Belle and Sebastian steal from Marianne Faithful.

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So, the Belle and Sebastian song 'I Fought In A War' sounds just like a marianne faithful song, or so we decided the other day. But WHICH Marianne faithful song? Anyone know? we can't recall.

This is three directly copped riffs for them now... along with Photo Jenny/Wichita Lineman and Beautiful/Half a Person. any more blatantly obvious ones?

derrick (derrick), Monday, 19 May 2003 19:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Not being a big fan, I can't remember which song it is, but I remember hearing a song-- maybe it's "I Fought in a War"-- and thinking it sounded dangerously like the chorus to Duran Duran's "Ordinary World."

Rahul Kamath (Rahul Kamath), Monday, 19 May 2003 21:25 (twenty-two years ago)

ha yes i think you're right, rahul.

jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 19 May 2003 21:34 (twenty-two years ago)

I think it was the intro to 'i love my car' that sounds exactly like the intro to "my pink half of the drainpipe" by the Bonzo Dog Band.

jack battery-pack (Jack Battery-Pack), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 07:09 (twenty-two years ago)

i don't know their stuff so much but i like that "fought in a war" song....it reminds me of LOTS of songs tho

duane, Tuesday, 20 May 2003 07:16 (twenty-two years ago)

well thats sorta WHY i like it prob.

duane, Tuesday, 20 May 2003 07:17 (twenty-two years ago)

it reminds me of "year of the cat" by al stewart

duane, Tuesday, 20 May 2003 07:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Ordinary world was the consensus when it came out among the b&serati

chris (chris), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 07:56 (twenty-two years ago)

the spice girls stole the bassline of "wannabe" from heaven 17's "at the height of the fighting".

di smith (lucylurex), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 08:08 (twenty-two years ago)

"If You're Feeling Sinister" has a blatant rip of part of the melody from "These Days."

wl (wl), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 08:10 (twenty-two years ago)

This is three directly copped riffs for them now... along with Photo Jenny/Wichita Lineman and Beautiful/Half a Person. any more blatantly obvious ones?

dog on wheels = 'Some Summer Wine' by Lee Hazlewood

Take Your Carriage Clock & Shove It = 'I've Never Been To Me' by Charlene

The Loneliness of a Middle Distance Runner = 'Exhume to Consume' by Carcass

DV (dirtyvicar), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 08:19 (twenty-two years ago)

sorry i just wanted to share that even tho its not on the appropriate thread.

di smith (lucylurex), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 08:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I heard a completely different source for Wannabe's bassline... which I can't remember right now... brains gone...

DV (dirtyvicar), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 08:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Keep this list coming: it's all work for the boy Carsmile: http://www.geocities.com/carsmilesteve/allmusicisintrinsicallylinked.htm

Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 09:01 (twenty-two years ago)

i stole from belle and sebastian
http://subverseco.com/042/chaki-2-foxinthesnow.mp3

chaki (chaki), Tuesday, 20 May 2003 11:47 (twenty-two years ago)

hey chaki, i really dig your version of the song. truly fabulous. i'd take out the dogs barking part, even though it makes the song less conventional.

King Kobra (King Kobra), Friday, 23 May 2003 15:13 (twenty-two years ago)

thanks mang

chaki (chaki), Friday, 23 May 2003 17:23 (twenty-two years ago)

The Loneliness of a Middle Distance Runner = 'Exhume to Consume' by Carcass

THANK YOU, DV for finally highlightly this gross musical theft.

Kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 23 May 2003 17:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Wow. How many songs can the keyboard line to 'The Boy With The Arab Strap' resemble? I mean Son Of My Father and Sprit In The Sky yeah, but have you heard 'Magneto And Titanium Man' by Wings? It's identical.

N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 24 May 2003 12:19 (twenty-two years ago)

N. - wait till you hear the new stuff, apparently.

Cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 24 May 2003 12:24 (twenty-two years ago)

etc. etc.

RJG (RJG), Saturday, 24 May 2003 12:25 (twenty-two years ago)

WINGS HAVE REFORMED?

N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 24 May 2003 12:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Guys, guys, guys, stop the madness!

Cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 24 May 2003 12:30 (twenty-two years ago)

New song Step into my Office Baby = Good Vibrations

ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 25 May 2003 07:22 (twenty-two years ago)

bah, spose i had better update that page at some point...

what about that new one that was the end bit of boys are back in town? that was a bit obv...

CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Sunday, 25 May 2003 12:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Right, that's that updated then :)

Same address http://www.geocities.com/carsmilesteve/allmusicisintrinsicallylinked.htm if anyone thinks of any more, drop me a line :)

CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Sunday, 25 May 2003 14:03 (twenty-two years ago)


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