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Post by magnoodles on Sept 5, 2008 14:58:26 GMT -5
SO... Anyone who has driven around in the Magnomobile, knows that I don't listen to the radio much. For what it's worth, in my opinion, there's only two different kinds of music out there: Good and bad. Period. The only time the term "genre" is relevant, is if you're trying to sound like someone else, or trying to copy what has been done already. But then you're not really being creative; and I say you're not really being a true musician either. But anyway...
This morning at work, they had the radio on, as usual. And it was just bullshit after bullshit, after freakin' bullshit! What the hell ever happened to human musical creativity?!
Actually, it IS alive and well; probably more so than ever... But for SOME reason, all we ever get on TV and the radio, is the most dumbed-down, inane schlock-garbage. Whatever happened to all the guys like Hendrix, and Alvin Lee, and Earth, Wind & Fire, and Stevie Wonder in his prime... ANYWAY, that's not my point.
For some time, I've been wanting to catalog a listing of songs which, in my opinion, are complete & blatant rip-offs of stuff that's come before them. So here, in this thread, I'll be posting YouTube videos. Y'all can tell me if I've got a point or not: Tell me if you agree with my big, fat ears. Feel free to add your own contributions as well! (Or contribute your own additions...)
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Post by magnoodles on Sept 5, 2008 15:05:02 GMT -5
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I will begin with the band which I hate even more than Nickelback. (Probably 'cause they're trying to sound like Nickelback...) I say they should just go to hell, and/or die. They're called Theory of a Deadman.
a) bullshit plagiarist (FFWD to 0:15 seconds in):
b) legit band to whom the above douches owe a million dollars (FFWD to 0:32 seconds):
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Post by magnoodles on Sept 5, 2008 15:09:56 GMT -5
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a) most people are familiar with this tune:
b) is it just me, or does that sound exactly the same as this:
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Post by buryme on Sept 5, 2008 16:04:25 GMT -5
Listen to Mary Janes Last Dance by Tom Petty then listen to Dani California by red hot chili peppers. It's the EXACT SAME and we all know what rap and hip hop does.
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Post by shygoalie on Sept 5, 2008 17:34:01 GMT -5
Obli-de Obli-da by the beatles...completely ripped off by Offspring's Get a Job, I know lots of others that one just popped into my head. Big sugar Digging a Hole...and Low Rider
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Post by magnoodles on Sept 5, 2008 19:33:27 GMT -5
Oh shit Offspring... They had a new song on the radio a few weeks ago. But I guess no one cared, 'cause I haven't heard it since. ANYwho... When I heard it, I was like "DAMN, that's a rip-off of..."
But I can't hear it in my head right now, lol... I'll have to try and figure it out.
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Post by magnoodles on Sept 5, 2008 19:52:12 GMT -5
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STP sorta ripped off Clutch. (Check out the main riff in each song.)
a) bitchin' original (@ 1:02):
b) lame copy (@ 0:30):
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Post by magnoodles on Sept 5, 2008 20:10:20 GMT -5
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In this case, I don't give a shit who came first, because they both use the same generic, derivetive, D-A-B-G chord progression. ("Hey Bono... Check this out! I just came up with this really boring chord progression! Maybe even our can't-handle-anything-besides-4/4-at-120-beats-per-minute, no-talent bass player can get the hang of it if he practices for a few months.")
a) lame original:
b) lame copy:
You could sing one song over top of the other. (If you were inclined to sing shitty songs.) Trivia? I was in a band called "Quivering Norman" in grade nine, and we had a song called "My Grandma Farted" that used the exact same D-A-B-G progression. True story. By grade 10, our musical skill and creativity had evolved to where we found playing stuff like that to be really boring and unfulfilling. But hey, if Fat Bono and Fat Jim Morrison dig it... more power to them!
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Post by magnoodles on Sept 5, 2008 20:22:39 GMT -5
005a) go to the solo part around 4:00... b) now, the bridgey part at 2:50... www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJNE31Ndme0 (You gotta click on the link 'cause "embedding disabled by request... 'cause the song is too lame". Trivia? If John Mayer weren't famous, he'd never get laid, and chicks would run away from him 'cause he's "creepy and ugly, and he looks like he needs to wash".
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Post by jorjor on Sept 7, 2008 0:12:12 GMT -5
I just finished watching the UFC PPV and the music that Matt Hamill came out to sounded a lot like Stairway to Heaven.
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Post by The Hammer on Sept 7, 2008 8:47:48 GMT -5
I was just watching Star Wars and the music that Mark Hamill came out to sounded a lot like the music from Star Wars...
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Post by erdmania on Sept 10, 2008 19:36:53 GMT -5
ca.youtube.com/watch?v=BCMDR0yrxMwI'm just gonna leave this one open for discussion, as I'm sure there are plenty of Zeppelin fans on here (I'm sure also that some have heard of this before.)
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Post by magnoodles on Sept 19, 2008 17:46:00 GMT -5
ca.youtube.com/watch?v=BCMDR0yrxMwI'm just gonna leave this one open for discussion, as I'm sure there are plenty of Zeppelin fans on here (I'm sure also that some have heard of this before.) Interesting stuff... I don't know why, but Zeppelin never really turned my crank. All the ingredients seem to be there, for me to dig them... But it just doesn't click. Maybe it's Plant. Maybe he's a bit too... um... I dunno. Or maybe it's that they ALWAYS take a perfectly good song/riff, and then completely ruin it with a totally lame-ass bridge or outro or something. Like this song rocks a lot of ass. (Though if it were MINE, I'd play it a bit slower & heavier; at maybe 80-90% of its recorded tempo.) And then... WTF happens at 3:17?! It's plodding along all cool & awesome, then suddenly, out of left field, they throw in some gay honky-tonk crap! And it doesn't make ANY sense, in the context of the song. It's like watching a freakin' UWA match or something!
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Post by magnoodles on Sept 19, 2008 17:49:39 GMT -5
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I don't know how you could be any MORE blatant. I would've expected more from ol' Joe...
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Post by crashkart7 on Sept 23, 2008 22:19:13 GMT -5
I'd suggest finding the recording of the "Ongoing History of New Music" with Alan Cross, he did a show about Coincidental Sonic Similarities. YES some bands do purposely use the same beat/guitar riff/sound from other music, HOWEVER you must realize that in music, and on certain mediums (such as the guitar or drums) there are only so many combinations of the notes you can put together so there are BOUND to be similarities. Theres an instance where a UK band had produced a near exact copy of a song written by a North American band, they were sued without even knowing they'd reproduced that music. They never heard that song before writing their own. They ended up paying royalties on their new hit (No names were given in the episode hence why I'm being so vague).
When I find the link. I'll post it.
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