I'm not talking about sampling and stuff like that, just the general outline or structure of the song. The first one that comes to mind:
"Freebird" - Lynrd Skynrd......"Highway Song" - Blackfoot
It just seems like the guys in Blackfoot said "OK, Skynrd had a huge hit with Freebird, lets copy the song format exactly and just change the words around a little bit and we could have a hit too!"
Can you think of a song that's a rip off of another song?
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"Keep Away" by Godsmack is a blatant rip off of "Hey Man, Nice Shot" by Filter.
Of course, just about every song Godsmack writes is a rip off. When you're band's name is based on an Alice in Chains song and you have a song named after another band ("Bad Religion"), what hope is there for you anyway?
Of course, just about every song Godsmack writes is a rip off. When you're band's name is based on an Alice in Chains song and you have a song named after another band ("Bad Religion"), what hope is there for you anyway?
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Well, there are probably a bazillion songs that are in a 12 bar format. Let's not also forget everyone's favorite ballad format, the I - vi - IV - V progression. I think every doo-wop song in existence has that progression for either a verse, chorus, or bridge.
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• The bass line in "Comedown" by Bush is a compelte rip-off of Bon Jovi's "Livin' O A Prayer."
• Chris Daughtrey's first song (can't remember the name) was almost an exact replication of Fuel's "Hemmorhage in my Hands," ironically, the band that offered him a deal to front their band.
You can actually sing the verses to "Hemmorhage" right along with it.
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• Chris Daughtrey's first song (can't remember the name) was almost an exact replication of Fuel's "Hemmorhage in my Hands," ironically, the band that offered him a deal to front their band.
You can actually sing the verses to "Hemmorhage" right along with it.Putz.
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Black dog gay?....Wow, if that is considered gay by todays young musicians, I guess I'm out of touch and turning into my dad. I always thought gay was KC and the sunshine band or Air Supply...not Zeppelin and Black dog! Arrrggghhh.......DrumAndDestroy wrote:the last little breakdown of the song spoofs that gay led zepplin song "black dog"
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Yes but the entire idea of ripping yourself off is ripped off of ACDC who've been doing it pretty much their entire career.BadDazeRob wrote:So do the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Ugh, come up with a new cadence for crissake.Colton wrote:Green Day keeps ripping themselves off. They should probably sue.
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Yup, you are correct.mistikalvalkrie wrote:Yes but the entire idea of ripping yourself off is ripped off of ACDC who've been doing it pretty much their entire career.BadDazeRob wrote:So do the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Ugh, come up with a new cadence for crissake.Colton wrote:Green Day keeps ripping themselves off. They should probably sue.
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GoneForever wrote:Papa Roach-Last Resort guitar riff=Iron Maiden-Genghis Kahn guitar riff only slightly faster
Also Papa Roach's Last Resort is the exact chord progression as Green Day's Brain Stew I think the name of the song is, i have to admit, i'm not really a fan of greenday, but it even has the same pauses and everything
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Hahaha, anything by AC/DC sounds like a rip off of AC/DC.
By only using 3 chords and writing hundreds of songs it is hard not to come up with different combinations. The drums all sound the same to me also.
And Godsmack sounding like Alice in Chains. I always thought Godsmack sounded better when they called themselves Alice in Chains.
But yeah there's so many songs and only 12 notes.
By only using 3 chords and writing hundreds of songs it is hard not to come up with different combinations. The drums all sound the same to me also.
And Godsmack sounding like Alice in Chains. I always thought Godsmack sounded better when they called themselves Alice in Chains.
But yeah there's so many songs and only 12 notes.
I am with you there,....but...Robert Plant did prance around on stage wearing young girl's blouses 2 sizes too small for him singing about fairies in the hedgerow. He did have kind of a girlish voice.CCdrums wrote:Black dog gay?....Wow, if that is considered gay by todays young musicians, I guess I'm out of touch and turning into my dad. I always thought gay was KC and the sunshine band or Air Supply...not Zeppelin and Black dog! Arrrggghhh.......DrumAndDestroy wrote:the last little breakdown of the song spoofs that gay led zepplin song "black dog"
