stuff that seems like a blatant rip off

[penrithmatt]

someone mentioned that Beck album seachange....yeah,it rips off Nick Drake,but there is also another song that is a carbon copy of Serge Gainsbourgs Histoire de Melody Nelson.
Elastica had to pay both The Stranglers and Wire for "inspiring" some of their songs.
Oasis seem to have made a career out of doing this.
cheers
matthew
www.allairestudios.com

[evan]

Oh wow. "Paper Tiger". I didn't even realize it. Too bad, I like that song. Except I don't think Serge Gainsbourg's has a vocal melody, if that makes any difference.

[sonicanger]

One that gets me all the time is the first verse of U2's "walk on" compared to the Pixies "here comes your man" . Every time I hear it, it kind of sets me on edge, even though i love both bands.

[evan]

The opening guitar line of "Here Comes Your Man" always kind of reminded me of Bob Marley's "Stir It Up."

[kdarr]

Let's not forget that most blatant of chart-topping ripoffs, Godsmack. I mean, jeez, guys. It's amazing how you can make a career out of musical necrophilia.

Everyone's guilty of ripping stuff off, intentionally or otherwise, from their influences. A riff here, a drumbeat there... But it's a whole other story if you're copping another band's sound wholesale. That sucks.

But, you know, in any style of art there's the innovators and the followers. And usually the followers are the ones that make all the money, because they're not risking anything.

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[wayne kerr]

And speaking of Iggy.... Lust For Life's drum part is the same as Katrina and the Waves' "Walking on Sunshine" check it out.

Ummm... except you've got it backwards broza! Lust was '77!

SB

[apropos of nothing]

I'm going to strorngly guess that I'm the only Erasure fan on the messageboard.

The synth solo on "Love to Hate You" IS the horn solo on Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive". I love musical quoting. Also, on Apoptygma Berzerk's (techno-ey) cover of "Fade To Black" by Metallica, they quote the piano line from U2's New Year's Day. The funny thing is that I believe that Apop released that song before the whole Napster debacle.

[w_]

The one that's really annoying to me is Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. I REALLY HATE this band.

Listen to early Jesus & Mary Chain and the self-titled Love & Rockets album and tell me this band has one ounce of creativity or originality.

Not only musically, but even lyrically (see constant motorcycle references).

I leafed through the liner notes of their first album out of curiosity and there are 23 (!) pictures of the band inside, always in their shades and black lether jackets. jeez, guys try to make your image a little more obvious

[joeysimms]

I still don't understand why it is said that the strokes rip-off the velvet undergound, I don't think they sound alike in the least. i guess the both have a guitar playing one chord the whole song, but other than that they don't sound similiar. I always thought the strokes sounded like the Rolling Stones.

Forgive me if someone else already beat me, or beat me to saying this, but the Strokes have this one song on the first record that seem built right around the "bah bah bah bah" descending vocal pattern on the VU's "I found a reason", except they (strokes) play it with a guitar. That's what instantly came to mind when I heard it anyway.

[eeldip]

I'm going to strorngly guess that I'm the only Erasure fan on the messageboard.

nope.

you wrong there. they fucking rock HARD. great for parties to piss off hipsters... ummm.

[joeysimms]

Rock music is certainly derivative, but please don't touch Lust For Life, that song is damn near perfect.

The funny thing about that song, is that some of the words are copped from Burroughs' "Soft Machine". All that stuff about "Johnny yen" and his "sex machine", it's all there on the same page. I'll find the page number.

[joeysimms]

I leafed through the liner notes of their first album out of curiosity and there are 23 (!) pictures of the band inside, always in their shades and black lether jackets. jeez, guys try to make your image a little more obvious

OK, I'll sling a little shit here, the BRMC club's claim to fame, the only reason they exist for the masses today, is because the one kid is Michael Bean's (Remember The Call "And the Walls Came Down"?) son.. That guy has done it all for them, as far as I can tell.

My friend went up to Richmond CA to try out for this band back in '95, when they were more Ride meets Lemonheads, no leather jackets then, no Jesus&MaryChain either, so yes, they're one of those genre-hopping, keep spinning the image wheel until you click on something, totally contrived and utterly worthless bands.

And they suck.

[JGriffin]

No, you know what's REALLY fuckin' annoying? Me and the Goo Goo Dolls.

No, you are much less annoying than the Goo Goo Dolls.

[joeysimms]

No, you know what's REALLY fuckin' annoying? Me and the Goo Goo Dolls.

No, you are much less annoying than the Goo Goo Dolls.

True that, and I'm from Buffalo, tho their very first record is alot of fun.

But where would the Goos be without the Replacements and Husker Du??

[phalex]

Rock music is certainly derivative, but please don't touch Lust For Life, that song is damn near perfect.

The funny thing about that song, is that some of the words are copped from Burroughs' "Soft Machine". All that stuff about "Johnny yen" and his "sex machine", it's all there on the same page. I'll find the page number.

Okay Okay, even Lust for Life is derivative, but the percussion and bass is at least perfect.