Songs that are rip-offs of other songs

[PLAS]

Your opinion isn't valid, neither is mine, so just drop it.

yet, he's still loved by so many

 

[PLAS]

oh yeah, I remembered another song

as much as I love Pearl Jam, "Given To Fly" is a very obvious rip from Led Zep's "Going To California"

and "Yellow Ledbetter" has some interesting Hendixque licks in it, which recall "Little Wing" among others

 

[<(o_o)>]

Puff Daddy used "The Polices" "Every Breath You Take" song & reworked it as a tribute for Biggie Smalls but Sting participated with that I believe so does that count?

Puff Daddy aslo used "Led Zepplin's" song "Cashmere" & reworked it & called the new version Come With Me for the Godzilla 98 soundtrack but Jimmy Page worked on that so does that count?

 

[Fried Gold]

Manic Street Preachers If You Tolerate This... is a bit of a rip-off of The Stranglers' Dutchess.

 

[Speedball]

okay, I need to chime into this discussion.
you are correct speedball the Guy from Flaming Lips can't "sing"in a Kelly Clarkson sort of way, he is not a "competent" singer under that category.
the thing we're lloking for is, does he convey the feeling of a given song through his othewise "bad" singing voice?
I'm my case, he does.
and I find more sentiment in 15 of his songs that I could find in the entire Mariah Carey catalogue, when she is infact a great "singer" from a technical standpoint.

Ok...I see what you mean.
I just prefer something I can sing to.

 

[Fried Gold]

well, if you listen to "Smells Like Teen Spirit", it basically sounds like your regular Pixies song, so while some may call it a rip off, other might say it's just inspiration

But most would say rip-off.

 

[Speedball]

Fuel's "Falls on Me" kinda sounds like Collective Soul's "Heavy".

LOL!!!
Falls on Me are words in Heavy...

 

[redmarvel]

Elton John used Candle In the Wind to make a tribute to Diana... ripping off his own song to save time (I suspect).

 

[redmarvel]

The Alphabet song and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

I think Twinkle Twinkle was the first... then of course there's Baa Baa Black Sheep...

 

[Duende Verde]

Killing Joke - Eighties vs Nirvana - Come As You Are

 

[PLAS]

But most would say rip-off.

I can assume you're not a songwriter, right?

 

[lars573]

^The Flaming Lips should be sued. They suck.

I agree. I just looked the flaming lips up on youtube. Pure unadultarated suck!

 

[PLAS]

Puff Daddy used "The Polices" "Every Breath You Take" song & reworked it as a tribute for Biggie Smalls but Sting participated with that I believe so does that count?

Puff Daddy aslo used "Led Zepplin's" song "Cashmere" & reworked it & called the new version Come With Me for the Godzilla 98 soundtrack but Jimmy Page worked on that so does that count?

but you must also take into account that Puff Daddy has made a career out of being totally unoriginal and devoid of any musical talent whatsoever

 

[dmcnx]

Puff Daddy used "The Polices" "Every Breath You Take" song & reworked it as a tribute for Biggie Smalls but Sting participated with that I believe so does that count?

Puff Daddy aslo used "Led Zepplin's" song "Cashmere" & reworked it & called the new version Come With Me for the Godzilla 98 soundtrack but Jimmy Page worked on that so does that count?

1. They're samples, so no.
2. Its "Kashmir".

 

[Space Moose]

Touch It Remix by Busta Ryhmes use Daft Punks Technologic.
However, I'm not sure that counts... I like both artists.

 

[PLAS]

the thing is that sampling does not count as a rip-off, it's when you take a song, make minor changes to it, and then say it's your own, the problem here is that parody songs also do not count as copyright infrigment

although sometimes sampling can affect the band, like when The Verve sampled some strings from a Rolling Stones song for their "Bittersweet Symphony" song and got not even a penny for the sample

 

[Spider-Bite]

Which songs make you wonder how come someone didn't file lawsuit?

For example:

Caribbean Queen by Billy Ocean - Jesus Christ, I liked this song better when it was called Billie Jean. It's almost exactly the same: same synth bassline, same guitar riff, same keyboard sounds, there's even a vocal melody that mirrors MJ's "love on the run/I am the one".

The original actually says "She says I am the one. But the kid is not my son"

Trust me I'm a huge Michael Jackson fan. I know the song by heart.

 

[thedeadite]

Pearl Jam's "footsteps" is teh EXACT same song as Temple of the Dog's "times of trouble" but with different lyrics.

a band i was in a few years ago ripped off a pitboss 2000 song w/o even realising it.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Puff Daddy aslo used "Led Zepplin's" song "Cashmere" & reworked it & called the new version Come With Me for the Godzilla 98 soundtrack but Jimmy Page worked on that so does that count?

It's not about a sweater, son.

 

[PLAS]

Pearl Jam's "footsteps" is teh EXACT same song as Temple of the Dog's "times of trouble" but with different lyrics.

a band i was in a few years ago ripped off a pitboss 2000 song w/o even realising it.

it's the same song, Stone Gossard wrote it and Chris Cornell used it for Temple Of The Dog and Eddie Vedder used it for Pearl Jam... it's not like Stone Gossard is going to sue himself for taking a song he wrote and was used in two of the bands where he plays

and that whole "my band ripped off this song without realizing" thing is very common, specially amongst fledging bands, and it's rarely done intentionally

 

[Fried Gold]

I can assume you're not a songwriter, right?

Yes, I am, not that it matters.

Anyway, here's a quote by KURT COBAIN.

I was basically trying to rip off the Pixies. I have to admit.

 

[Fried Gold]

but you must also take into account that Puff Daddy has made a career out of being totally unoriginal and devoid of any musical talent whatsoever

Heh, this I agree with.

 

[Sloth7d]

1. They're samples, so no.
2. Its "Kashmir".

Yeah, samples=/=rip offs.

 

[IKnowSomeJudo]

The original actually says "She says I am the one. But the kid is not my son"

Trust me I'm a huge Michael Jackson fan. I know the song by heart.

Umm, I know what the song says. I'm pointing out how similar the vocal melodies from these two lines are, Billy's "...no love on the run..." and MJ's "...I am the one...".

 

[PLAS]

Heh, this I agree with.

it's nice to find common grounds, now let's have a beer and plan the assassination of P.Diddy or whatever his name is this week