Musical Rip Off/Plagiarism Thread

[John_Jensen]

Following on from the Led Zeppelin plagiarism thread let's point out other blatant rip off's by other bands/artists.

Might as well start with the most obvious case, Oasis....

 

[Mockney]

Good idea.

I can't be bothered to do any now. But I thought I'd let you know I thought this was a good idea.

Good idea.

 

[Wittmann45]

Say it ain't so George!

 

[Grinner]

Here's a good one

 

[Mockney]

Oh go on then..

 

[dinners85]

Oh jeez I've loads but need my bed.

I'll pop back later....

 

[Grinner]

 

[Mockney]

I always imagined that was sampled, but apparently not. It says it's "inspired by" on wiki.

 

[John_Jensen]

Yeah, this was always one of Noel's more blatant attempts to beat you over the head with the "Beatles were great" stick.

 

[pillory]

 

[Grinner]

I love that video though...when the rozzers start dancing..!

 

[John_Jensen]

Triple whammy

 

[John_Jensen]

Jesus that's shockin

And I like some of Mercury Rev's stuff

 

[pillory]

The Rev track was released before No Limits.

 

[John_Jensen]

The Rev track was released before No Limits.

Thank feck

 

[Mockney]

I refuse to believe that. i won't have the good name of 2 Unlimited disparaged here.

 

[John_Jensen]

I refuse to believe that. i won't have the good name of 2 Unlimited disparaged here.

There was only ever 1 good thing about 2 Unlimited

 

[Olly Gunnar Solskjær]

 

[Mockney]

There was only ever 1 good thing about 2 Unlimited

No there were 2, Unlimited.

 

[Grinner]

I'll never forget The Bluebells doing Young at Heart on TOTP and throwing in a "techno!techno!techno!techno!" at the end

 

[Mockney]

Going a bit off the beaten track here...James Horner "borrowed" a lot of the soundtrack to Willow from more notable classical work..




And when he's stuck, he just nicks stuff from himself.

 

[Dr. Dwayne]

I always imagined that was sampled, but apparently not. It says it's "inspired by" on wiki.

I always thought they just went and played the backwards Beatles' track backwards.

 

[Scrumpet]

It's normally very angry people on youtube that bring these sorts of things to my attention. I don't know if the above is appropriate though as it's going to be a long thread if we simply post songs with very similar riffs in them.

 

[Laphroaig]

Spoiler

Following on from the Led Zeppelin plagiarism thread let's point out other blatant rip off's by other bands/artists.

Might as well start with the most obvious case, Oasis....

Bloody hell, how horrible are Oasis and how awesome was T. Rex!

 

[Grinner]

Bloody hell, how horrible are Oasis and how awesome was T. Rex!

That video has everything...polyester, bad hair, lip-synching, terrible dancing, Elton John and even some dad-dancing at 2:03!

 

[Scrumpet]

So Nirvana have made three appearances already. Interesting...

 

[Grinner]

So Nirvana have made three appearances already. Interesting...

We could probably post about 20 Oasis tracks.

 

[Mockney]

 

[Art]

Do you play any instruments Mocks?

 

[cinc]

 

[Mickey]

Most will say these songs are shit regardless, fair enough.

 

[Zen]

I'm pretty sure the X-factor singers actually credit the originals though, because a fair few of them seem to do it, I mean I played that Swagger Jagger song when my Nan was around and she instantly after about 10 seconds heard the similarity to some 50's song I forgot, but its all in the youtube comments, so I'm sure they must credit them.

 

[cinc]

And when he's stuck, he just nicks stuff from himself.

Thats nothing new, I mean Donizetti did the same thing to no end.

 

[Mockney]

Do you play any instruments Mocks?

Yes, guitar and piano. I'm trying to learn the saxophone too. But not very enthusiastically.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

 

[Kinky Melinky]

Going to California - Led Zeppelin



Pearl Jam - Given to Fly

 

[Steev]

Status Quo - Pictures of Matchstick Men



Death in Vegas - Scorpio Rising

 

[MikeUpNorth]

 

[Member 55443]

 

[Mockney]