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The Billy Ocean song that steals it's verse riff from Loverboy's "When It's Over" is named..."Loverboy!"

The Mariah Carey song that steals it's chorus from the Emotions' "Best of My Love" is named..."Emotions!"

Both classics. Are there any more examples of this? I can't remember if the Motorhead's "Ramones" steals from an actual Ramones song.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 01:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Letters to Cleo had a song called "Rimshack" - which was supposed to be "Kashmir" backwards, since they stole the riff from Zep

― roger adultery, Tuesday, 5 August 2003 01:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Ooh, ooh! "Velvet Underground" by Jonathan Richman!

― weatheringdaleson (weatheringdaleson), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 01:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Miles Davis had a song called "Willie Nelson" on which he played trumpet through his nose! (OK, not really)

― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 01:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Alan Oldham - D. May '87

Sounds exactly like a Derrick May track from 1987. Unsurprisingly.

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 01:26 (twenty-two years ago)

a long-forgotten early-90s indie band called Carey's Problem did a song called "Led Zeppelin", with a guitar riff and rhythm that totally could have come from the pen of James Patrick Page. They had a female singer who spoke-sung a bunch of Zep references over the top.

Maybe I'll try to rip it and put it up, it's pretty funny.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 01:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Nirvana - "Aero Zeppelin"

― Mark (MarkR), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 01:37 (twenty-two years ago)

The Posies -- "Grant Hart"

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 03:19 (twenty-two years ago)

see, because Willie Nelson sings through his nose, and so Miles Davis did...oh, forget it

― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 03:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Dandy Warhols "Ride"

― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 03:55 (twenty-two years ago)

also, fIREHOSE "Under the Influence Of The Meat Puppets".

(Stereolab's unofficial titles for songs follow this often. "Metronomic Underground" = "Ono" on their setlists...)

― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 03:57 (twenty-two years ago)

the dandy warhols should save everyone time by just titling all their tracks after the bands they rip off

― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 03:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, they're closer than most! they also have a song called "Lou Weed". (huh huh huh)

― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 04:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Tall Dwarfs "Neusyland"...(well, it kinda sounds like Neu)

― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 04:03 (twenty-two years ago)

haha I'm reviewing their new album for the Weekly as soon as I get a copy

― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 04:03 (twenty-two years ago)

the DWs that is

― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 04:04 (twenty-two years ago)

"Johnny Thunders" by Vic Godard

― bham, Tuesday, 5 August 2003 07:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Jesus Lizard's Chrome medley is called "Chrome"

― autovac (autovac), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 08:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Er, that doesn't really count does it. Sebadoh's 'Slintstrumental' however does.

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 08:22 (twenty-two years ago)

The Mariah Carey song should be called "Cheryl Lynn" btw

― dave q, Tuesday, 5 August 2003 11:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I believe Nickelback has a song called "Puddle of Creed"

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 15:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Miles Davis' "John McLaughlin". Although John McLaughlin actually played on it.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 16:35 (twenty-two years ago)

ok heres a stretch of it Sonic Youth did DNAs Blonde redhead live, Blonde redhead sounds like sonic youth and name themselves after the DNA song......eeeeeeeh

― Jens (brighter), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 17:37 (twenty-two years ago)

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