Songs That Sound A Little Too Similar

[d33my]

I'm not suggesting plagiarism here but I find this Black Keys song reminiscent of one of my favourite Stones songs:

 

[QuietB]

I see that the "Heirs of the composer for Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On" are suing Ed Sheran for Thinking Out Loud.

Other than being slow tempo songs with ridiculously simple chord progressions, which incidentally are not even the same key, I do not hear it.

Everyone borrows from what came before them in every field of art, science, business, everything. Unless it is blatant plagiarism (i.e.. Sweet Child intro or something) this is just blatant opportunism by the "Heirs"

The heirs can GAGF'd

 

[Cooldude]

Unless it's a note for note lift, the only reason people sue other people for "stealing their music" is for money. The question would be where did the suer stole his from

Chord progressions and structures have been the same since the classical times, that's just how music theory works, there's a pattern on pleasant sounding chord progressions and melodies. It's just something people would have to accept

 

[Fossie 32]

Intros similar - I read another Cypress Hill song was influenced by Zep too

 

[D23D]

Jesus just left Chicago - ZZ Top and
Ride On - AC/DC have a similar guitar rhythm

 

[Fossie 32]

Just the riff

 

[Fossie 32]

Whole thing very similar >>>>>>

 

[Illinois Nazi]

That one is also the same chords as

 

[Fossie 32]

This one just popped up in the Daily Mail today.

Full article here (James Reyne is reluctant to take on might of GNR's legal eagles):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...songs-Gunners-listening-Aussie-rock-time.html

Gunners (recorded in 1987):



Possibly lifted from/based on this Aussie Crawl song from their classic 1981 album, Sirocco:

Hah verrry similar

 

[Silent Alarm]

More Than A Feeling gets ripped off a bit. I wonder why – shit song.

 

[HairyO]

More Than A Feeling gets ripped off a bit. I wonder why – shit song.

I love that song.

 

[Fossie 32]

More Than A Feeling gets ripped off a bit. I wonder why – shit song.

Well don't agree that it's shit but evidently a lot of artists were impressed by the riff!

 

[mellowyellow]

This Is Not America David Bowie and No Promises Icehouse. coincidentally they came out in the same year.

 

[Sir James Sober]

Billy Joel & Fisher Z .. pretty close.

 

[2006_Eagles]

You guys realise there are only so many chords you can make on a guitar

 

[sprockets]

You guys realise there are only so many chords you can make on a guitar

Not if you bend the strings and then there's this:

 

[SSwans2011]

The riff from Californication is a pretty blatant Television rip-off.

 

[vanders]

The guitar riff in these two sound very similar

 

[adammania9]

On the radio today - this one is just ****ed!

 

[Fossie 32]

Hope she acknowledged this?

 

[Fossie 32]

 

[Zuma]

The chorus hook of Liam Gallaghers "for what it's worth" reminds me of the chorus hook on the old song "don't pull your love"

 

[Fossie 32]

Probably not a sneaky rip off but sounds the same

 

[RedmanWasHere]

The Rubettes - Sugar Baby Love vs JPY - Yesterday's Hero.

 

[DaRick]

Whenever I listen to Head Like A Hole by Nine Inch Nails, I think that Trent Reznor spent a lot of time listening to Stigmata by Ministry. As far as I can tell, Reznor basically modified the main riff from Stigmata.

Duran Duran/Japan has already been mentioned - I often think that Duran Duran was Japan if Japan placed maximum commercial appeal instead of David Sylvian's artistic vision.

One of the riffs in the middle of The Offspring's Hammerhead is a blatant rip-off of The Kinks' All Day And All Of The Night.

The City of the Dead section in Green Day's Jesus of Suburbia takes cues from Motley Crue's On With the Show.

The bassline in Rick James' Superfreak was appropriated by MC Hammer for his risible hit.

Wolfmother sounded enough like Led Zeppelin that Mike Patton of all people alluded to it.