Thread: Songs that sound TOO similar to others

Quote: Originally Posted by Flatso Quote: Originally Posted by Drifter Uh oh...I can sense a mashup coming on. Kid rock did a mashup already Guess you didn't check the date of my original post...I submitted it 3 years before Kid Rock's song came out. I think I may have given him the idea.

Quote: Originally Posted by JohnO The above msg triggered a memory in me. (With 39 pages I don't know if it was here already) Rolling Stones - Miss You Rod Stewart - Do Ya Think I'm Sexy I vaguely recall a quote or a small lawsuit from Mick about this? I don't. Both are vaguely disco songs from rock acts, but I don't think they sound enough alike for legal action!

There are partial similarities with Joe Nichols' latest single "Believers" and Amy Grant's 1977 CCM classic "Old Man's Rubble." Especially in the intros and some of the melodies.

Quote: Originally Posted by John54 Oh, okay, I suppose the melody is similar; "the room was empty as I staggered from my bed" and "strawberries, cherries and an angel's kiss in spring". I took a look at Rhino's vinyl Nuggets , and they intimate that the Prunes (or, more correctly, the writers behind them) may have "thematically" lifted from the Safaris' "Image of a...

Quote: Originally Posted by dbmay75 I don't know about you guys, but in my mind the main guitar chord progression used in "25 or 6 to 4" is nearly identical to the progression in the upbeat section(s) of "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" and because of this, it's difficult for me to enjoy either song without hearing the other in my head. As we all know, however, Zeppelin's use of the riff came...

Quote: Originally Posted by linclink You know I always believed George & heard as much closer to"Oh Happy Day" than "He's So Fine"...That said there are faint echoes of either song in there, but "My Sweet Lord" is it's own song & that lawsuit was truly real B.S. & a wrong decision in my opinion. No one who actually knows the song "He's So...

Graham Central Station's "We've Been Waiting" is such a rip-off of Frederick Night's "I've Been Lonely For So Long" (later covered by Mick Jagger on Wandering Spirit ) that I'm surprised there's been no litigation.

"Cigarettes & Alcohol" by Oasis is a virtual graft of T-Rex's "Get it On (Bang a Gong)".

Quote: Originally Posted by red corner Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California" (the new single) -> Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers "Mary Jane's Last Dance" and there's even a bit of "Sweet Home Alabama" in the guitar part in the beginning... Sorry, but if you think Petty's is the tune of origin in this equation, you should hear the Jayhawks'...

The song can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9qgI95n6rM