Ooh My Head". Spoiler for different versions: Nobody's Fault but Mine - Pure theft of another Blind Willie Johnson song. Spoiler for different versions: In conclusion, we can see they definitely did steal quite a few songs, there catalogue is over 80 songs and over 80% are purely Page/Plant. Last edited by cledussnow; 09-14-2015 at 08:14 PM.

09-14-2015, 04:33 PM	#132 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	ahem spoiler tags would be nice for those of us with computers on the ***tier end of things, thanks. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.* d e a f b o x

01-16-2017, 01:46 PM	#136 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Tom Waits' Back in the Crowd borrows a lot from Beefheart's Call on Me. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

02-22-2017, 11:33 PM	#137 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Black Sabbath's song Planet Caravan Sounds like Tim Buckley's song Dritin' once it takes off a little bit, which was released one month prior to the recording of Paranoid. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

03-21-2017, 04:18 PM	#139 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Surely Bryan Ferry just completely ripped off Canned Heat here? Bryan Ferry - "Let's stick together" Canned Heat "Let's work together" He couldn't even be arsed to change the title! One word! __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

09-14-2015, 04:40 PM	#133 (permalink)
cledussnow Music Addict Join Date: May 2012 Location: North Alabama via New Orleans Posts: 149	^^^Will do^^^

03-21-2017, 04:01 PM	#138 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRAWwdzNL6c Sounds like: Alphabet St. - Prince - SAPO Vídeos & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c15QgtYqknA Sounds like She's Always In My Hair but with the Camille voice.

03-23-2017, 01:57 PM	#140 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Both written by the same guy, but how similar they sound! "Still got the blues for you" (Gary Moore) "Picture of the moon" (Gary Moore) __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018