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@TheRealWoopSlap

3 жыл бұрын

Sup mojo

@SweetBunny706

3 жыл бұрын

Tom Petty’s I Won’t Back Down vs. Sam Smith’s Stay With Me

@1RainDear

3 жыл бұрын

With all the borrowing vanilla iced tea with ice ice baby from music artist let’s not forget to add that the lyrics or borrowed two. Ice ice baby is a part of fraternity song sung by Alpha phi Alpha fraternity . And for those who want to say they borrowed from him, the fraternity was founded in 1906. The Chant predates his birth by quite a few years. Hey I bet you would predict his grandpa’s birth by quite a few years as well.

@mlggamer5296

3 жыл бұрын

Ice Ice Baby

@RonSpina

3 жыл бұрын

Cool video 😎👍🏼🌷🖤

This video had more music playing in its twenty minutes than MTV has played in the past twenty years.

@amydiven714

3 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree with you more!! We should petition MTV to change their name. No music is played on Music TeleVision.

@MichaelOKC

3 жыл бұрын

STV.... Sick Television!

@Foxikaze

3 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelOKC more like STD

@DerkuiDerkui

3 жыл бұрын

FACTS!

@nicolestewart2843

3 жыл бұрын

This joke is as stale as MTV is these days. Don't get me wrong, you are definitely correct but it makes me chuckle when I see this comment pop up because we've all seen/heard it a million times over since about the mid 90's. Y'all can't blame MTV. They changed with the times and were very successful in doing so. Also, nowadays it's completely pointless to run music videos when they are all on KZread, waiting for the click of a mouse. They do however have sister channels that come with cable packages that do play videos mostly 24/7. VH1 as well.

The John Fogerty getting sued for plagiarizing himself is one of my favorite musical tidbits.

@proudgrandma138

3 жыл бұрын

Happens on YT too. I watched a channel where the Channel Op wrote & performed his own music intro for his channel & they gave him a copy write strike for not getting permission from the writer, himself!

@RiggClem_14

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't he win the case because he broke down both songs to show they were just similar but not the same?

@deebosmoviereviews4868

3 жыл бұрын

Surprised that wasnt number one

@krisfrederick5001

3 жыл бұрын

Probably didn't even realize he did it...

@jameswalker4225

3 жыл бұрын

Fogerty’s old studio saw money, popped a 1/2” Chubb and set loose their lawyers. Pathetic AF that pencil-pushing talentless douchenozzles wanted money for something they had jack .... to do with.

The funniest thing about the Coldplay case is that they found a song with that same little melody dating back to the 1800’s which just makes all the people who tried to sue them look like idiots. Like there’s only so many notes on the piano and that melody has three.

@perrycoffey5410

Жыл бұрын

People are freaking ignorant I mean there's stuff about Coldplay is in the top 10 most hated bands lol there my favourite band also they ask permission for that small melody in the song talk from there x and y album

@suzanneemerson9787

Жыл бұрын

@@perrycoffey5410 You need to learn the difference between there, their, and they’re. You totally messed up and it makes you look not very smart.

@thomasspangolsen6649

2 ай бұрын

A bit like Dua Lipa borrowing from White Town on "Love Again" who then in turn borrowed from a Russian composer.

@stefanivanaken1427

Ай бұрын

4

@alexanderjames6328

25 күн бұрын

@@perrycoffey5410 Most of the people who hate Coldplay seem to be Americans... I don't get it. I love Coldplay.

The worst part about the Bitter Sweet Symphony case was that the Stones were dragged in the press over it even though they had no control. That part of their catalog was controlled by Klein & they had no part in the lawsuit but everyone accused Mick & Keith of being heartless, greedy bastards over the whole thing. In the last few years, they got control back on those songs & restored the Verve's royalties to 100% for it. They were actually fans of the song & hated what Klein did to them. On the Bridges to Babylon album, after the Stones cut Anybody Seen My Baby, someone pointed out that it sounded like K.D. Lang's Constant Craving. Mick couldn't say for certain he never heard Lang's song so they gave her a writing credit to be safe. They released it as a single on the album so Lang probably made out nicely without having to lift a finger. They've always been good about giving credit to their inspirations & influences & have been good to young upcoming bands.

@ken7165

Жыл бұрын

@Dick Keith I ❤ K.D. Lang she’s amazing!

@csnide6702

Жыл бұрын

because of 2 things ... One , the Stones KNOW they are "borrowing" from early Blues records & Two, because they are rich to the gills and could care less about being dragged into court.

@merrymonarch

Жыл бұрын

Gave supporting slots to Stevie Wonder, Prince and the Strokes. Always helped musicians starting out

@jonathanreich6360

Жыл бұрын

Klein is one of the major villains of the rock world.

@iancraig8543

8 ай бұрын

and its a sample of a COVER song with those instruments not even on the stones versio

How could you forget Rick James “Super Freak” vs MC Hammer “U Can’t Touch this?!” Rick James had to sue him.

@Jaheartsjonas

3 жыл бұрын

Do obvious (with no lying about originality like Vanilla Ice did) samples really count though?

@mammyewok

3 жыл бұрын

i was coming to say this.this is probably one of the most famous rip offs..

@dolphquick2686

3 жыл бұрын

@Catharsis Is that the same Kid Rock song that sounded like he ripped off "Werewolf of London" and "Sweet Home Alabama"?

@3211dylantag

3 жыл бұрын

@@dolphquick2686 Yep, that's the one. Completely ripped them off

@tomconstance2391

3 жыл бұрын

@Catharsis He has said it was arranged beforehand with royalties going to the other artists.

One of Yoko Ono's songs was alleged to be a copy of the Emergency Broadcast tone.

@ultrockexperience

3 жыл бұрын

I think all of them 🤣

@Freida657

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@gardenmom6180

3 жыл бұрын

You mean "Don't worry Kyoko,(Mummy's only looking for a hand in the snow)?

@garyginther6742

3 жыл бұрын

She's ripping off a hyena.

@Willie_McBride

3 жыл бұрын

@@garyginther6742 A cat caught in the curtains... with the house on fire.

When I write songs, I often notice other songs creep in. It is really difficult to be truly original.

@kingnorlen

12 күн бұрын

Ofc it is, specially nowadays. But imagine it being the 60's or 70's, doesnt take nearly as much!

Jethro Tull's "We Used To Know" became The Eagles mega hit Hotel California. Ian Anderson gave them a nod with a Well Done Boys without even a thank you.

Robert Plant admitted "As musicians, we're all beggars and thieves". Their are only so many chord progressions that can be original in totality.

@llllllloopylunch

2 жыл бұрын

He also admitted that they ripped off a lot of black artists in their early career.

@colinslant

2 жыл бұрын

Well, he'd know - his vocal on "Whole Lotta Love" is basically identical to Steve Marriott's performance of "You Need Lovin'" on the Small Faces' first album...

@hpatss4966

2 жыл бұрын

I V VIminor IV

@lillyabbi

2 жыл бұрын

And never hid the fact when he was clearly inspired by an artist. The song Whole Lotta Love definitely was inspired by Steve Marriott, but its clear Robert Plant gave the song his own thing.

@8326nazir

2 жыл бұрын

There not their

Anyone remember an interview with Vanilla Ice explaining that the difference between "Pressure" and "Ice, Ice Baby" is that little "ding" in his song? I was thinking "Really dude? You're going to run with that"? Apparently he did.

@KJO2024

3 жыл бұрын

I totally remember that interview. Ridiculous! "Ours goes like this...theirs goes like this." Literally identical

@HighwayLand

3 жыл бұрын

I do remember that. What year was that?

@tim6454

3 жыл бұрын

Lol he ended up paying for it in the end

@knapstellar

3 жыл бұрын

I think that was when he on The Arsenio Hall Show.

@thebikehippie6562

3 жыл бұрын

Hey man.. Vanilla Ice is awesome.. You see him in "That's my boy"? I've never laughed so hard in my life

There was one song that wasn’t included on this list that I had to mention, I’m a massive fan of Def Leppard and their most popular song is by far Pour Some Sugar On Me, but my brother is a bit of a One Direction fan so I came across the song Midnight Memories and I thought he was listening to Pour Some Sugar On Me, I was shocked and looked up if there was any tension between the two groups or if One Direction was inspired by their song, and I found out Def Leppard sent lawyers to see if One Direction should be sued for the similarities between the two songs, but they never got anywhere and One Direction got off easy, in my opinion, even if One Direction didn’t directly copy the song, they should’ve given them some credit after hearing similarities afterwards

@work1343

Жыл бұрын

Omg, now that you’ve said it, it’s clear how similar both songs are… They should’ve have sued them for plagiarism

@RagnarokMic

Жыл бұрын

Looked it up, definitely.

@FrankDag

Жыл бұрын

Wow, during the verse I said to myself, "Ok, the pulse of the song has some similarity," but the pre-chorus went in a different direction and I almost x'd it out. Glad I stayed for the chorus because HOLY CRAP that's a rip.

@edwardmclaughlin719

Жыл бұрын

both suck

@bjohnkautzman1041

Жыл бұрын

The only real similarity is that the beat and chord progression from the One Direction song is similar to the verses from Pour Some Sugar on Me. The One Direction song really lacks continuity in any sense, to be honest. It sounds like three different songs spliced together, one of which remotely resembles the Def Leppard song. However, the other thing they really have in common is the deliberate use of tone correction.

One of my favorites is the argument over "Halo" by Beyoncé vs. "I'm Already Gone" by Kelly Clarkson. The thing is, they were both written by Ryan Tedder of One Republic, who used the same riff on "Secrets." And here's the punchline: they're all just Pachelbel's "Canon" in D.

Given his name, it's ironic that Tom Petty seemed to be the least petty of artists.

@nealmceneaney3771

3 жыл бұрын

That deserves more credit 👏

@raran44

3 жыл бұрын

Petty was chill af.

@samjburns07

3 жыл бұрын

@Brix Broox I am honestly so happy that I had seen him on his very last tour

@AdamG1983

3 жыл бұрын

For real....Petty would be the last person to sue anyone

@muzikdude1188

3 жыл бұрын

Petty's "Last Dance With Mary Jane" was also ripped off by the Red Hot Chili Peppers in "Dani California".

You all going to forget that Chuck Barry straight stole “Johnny B Good” from a high schooler named Calvin Klein. And he stole it at a prom from what I hear. 😤

@spiderwing7701

3 жыл бұрын

@kountree38 😏

@Freida657

3 жыл бұрын

That’s a good one! Had to read it twice- but that was good!😂

@marka4891

3 жыл бұрын

But Calvin Klein stole it from Chuck Berry! Who stole it from Calvin Klein! Who stole if from Chuck Berry! I have a headache... (BTW, this is known as the bootstrap paradox, a form of causal loop.)

@kimbarbeaureads

3 жыл бұрын

Calvin Klien dated his mom, so it is tough to defend him.🤣

@my3dviews

2 жыл бұрын

And from what I remember "he was just too darn loud".

If you think about it, writing original material has got to be very difficult to accomplish in a business with already a million other artists out there. Kudos to those who had abundant, original ideas.

@talastra

Ай бұрын

The originality is the combination of materials, not the chords or the elements themselves. It's not that difficult. Nor does it matter much, unless your near copy ends up as a big hit.

I noticed Radiohead's Creep sounds just like Hollies' song, The Air That I Breathe, from the first day it was released. Sometimes people steal, other times bands can accidentally come upon the same chord progression. Kind of like when late night talk shows do the same jokes in a monologue --- they aren't stealing jokes; the same jokes are just easily found in the same subject. It happens all the time. Most times, it's probably coincidence or subconscience borrowing. But when a song's chord progressions are the same, and the song's PRODUCTION is similar, we can be suspicious. One I've always noticed --- La Bamba vs Twist and Shout.....

@Mcperson823

20 күн бұрын

Its acctualy doesnt sound too similar Besides its only arpegiating I III IV iv

I can't even fathom the number of times in my life I heard an intro on the radio, exclaimed, "I love this song!", only to find out it was a totally different song.

@nubianmaxUK

Жыл бұрын

sample music in RnB/Rap alot

@phoenixgaming454

Жыл бұрын

Totally had that happen in middle school. The gunter glieben glaughten gluben intro came on and i thought it was Def Leppard's Rock Of Ages, but it was The Offspring's Pretty Fly for a White Guy Edit: I even proclaimed to the class oh i love this song cuz i was so excited def leppard was playing in 6th grade

@phoenixgaming454

Жыл бұрын

I did like when i heard a Garage Band loop that i know I've used personally in my own tracks on that program, on a Lupe Fiasco song.

@InaEsin

Жыл бұрын

Yes Yes YES!! "Sampling." Oh PLEASE, it is flat out f*cking THEFT!! I have a strange tick about theft (we can thank drug addled cousins for that), so when it's so in my face like that...I want to kick someone in the face. I actively will not purchase nor listen to anything that does this sampling. I also give credit where credit is due. Prince royally bent over Arrested Development (the band, not the epic tv show) for their 'sampling' his music. He waited until they hit a particular mark of income and THEN sued the bloody shit of them. GOOD.

@internziko

Жыл бұрын

Wtf is the radio? (Lol jk)

I love Fogerty’s defense of “I wrote it, of course I’m gonna sound like myself”

@KaiPonVisp

2 жыл бұрын

"Yeah, I sound like myself. What a surprise!"

@ChurchNietzsche

2 жыл бұрын

He brought a guitar into the courtroom and showed how different the songs were. ... He won the argument.

@slimjim71

2 жыл бұрын

Fantasy Records trying to stick the knife in Fogerty again. Diden't work.

@NellieKAdaba

2 жыл бұрын

👍🏿

@peterf.229

2 жыл бұрын

Haha it’s my favorite ever story about a stupid lawsuit

Hey, thanks for having a real person hosting and narrating!

I've always found it interesting that people have a much stronger reaction to composers stealing from other songs as opposed to filmmakers stealing from other movies. Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1992) is well-known for ripping off Ringo Lam's City on Fire (1987), yet he didn't get sued for it despite claiming for years that he never saw the latter. Star Wars (1977) straight up copied the editing of old war movies for the aerial dogfight sequences. Tango & Cash (1989), Rapid Fire (1992), and Bad Boys II (2003) all borrowed action sequences from Jackie Chan's Police Story (1985).

@animalyze7120

2 ай бұрын

Were they supposed to use real Star fighters to make the sequences? And they didn't copy anything, they used miniatures for everything back then as there was no real CGI to copy the images over in order to so called "Steal" footage. Might wanna learn some things before going all I know something. Looking at stock footage could help them achieve a real look of how flying machines maneuver around, but that's the extent of it.

@jp3813

2 ай бұрын

@@animalyze7120 Learn the difference between editing and visual effects, genius! Neither The Empire Strikes Back nor Return of the Jedi directly copied old war movie sequences. When you play the Star Wars theme on the electric guitar instead of an orchestra, that's still the Star Wars theme despite the modern instrument.

When your song has 4 cords, you are taking a huge chance of a copyright lawsuit.

@fedoramcclaren4294

3 жыл бұрын

For real, right!!!

@spiderman4x

3 жыл бұрын

Common chord progressions should be considered public domain.

@samuelsteiner3854

3 жыл бұрын

@@spiderman4x exactly

@thebikehippie6562

3 жыл бұрын

You ever try to add a 5th chord? It's like 1234 1234 1234 yeah this rocks 1234 yes yes yes 1234 1234 oh yeah 12345.. What the fuck?

@TheBorgAssassin

3 жыл бұрын

@@thebikehippie6562 I just saw this and spit out my beer I was drinking. It's 100% True.

Tom Petty has always been cool about inspiration and musical “accidents”. Be cool like Tom Petty

@Samotbackwards

3 жыл бұрын

Chad Tom Petty

@princeapoopoo5787

3 жыл бұрын

What a legend. He will definitely be missed. 😔

@Jharrisimages

3 жыл бұрын

Tom Petty always seemed like one of the chillest "rock stars" Like he was just happy to be there and have people enjoy his music. RIP.

@PaigeBook

3 жыл бұрын

Be cool like Tom Petty. Don't steal music.

@Elykism

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't he say once that there were only so many cords, everyone will end up copying everyone eventually?

It’s a blurred line between “influenced by” and “copied from” …… I love Zeppelin but a lot of their early stuff was definitely influenced by earlier 20’s / 30’s blues ie Muddy Waters Similarly, Oasis were definitely influenced tremendously by The Beatles

@BobBob-vy9ds

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, the first album by Alice Cooper gives me The Beatles vibes, which they did start out just doing Beatle Covers so it makes sense.

@henrydiaz720

Жыл бұрын

Influenced doesn't equal plagiarism.

@icarusfx

Жыл бұрын

@@henrydiaz720Plagiarism doesn’t really apply to early blues music - no one knows who wrote any of those songs. You’d hear a riff and some lyrics and put your own spin on it. As much as I love Zeppelin, their biggest crime was copywriting the songs they didn’t create

@youruncleted

Жыл бұрын

@@henrydiaz720 they did copy paste a lot of stuff in early albums. i still think zeppelin did it better though. always more depth, more melodic, more rich. zep was dope, they just did a bit of stealing every now and again

@brownin329

Ай бұрын

Copied. You're welcome. Don't make excuses for them.

I love how Ghostbusters asked Huey Lewis to do a song and when he declined they just said, mkay, we’ll just rip off your hit then that’s cool. 😂

The thing that pisses me off about the Down Under lawsuit was that the original creator of the kookaburra song was still alive during the height of Down Under's popularity and had no problem with it. She died a few years later and the rights were eventually picked up by some company who then sued Men At Work.

@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494

3 жыл бұрын

wasn't it the Girl Guides? I have a mate who is a huge Men At Work fan who told me this. Greg Ham didn't have to die because of the stress this lawsuit placed on him. It was a tribute and we all loved it, as Aussies, I think. It's a travesty.

@MrBuggy865

2 жыл бұрын

Same thing happened with Stairway to heaven, although the lawsuit got tossed anyway. Also Chicago's 25 or 6 to 4 is a clear steal of Led Zeppelin's Babe Im Gonna Leave You. for yet another fun fact :D

@MrCubFan415

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly this. If one artist or group reaches an agreement with another artist or group to sample their song in exchange for credits/some share of royalties, then provided the sampler abides by the agreement, the sampler shouldn’t get sued by the copyright holder of the sampled song. What some particularly greedy music companies don’t seem to understand is that music is meant to be shared with the world.

@traceyzamora9895

2 жыл бұрын

An American company.

@felsinferguson1125

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, classic case of copyright/patent trolling. Total, complete, blatant misuse of the system to turn a buck.

"Ice, Ice Baby." I heard about 3 chords of that song when it first came out and thought that Queen had re-recorded "Under Pressure!" lol.

@badbob6689

2 жыл бұрын

When I first heard it on the radio After the first 3second I though " The words are wrong"

@veramae4098

2 жыл бұрын

"Menopause Rhapsody" is such a blatant rip off of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody", it should be illegal. But it isn't because it's satire. Just saw a cat meme. Four cat heads, black background: Mama, just killed a mouse. Ripped it right across its head, and put it in your bed.

@stokevillain4683

2 жыл бұрын

Freddie Mercury solo.

@pairedgalaxy2163

2 жыл бұрын

OMG SAME!!!

@fruff30

2 жыл бұрын

Have you ever heard of sampling before? It's when usually a rap artist takes the back beat of a song and raps over it. It's quite common. Try listening to most of Jay Z's songs, 95% are sampled from other songs.

Sounds like a whole lot of greed and ego

@machupikachu1085

2 ай бұрын

Always is. Not just in the music industry.

when i heard green day's "waiting" from the same album (warning) it sounded so damn familiar, and it was. it borrowed the melody from mamas and the papas' "do you wanna dance"

I can't help but think a lot of songs genuinely aren't rip offs or intentionally stealing others material. I think in many cases people hear things throughout their life and it stays with them. When they're creating something they can't even tell they're just regurgitating what they heard before.

@Yeovelyn

2 жыл бұрын

Makes sense

@nicholashoover8447

2 жыл бұрын

That may be likely the case. It’s actually a thing called Cryptomnesia

@Anthonydissonant6

2 жыл бұрын

Happens to me a lot of times, it's a common thing

@the_only_living_ghost

2 жыл бұрын

Lol. “It just came to me in a dream”

@PoseidoncapsizesHi

2 жыл бұрын

ATC all around the world vs Ava max my head and my heart they are the same tune practically I think Ava max copied ATC all around the world from the 1990s for Ava max song my head my heart

I think it’s funny that 9 inch nails originally made “Hurt” and when Johnny Cash covered it Trent Resnor said and I quote “oh that’s not my song anymore, he did it way better than I did” 😂

@Kevin-593

2 жыл бұрын

Johnny Cash made that song his own.

@chrisquiett1776

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kevin-593 didn’t even steal it. The song chose him lol

@daggrethdanyal9816

2 жыл бұрын

He claimed that he believed it was never his song to begin with and that when Cash asked for it he knew instantly that that was who he wrote it for

@rwally192

2 жыл бұрын

Trent also found out they were selling one of his albums for 18ish in Australia, and said boot leg it, come see me live when i come

@IMINTHEMOMENTRU

2 жыл бұрын

Johnny Cash actually called up and asked, Trent said no , Johnny Cash said f*** you I'm going to do it anyway I'm dying and then after it was done Trent rezner said it was like he stole my girlfriend

That Ghostbusters one was crazy he didn't even try to hide it🤣

The court case against Men At Work for the 'Kookaburra' riff in 'Down Under' was nasty because the owner of Kookaburra was not the writer; they were someone who'd bought the rights... How this person could buy and own another person's creative IP is a bit perverse, but to then sue another artist who was merely quoting what he assumed was part of local folk culture... was just about getting the payout and nothing to do with creative credit. Greedy.

Columbia Pictures: Hey, Huey Lewis, please write a theme song for "Ghostbusters". Lewis: No thanks. Columbia: Hey, Ray Parker Jr., please use Huey's hit tune and write a theme song for "Ghostbusters".

@shonmorgan101

2 жыл бұрын

Nice! LMAO!

@yaritzaperezsantiago6349

2 жыл бұрын

Power Of Love.

@joealf299

2 жыл бұрын

Universal Pictures: Hey Huey Lewis, since you didn't want to write the theme for "Ghostbusters", can you write the theme song for "Back to the Future"? Lewis: Sure. Universal: Hey Lewis, what do you want to name the song? Lewis: The Power of Love

@CrazyCatMom24

2 жыл бұрын

I didnt hear any similarities between those two

@MargateSteve

26 күн бұрын

@@CrazyCatMom24that’s because a live version of the Huey Lewis song was used. Listen to the studio version and it becomes very clear.

Chuck Berry has probably the most appropriated work in the world, and yet gets little respect for his contributions. As the Godfather of Rock and Roll, his legacy is still hidden from most of the world.

@j.dragon651

2 жыл бұрын

If you look back further you will find the shoulders he stood on.

@petermcculloch4933

2 жыл бұрын

Chuck borrowed heavily from the country and western catalogue.

@iconiccreations2492

2 жыл бұрын

Chuck Berry got his sound from Calvin Klein. He received a phone call from his cousin Marvin who was performing at the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance. Marvin suffered from an unexpected accident with a knife and Calvin stepped in to finish out the set.

@flightofthebumblebee9529

2 жыл бұрын

@@iconiccreations2492 wow that's awesome!

@flightofthebumblebee9529

2 жыл бұрын

@@iconiccreations2492 I thought it was the Fish Under the Sea Dance?

As a hobby musician I cant tell you how many times I think I wrote something good and weeks later I realize its just like some song I heard a long time ago. Its hard to write unique music.

You forgot about Hotel California , Eagles taking the exact chord progression from Ian Anderson's song We Used To Know, Jethro Tull.

I would have never thought "Stay with Me" sounded like Tom Petty's song.

@KemoHimself

2 жыл бұрын

I honestly don't hear the similarity

@ronr6951

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@adhdhamster

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I'm not the only one.

@ryanclark1056

2 жыл бұрын

It's the vocal line.

@lpiosd

2 жыл бұрын

The song it literally named I won't back down and they won't

“Dani California” by RHCP also sounds like Pettys “Mary Janes Last Dance.” Petty and the RHCP noticed it but Petty refused to sue them. In fact, he loved “Dani California.” Petty truly was a legend.

@markdaniels7174

2 жыл бұрын

Petty’s “Mary Janes Last Dance” was itself a ripoff of sorts. Listen to the beginning of “Waiting for the Sun” by the Jayhawks, which came out one year BEFORE Mary Jane. It’s identical!

@HearszAM

2 жыл бұрын

Jon Bon Jovi's "Queen of New Orleans" sounds a lot like "Mary Jane's Last Dance" as well.

@kyranlewis4759

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah both songs sound similar but are different in their own right, personally I prefer Tom Petty's song but both are really good songs

@SkaterChick1972

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely❤

@ImSonnyBurnett

2 жыл бұрын

All of RHCP songs sound like the same song.

I THOUGHT 80's sounded like Come As You Are!!!!!!! Thank you SOO MUCH, for backing up my brain!!!!!

I didn't realize I should be so dang impressed with Chuck Berry!! Props man! 😎🎶

No matter how original you try to be, you will always have someone with a similar idea. I think it is impossible to be 100% original, especially nowadays since millions of artists and creators lived on this earth. The more time goes by, the harder it will be to avoid copyright conflicts to a point where it would be impossible. Feel free to disagree.

@hacantyapradipta1119

3 жыл бұрын

That's why there's that 100 years copyright free rule. That's why Maroon 5's Memories can't be sued for its blatant plagiarism of Pachelbel's Canon in D

@apolonioromero4951

3 жыл бұрын

@@hacantyapradipta1119 That's good to know that there is some kind of regulation.

@brittanyglann9616

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. Some of these are a little petty

@CybrosisEvolved

3 жыл бұрын

Black Sabbath has written every heavy metal riff in existence, its just played backwards, slower or lower. And they don't give a shit who uses them. Metal is the greatest genre of music for this reason.

@astrzmbie9968

3 жыл бұрын

I won't disagree I'll simply point out nirvana, and Aic.

The fact that this starts with The Kinks makes me happy that their huge contribution to music is not forgotten!

@90hotshot

2 жыл бұрын

I know... They are so underrated yet so many musicians were "inspired" by them

@skooterbrah

2 жыл бұрын

People that truly appreciate good music know who they are, and that is really all that matters. Their contributions to rock and roll, and pop culture are massive, but slightly off the radar. Personally, I think that is kind of a good thing.

@j.dragon651

2 жыл бұрын

one of the best rock bands ever.

@susan7775

2 жыл бұрын

@R G The Kinks and the Hollies are two of the best British bands ever!

@deborahhanna9126

Жыл бұрын

Ray Davies!

Wait a minute! All the songs on the radio sound alike! You mean, they're not supposed to sound alike?

Interesting list. I was always was surprised by how much the bass line from Carl Carlton “Bad Mama Jama” and Michael Jackson “Pretty Young Thing” were similar. More recently though is hearing the melody from Tom Tom Club’s “Genius of Love” in Latto’s “Big Energy”, but commentators say that it’s from Mariah Carey’s “Fantasy”. 😂

With Queen/Bowie vs Ice. It was ice's comments that lead to the lawsuit. Brian May said they more or less would have said yes. But Ice made a comment like "I made the riff a hit" and that is when the lawsuits got filed

@suzyfarnham3165

2 жыл бұрын

I get caught every time it comes up at music trivia!! The bars start and I ALWAYS pick the wrong one! They are exactly the same. Some of the others are a but of a stretch??? Ice, Ice Baby is just blatant!

@garyfrazier5414

2 жыл бұрын

Ice has always been, and will always be, an asshat.

@spiegeltn

2 жыл бұрын

ego starts a fire again

@justayoutuber1906

2 жыл бұрын

egos get you every time

@riconui5227

2 жыл бұрын

@@garyfrazier5414 Actually it's worse than that. He's now a real estate salesman. But what could we have expected. The guys an asshat.

Chuck Berry is the true king of rock. So underrated.

@marcroberts5251

3 жыл бұрын

Facts

@bigj7933

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@TheGeekyChef1190

3 жыл бұрын

Buck Cherry*

@michaelmyers8241

3 жыл бұрын

Elvis begs to differ

@SonicDX22

3 жыл бұрын

The two kings are little Richard and Elvis

Every time I sing Hard To Handle by The Black Crows in my head I get to that little riff that comes in after "'cause mama, I'm sure hard to handle now, gets around" and immediately transition into the guitar solo from Over The Hills And Far Away by Led Zeppelin. I can't not do it. Even when I know it's gonna happen.

@FirstLast-zr7hy

4 ай бұрын

You know that’s actually a cover song yeah? Originally by Otis Redding.

@edchong25

Күн бұрын

maybe figure out a way to mix the songs together? as a musician, maybe i’ll talk to some band members i know and try to perform this lol-

Men At Work being sued for their awesome unofficial national anthem Down Under was so sad and really unAustralian!

"It takes just seven notes to recognise 'Ice, Ice, Baby'." No. It takes just seven notes to recognise Queen's "Under Pressure". That came first, as a UK national, and Queen fan in a family of Queen fans, that is the song instricably linked with that riff. I think the main reason Ice Ice baby got the market penetration it did, is because it sampled the genius performers and creative powerhouses that were Queen.

@davidcopson5800

Жыл бұрын

Bowie had nothing to do with that song then?

@irenec4210

Жыл бұрын

Queen sued and lost. The copy changed ONE NOTE and convinced the court that makes it not the same.

@markriley5863

Жыл бұрын

The only similarity between the two was the bassline which was written by John Deacon so I don't think Bowie's contribution formed the basis of the suit. I loved Bowie BTW.

@rickbrenner6079

Жыл бұрын

John Deacon. Great songwriter😊. One of the most memorable riffs in rock and roll. Queen was one of the rare bands (along with The Eagles) where all the band members wrote at least one or more of their hits (with Mercury responsible for writing the most).

@DodgerGal

Жыл бұрын

@@irenec4210ueen won! It’s still obvious it’s Queens. He paid them $4 million dollars

Man, that John Fogherty case. Just another example of how scummy record labels are

@justayoutuber1906

2 жыл бұрын

But it did sound like a remake.

@someonerandom8552

2 жыл бұрын

Lol when you’re sued for sounding too much like yourself 🤣

@topher1004

2 жыл бұрын

Ill get that john fogerty up here to sing for you! What you don't know who the fuck he is?? Anyone?

@williambandyk327

2 жыл бұрын

Saul Zaentz is the thug here. He sued Fogerty bc of the "almighty $" in the 4m of royalties. Even more clever; Fogerty's "tribute" 2 Zaentz w/"Zanz Can't Dance" but l8r retitled & re-recorded as "Vanz Can't Dance" bc of the lawsuit. After all; there r 2 versions of the "Centerfield" LP that was indicative as such. I oughta know bc I used 2 have both versions but lost 'em ovr 18 yrs ago when I residentially reloc8d. However; the CD version only has the "V" version (i.e.: "Vanz Can't Dance").

@lukeyarasheski5510

2 жыл бұрын

@@justayoutuber1906 Wouldn't you redo a song that you wrote and sang?

Years ago I was playing guitar in a rock/roll band and we were playing 'Just What I Needed' by the Cars (E, B, C#m, Ab) and a good friend/guitarist told me 'Those are the same chords for verses as The Beatles 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand'. And yes!, they are!

With so many songs, eventually you run out of combinations. You could find 100 songs that sound similar to any particular song. Some people think they are so unique that it is impossible that any of the million people out there could come up with the same idea, joke, song, etc.

I'm a writing teacher, and I have talked about unintended plagiarism all the time. We read/hear a particular selection, jot it down, either forget to attribute it OR we believe it's our own original idea ... you get the picture. I've done it myself, wholly without malicious intent. It happens, although most of us do not end up in court over it.

@jocastabryan

Жыл бұрын

There's only so many combinations of words, notes, colors, etc. Human beings will independently create similar works. I happened across a sculpture from around 1914 that is a spitting image if General Grievous from Star Wars, for instance. I would bet money the SW designers have never seen it. Yet the similarities are striking.

@jp3813

11 ай бұрын

I've found that "borrowing" in music is way more criticized than doing the same in movies, TV shows, literature, etc... The original Star Wars trilogy was heavily borrowed from multiple sources (even directly copied certain scenes like the dogfights), yet people are more surprised about the score resembling classical works.

@animalyze7120

2 ай бұрын

That's because it should never get that far. A blatant remake claiming original could be an issue, but writing a song in a basic A,E,D chord progression is almost cliche' and should never be chased after. The Monkey's "A little bit me a little bit you" which Neil Diamond wrote was later redone by Neil with his own hit "Cherry Cherry", the Romantics used the same chords in a different rhythm for "What I like about you". It's just how music goes and there's only so many enjoyable melodies you can make the chords available without some similarities creeping in.

" Is it just me or does 'Do You Wanna Build a Snowman' from Frozen sound suspiciously like 'Papa, Can You Hear Me?' from Yentl? and nobody fucking realizes it." - Deadpool

@JaneEvil

2 жыл бұрын

That IS so true! Seriously!

@debbievalentine6810

2 жыл бұрын

You are so right!

@Bonbonbon739

2 жыл бұрын

Lol haha should of been on the list

@davidpalmeri3237

2 жыл бұрын

And also just like Tool's Forty Six and Two. It's freaky!

@KittyLovesGlover

2 жыл бұрын

omgosh, yes! lol

This was really interesting. Thanks.

@WatchMojo

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

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what kills me is the stones will sue anyone that even sounds even a little like their songs, but straight up stole from lesser known Black artist. it’s the hypocrisy for me.

@ilash81

3 жыл бұрын

@Caleb Hurley Yeah, I was always under the impression that it was mostly Alan Klein who did the suing. He's infamous for being, to put it mildly, a shark.

@markcheetah4960

3 жыл бұрын

@Caleb Hurley And Bittersweet Symphony doesn't sound anything like the Stones' song... just someone else's arrangement of it.

@alfonsomango_suyu

3 жыл бұрын

Klein kept Jodorowski's filmography hidden for a long time

@markcheetah4960

3 жыл бұрын

@Caleb Hurley I know! I hear ya

@markcheetah4960

3 жыл бұрын

@Caleb Hurley Hey, check this out if you can. Bryan Adams released a song called "Please Forgive Me" in 1993 that was co written by Mutt Lange (I think). In 1999, the Country band Lonestar released a song called "Amazed" that is nearly identical. The vocal melody, key, tempo, and even many of the lyrics are the same. I have no idea how they got away with that one. And nobody ever mentions it in these "lists." It's cool to talk to someone who knows what they're talking about. Cheers

I think sometimes songs just happen to sound very similar, there's literally a finite number of musical possibilities melodically or harmonically that can be created, anyway.

@sarararah18

2 жыл бұрын

This is right. Music is patterns. Also, there is a socially accepted format for all popular songs. Similar instruments are used and styles are copied.

@jamescamero4716

2 жыл бұрын

Wow I haven’t heard that before 🙄

@Giggirl

2 жыл бұрын

I always say that 😬

@limpbrisket6851

2 жыл бұрын

The problem is that judges seem extremely quick toward writes and credit for any songs that sound similar

@ricardolandgrave2532

2 жыл бұрын

@@aidanfl No, he meant finite

CCR that was hilarious! 😅 how did the record company even dare

Heard that Ray PJ faded out the vocals for I want a new drug, karaoke style, and wrote lyrics right over it

I think that Tom Petty, Chuck Berry, and The Kinks all got multiple tunes copied by other artists is testament to how talented and creative they were.

"we drink Pepsi now" lmaoooo

@EvoDevo2004

2 жыл бұрын

Coke: And?

@mwarwick3876

2 жыл бұрын

They switched drinking Pepsi, but continued snorting coke...

I gotta go with " Super Freak " somehow turned into " Can't Touch This. "

The guitar riff in A Little Bit of Soul by The Music Explosion is very similar to the one in Summertime Blues

There's only so many notes and so many ways to combine them - Hell, if Johann Pachelbel was still alive, he could sue 75% of the music industry...

@ryanking8246

2 жыл бұрын

Lmfao everyone uses Canon! From the graduation song, to that maroon 5 memories

@rubyblue444

2 жыл бұрын

Very true!!!

@obscurity3027

2 жыл бұрын

That’s a fact

@MegaBadgeman

2 жыл бұрын

Make that 100% if the fact he invented the bass line is true.

@darkiee69

2 жыл бұрын

And Bach could sue more or less everyone.

Music labels suing over minute differences is ridiculous. I can understand lawsuits like Vanilla Ica "Ice Ice Baby" but some of the others are far fetched

@somberstricken4424

3 жыл бұрын

@Dominic Wileman but it's kind of hard when pretty much every note has been recorded.

@marus815

3 жыл бұрын

@@somberstricken4424 I had always wondered about this. We have a finite number of notes. We also have a finite number of combination of said notes that are pleasing to hear. Therefore, at one point,we are going to run out of unused combinations. It's nonsense.

@ZaneTruesdale007

3 жыл бұрын

Some i can believe some aren't

@Foxikaze

3 жыл бұрын

Very true.

The major realisation from this video came during the "land down under" segment, where I realised The Last Leg's Adam Hill is hosting the gameshow

Lately I heard a ton of similarities btw ABBA 's "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! and Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and I can not unhear them ever since. Won't somebody help me... Especially at 2:51 of Abba's song I usually start whispering " Darkness Falls across the land..."

The Stones never wanted the Verve sued in the first place. It was the label and managers. As far as I could tell, Mick and Richards like Bittersweet Symphony from an artists perspective

@Lamtitude

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds about right. The labels and managers are starving for money. They could give a shit about the art.

@comettamer

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a lot of the cases on this list. Were it not for the label and managers, several of these cases would never have existed.

@richardtherichard26

2 жыл бұрын

That’s the case for a lot of these. The artists usually don’t really care it’s the rights holders (publishers managers and record labels generally) who sue

@aaronleverton4221

2 жыл бұрын

It's worse than that, because the sample is of an orchestral arrangement that Mick and Keith didn't write or arrange. Alan Klein was a shifty bastard who bought the rights to an old song just so he could sue his own managed artist, George Harrison, over his latest song. May that guy rot in hell.

@arturama8581

2 жыл бұрын

The Stones don't own any of their songs rights upto the early 70's. How come such rights are tradeble anyway?

"Neglected to credit Berry..." That's the story of his career. Such a tragedy.

@chrismulwee4911

2 жыл бұрын

Even Berry plagiarized himself. He rewrote his own 1957 hit School Days in 1964 as No Particular Place To Go.

@JMacSD

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, probably not helped by all his troubles with underage girls and hidden bathroom recordings. Tragic

@chrismulwee4911

2 жыл бұрын

@@JMacSD I never heard of that.

@tylersimmons7263

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrismulwee4911 yeah Berry is a weirdo for sure

@calebwinfield1403

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrismulwee4911 Yeah dawg. Berry was a sexual creep

The one you didn't mention, though 0:00 is forgotten one hit wonders Ready For The World whose song"Oh Sheila" has a melody which sounds near identical to Prince's "Lady Cab Driver".

I haven't seen this one anywhere but Panic at the Disco used the B-52s Bass line for their song Rock Lobster in their song Don't Threaten me With a Good Time

Interesting story about this... I was listening to Alice Cooper's show back in the day, and he was talking about getting sued by Kiss one time. Can't remember the song, but he was completely caught off guard. So he's sitting in the courthouse, waiting for the trial to start and Paul Stanley walks up. He told Coop "Look, I have no idea what in the hell any of this is about, this is all the studio doing this.". Alice went on to say that's what these almost always are. it's not the band suing people, it's the studios doing it, and a lot of the time, the musicians aren't even aware until they get some kind of paperwork from an attorney or the courts.

@machupikachu1085

2 ай бұрын

Pretty sure it was the other way around for the KISS song 'Dreaming' being in litigation for sounding too much like Alice Cooper's 'Eighteen'. but your point still stands. Cheers!

@qwipperty

2 ай бұрын

That must've been an entertaining courtroom.

@DynamitriTV

Ай бұрын

Studios generally have no rights to the music, they’re just a facility when the music is recorded. If there’s any truth to this story, it must have been either the label or the publisher as they hold the rights to the songs.

It’s poetic justice that Queen’s resurgence in popularity had Under Pressure once again being recognized by all ages as the original.

@emili9715

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe it's because of where i'm from but i had never, NEVER heard of ice ice baby, only under pressure. And same goes for my friends 🤷‍♀️. But anyway, justice has finally been made all over the world

@melrankin3682

3 жыл бұрын

Queen - David Bowie " Under Pressure " is one of the greatest songs EVER..!

@letter1014

3 жыл бұрын

@@melrankin3682 definitely 👍😊🎶🎵

@denistuohy2535

3 жыл бұрын

@@emili9715 yeah I’ve honestly never heard Ice Ice Baby on the radio except for the 90’s pop Sirius stations. I was born in 2000 so that was after Ice Ice Baby’s popularity came and went

@emili9715

3 жыл бұрын

@@denistuohy2535 maybe. I was born in '97 and live in italy and here you hear under pressure on the radio, in the stores and such. Ice ice baby probably was never a hit here 🤷‍♀️

I first heard of “Sweet Little Sixteen” through the original video. It’s now my favorite song.

Eurovision participant Loreen - Tattoo will be next. Chorus is exactly the same as Mika Newton - V plenu. The follow up of Mika's song after the chorus sounds like Loreen's beginning of the song aswell. Tattoo also has elements of Abba - Winner takes it all

I remember getting so pissed off when Ice Ice Baby came out. Under Pressure has always been one of my all time favorite songs, one that didn't get much airplay... so I would get so excited when I heard the familiar base chain.... then I would hear Ice Ice Baby... and would be so disappointed!

@thomaswelty4559

2 жыл бұрын

I used to go to 80's night at a dance club about 20 years ago and it was ABSOLUTELY hilarious when "Under pressure" would come on. I'd say a good half to 3/4 of the crowd thought it was going to be "Ice, Ice, baby" (even though it's a 90's song) and were left completely confused. Probably saw that happen a good dozen+ times and every time I'd tip DJ Dead Air extra for the laugh.

@peterf.229

2 жыл бұрын

That puff daddy song with Kashmir bugs me more 😮

@melrupinski88

2 жыл бұрын

Had the same experience when “Stupid Girl” by Garbage would come on, would always be disappointed it wasn’t “Train In Vain” by the Clash.

@rairairai328

2 жыл бұрын

Me too! He really is just a white rapper from Texas with a funky hair cut (quoted from Roger Taylor)😂

@whitesage3448

2 жыл бұрын

But David was so cheery about it. RIP

I feel like you could put Kidd Rocks entire career in this video.

@winstonwins1096

3 жыл бұрын

"American Bad Ass" comes to mind lol

@rhughes1795

3 жыл бұрын

He changed his name to sKidd Mark

@astrzmbie9968

3 жыл бұрын

Be wit da ba=Striesand

@stevec5465

3 жыл бұрын

When they put Kid rock on Super Bowl halftime show. I was watching Lingerie Bowl.

@MoneyHoneyBunny

2 жыл бұрын

Or Jay-Z's. As much as I love his music, Jay-Z literally hit his peak doing Biggie and Pac lyrics, and making entire tracks based around songs that they as well as others like Dre/Snoop did. Always respected Nas 100000x more, Ether tells it all, he took Biggie's everything. But at the same time, Jay-Z is 1 of the best 10 rappers of all time and personally he has multiple albums I've listened to over and over my entire life. Its proof that if you get the go ahead approval to sample, you'll be respected if you make a great finishing product. Honestly pays off!

In the '70s, I thought "My Maria" by B,W, Stephenson and "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)" by Jim Croce had a similarity, but just a little one. the four-syllable lyrics "My Maria" and "Operator" from their subsequent songs both have the same notes. As a kid, I briefly thought one was a remake of the other.

Lennon and Berry performed together on stage while Yoko started wailing as backup. They had to cut the 🎤 to shut her up.🤫

@RVAdada

9 ай бұрын

What does this have to do with this video?

There’s millions of songs out there. How can a song not sound similar to another song?

@zyndicate9720

3 жыл бұрын

True

@bobbierobinson6269

3 жыл бұрын

Truth. There's going to be sounds that match sometimes else every time. It's only when rich people have it happen that we hear about it though.

@JG-cj6pc

3 жыл бұрын

Similar and close to blatant or actually blatant rip offs is the difference. Between shared chords, riffs, lyrics, what have you; you're right, some songs are going to sound similar but it shouldn't be practically the same song. It's along the same lines as writing; two authors might have similar writing styles, shared words, the same genre, some of the same words in the title but plagiarism isn't subtle.

@davidbrauch3679

3 жыл бұрын

You can tell if you are a musician.

The theme to the 90’s cartoon X-MEN and Whitney Houston’s “I’m your baby tonight”

@agentrevenge3370

3 жыл бұрын

Wait really?

@adamani08

3 жыл бұрын

good one. That's funny

@rayneozier

3 жыл бұрын

Lol they do sound fairly similar

@ZaneTruesdale007

3 жыл бұрын

Good fn ears man that one got by me. Im stunned!

@MillenniumEye373

3 жыл бұрын

IM SCREAMING THIS IS SO RANDOM

There's a TV show in the UK called Howard's Way where the theme tune sounds like Sunday Girl by Blondie. I don't know which came first though.

Oh THANK YOU!!! I am a fan of Joe Sat and Coldplay. The second I heard Coldplay I thought.... I've heard this! You finally reminded where!

So the Kinks basically get ripped off the most and are original and cooler than everyone else. Got it.

@WooBino.

2 жыл бұрын

I never got the connection between Hello I love you......

@GregsOrios

2 жыл бұрын

@@WooBino. I kinda hear it but it ain't that bad. Personally I think sam smith and tom petty songs sounded nothing alike

@garyrhone1395

2 жыл бұрын

God Save the Kinks!

@radsk8rbigollies594

2 жыл бұрын

@@garyrhone1395 I was never super into them, so after this video I got their 1964-1971 Anthology that was released in 2014 that has 150 songs on it.. So now I'm super into them! They're great!!

@the_only_living_ghost

2 жыл бұрын

So underrated

Fogarty being sued for plagiarizing himself will always be an amusing bit of music trivia.

@bricefleckenstein9666

2 жыл бұрын

I'd call it more of a pathetic harassment attempt - the RESULT was amusing though.

@thomas1630

Жыл бұрын

But seriously he needs to pay up, uh to himself.

@bricefleckenstein9666

Жыл бұрын

@@thomas1630 He does - every time he gets income from his later songs. 9-)

I knew the members of The Other Garden, we were all Cambridge based. I cannot tell you how devastating it was for them to hear the replica tracks released, knowing their CD had been sat on the same manager’s desk between meetings. They were a brilliant band and had the opportunities stolen away by the meat grinding sausage making ‘music’ industry. We will NEVER forget those TOG gigs guys! Xxxx

For a band that has been around since the stones age the kinks have the prolific catalog and creativity to make everyone want to be them. This is my favorite classic old school rock band.

@JimDeferio

7 ай бұрын

How about this: The Kinks 1968 album features, "Johnny Thunder" which copies "Green Tambourine" which was released in 1967, "Big Sky" copies "1906" by West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band which was released in early 1967, and "Last of the Steam Powered Train" copies "CC Rider, and so forth. This Kinks' album is a ripoff of numerous songs that came before Nov. 1968. I'm not sorry for bursting your bubble but The Kinks were not a very good band and Ray Davies turned out to be a bitter and envious song writer (which the YT channel "Yesterday's papers" has also brought out).

@abee3515

7 ай бұрын

@@JimDeferio where have all the good times gone and you really got me. There's other stuff but that's pretty top shelf for me- I like art lover the story the whole thing and death of a clown I think they are just a stunning band. Each his own I guess. I think when someone says covering it usually means a known artist. I am fairly well read and have never heard of West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band. I did check some of their discography where it shows west coast covering kink songs that sounds more like collaboration not a cover- no one has heard of that band they are credited as what Davies was credited on the west coast album. Those youtube channels that do the history lessons are a whole lot of peoples opinion. Depends on who you're talking too.

@JimDeferio

7 ай бұрын

@@abee3515 I have WCPAEB on vinyl! Just because you are ignorant and love a lie doesn't change truth. I have a HUGE vinyl record collection (I'm 73 years old). Yeah, the Kinks had a few good songs but they were always a raggedy bottom tier band and though they had high hopes they were pretty much rejected as a top level band. Perhaps you should educate yourself as to the tremendous amount of music produced in the 1960's and early 1970's. The Kinks were a very minor part of this. Btw, I rarely take anything by KZreadrs as Gospel when it comes to music. I have two science degrees, I used to play three instruments (I'm down to two now), I have been actively listening to all sorts of music since I was ten years old (1960) and I know some music theory and have an excellent ear for melodic phrasing and sounds (which drives me a bit crazy at times because it is difficult to listen to many songs without thinking, "Hey, they stole this from so and so...". When you talk about The Kinks you are talking about the music of the 1960's and in the 1960's the Kinks were never considered an important band simply because of the deluge of great music from The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Cream, Creedence, The Doors, the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape, the Music Machine, Love, the Moody Blues, the Hollies, the Beach Boys, even the Monkees (who wrote 12 of their own songs and had about 7-8 great songwriters who contributed all the other many songs for them), and the list goes on and on and on.

@abee3515

7 ай бұрын

@@JimDeferio their first album credited davey so I'm not sure what ignorance you claim- so there's that. I have heard throughout my long life people tell me how long they've done this or how much experience that have from long life and my response is it doesn't matter if you've been doing it wrong the whole time. I like the kinks and nothing you've said will change that- but you should probably change your depends. Have you every heard of the Hungry Tongues? Didn't think so. I have so much vinyl I'm on a superfund list.

@JimDeferio

7 ай бұрын

@@abee3515 No crime in liking the Kinks but there is no way that The Doors plagiarized them, little child. However, The Kinks ripped off numerous bands but were never sued probably due to the Kinks lack of fame and money. People usually go after the rich offenders. Btw, you would NEVER talk to me like that in a face to face conversation because you would find out really fast how tough as nails we Italians are. Do you play guitar? If you do then play both songs and tell me HONESTLY if the two riffs are the same. They are NOT. I can go to the guitar right now and play numerous riffs and, guess what, it doesn't take special talent to do so or to make up new riffs because it is elementary music 101. However, there are a few sophisticated riffs within the rock & blues genre of music but the Kinks are in no way a sophisticated band.

The Offspring "Why Don't You Get A Job" vs The Beatles "Ob La Di Ob La Da"

@josephmanning1438

3 жыл бұрын

And apparently McCartney plagiarized it fromJimmy Scott

@joshbridge1612

3 жыл бұрын

dang i just relistened to both and they really do sound similar

@LolaCrazy2221

3 жыл бұрын

That's right they do both sound similar. I never noticed that. Good observation Dave.

Radiohead completely ripping off Creep then trying to come for Lana’s song is the shadiest, greediest thing I’ve ever heard of lol glad she called them out and they dropped it

@fuhawv9367

2 жыл бұрын

In both cases none of the writers or band members had anything to do with the action of suing in each it was entirely out of their control and done by their agents and lawyers respectively. Also I which you’d listen to all 3 of those songs . The air that I breathe is very different to creep . Where as get free is quite similar to creep.

@justayoutuber1906

2 жыл бұрын

They're a Creep

@angeedesierra

2 жыл бұрын

Lana should have said that she rip off the original song that creep ripped off

@tedwojtasik8781

2 жыл бұрын

Two groups I absolutely cannot stand are Radiohead & Coldplay. Horrible music with middling musicians and abysmal writing.

@moinycinq3975

2 жыл бұрын

@@tedwojtasik8781 you’re joking right?

I just saw an ad for 'Ghost Hounds' on here for their You Tube video that sounded like a cover of 'Whole Hearted' until he started singing different lyrics

Amazing how it takes years for these to actually realise all this

Lady Gaga’s Born This Way is just Madonna’s Express Yourself sped up. Madonna just never sued Gaga over it.

@sylviatamieanan4088

3 жыл бұрын

There is something from "La isla bonita" in "Alejandro", too.

@glennjohnson5252

3 жыл бұрын

I've heard people make this arguement before but honestly I've just never been able to hear the similarities.

@mammyewok

3 жыл бұрын

i think madonna just said it was a compliment.

@impossibleego

3 жыл бұрын

@@mammyewok she most certainly did not. Go see her performance of Express Yourself in the MDNA tour.. she never thought it was a compliment.

@impossibleego

3 жыл бұрын

@@sylviatamieanan4088 Alejandro steals from “don’t turn around” by age of base. Gaga is just THAT basic apparently.

"There are only so many notes and chords, inevitably some songwriters will hit on the same progression and sound completely independent of one another"

@GregMoress

2 жыл бұрын

Nice, nice, baby.

@coolnegative

2 жыл бұрын

@@GregMoress 🤣👍 Yeah, not all of them are coincidence!

@tr5947

2 жыл бұрын

It goes beyond notes and chords. A melody is a series of notes, and can contain different time signatures. Some sequences sound less musical than others, but there's the potential for a lot of variation if one works at it.

@coolnegative

2 жыл бұрын

@@tr5947 its just a quote from a music theory professor I used to know.

@CrazyCatMom24

2 жыл бұрын

Melanie Martinez is a few who dont copy the music chords for her songs

The opening riff to Free's "All Right Now" and Steve Miller's opening riff to "Rock' N Me".

If you're gonna include "Ice Ice Baby" vs. "Under Pressure" on this list, then why not MC Hammer's "You Can't Touch This" vs. Rick James' "Superfreak"? 🤔

I'm having a hard time hearing the similarities between that Sam Smith and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers song

@disprogreavette8545

3 жыл бұрын

Many claim the similarities are obvious but I don't hear it. It may sound similar but slowed way down.

@ireallydontknow8616

2 жыл бұрын

@@itzybitzy i mean come on... you have to do that much to find the similarities?? Seems a bit ridiculous.

@kcallamajaji

2 жыл бұрын

@@itzybitzy omg... that helped so much to hear it! thanks!

@User-jk8wq

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know whether you’ve listened to the full Tom Petty song (which you should, it’s a banger) but the snippet that WatchMojo played isn’t the section that the Sam Smith lawsuit stemmed from. The similarity comes from the verse of Tom’s song, not the chorus (which is what WM played for some reason)

@ireallydontknow8616

2 жыл бұрын

@@User-jk8wq of course I've listened to the full song. Tom Petty was my secret lover. I still say its a streeeeetch at best.

I'm surprised no one mentioned Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life" vs. Jet's "Are you Gonna be my Girl"

@belle.m

3 жыл бұрын

Was Jet sued for that?

@dominicpardo4783

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulmcgrath6118 The two songs are nearly identical.

@dominicpardo4783

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulmcgrath6118 Ask Iggy Pop. He knows it. The two groups have even played a mash-up on stage. Iggy is just too cool to take legal action.

@dominicpardo4783

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulmcgrath6118 Horseshit. It happens all the time.

@dominicpardo4783

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulmcgrath6118 Rod Stewart was successfully sued by Brazilian songwriter Jorge Ben Jor, over "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" melody and chorus similarities to Ben's 1972 song "Taj Mahal".[38]

The fact that Lou Bega's Mambo No. 5 vs Mambo No.5 by Pérez Prado didn't make this list is beyond me.