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William Zanzinger 07-06-2012 07:11 PM
Biggest rip off
 
I know there is artistic licence taken frequently in every area of music, but considering George Harrison was sued for "My Sweet Lord" infringing on "He`s So Fine", why didn`t this happen to Paul Weller for "Start"?
It`s virtually "Taxman" note for note.
Mind you, Oasis ripped off almost every riff The Beatles produced....

mr dave 07-07-2012 05:44 AM
The biggest offender to my ears if 'Get a Job' by the Offspring, which is just a slightly punked up version of Obla-di Obla-da by The Beatles.

Howard the Duck 07-08-2012 07:56 AM
and "Creep" is basically The Hollies' "The Air that I Breathe" except for the chorus

Duraddict 07-08-2012 08:03 AM
These two stick out in my mind:

Born this Way (GaGa) is Express Yourself (Madonna).

and

This Is Your Life (The Killers) is Road to Nowhere (Talking Heads).

Electrophonic Tonic 07-08-2012 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Howard the Duck (Post 1206707)
and "Creep" is basically The Hollies' "The Air that I Breathe" except for the chorus
The main theme for Karma Police is pretty much Sexy Sadie as well.

SGR 07-09-2012 05:39 AM
This is easy. Green Day's song "Warning" is a COMPLETE ripoff of The Kinks' "Picture Book." Get A Job is also a ripoff like mrdave said.

Howard the Duck 07-09-2012 05:46 AM
not exactly a carbon copy but Jesus and Mary Chain's Never Understand sounds a bit like T. Rex's Ride a White Swan

Stephen 07-18-2012 09:40 PM
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony



Bittersweet Symphony's a good song but there's no arguing that the main hook was ripped off.

Howard the Duck 07-18-2012 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by stp (Post 1209951)
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony



Bittersweet Symphony's a good song but there's no arguing that the main hook was ripped off.
huh? they didn't rip it off

it was actually a sample, and The Verve acknowledges Oldham as a writer in its credits

Neapolitan 07-18-2012 11:27 PM
I like both versions. I guess you could say that Led Zeppelin was the Coldplay of their day.



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Dazed and Confused was written by the folk-rock singer Jake Holmes and released as a track in his debut album "The Above Ground Sound" Of Jake Holmes in 1967. That same year Jake Holmes opened for The Yardbirds in a show in New York where Jimmy Page heard the song. The song was rearranged and later became one of Led Zeppelin best-known songs, the debt to Jake Holmes however went largely unacknowledged by the band.


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