When I first heard that dang abnoxious Atari Teenage Riot album I was like "Does nobody else hear Bad Brains and Sham 69 riffs?" Dr. Know is what makes this song good, not some German dudes! There are at least a few Bad Brains samples which built that album...
― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 11:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Bon Jovi's "Who Said You Can't Go Home" seems to be an embellishment of Sam Cooke's "Cupid".
― Dewey B., Tuesday, 18 December 2007 19:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Somebody asked the Knack guy how he came up with such a catchy hook for "My Sharona" and he said "Easy: we just ripped off the bassline to 'Goin' to a Go-Go'."
― ellaguru, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 20:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Oxia's Domino sounds very much like Patrick Chardronnet's Eve By Day.. (I think I read that here)
― mmmm, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 21:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Isn't there that Green Day song that rips off "picture book" by the Kinks?
Heard this for the first time yesterday. It's pretty blatant.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 22:35 (sixteen years ago) link
"warning"
― Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 22:48 (sixteen years ago) link
"Do Ya" = "Fox on the Run." otm
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 02:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Also, the Green Day song American Idiot is a pretty solid ripoff of the Dillinger Four song Doublewhiskeycokenoice.
― circa1916, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 02:31 (sixteen years ago) link
"Sunshine of Your Love" / "Funky Town" (hint: those repeating instrumental squiggles, pretty much the same)
Someone mentioned it elsewhere on ILM, but that Ashra Bhonsle song and "Don't Phunk with My Heart." Also Black Eyed Peas to thread in general.
― babyalive, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 02:48 (sixteen years ago) link
"Lonesome Surprise" by Refrigerator is almost identical to "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" by the Velvet Underground.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 19 December 2007 03:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Glamourous Glue by Morrissey = Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum
Stray Cat Strut by the Stray Cats = Blank Generation by Richard Hell and the Voidoids
― miryam, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 04:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Oasis - "The Importance of Being Idle" = Kinks - "Sunny Afternoon"
― musically, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 16:03 (sixteen years ago) link
If those sound alike, then "With a Little Help From My Friends", "Penny Lande" and hundreds of other songs with the same Music Hall-influenced beat do too.
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 20:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Dylan's Ballad of the Thin Man pimps the dirgey piano roll from Ray Charles' "Sinner's Prayer",
― tremendoid, Thursday, 20 December 2007 19:29 (sixteen years ago) link
It's more than just the beat that they have in common, surely.
― musically, Thursday, 20 December 2007 19:47 (sixteen years ago) link
are you asking me or telling me? i didn't listen to the lyrics on the Ray Charles one, just heard it today, I dunno.
― tremendoid, Thursday, 20 December 2007 21:08 (sixteen years ago) link
I was replying to the comment just above yours.
― musically, Thursday, 20 December 2007 21:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Sean Kingston "Me Love" -> Led Zeppelin "D'yer Mak'er"
Kelly Osbourne "One Word" -> Visage "Fade to Grey
― rock_is_dead, Monday, 7 January 2008 06:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Never thought of that, but yeah!
― Alex in NYC, Monday, 7 January 2008 14:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star = The ABC Song
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 7 January 2008 14:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Maybe I should have posted that on the Parenting Thread instead.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 7 January 2008 14:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians - Section VI (track 8) and Sufjan Stevens - Illinois - Out Of Egypt... (track 22)
― CaptainLorax, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 23:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Red House Painter's "Song for a blue guitar" is essentially "Fade into You". Both of which are basically "candy says" or something.
― akm, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 23:46 (sixteen years ago) link
^^
yes, plus any number of galaxie 500 songs?
This is probably some kind of sacrilege, but sometimes I confuse Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill" with Santana's "I'm Winning".
― dell, Sunday, 20 January 2008 00:56 (sixteen years ago) link
some mclusky song(on mclusky do dallas, abt as detailed as i can get right now) sounds a lot like in bloom
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 20 January 2008 03:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Freddie's Dead and the Charlie's Angels theme tune (from the TV show, not the Destiny's Child one).
― chap, Sunday, 20 January 2008 15:01 (sixteen years ago) link
There's a Mastodon song that whenever it comes up on my iPod at first I think it's a Pete Townsend song.
― Usual Channels, Sunday, 20 January 2008 16:20 (sixteen years ago) link
The verse melody in Prince's "1999" is very similar to the verse melody in Bangles' "Manic Monday" (also written by Prince).
― Tuomas, Sunday, 20 January 2008 16:40 (sixteen years ago) link
The verse melody in Prince's "1999" is very similar to the verse meldy in Bangles' "Manic Monday" (also written by Prince).
Oops, sorry about the double post.
Talking Heads - Heaven / Queen - It's A Kind Of Magic
― the next grozart, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 23:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star = The ABC Song-- James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, January 7, 2008 2:30 PM
-- James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, January 7, 2008 2:30 PM
Which also sounds like "Baa Baa Black Sheep".
― eeyore19, Thursday, 7 February 2008 01:08 (sixteen years ago) link
B&S's "Dog on Wheels" = Lee Hazlewoods' "Summer Wine"
― bamcquern, Thursday, 7 February 2008 01:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Gwen S. "What You Waiting For?" equals Weezer "Hashpipe"
― bamcquern, Thursday, 7 February 2008 01:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Song on Mamoru Fujieda's Patterns of Plants sounds just like Satie's Gymnopedie (1?)
― bamcquern, Thursday, 7 February 2008 01:43 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^ Even though it is composed by a plant.
― bamcquern, Thursday, 7 February 2008 01:46 (sixteen years ago) link
The beginning of "I Can't Go For That" reminds me a little of "Billie Jean"
― Hurting 2, Thursday, 7 February 2008 01:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Another Weezer one:
"No Other One" is that one song from Threepenny Opera
― bamcquern, Thursday, 7 February 2008 01:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Jessie Hill's Naturally equals ODB's career
― bamcquern, Thursday, 7 February 2008 01:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Ghetto Superstar = Islands in the Stream
― our work is never over, Thursday, 7 February 2008 01:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Caribou's "Desiree" totally rips off the Beach Boys "Lady" which in turn rips off an old Brian Wilson-produced track by the Honeys called "Pray For Surf"... I don't know if Pray For Surf rips something else off though.
-- the next grozart, Monday, November 26, 2007 5:24 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Link
ah, actually my MP3 of the Brian Wilson Pet Projects comp is mislabelled. The Honeys song is actually by American Spring and is called "Fallin In Love"
-- the next grozart, Monday, November 26, 2007 5:37 PM (2 months ago)
song was originally released as a Dennis Wilson b-side, Lady/Fallin In Love are the same song, and yes, the caribou thing is very "inspired" by said song
― gershy, Thursday, 7 February 2008 05:18 (sixteen years ago) link
-- our work is never over, Thursday, 7 February 2008 01:57 (3 hours ago) Bookmark Link
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/4448/0002fxs6jj6.jpg
― Noodle Vague, Thursday, 7 February 2008 05:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Well, I just figured that out yesterday, so forgive me for not knowing absolutely everything about music.
― our work is never over, Thursday, 7 February 2008 16:40 (sixteen years ago) link
I guess the point of this thread is to list songs which bite other songs, not tunes which are acknowledged cover versions, like "Ghetto Superstar" or "Men in Black" or "I'll Be Missing You".
― Tuomas, Thursday, 7 February 2008 17:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Nick Lowe's "I Knew the Bride When She Used to Rock 'n' Roll" rips off Chuck Berry's "You Never Can Tell."
― Jazzbo, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 20:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Indeed it does.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 20:53 (sixteen years ago) link
This particular thread doesn't seem to mention that "So It Goes" sounds like "Reelin' In The Years"
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 20:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Hmmm ... indeed it does. And that reminds me — I need to pick up the expanded version of Jesus of Cool this week.
― Jazzbo, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 20:56 (sixteen years ago) link
And "Heart" sounds like "One Fine Day."
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 20:57 (sixteen years ago) link
"Retreat From The Sun" by That Dog sounds like "Who Loves The Sun" by the Velvet Underground, at least when they sing "Su-u-u-u-un."
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 20:59 (sixteen years ago) link