Songs that "rip off" other songs.

[Joe DeAndrea]

I noticed here (http://www.purevolume.com/adayaway) that the song "Go Back"'s chorus (40 seconds in), the guitars sound exactly like NFG's "My Friends Over You"'s intro. Anyone know any other songs that sound quite alike to each other?

[MIKEY_HORROR]

Thier was that Red hot CHili Peppers- Dani California song that was almost identical to Tom Pettys one song...

[Joe DeAndrea]

Thier was that Red hot CHili Peppers- Dani California song that was almost identical to Tom Pettys one song...

Oh yeah, I remember a news post about that a couple months ago.

[aolsux]

Finch - Ink ripped off of Gatsbys American Dream - Counterfeit Language

[Rodeo]

A Change of Pace's "Loose Lips Sink Ships" vs. Thursday's "Cross Out The Eyes"

[aolsux]

A Change of Pace's "Loose Lips Sink Ships" vs. Thursday's "Cross Out The Eyes"
haha isn't that the name of a Hit The Lights song as well?

[Smash Adams]

strokes- last nite- tom petty's american girl (riff)

green day- I don't care from jesus of suburbia- Bryan Adams' summer of 69 (melody)

[ThisIsNotDan]

green day - american idiot

vs.

dillinger 4 - doublewhiskeycokenoice

[Rodeo]

haha isn't that the name of a Hit The Lights song as well?

yeah and a band now.

[pinklipgloss]

David Bowie - Five Years

and

MCR - The End

[ThisIsNotDan]

Queen

and

MCR - The Black Parade

[MIKEY_HORROR]

12 Guage Valentines entire album rips off ETID- Gutter Phenomenon

[Raff]

Green Day + Boulevard of Broken Dreams
=
Oasis + Wonderwall

[RomeoAGoGo]

12 Guage Valentines entire album rips off ETID- Gutter Phenomenon

as does Fight Paris

[AP_Punk]

Alkaline Trio - "You've Got So Far To Go"

vs.

Box Car Racer - "Cat Like Thief"

(the intros sound very similar)

[ThisIsNotDan]

12 Guage Valentines entire album rips off ETID- Gutter Phenomenon

definetly

[Rodeo]

Any pop punk band vs. mxpx.


hahaha

[RomeoAGoGo]

I'm waiting for the idiot who totally fucks up and says "Band A" ripped off "Band B" when "Band A" was around years before "Band B" was.

It happens every time.

[Rodeo]

the beatles totally ripped off the shins.

[MIKEY_HORROR]

as does Fight Paris

haha yeah them too, and although FP singer is a complete cockbag...i think they are a little bit better then 12 guage Valentine....but both of them suck

[FF4889]

Sum 41 Pieces sounds way too much like Coldplay's The Scientist.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2bRejNDKm20

They blend together perfectly.

[pinklipgloss]

Can't Slow Down vs. Lifetime

[love2hateme]

haha isn't that the name of a Hit The Lights song as well?

just because its the name of a song doesnt mean its the same song

[PDon11]

the obvious O'God the Aftermath ripping off We Are the Romans.

[bduke13]

Blink 182 - Damnit sounds like this song we used to have to sing in music class in elementry school

[PDon11]

The first 5 seconds of New Eyes Open by The Draft sound exactly like the first 5 seconds of You Know How I Do by Taking Back Sunday.

[Joe DeAndrea]

http://www.purevolume.com/puntthebaby

The chorus of "Dreaming" reminds me of AvA's "The Gift".

[Joe DeAndrea]

Didn't a Plain White T's song have the same exact drum beginning as "Dance, Dance"? It was some band that did I remember..

[AP_Punk]

Didn't a Plain White T's song have the same exact drum beginning as "Dance, Dance"? It was some band that did I remember..

yeah, Plain White T's - "All That We Needed"

[irthesteve]

The Ataris - In This Diary
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle

[aolsux]

just because its the name of a song doesnt mean its the same song
that's not at all what i was saying, i was quoting the fact hit the lights has a song called loose lips sink ships as well, fucking read

[halifaxrocks]

anything from greenday vs. alot of classic rock

[Carlo Marx]

Not a rip off since Me First is famous for this, but on their new album one of the songs teases Love Song by The Damned. I'm not sure how many Damned fans are on this site, so people may have missed it.

[make_this_hurt]

just because its the name of a song doesnt mean its the same song
:mellow:

[Smash Adams]

I just remembered gwen took the melody from hash pipe for what you waiting for

[nohardcoredance]

Lol
There is a mexican band called PANDA and they rip-off like 20 songs from bands like Green Day; MCR,FOB,Bright Eyes,MXPX and a lot more, they usually rip off the lyrics and they are pretty huge in mexico

It's sooo lame

[cahrishurr]

Finch - Ink ripped off of Gatsbys American Dream - Counterfeit Language

Thats the one i came in here to say. Its so obviously ripped off. Its exactly the same.

yeah and a band now.

That would be Small Leaks Sink Ships.

[Rodeo]

That would be Small Leaks Sink Ships.


Oh really?! Thanks, dicksmack! There's 2 pages worth of bands called Loose Lips Sink Ships on myspace. Thanks for the input though.

[MIKEY_HORROR]

Oh really?! Thanks, dicksmack! There's 2 pages worth of bands called Loose Lips Sink Ships on myspace. Thanks for the input though.


well on purevolume there is only 1 and they dont have songs... so i am gonna go with you thought it was Loose Lips Sink Ships... but it was actually Small Leaks Sink Ships..you just dont like to admit when your wrong..

[mybreakingpoint]

ones i know of:

weezer's single "perfect situation" --the opening riff is a direct rip off of midtown's "one last time". i say it's weezer ripping off midtown because Living Well came out a good 3 years before Weezer's most recent output.

this one i wouldn't say is a rip-off, just an odd similarity. the opening riff to rise against's "behind closed doors" off the new album is almost identical to the ending riff on midtown's "to our savior" on Forget What You Know.

hah those are the only ones i can really think of. and they're both off Midtown lol :-)

[Rodeo]

well on purevolume there is only 1 and they dont have songs... so i am gonna go with you thought it was Loose Lips Sink Ships... but it was actually Small Leaks Sink Ships..you just dont like to admit when your wrong..

huh?



I've never heard of Small Leaks...?

[M-House]

this is wierd, but mcr's "teenagers" is set to the melody of garth brooks "friends in low places"i would really love to have someone agree with me on this because it bugs he hell out of me

[mybreakingpoint]

this is wierd, but mcr's "teenagers" is set to the melody of garth brooks "friends in low places"i would really love to have someone agree with me on this because it bugs he hell out of me

hahaha that song's chorus rips off so many late 80's/early 90s country songs it's not even funny. i don't know that song, but i'm sure you're right haha. hat song always made me tihnk of "achy breaky heart" or whatever hahaha. all those "anthemic" country songs from the late 80's. hahaha that song cracks me up.

[notoaststereo]

jimmy eat world - over, reminds be of say it aint so by weezer at some parts.

[Joe DeAndrea]

That would be Small Leaks Sink Ships.

There are tons of bands called Loose Lips Sink Ships though. Search on Myspace bands, you'll get a lot of results.

[cahrishurr]

Oh really?! Thanks, dicksmack! There's 2 pages worth of bands called Loose Lips Sink Ships on myspace. Thanks for the input though.

Haha dont get your panties in a twist man. But on Myspace there are a grand total of 11 bands with that name. 4 of which have no plays which usually means no music. 3 with less than 500 plays. The rest have less than 2,000. One guy, a british rapper, has 6,000ish plays. I wasnt trying to cause you to get pissed off i just thought you meant Smalls Leaks Sink Ships because there is always a banner for them on AP and they are talked about. My bad.

[Rodeo]

dont get your panties in a twist

say what's up to biff tanner for me... back to the future like whoa. hahah.

[JohnnyG]

This local band from around here Nothing Unexpected (www.myspace.com/nothingunexpected) has a song called Familiar Faces that completely rips of Hidden In Plain Views song "Belly Full Of Kerosene." The local band however re-recorded their song, but it still sounds like a blatent rip off.

[cahrishurr]

say what's up to biff tanner for me... back to the future like whoa. hahah.

Um ok? Way to not respond to the rest of my post though.

[Rodeo]

you didn't place anything in the post for me to respond to. there were no questions or interesting statements. you just told me what I alreadly knew.

[ThatGuy]

boys like girls "five minutes to midnight" totally bites the opening guitar riff of cartel "write this down"

so bad it makes me sick

[FF4889]

ones i know of:

weezer's single "perfect situation" --the opening riff is a direct rip off of midtown's "one last time". i say it's weezer ripping off midtown because Living Well came out a good 3 years before Weezer's most recent output.

The beginning of Perfect Situation is the second time Weezer has used it. I can't remember which one it is, but there is some song on the Green Album, the intro sounds EXACTLY like the intro to Perfect Situation. I think it might of been Simple Pages but I can't remember for sure.

[mybreakingpoint]

hmm i don't know haha. i don't really listen to weezer. regardless, it sounds identical to the Midtown riff almost. and i don't know, it bugs me hahaha

[cahrishurr]

you didn't place anything in the post for me to respond to. there were no questions or interesting statements. you just told me what I alreadly knew.

So you knew i wasnt trying to be a dick to you in the first place, and that i thought you meant Small Leaks Sink Ships? There were no bands on Myspace of any note with that particular name and none with music on Purevolume so you can see how i got it confused.

[Rodeo]

yeah, true... i see you point. sorry about that.

[Tristan Needler]

The first song on the Dustin Krensue (however you spell it) rips off Album of the Year (the song) by the Good Life.

[elvis2x]

Lol
There is a mexican band called PANDA and they rip-off like 20 songs from bands like Green Day; MCR,FOB,Bright Eyes,MXPX and a lot more, they usually rip off the lyrics and they are pretty huge in mexico

It's sooo lame

Haha yeah. Their songs are basically translations of FOB and MCR in spanish with different rhythms. They're awful. When "emo" became a trend they also completely transformed to "emo" kids.

[elvis2x]

I am also downright amazed by how similar Halifax "Our Revolution" is to Motley Crue's "Kickstart My Heart"

[Tristan Needler]

The first song on the Dustin Krensue (however you spell it) rips off Album of the Year (the song) by the Good Life.
In addition, Coldplay's song Speed of Sound completely rips off Coldplay's song Clocks.

The ending of Brand New's Good to Know if I Ever Need Attention all I Have to do is Die is the same as the ending of Metronome Arthritis by At the Drive-In.

Also, Green Day's Brain Stew is a big rip on the intro of 25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago.

The bridge that leads up to the chorus in Ben Fold's Losing Lisa (when he's singing ("I just wanted you to know") is exactly the same as the pre-chorus that builds up to the chorus of Happy Together by The Turtles (right before "I can't see my loving nobody but you...")

The intro of Guernica by Brand New is the same as the intro of Youth of a Nation by P.O.D.




That's all I have for now. Sorry if I repeated anyone.

[mybreakingpoint]

hahaha i've seen Brand New on here quite a bit now seems like hahaha

[Tristan Needler]

Oh, have to add the obvious The Early November ripping off the Get Up Kid's "I don't want you to love me anymore" line. That was a big one.

And in Jesus of Suburbia part of it (I looked at the lyrics and I think it's the lines, "To live and not to breathe is to die in tragedy" but I'm not positive) completely rips of Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash where he sings "love is a burnin' thing...."

[tbrown]

basically the majority of brand news songs on tdagarim hav ripped something off of morissey or the smiths. if not then they are trying to sound like them

[Carlo Marx]

hahaha i've seen Brand New on here quite a bit now seems like hahaha

That just reminded me!

Brand New - Failure by Design blatantly rips off the guitar riff in Built to Spill's Distopian Dream Girl.

[Carlo Marx]

Blink 182 - Not Now

vs.

Alkaline Trio - For Your Lungs Only

[indexfor...]

for the skramz kids

doesn't every Kodan Armada song sound like City of Caterpillar's-"Fucking Hero"

[Koopato]

The begining of anathallo's "Hanasakajijii (Four: A Great Wind, More Ash)" has the same chord chages of sufjan stevens' chicago, i swear.

[C.R.U.X]

For a split second when i first heard 'Tell That Mick Guy....' it reminded me of 'Become What You Hate' by Midotwn.

[Ryannn]

Acceptance - Permanent

Halifax - Sydney

the intros are the same

[OveriseFan]

Acceptance - Permanent

Halifax - Sydney

the intros are the same

And yet, Halifax's was released first, I think.

That song's on Phantoms, right?

I can't promise that Halifax didn't hear the Acceptance song before it was released, but Sydney was written in 2003 I think.

[tyler lefebvre]

Brand New - Luca
Faith No More - Zombie Eaters

[taxonpraxis]

Oh, have to add the obvious The Early November ripping off the Get Up Kid's "I don't want you to love me anymore" line. That was a big one.

And in Jesus of Suburbia part of it (I looked at the lyrics and I think it's the lines, "To live and not to breathe is to die in tragedy" but I'm not positive) completely rips of Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash where he sings "love is a burnin' thing...."
i think the "i don't want love you to love my anymore" was more of a tribute to TGUK

[indexfor...]

or how about any metalcore song written in the last 5 years

[Venona]

For a split second when i first heard 'Tell That Mick Guy....' it reminded me of 'Become What You Hate' by Midotwn.
i just came in here to compare those two bands

[Wobbie]

I'm suprised no one's said that the mighty Jawbreaker's Boxcar was ripped off in some song from Green Day's American Idiot. Hang on. I'll google it....

She's A Rebel. NO ONE can steal riffs from Jawbreaker. No one.

[indexfor...]

cept Green Day apparently

its the eyeliner

[mybreakingpoint]

And yet, Halifax's was released first, I think.

That song's on Phantoms, right?

I can't promise that Halifax didn't hear the Acceptance song before it was released, but Sydney was written in 2003 I think.

wrong.

"permanent" came out on the Black Fields and Battle Lines EP before it was re-recorded for Phantoms. this EP also came out before Halifax's EP. i'm 99% sure, don't hold me to it, but i'm pretty sure Black Lines and Battlefields came out before the first issue of that Halifax EP before they signed to Drive-Thru

[Midtown19]

The ending of Brand New's Good to Know if I Ever Need Attention all I Have to do is Die is the same as the ending of Metronome Arthritis by At the Drive-In.

Ever hear of a band called the Eagles. Listen to the end of 'Hotel California'. If anything, I would like to think it's more an homage than a ripoff since BN and AtDI are two credible bands...

[Robb]

The intro to Hold On by Sirens Sister sounds almost identical to the intro of You Know How I Do by TBS.

[Rodeo]

Slayer's "Raining Blood" sounds identical to Cher's "Believe".

[Tristan Needler]

Ever hear of a band called the Eagles. Listen to the end of 'Hotel California'. If anything, I would like to think it's more an homage than a ripoff since BN and AtDI are two credible bands...
I've been a fan of The Eagles for years and years, but I still haven't noticed that comparison. Brand New and At the Drive-In's are almost exactly the same as each other though. Chords, rhythm, production, it's impossible not to catch it.

[eltroyo11]

Haha I used the Guernica - Youth of the Nation similarity to get my friend (a huge POD fan) into Brand New.

[cantnokdahustle]

That just reminded me!

Brand New - Failure by Design blatantly rips off the guitar riff in Built to Spill's Distopian Dream Girl.

what I came in here to say.

[trainwreck89]

the bridge of bayside's "duality" sounds pretty similar to the prechorus of the sleeping's "loud and clear"

also, "The Innocent Ones" by Hidden in Plain view has the same "water in my lungs" line as Brand New's "Play Crack the Sky"

[joshua.]

the intro guitar lead in relient k's "sadie hawkins dance" is the same as the guitar lead in the chorus of yellowcard's "star struck."

also, i forget which green day song on their new album, i think it might be "boulevard of broken dreams," has the same airplane sample as further seems forever's "the moon is down."

[Neo Cassady]

The beginning piano riff to Alkaline Trio's "Time To Waste" sounds like "Total Eclipse of the Heart."

[Tom Good]

Haha I used the Guernica - Youth of the Nation similarity to get my friend (a huge POD fan) into Brand New.HA! That's funny, I can see similarities with the drum beats but there are some differences.. Pretty funny though

[taxonpraxis]

don't know if anyone said this but House of Fools' Live and Learn rips of Hotel California. that's a pretty obvious one.

[fenderkid212]

I noticed while watching tv that Hawthorne Heights rips off themselves.

They recycled like the same melody from "ohio is for lovers" for the bridge of "saying sorry"

ah yes, realizations from watching hours upon hours of fuse.

[chcougar1]

yeah i always thought of Youth of a nation when I first heard Guernica


Also...the audition's you've made us conscious sounds strikingly similar to this day and age's Seven-eighty

[Neo Cassady]

I noticed while watching tv that Hawthorne Heights rips off themselves.

They recycled like the same melody from "ohio is for lovers" for the bridge of "saying sorry"

ah yes, realizations from watching hours upon hours of fuse.

nickelback rips off themselves.

[chokeychicken]

The first song on the Dustin Krensue (however you spell it) rips off Album of the Year (the song) by the Good Life.

i came in here to post this.

[Daveyhavok832]

The Early November - Baby Blue vs. The Get Up Kids - No Love (direct lyrical ripoff on TEN's part

[im 2*Sweet]

The Ataris - In This Diary
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle


except in this diary is a cover of a song from like the 70s....

[NickBender]

i heard that a red jumpsuit apparatus song completely sounds like a fall out boy song.

[eltroyo11]

except in this diary is a cover of a song from like the 70s....
I'm pretty sure that song was written by Kris Roe about Warped Tour. You might be thinking of Boys of Summer.

[Carlo Marx]

except in this diary is a cover of a song from like the 70s....

Except it isn't and you're completely wrong

[fenderkid212]

I'm pretty sure that song was written by Kris Roe about Warped Tour. You might be thinking of Boys of Summer.

yeah, i think that is what he was thinking of.

[Iamhome]

wow that sucks to be the girl who just got told. Three times.

[jimboj917]

there are 7 notes, and an infinite number of combinations, but guess what, melodies or riffs are bound to be repeated, even if they're unintentional.

[Carlo Marx]

7 notes or nodes?

Because you may want to count those 5 other notes.

[noelle34]

the beginning of breaking benjamins "diary of jane" sounds like the beginning of a linkin park song

[IAmAmazing]

Luca by Brand New and Daytona In Flames by Rookie Of The Year.

[nicolerork]

Social Distortion - "Ball & Chain"
vs.
Good Charlotte - Day That I Die

Good Charlotte completely ripped off Social Distortion's "Ball & Chain." Good job.

[ThReMainsIce]

Alkaline Trio - "You've Got So Far To Go"

vs.

Box Car Racer - "Cat Like Thief"

(the intros sound very similar)
If anything Box car racer ripped it off from Alkaline Trio. 1 because You've got so far to go was released on maybe I'll catch fire 2 years before box racers album came ou and 2, because alk3 is way more talented

[ThReMainsIce]

The first song on the Dustin Krensue (however you spell it) rips off Album of the Year (the song) by the Good Life.
.
It's Dustin Kensrue you idiot. He is the most talented rythm guitar/acoustic guitar/solo artist out there. I doubt he ripped a song off

[PDon11]

It's Dustin Kensrue you idiot. He is the most talented rythm guitar/acoustic guitar/solo artist out there. I doubt he ripped a song off


Get Dustin's dick out of your ears and listen to the two songs.