Songs That Sound A Little Too Similar

[krisholio14]

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[krisholio14]

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[krisholio14]

I have always thought the guitar riff in the Holy Grail sounds awfully similar to the other song below:

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I never really use this riff in these discussions.

They are merely takes on what we used to call 'The Wild Thing' riff.

I forget how many bands have use it, but heres a couple of pretty well known bands ripping it off in some way.....

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Admittedly Nirvana's use of it sounds more like the Goodies 'Wild Thing' than The Troggs 'Wild Thing'

 

[Beerfish]

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Mercifully Smash Mouth disappeared almost as quickly as they appeared.. still not quick enough though.

 

[JUBJUB]

Down Under - Men At Work and Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree (apparently).



http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/ju...n-hit-down-under/story-e6frf7jo-1225826673826

Now there's a new twist to this story,was Kookaburra a rip off of another song ?

Kookaburra was ripped off in 1932

 

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[Damon_3388]

Australia's #1 song for the first month of this year , "Fireflies" by Owl City, sounds just like Death Cab for Cutie with synths instead of guitar.

 

[krisholio14]

Heres another....

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[yirra_kurl]

i've thought, since hearing, the John Butler Trio song "wrong way" and Barenaked Ladies "one week" have the same sound about them. Not a riff, or the drums....just the vibe.

After all, its all about the vibe!!

 

[Damon_3388]

i've thought, since hearing, the John Butler Trio song "wrong way" and Barenaked Ladies "one week" have the same sound about them. Not a riff, or the drums....just the vibe.

After all, its all about the vibe!!

"In summing up, it's the Constitution, it's Mabo, it's justice, it's law, it's the vibe and... No, that's it - it's the vibe!"

 

[obscura]

Cecilia Ann- Pixies.
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Knights of Cydonia- Muse.
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Similarity?

 

[RW]

You Can't Always Get What You Want - Rolling Stones

I'm No Superman - Lazlo Bane (Scrubs theme)

'Superman' is a lot faster but the chord progessions are similar in parts.

Noticed quite a few Rolling Stones songs in this thread - I guess it (the number of 'imitations') is a tribute to how great they were!

 

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the Rolling Stones were took "inspiration" from a fair amount of music as well.

 

[Hard Ball Get]

Don't know if it has been done (not going to go through 10 pages)...

RHCP - Around the world (at the start) sounds very similar to Breadfan by Metallica and originally by Budgie
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[hirdy_is_champ]

Shouldn't this thread be called Jet??
die bastards

 

[Ninty]

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[The Norm]

Which are rip offs of this....

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I actually think the riff from Bohemian Like You sounds more like Jumpin Jack Flash than it does Brown Sugar.

Great point about the Wild Thing riff though, it's been recycled in so many different ways.

I don't think we can be too bitter about this kind of thing, as obviously one of the limitations of rock music is that it's quite simple structurally, plus most of the best riffs have already been written.

If it's just a riff that's been used I don't mind as long as the vocals are different. Soul Kitchen/Walking on the Sun and "I Wanna Be Your Dog" (Iggy Pop) / "List of Demands" (Saul Williams) are two examples where I ignore the blatant borrowing of the riff because of the overall quality of the song.

 

[Beerfish]

If it's just a riff that's been used I don't mind as long as the vocals are different. Soul Kitchen/Walking on the Sun and "I Wanna Be Your Dog" (Iggy Pop) / "List of Demands" (Saul Williams) are two examples where I ignore the blatant borrowing of the riff because of the overall quality of the song.

Dude, that song sucked arse.

 

[Fossie 32]

I just noticed the Beatles' "I Will" sounds a lot like McCartney's "Another Day".

 

[nicky]

kookaburra sits in the old gum tree and that very famous men at work song.

 

[Powerade 08]

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[TheStinger]

I've been racking my brain trying to remember the one I thought was similar for ages and I finally got it.

Tell me Lonestar didn't rip off Bryan Adams here.
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[Gough]

Girl From the North Country on The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, and god it pains me to write this sounds an awful lot like Scarbourgh Fair, made famous by Simon and Garfunkel.

 

[Coach Bombay]

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Amazing band!

 

[Simon_Nesbit]

itunes on random play from my entire library, just put mambo #5 and limbo rock on after one another. It's the same song!

Most likely they've both just 'sampled' the original song from 1940s, but you could almost just use alternate lyrics to change to the other.