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FinchBulldog2
03/09/05, 12:02 PM
Post a song that blatantly ripped off another song.
Here's the first one:
Original: The Cars - My Bestfriend's Girl
Rip-Off: Fountains Of Wayne - Stacy's Mom.
WakingTheMisery
03/09/05, 12:16 PM
do parodies count?
or is that to easy?
aminorthreat55
03/09/05, 12:49 PM
Post a song that blatantly ripped off another song.
Here's the first one:
Original: The Cars - My Bestfriend's Girl
The Vandals-"Soccer Mom"
Rip-Off: Fountains Of Wayne - Stacy's Mom
Paul Tao
03/09/05, 01:42 PM
original - queen, under pressure
rip-off - vanilla ice, ice ice baby
WakingTheMisery
03/09/05, 01:58 PM
Post a song that blatantly ripped off another song.
Here's the first one:
Original: The Cars - My Bestfriend's Girl
The Vandals-"Soccer Mom"
Rip-Off: Fountains Of Wayne - Stacy's Mom
the bouncing souls- i like your mom
Pat Marquez
03/09/05, 02:00 PM
Haha, I like Pauls.
punkpixie
03/09/05, 02:10 PM
original - queen, under pressure
rip-off - vanilla ice, ice ice baby
Thats a good one...
Pat Marquez
03/09/05, 02:17 PM
I remember Vanilla Ice trying to defend his song, by making the same damn exact little beeping noises. I can't wait to hear what ACOP has to say.
shane hennessey
03/09/05, 02:18 PM
most classic rock songs are in:
most popular rap songs
ThriftWhore
03/09/05, 02:20 PM
Every A Change of Pace song and Thursday.
Pat Marquez
03/09/05, 02:23 PM
Haha.
FinchBulldog2
03/09/05, 02:38 PM
I remember Vanilla Ice trying to defend his song, by making the same damn exact little beeping noises. I can't wait to hear what ACOP has to say.
Check their Myspace "blogs".
allelish
03/09/05, 02:49 PM
Original - No one else - Weezer
Rip-off - Story of a lonely guy - Blink
Original - for your lungs only - alkaline trio
rip-off - not now - blink
They aren't complete rip-offs but i think of the other songs when hearing these blink songs.
Tristan Needler
03/09/05, 02:50 PM
seven nation army by the white stripes is a totla blatant rip off of supersonic by bad religion
Blueskyburning
03/09/05, 02:52 PM
Check their Myspace "blogs".
can you post it? they took me off their friends list for slagging them off
Tristan Needler
03/09/05, 02:53 PM
also brain stew by green day totally rips off '25 or 6 to 4' by chicago, but both of those are good so i'll excuse it
skYcriesforme
03/09/05, 02:58 PM
Original : The Beatles : Obladi Oblada
Rip Off: Offspring: Why Don't You Get a Job (or something like that).
FinchBulldog2
03/09/05, 03:46 PM
original: Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
Ripoff #1: The Used - Let It Bleed
Ripoff #2: Sugarcult - Head Up
I like all 3 songs though.
FinchBulldog2
03/09/05, 03:47 PM
original - The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright
ripoff: My Chemical Romance - Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough For The Two Of Us
Not exact but similiar...I still like both songs.
FinchBulldog2
03/09/05, 04:00 PM
can you post it? they took me off their friends list for slagging them off
Ya I got banned too....Here is what they said from their blogs:
Wednesday, March 09, 2005
"anyone think we ripped off thursday "
"THIS DOESNT GO OUT TO ANYONE THAT HAS BEEN SUPPORTING US.. WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH... WE LOVE U...... KISSES
There has been some talk about us ripping off a thursday song. IT IS ONE 10 SECOND PART OUT OF OUR ENTIRE CD THAT SOUNDS REMOTELY CLOSE TO A THURSDAY SONG... GET OVER IT...
HERES THE FACTS: ACOP uses this 4 bar cycle of a root(D), 6th(C), root, 6th, 4th(G) (relation to of D major) as an introduction with 8th subdivision on the G turnaround chord. Even though the songs are actually in the same key Thursday use is the chorus with 16th note subdivisions and also every other cycle is an added turnaround note to act as a turnaround with i won't bother to figure out but is probably another 6th to add tension going into to root to resolve.
to defend even more: many songs have the same chord structure but with different melodies. the harmonies do not make a song a song is defined by a melody. infinite harmonies can be substituted for any song. this is very common in the jazz world in which one harmony structure can be the chords to 10 diffent melodies.
and come on people unless these people are the next J.S. Bach redefining harmony with every song everybody is going to be the same (even Bach got criticism about sounding to much like the people before him). everything has been done before. i'm pretty sure i can find plenty of Thurday songs with the standard punk root, 6th, 5th 4 bar cycle. if you want something truly original find a 14th century Gregorian Monk and listen to that."
Here are the moronic responses from their fans:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=2178560&blogID=17696575&Mytoken=20050309155523
sweethypocrisy
03/09/05, 04:41 PM
im pretty sure a few of those words were made up. its in the same key, its also the same chords in the same order.
cross out the eyes (only the root notes cause im lazy)
D-0 (0) (0) 8 8 8 8 0 (0) (0) 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
loose lips sink shits, i mean, ships:
D- 0 0 0 88 88 0 0 0 88 88 10101010101010
if anyone can tab it better thatd be great, but im pretty sure thats exact. (all spaces etc. are ment to be there)
Chemical Love
03/09/05, 05:09 PM
Original : The Beatles : Obladi Oblada
Rip Off: Offspring: Why Don't You Get a Job (or something like that).
yea thats a good one.
urowndisaster52
03/09/05, 07:47 PM
Every A Change of Pace song and Thursday.
NICE!
brand new stole a guitar riff from the eagles. I don't mind though cause brand new rocks and it was done with good intention.
Tristan Needler
03/09/05, 08:05 PM
NICE!
brand new stole a guitar riff from the eagles. I don't mind though cause brand new rocks and it was done with good intention.
really? which one, i never noticed that
urowndisaster52
03/09/05, 08:11 PM
The end of "Good To Know That If I Ever Need Attention All That I Have To Do Is Die" (goddamnit that's a long title...but a goodie)
they were on fuse last year and vinnie said he did it on purpose.
Tristan Needler
03/09/05, 08:16 PM
haha thats cool, i'll have to check that out
SUM 41 PIECES ...ripped off COLDPLAY - THE SCIENTIST
I actually downloaded the mashup like 10 minutes ago and saw this thread thining it was about that, but noones even mentioned it!...
Sum 41's "Pieces" (2004) is a verse for verse, chorus for chorus, bridge for bridge, and break for break copy of Coldplay's "The Scientist" (2002). (Words and vocal melodies are different, for what that's worth.)
Tristan Needler
03/09/05, 09:08 PM
oh wait what was it, nickleback right who ripped off themselves? that 'this is how you rememind me song' the 'someday' one.
oh wait what was it, nickleback right who ripped off themselves? that 'this is how you rememind me song' the 'someday' one.
all their songs sound the same, thats not really ripping off, its just not being very original with their own stuff
SUM 41 PIECES ...ripped off COLDPLAY - THE SCIENTIST
I actually downloaded the mashup like 10 minutes ago and saw this thread thining it was about that, but noones even mentioned it!...
Sum 41's "Pieces" (2004) is a verse for verse, chorus for chorus, bridge for bridge, and break for break copy of Coldplay's "The Scientist" (2002). (Words and vocal melodies are different, for what that's worth.)
I'd like to point out tho, I actually like the songs together, I haven't listened to Sum for years so I probly wouldn't like the songs 'pieces' by itself, but combined with coldplay, its AMAZING
Tristan Needler
03/09/05, 09:11 PM
all their songs sound the same, thats not really ripping off, its just not being very original with their own stuff
have you heard that thing where they play those two songs at the some time and theyre exactly the same? im sure they doctored it a bit, but theyre still almost identical
Tristan Needler
03/09/05, 09:12 PM
I'd like to point out tho, I actually like the songs together, I haven't listened to Sum for years so I probly wouldn't like the songs 'pieces' by itself, but combined with coldplay, its AMAZING
actually, im pretty sure ive heard that on the radio, its weird as hell, i was confused because i didnt really get what was going on haha
have you heard that thing where they play those two songs at the some time and theyre exactly the same? im sure they doctored it a bit, but theyre still almost identical
haha, nope, that'd be kinda cool tho
actually, im pretty sure ive heard that on the radio, its weird as hell, i was confused because i didnt really get what was going on haha
yeah, I was confused at first too.. heard it on the radio and the radio guys were saying how sum 41 and coldplay should do a benefit concert together, so at first I thought it was a legit collaberation or something (hell they worked with iggy, why not coldplay :P) but its cool anyway, kinda funny actually
Tristan Needler
03/09/05, 09:17 PM
haha, nope, that'd be kinda cool tho
oh i found it again, its this... http://www.thewebshite.net/nickelback.htm
selftitled85
03/09/05, 09:17 PM
brand new basically copied themselves with "soco amaretto lime" and "me vs maradonna vs elvis"
brand new basically copied themselves with "soco amaretto lime" and "me vs maradonna vs elvis"
wtf? because they are both kinda slow? lol
Tristan Needler
03/09/05, 09:18 PM
yeah, i wouldnt say those are all that similar at all
oh i found it again, its this... http://www.thewebshite.net/nickelback.htm
thanks... you want the sum/coldplay one?
Love As Arson
03/09/05, 09:18 PM
The Sounds Of Animals Fighting rips off The Mars Volta so bad.
Tristan Needler
03/09/05, 09:19 PM
nah thats alright, thank you though
Tristan Needler
03/09/05, 09:20 PM
The Sounds Of Animals Fighting rips off The Mars Volta so bad.
are they any good though? ive heard good things, bad things and mediocre things from people about them
brand new basically copied themselves with "soco amaretto lime" and "me vs maradonna vs elvis"
if you wanna go into brand new, i can certainly go into some depth about brand new, tbs and straylight, and the MANY songs that are all related and have similar parts or the same lines, or make reference to eachother, but I would hardly say soco.a.lime & me vs. maradona are even close to being the same
Theres some song on Much Dance '97 that the Ricky Lake Show Ripped off, I don't have any more info than that tho, and I know no one cares... so I'll be quiet now and sit in the corner.
Love As Arson
03/09/05, 09:25 PM
are they any good though? ive heard good things, bad things and mediocre things from people about them
They're horrible.
Louise Heng
03/09/05, 09:25 PM
Theres some song on Much Dance '97 that the Ricky Lake Show Ripped off, I don't have any more info than that tho, and I know no one cares... so I'll be quiet now and sit in the corner.
oh my gosh, i totally remember that song. hahahaha. much dance 95 was the best out of all the much dance cds.
oh my gosh, i totally remember that song. hahahaha. much dance 95 was the best out of all the much dance cds.
i think it was "dance mix '95"... macarana, saturday night, 2 brothers on the second floor whatever tier song was, I'm a dreamer, yeah, dance mix '95 was the SHIT!!!!!!!
Louise Heng
03/09/05, 09:32 PM
i think it was "dance mix '95"... macarana, saturday night, 2 brothers on the second floor whatever tier song was, I'm a dreamer, yeah, dance mix '95 was the SHIT!!!!!!!
yesssss. that's what i meant, dance mix 95! oh gosh. that CD was like the theme song for my entire grade 4 year. i was so sad when it got stolen from me.
yesssss. that's what i meant, dance mix 95! oh gosh. that CD was like the theme song for my entire grade 4 year. i was so sad when it got stolen from me.
WOW, lmfao, you're 18 right?
if not, perhaps school starts at a different age for you, but it was grade 4 for me too! We did a lip sync to saturday night! (go whigfield), I actually knew the WORDS to the macarana, and I cud shake my booty like noone else when there was that jump and clap bit in the dance!
Louise Heng
03/09/05, 09:48 PM
WOW, lmfao, you're 18 right?
yeah i am. i'm pretty sure it was grade 4 for me because i remember those little grade 4-6 community "jellybean dances" and me and my friends got all hyper on sugar dancing around to "saturday night". haha. that CD provided so many good times.
yeah i am. i'm pretty sure it was grade 4 for me because i remember those little grade 4-6 community "jellybean dances" and me and my friends got all hyper on sugar dancing around to "saturday night". haha. that CD provided so many good times.
it was a tape for me, haha, but yeah
OH, you're canadian! No wonder! I didn't think they had Much in america (oh that was a play on words, I'm clever)
Louise Heng
03/09/05, 10:11 PM
OH, you're canadian! No wonder! I didn't think they had Much in america (oh that was a play on words, I'm clever)
well DUH. calgary > most canadian cities. hahaha. did they even have the dance mix CD's out in the states?
yeah, it was like, one of the first CD's i ever owned. i think i got it for christmas or something like that.
well DUH. calgary > most canadian cities. hahaha. did they even have the dance mix CD's out in the states?
yeah, it was like, one of the first CD's i ever owned. i think i got it for christmas or something like that.
nice, I just stole my brother's tape!
FinchBulldog2
03/09/05, 10:13 PM
They're horrible.
Ignore the asshole I've quoted.
Louise Heng
03/09/05, 10:14 PM
nice, I just stole my brother's tape!
me being the eldest in my family, i had no one to look up to for musical inspiration. *le sigh*
me being the eldest in my family, i had no one to look up to for musical inspiration. *le sigh*
AHAHAHAHAHAHHA! My brother for music inspiration? I think not, haha after dance mix I95 I don't think i've taken anything from him since... OH except Equalizer - Sweet Mary, that's a great song, but yeah my inspiration comes from recommendations on here and froma few of my friends.
Louise Heng
03/09/05, 10:19 PM
AHAHAHAHAHAHHA! My brother for music inspiration? I think not, haha after dance mix I95 I don't think i've taken anything from him since... OH except Equalizer - Sweet Mary, that's a great song, but yeah my inspiration comes from recommendations on here and froma few of my friends.
hahaha. yeah. my brother is starting to leech stuff off of me and has stopped listening to that metallica/tupac/anti-flag stuff. he swears he isn't, but i know better. especially when he starts singing co&ca stuff when he thinks I can't hear him.
lmao, nice, I'm glad my brother doesn't like my music
I used to use songmeanings.net, when someone would mention a band I would go there to see which songs had the most comments and I'd download those to sample the badn cuz they were likely the best ones, I i'd just type in the band in kazaa/limewire / whatever it was at the time and get the 4 or 5 most popular songs
audioscrobbler is SO much better tho, great for finding new stuff seeing people with similiar interests
Does anyone know where I can get this sum 41 / Coldplay mash up?
I can email it to you if you like
Louise Heng
03/09/05, 10:24 PM
lmao, nice, I'm glad my brother doesn't like my music
dude, you're on like, a posting spree tonight aren't you? hahaha
where in ontario are you?
http://s10.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=35RQKV73AIZSF22XGY7YOZV9B 4
that link shud work for you, and you can avoid all my virus spamming too :P lol
just outside of toronto, oakville
dude, you're on like, a posting spree tonight aren't you? hahaha
where in ontario are you?
i just have a bunhc of things to say and prefer small statements to large ones that say a bunch of different things, easyier to respond secifically
think its cu of live journal, i always write super long entries, then the next day its way to long to bother reading and I don't even know how I wrote so much, so I'e started writing shorter things that are more specific to prevent myself from rambling... which doesn't really seem to be the case... now my rambling just takes up more space..haha, but at least its easier to respond to each statement seperately
Louise Heng
03/09/05, 10:35 PM
true that homie.
gosh. i've got to stop posting and work on my paper. this is getting ridiculous.
Tanooki Suit
03/09/05, 10:39 PM
I can't believe with the amount of GC-hatred here that nobody has mentioned how badly "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" rips off Iggy Pop's "Lust For Life".
true that homie.
gosh. i've got to stop posting and work on my paper. this is getting ridiculous.
i need to sleep, its 1:40 am and I work at 7 in the morning (full-time is a bitch), g'night
Love As Arson
03/09/05, 10:47 PM
Ignore the asshole I've quoted.
Don't mind Finchbulldog, he has an affinity for generic bands. No one on the board takes him seriously.
i don't know that its a rip off per se, but anyone else notice that Greenday's Whatsername sounds really similar to Wallflower's One Headlight at some points?
FinchBulldog2
03/21/05, 12:36 AM
Sweet Home Alabama
Simple Plan - One Day.
FinchBulldog2
03/21/05, 12:38 AM
Don't mind Finchbulldog, he has an affinity for generic bands. No one on the board takes him seriously.
Don't mind Dom, he's an arrogant asshole who knows nothing about music theory.
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