Songs that sound alike

fryup · 07-09-2014 10:09PM #1

This song is a rip off of this song

its basically the same tune at a slower pace, don't you agree?? .........

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy · 07-09-2014 10:15PM

Twinkle twinkle little star tune is a total rip off of The Alphabet.

catallus · 07-09-2014 10:17PM

and

are practically the same song and charted about 6 months apart 5 years ago.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/03/26/the-song-machine

A nice interesting long-read; tldr, most pop music from the past 20 years is based on synths from two Norwegian electro-pop musicians and there's a girl in the US who has this weird gift for finding musical hooks which are sold to big stars.

Banjo String · 07-09-2014 10:17PM

Nearly every Mudford and sons song.

All constructed the same.

Slow start, slowly build up to a mad paced centre part, then slowdown again.

Every. Fcuking . One.

Panthro · 07-09-2014 10:17PM

'Now you're just somebody that i used to know' has the same melody as 'ba ba black sheep'

SilverScreen · 07-09-2014 10:18PM

The main riff in Come as You Are by Nirvana is basically a slowed down version of the main riff in Eighties by Killing Joke.

dodderangler · 07-09-2014 10:18PM

3 blind mice is a rip off of hot cross buns
Felt betrayed as a kid

Kovu · 07-09-2014 10:18PM

The worst is when you're all set for Under Pressure and Ice Ice Baby comes on instead.

solomafioso · 07-09-2014 10:22PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOlDewpCfZQ

dr.bollocko · 07-09-2014 10:23PM

.Kovu. wrote: »

The worst is when you're all set for Under Pressure and Ice Ice Baby comes on instead.

I know that pain.
It grabs a hold of me tightly.
Flowing like a harpoon daily and nightly.

Will it ever stop?

The One Who Knocks · 07-09-2014 10:30PM

Sweet Dreams & Crazy Train

AnonoBoy · 07-09-2014 10:40PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJLDjYRfx3g

Bohemian Like you has just ripped the riff from this song by The Specials:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YthLQSqXjLo

cruais · 07-09-2014 10:56PM

Intro to danny boy and you raise me up

DazMarz · 07-09-2014 10:56PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSR6ZzjDZ94

Riff was ripped off by Nirvana for:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg

BeerBoobs · 07-09-2014 11:01PM

Sadly I can't post URL's as a new user, so you'll have to manually search on YouTube, but;

Pitbull's - Hotel Room Service is a Ripoff of Nightcrawlers - Push The Feeling On

Also, Katy Perry's - Wide Awake is the exact same as Coldplay's - Paradise (Which was released a month or 2 before)

Could some kind user take the liberty to post those for me?

Appreciated (To whomever obliges).

BeerBoobs · 07-09-2014 11:08PM

Panthro wrote: »

'Now you're just somebody that i used to know' has the same melody as 'ba ba black sheep'

LMAO, thought I was the only one

fryup · 07-09-2014 11:08PM

and this is a rip off of this

recylingbin · 07-09-2014 11:10PM

Coldplay.
We got it the first time.

Aphex · 07-09-2014 11:10PM

DazMarz wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSR6ZzjDZ94

Riff was ripped off by Nirvana for:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg

Clean the ears dude :P Totally different chord progressions!

strobe · 07-09-2014 11:13PM

SilverScreen wrote: »

The main riff in Come as You Are by Nirvana is basically a slowed down version of the main riff in Eighties by Killing Joke.

Wasn't that admitted and Grohl played drums on one of their tracks by way of apology? Or am I thinking of something else entirely?

lukesmom · 07-09-2014 11:16PM

Twinkle twinkle little star
And
Ba ba black sheep

poisonated · 07-09-2014 11:17PM

Twist and shout by the Beatles sounds exactly like las Bambara by Ritchie Valens.

strobe · 07-09-2014 11:18PM

BeerBoobs wrote: »

Sadly I can't post URL's as a new user, so you'll have to manually search on YouTube, but;

Pitbull's - Hotel Room Service is a Ripoff of Nightcrawlers - Push The Feeling On

Also, Katy Perry's - Wide Awake is the exact same as Coldplay's - Paradise (Which was released a month or 2 before)

Could some kind user take the liberty to post those for me?

Appreciated (To whomever obliges).

I tried man, but the songs kept playing while I tried to copy the links. And this is a new phone. So I have to stop trying. cause it's all kinds of awful. And I'll hurt it.

Dolbert · 07-09-2014 11:22PM

The Stunning's Brewing Up A Storm is a total rip-off of Blue Oyster Cult's Don't Fear The Reaper.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4l9QsjcemA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpy_pYXSpPA

Links234 · 07-09-2014 11:22PM

recylingbin wrote: »

Coldplay.
We got it the first time.

didn't they get sued by Joe Satriani for plagiarism?

philstar · 07-09-2014 11:23PM

fryup wrote: »

This song is a rip off of this song

its basically the same tune at a slower pace, don't you agree?? .........

i think tom petty should contact his lawyers

littleteapot · 07-09-2014 11:27PM

vs

07-09-2014 11:28PM

sounds like

I think "Geraldine" was released first but "VCR" was written earlier.

Yamanoto · 07-09-2014 11:31PM

This was a traditional old Irish song, though Jimmy Page should certainly have credited Bert Jansch for ripping off his distinctive guitar arrangement.