Did QOTSA rip-off The Wild Swans' "The Revolutionary Spirit"?

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I heard this for the first time the other day and when I was playing it in the living room my mother thought I was playing the new Queens of the Stona Age single. I was completely flabbergasted that she thought it sounded like that and when I finally heard the QOTSA single yesterday I realised that she was right! The melody for the chorus in particular HAD to have been nicked from the chorus of "The Revolutionary Spirit"! It's just too similar for words.

Does anyone else think they owe The Wild Swans a credit? (You can download "The Revolutionary Spirit" from the Renascent label's site, by the way.)

What we want? Sex with T.V. stars! What you want? Ian Riese-Moraine! (Eastern Ma, Sunday, 3 April 2005 12:08 (twenty years ago)

There is a resemblance in the melody but the tone of the song is completely different. A passing similarity -- not much to get excited about.

ath, Sunday, 3 April 2005 22:49 (twenty years ago)

i feel like qotsa don't know a whole lot about good music like the wild swans

cornelius crash (cornelius crash), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 04:40 (twenty years ago)


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