[JSN]

what are some songs that are basically cover songs or ripoffs in which original artist is either not cited or is in the footnotes but not explicitly enough not to be lame as fuck?

i can think of 4 such songs off the top of my head:

kid rock - "only god knows why" (pearl jam - "yellow ledbetter")

kid rock - "american badass" (****llica - "sad but true")

the offsping - "why don't you get a job" (beatles - "ob-la-di ob-la-da")

jet - "look what you've done" (beatles - "sexy sadie)

[David Koresh]

It seems like a lot of rap and pop songs have ripped off Michael Jackson's old beats recently.

Danzig also got angry, maybe even sued Stone Temple Pilots when they came out with Sex Type Thing which sounds very similar to Snakes of Christ. Both great songs btw.

Compare the two and tell me what you think

This is the best version I could find.
YouTube - DANZIG- SNAKES OF CHRIST

YouTube - Stone Temple Pilots - Sex Type Thing

[AZGnP]

I hate this band, but ICP did a song called Another Love Song and it is a blatant rip off of Jackass by Beck.

[JSN]

Originally Posted by David Koresh

This is the best version I could find.
YouTube - DANZIG- SNAKES OF CHRIST

YouTube - Stone Temple Pilots - Sex Type Thing

the riff is definitely stolen a bit, but at least the entire song isn't the same.

[The Balls]

RHCP got sued for Dani California... might have been a ripoff of a tom petty song i think

[Happy Boy]

Vanilla Ice and Queen jumps to mind.

[JSN]

Originally Posted by The Balls

RHCP got sued for Dani California... might have been a ripoff of a tom petty song i think

that's another one where the riff is definitely stolen, but it's not like they made the same song again. hell, they don't even play it at the same speed.

Originally Posted by Happy Boy

Vanilla Ice and Queen jumps to mind.

i don't even count rap songs where they take the music and then recycle the chorus as well. that shit is endemic. what a shit genre.

[Big Nic]

Originally Posted by JSN

what are some songs that are basically cover songs or ripoffs in which original artist is either not cited or is in the footnotes but not explicitly enough not to be lame as fuck?

i can think of 4 such songs off the top of my head:

kid rock - "only god knows why" (pearl jam - "yellow ledbetter")

kid rock - "american badass" (****llica - "sad but true")

the offsping - "why don't you get a job" (beatles - "ob-la-di ob-la-da")

jet - "look what you've done" (beatles - "sexy sadie)

Everybody is a thief in music. For example. Yellow Ledbetter itself is heavily derivative of Little Wing by Hendrix.

[The Balls]

Originally Posted by JSN

that's another one where the riff is definitely stolen, but it's not like they made the same song again. hell, they don't even play it at the same speed.i don't even count rap songs where they take the music and then recycle the chorus as well. that shit is endemic. what a shit genre.

i dunno.. heres an audio clip comparing mary jane'a last dance and dani california.. pretty similar in a lot of ways

[TheWalrus]

"anybody seen my baby" mick jagger/stones ripoff of kd langs "constant craving"