A borderline case IMHO. The funk grooves of "Fame" and "I need to be loved" both are generic for thousands of Funk/Disco-productions. Its only the guitar riff - that's the same one. Carlos Alomar! I...
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A borderline case IMHO. The funk grooves of "Fame" and "I need to be loved" both are generic for thousands of Funk/Disco-productions. Its only the guitar riff - that's the same one. Carlos Alomar! I...
B1 "Beware The Ides Of March" is an (admittedly) neatly made version of "Whiter Shade of Pale" aka Air from Suite No.3 in D-Dur by Sebastian Bach. Funny, how Dick Heckstall-Smith tries to create...
The Intro of "Dreams Of Heaven" by Progrock group "Flash" B1.
Where did "Flash" borrow the idea for that kind of noisy intro like that?
Tip: Engineer was Martin Birch
Listen here:...
"Icarus' Dream Suite Opus 4" (B1): the heirs of Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671-1751) were very proudly obliged for the generous royalities they awarded in 1984 from maestro Malmsteen for his...
Agreed: too many cheesy keyboards after all these monster albums!
What about "The Crunge" and "Dancing Days" from "Houses of the holy"? Fantastic drum solo intros and after that....cheesy keyboards.
Which are the exceptions? Why?
Great, Kay, you have listened very accurately. But it's not an intro. This special drum solo as an intro has more impact and is something magic! From wintery snowy east Switzerland near the Bodensee...
Listen to Flamin Groovies' 1970 LP "Flamingo". What a furious drum intro in Little Richards "Keep a knockin'" by Danny Mihm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOmtr6tQqig Great!
1 year later John...
This one shows the complexity of copyright infringement, royalties and rights. Written by Kid Ory and first recorded as an instrumental in 1926 by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, lyrics were added...
Some kind of (inverted) art robbery? Found today in: Max Gallo, "The Poster In History", 1974, (The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., Middlesex, England). The original anonymous poster was created for a...
They also ripped-off the band name "Riff Raff" as many other musicians did. Why do they? Anyway, this is magnificent melodic hard rock with leanings towards Led Zeppelin and Boston. Dog Lubahn lead...
"Dazed and confused": Original by Jake Holmes 1967 on Tower Records. Led Zeppelin I in 1969: the most insolent rip off in rock history?! Look and hear this:...
From "Physical Graffiti" some more or less legal robbery: "Boogie with Stu" is definitively not a LedZeppelin-IanStewart-Mrs.Valens song as it is credited. It is definitively a Ritchie Valens song...
"August Nights" B4. Arlen Roth is able to play everything, but who is the "sheik of swing"?
The Eagles opened the concerts for Jethro Tull in USA in 1970. Do you guess the hit they made out of this tune?
Listen to John Prine's "Sam Stone" from 1971 album and compare with Pink Floyd's "Post war dream" from LP "Final Cut" 1983. Who was first? The lyrics of both songs are very impressive: post war...
This is Peter Green's "Oh well" part one. But it is sooooo well done!
Some kind of hostile take-over: the 1956 (in Sun Studios Memphis recorded) song "Domino" A7 was composed by Roy Orbison but it was credited to Sam Phillips. He had bought the copyright! Is this a Sam...
Paul McCartney: where did he steal his melodies? They came out of his head!
John Lennon: dito
Elton John:dito
Billy Joel:dito
50 years since this one!
The writer credits at B4 "Hey Joe" are obviously wrongly credited to Deep Purple.
Dave Davis' 1970 "Rats" is a rip-off from Yardbirds' 1966 "Stroll on" (Blow-up) which is a rip-off from Tiny Bradshaw's 1951 "Train kept a-rollin", which is a rip-off from.....
Tell me: who was the first to steal this melody?
Taj Mahal has composed the song " Jorge Ben" A1 in 1972. Rod Stewart has stolen it in 1978. Do you recognize his disco hit? Anybody found further rip-offs?