Songs That Sound a Bit TOO Similar
11 Feb 2006, 22:41
I made an iTunes playlist a bit ago when I noticed that Warning definitely ripped off the guitar riff on 
Picture Book. With the help of my sister, we have discovered other other tunes that are sound relatively close to each other.
Call Me took off Easy Livin''s opening.
Here Comes the Sun takes its bridge fromBadge (makes sense, because George Harrison played guitar on "Badge").
What You Waiting For? sounds vaguely likeHash Pipe.
Wonderwall's chords are used in Wake Me Up When September Ends.
Lust For Life's jingle is blatantly used in Are you gonna be my girl?.
Brain Stew and25 or 6 to 4 use the same basic chords.
Billie Jean's beats are used at the beginning of Hella Good.
In the middle ofEchoes, the "duhhhh, dah na na naaaa" is used in The Phantom of the Opera and Pink Floyd threatened to sue but I don't think they did.
Bittersweet Symphony illegally sampled part of an orchestral version ofThe Last Time.
What I Got resembles Lady Madonna in chord structure.
Fight Test bears a striking similarity to
Father and Son; indeed, The Flaming Lips paid Cat Stevens a sum of money to appease him for inadvertently stealing his song.
There are some elements in Leave It that have been taken by
When I Was a Young Girl. I can't really explain- it's the synthesizers, I think.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's music has come into the public eye with claims that their songMary Jane's Last Dance was used as the basis for the massive hit Dani California. Also, in Rolling Stone Petty said that Last Nite ripped off American Girl, but he seemed okay with it.
The opening drum solo in Red Light almost mirrors the beginning ofKeep Fishin'
Any more?
Picture Book. With the help of my sister, we have discovered other other tunes that are sound relatively close to each other.Call Me took off Easy Livin''s opening.Here Comes the Sun takes its bridge from
Badge (makes sense, because George Harrison played guitar on "Badge").What You Waiting For? sounds vaguely like
Hash Pipe.Wonderwall's chords are used in Wake Me Up When September Ends.Lust For Life's jingle is blatantly used in Are you gonna be my girl?.Brain Stew and
25 or 6 to 4 use the same basic chords.Billie Jean's beats are used at the beginning of Hella Good.In the middle of
Echoes, the "duhhhh, dah na na naaaa" is used in The Phantom of the Opera and Pink Floyd threatened to sue but I don't think they did.Bittersweet Symphony illegally sampled part of an orchestral version of
The Last Time.What I Got resembles Lady Madonna in chord structure.Fight Test bears a striking similarity to
Father and Son; indeed, The Flaming Lips paid Cat Stevens a sum of money to appease him for inadvertently stealing his song.There are some elements in Leave It that have been taken by
When I Was a Young Girl. I can't really explain- it's the synthesizers, I think.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's music has come into the public eye with claims that their song
Mary Jane's Last Dance was used as the basis for the massive hit Dani California. Also, in Rolling Stone Petty said that Last Nite ripped off American Girl, but he seemed okay with it.The opening drum solo in Red Light almost mirrors the beginning of
Keep Fishin'Any more?
Comments
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Boogeyman wrote:
It might be a stretch, but My Bloody Valentine's Cupid Come and the Strokes' Last Nite?
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sabertoothbliss wrote:
I think every Strokes song sounds similar.
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superbife wrote:
i think something confused you. wake me up when september ends has nothing from wonderwall. it just uses a pair of one the most old pop riffs out there, can be similar to hundreds of things. but not to wonderwall.
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superbife wrote:
the only resemblance are the chords on i'd like to say to you and that's all, a common descendence in the scale...
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ChiefKrazyHorse wrote:
Boston- More than a Feeling
Nirvana- Smells Like Teen Spirit -
LINK2K9 wrote:
I never noticed the Wonderwall-Wake Me Up(...)comaprision. Always sounded different to me.
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PreatorArtanis7 wrote:
I'm gunna have to be cliche and say Ice Ice Baby sounds alot like Under Pressure.
Also, many of the songs by The Darkness sound very similar to AC/DC songs. Of course, this isn't a bad thing. -
mcteethinator wrote:
Elastica - Connection sounds a lot like that song by Wire.
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orion27 wrote:
Coldplay's In My Place starts the same way as Led Zeppelin's When the Levy Breaks.
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tzot wrote:
Remote Similarities #2
and
Remote Similarities #1
You might check these, but especially this:
Similarities #1 -
roxya wrote:
One of the Pussycat Dolls' songs (I think it's Beep) sounds like a section of Evil Woman by Electric Light Orchestra...
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shakeitmadam wrote:
I think they deliberately sampled it, though.
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dijdij wrote:
There are a lot of songs. Of course parts of them are going to sound similair to others. It doesn't mean they are ripping off the other band.
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vihreatee wrote:
The main riff for
Your Time Has Come is exactly the same as the main riff in Bad Seed. Your Time Has Come is a better song though. Too bad it's a copy!
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save_ferris444 wrote:
Cigarettes & Alcohol rips off the riff from Get It On
Hello, I Love You stole the riff from All Day and All of the Night - i think Ray Davies sued them successfully for it too.
Writing To Reach You nicked the chords from Wonderwall (they also namechecked Wonderwall in the lyrics)
Fist of Fury sounds like a 21st Century homage to Miss You to me.
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redlemon wrote:
Black Cab completely rips off
I've Got Something on My Mind.
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sokemoto wrote:
led zeppelin - how many more times
Pink floyd - money
