Most blatant tune stealing you have heard?

[lwm3398]

Oh man...I'm now old enough to have heard 3 decades of music (been around for 4) and I can tell you they keep writing the same songs over and over and over. They just change the lyrics to fit the current days slang.

And all of them are stealing the chord changes from Bach. Ahh well.

Such is the way of pop music in its various forms.

SNIP

Such is life. Copying from other people, using the same things, but changing it in various-

SHIIIIIT. You see? once you see something, you try to make it better. Life is just people one upping each other. Hell, language was formed out of a need to teach. And brag. Then, someone one-ups the other ancient hunter, and they do this until they have enough meat for a feast. Life is forming new things to survive, and making things better than old things. So you could say, God's just copy pasting a lot. Lazy bastard...

 

[Nazulu]

The Four Horsemen by Metallica (1983) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4nCy5CITc8

Mechanix by Megadeth (1985) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0esBAj3ZoaY

Preferred if they just made a cover because I prefer The Four Horsemen.

Edit: I just found out Mustaine originally wrote the song, do not quote this anymore please.

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvB9Pj9Znsw
The Coldplay/Satriani thing.

I was gonna say this and also Coldplay ripping off the song called "The Songs I Didn't Write"

 

[Clashero]

Well, doesn't pretty much everyone steal chord progressions from J.S. Bach?
Also, a certain Nas song had Fur Elise as its background music. Totally unfitting.

Oh, and Eminem's Live For The Moment (I think that's the name)? Well, the chorus is exactly the same as Aerosmith's Dream On, and the guitar riff is similar to Led Zeppelin's Kashmere.

 

[WinkyTheGreat]

Spoiler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZxrMb4Cilw

You decide.

 

[Skuffyshootster]

That new Kid Rock song and Sweet Home Alabama
I can't believe they are getting away with it too

Sweet Home Alabama kinda ripped off of another song, like "werewolves in London" or something.

Really? Don't suppose you have a link to this other song? If so they are copying a copied song, how bad is that

They do sound kind of similiar, actually.

 

[Nazulu]

That new Kid Rock song and Sweet Home Alabama
I can't believe they are getting away with it too

Sweet Home Alabama kinda ripped off of another song, like "werewolves in London" or something.

Really? Don't suppose you have a link to this other song? If so they are copying a copied song, how bad is that

Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MRu8N2K0NY

Thats actually not that bad. The riffs and melodics are different.

 

[irishstormtrooper]

Probably Harder Better Faster Stronger [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2cYWfq--Nw] by Daft Punk and Stronger [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jzSh_MLNcY] by Kanye West. It may not be a complete rip-off, but it steals the main tune of the Daft Punk song.

 

[Simon Hadow]

Sweet home Alabama by Lynard Skynard, tottally got butchered by Kid Rock with All Summer Long

 

[irishstormtrooper]

Sweet Home Alabama kinda ripped off of another song, like "werewolves in London" or something.

Wait. Aren't "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Werewolves of London" both made by Warren Zevon?

 

[Nazulu]

Here's another.

I've Got a Women - Ray Charles from the 1960s or something. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrd14PxaUco

Gold Digger - Kanye West 2005 (I think) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU13MRtSD7E

 

[Nazulu]

Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice baby, which stole from "Under Pressure" from David Bowie and Freddy Mercury.

Also "Bitter sweet symphony" from the Verb which stole from the Rolling Stones.

Your shitting me! What was the Stones song called?

 

[barryween]

Sweet Home Alabama kinda ripped off of another song, like "werewolves in London" or something.

Wait. Aren't "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Werewolves of London" both made by Warren Zevon?

Sweet Home Alabama's by Lynyrd Skynryd.

 

[Generator]

This:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXzg0D-cKds

 

[irishstormtrooper]

Sweet Home Alabama kinda ripped off of another song, like "werewolves in London" or something.

Wait. Aren't "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Werewolves of London" both made by Warren Zevon?

Sweet Home Alabama's by Lynyrd Skynryd.

Right. My mistake. There's a Warren Zevon song that has "Sweet Home Alabama" quite a bit in its refrain.

 

[Whistler777]

Nickelback often steal tunes...

From themselves.

 

[Nazulu]

Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice baby, which stole from "Under Pressure" from David Bowie and Freddy Mercury.

Also "Bitter sweet symphony" from the Verb which stole from the Rolling Stones.

Your shitting me! What was the Stones song called?

Here you go [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_Sweet_Symphony], its part of the reason their career didnt go anywhere when they seemed to have had a lot of potential. Granted it wasnt the rolling stones themselves who sued them for everything they had, the catalogue owner did that. The stones did kind of suck dry their corpse. So to speak...

Thanks for that. Is a sad story.