the chord progression in 25 or 6 to 4 and brain stew was used a bunch of times before chicago did it. summer in the city by the lovin' spoonful, and twice by cream, tales of brave ulysses and white room. it's probly been used a bunch of other times too
Well, music is at its core inherently similar. Granted, some of the examples are too obvious to ignore, but the fact is that common chord progressions are just that - common. My beef comes in when song repetitively utilizes a beat or a riff and I easily recognize it in an entirely different piece of music. This happened to me in a grocery store while some jazzy song played and I recognized the bass guitar's octave jump from Best I Ever Had. I don't remember the name of the song, sadly.
some artists do legally take samples from old school stuff. i'm not saying this stuff was legally sampled or anything, but i'm just saying it does happen pretty often, especially with hip hop.
why would that be the part from Joe Satriani?? the melody of Satch is EXACTLY the same as the verse you picked from Coldplay. that was the most ripped off song and you fucked up the example! damn doe!
Being inspired by something that touches you and interpreting it your own way(and completely changing it the process making it your own) is not rip off.
If you think that they did indeed ripped off then the original artists ripped someone from their past music scene and so on...it doesn't go that way,music evolves and so it needs influenses in order to evolve to something new...that is the honest truth weather some people like it or not
So clearly you don't know what an homage, sampling or interpolation are? happens all the time in music. Vanilla Ice sampled under pressure and paid royalties. I would say Fergie and Avril fall under homage, probably Offspring too. And you can't claim that Iggy Pop and Def Leopard can own a drum part. There are a billion songs with the same drum part! Only 2-3 are actually rip offs.
@iheartdarlingwaste actually, you are wrong about Vanilla Ice. He did NOT pay royalties until after he was threatened with HUGE legal action, which he would have lost. He even still argues to this day that he should not have had to pay them at all. It's clear that it's the Under Pressure riff being lifted.
@SimplyReg It's STILL music someone else wrote and you need permission to use it. Go read the copyright laws. And Under Pressure is just 1 of 4 HUGELY popular songs that Ice sampled. He STILL has to pay for it because he is using the original track.
I hate videos like this that "claim" that songs were ripped off (Although that Queen/Vanilla Ice rip off I do agree with) Do you have any idea how long music has been around? It's older than anyone alive on this earth today. If you really want to argue music being ripped off, go listen to songs written by Bach, Chopin, Mozart or even Stravinsky. Music is subjective and people should just learn to enjoy it
Music is an art form and expression of self - its a very gray area. Covering other bands and musicians songs or even plain ol' taking their instrumentals is quite common! Still, there is WAAAAAAAAY too much music in this world for someone else to not cross a similar path as someone else in the past has. I wouldn't be surprised if some of these musicians composed those pieces genuinely, only to find that a previous artist has already done it! And even if not, just enjoy the interpretation! GEESH!
Im just guessing here. One company makes the tunes and sells them to the artists, and they might make one song and another artist might like that tune so they change it a little bit for their song.
@trunkatedpig yeah it does just not that part of the song its bad editing. I dont think they meant to rip Satch off because losers like coldplay dont listen to people with talent like Joe Satriani
@CJSchecter96 Yeah your right it does sound similar but not nearly as similar as many other cases. Yeah I agree with you about the whole coldplay don't listen to Satch and I'm not a big coldplay fan. You don't see Whitesnake and Def Leppard suing each other when 2 of there biggest hits are literally the same formula. Point being I think Satch is kind of taking it a bit to far
@trunkatedpig The violin (or w.e. stringed instrument that is) is SUPPOSED to be the piece that he's reffering to -___- But people over critique music! There's too much music in this world to know exactly who sang what or to know it all! Idk who half those artists are - That doesnt make me retarded or less of a person - It just makes me ignorant! And theres nothing wrong with being ignorant (we all begin with ignorance,) its what you do to fix that, once you've realized that you ARE ignorant!
@trunkatedpig Are you kidding me? The rythm is exactly the same, but most of all the lead part from Satriani's song is exactly the same as the vocal chorus of Viva La Vida...seriously go lisen to the song. And not only that but Joe took that case to court and won. Also that isn't the only song Coldplay has ripped off, they've admitted to plagiarizing songs and then laughed about it like it was no big deal. They weren't a bit remorseful.
@MrGuitargod9961 I am not taking either side here (though I definately like Satch way more than coldplay) But honestly listening to that particular section of each song I have to honestly say the progressions aren't even the same. Satches is starting on the 4 major 7 chord of something. Coldplays is starting in a minor key clearly just minor chords at the beginning. Again I'm sure you're right I just don't hear it in this particular section of clips.
@theforbrezzz sampling is just taking a hook from a song and repeating it. For instance Kanye West sampled Daft Punk for stronger, Led Zeps When the levee breaks is the most sampled drum track ever. It's not really stealing music. It's more like a cover version but only covering one hook
Dunno if it's already been said but everything was already done.... By Black Sabbath. Also Vanilla Ice sampled queen. That's pretty common knowledge. Heaps of hip hop artists sample. Eminem sampled aerosmiths dream on for example
Yah, but when you say sample i (not being knowledgable about the rap genre) take it as the rapper listened to this band, then used the influence to make something new.
Ok people this ripoff stuff pisses me off and I'm going to tell all of you why right now. Music is a history of borrowing from other people. I'm not denying there are some cases where plagiarism is evident as in. (This artist whether intentionally or not produced a finished product that is absolutely way to close to another's) And that should be dealt with. But there's only so many formulas in music that can be used to create a good sounding song.
@xxxthehooplexxx Mozart and Haydn borrowed from each other, Beethoven borrowed from them etc etc. Here I go Again by Whitesnake is the exact same progression as Pour some sugar on me by Def Leppard. It's just in a different key. Point being WHO FUCKING CARES most of the ripoff stuff is total bullshit anyways its all in pop metal or some bullshit genre
@xxxthehooplexxx AMEN! Just sit back and enjoy! And if it IS a cover or a "ripp off," try to appreciate it or just listen to where the covering artist(s) take it. Think of it the same as when people say "Well, if IIIIII were in your shoes...." or "I would've done [X,Y & Z]" etc. etc. except these musicians are ACTUALLY doing it (unlike most of you "critics" out there who sit on their asses and do nothing but speak speak speak!)
Vanilla Ice sampled "Under Pressure" for his song "Ice Ice Baby." There used to be no rules against sampling when he did it, but now you need permission in order to do it.
Also, no offense, but almost every rock artist has done some variation of the "Pour Some Sugar On Me" riff, both before and after it was released. I would say it's quite possibly the most overused riff in rock'n'roll.
Some of these "rip-offs" are kinda vague... I wouldn't say all of these are rip-offs. Every musician takes a little style from other musicians who inspired them. Some more than others...
Well, you compare Jet's "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" (2004) to Iggy Pop's "Lust For Life" (1977) as the supposed original. Listen to The Supremes "You Can't Hurry Love" (1966) -- That came out 11 years before the Iggy Pop song. And yes, like MrMny1193 said, "Pour Some Sugar On Me" came out in 1987, not 1980. 1980 was the year that their On Through The Night album came out.
Little do you know that alot of artists work together and have close relationships, old and new. That explains why some have been similar, and also like fezwoz said. Also Vanilla Ice used the exact bassline John Deacon played, it wasnt re-recorded it was the actual one, which they need permission for. Think about it... if it was plagiarism, it would have been spotted sooner.
Nothing is wrong with reusing a chord progression. There are only so many that sound good, and many pop songs stick to the same progressions. It's not that shocking that songs are musically similar considering there have been thousands of hits and that music follows these guidelines.
The REAL offense is stealing a melody or a riff, because there are millions of riffs. See Lady Gaga's Born This Way with Madonna's Express Yourself, which is really obvious.
i think that these are just coincedences, stop blowing it out of proportion just because one song sounds similar to another song, those bands are inspired by good music and incorperate that into their own work.
Even though I agree that there are some blatant rip offs, some of these where just similar cord progressions.
By that logic, to be a musician, you would have to study every song ever written to make sure you didn't sound like anyone else. Music would have stopped along time ago if that where the case.
AC/DC doesn't suck either there just overplayed by everyone. If you don't like them keep it to yourself, I'd like to see you guys sell that many albums. Write a song then you can see how hard it is.
Also, there's Gabrielle's "dreams" ripping off Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" and killing joke tried to sue Nirvana (unsuccessfully) because the riff on "Come as you are" was very similar to their song "80's", Joe Jackson's "Is she really going out with him?" and The Raconteurs "Steady, As She Goes" Also, I kinda always heard "Hey Mickey" in Avril's "Girlfriend" too! I think the queen/vanilla ice was an acknowledged sample though surely?
@gerderman107 Don't state your opinion as a fact. You won't get called out for being a douche then. Either way, only tards hate AC/DC to start with. Well, tards and rap listeners.
@gerderman107 Your a true Metalhead because you listen to good Metal instead of 80's crap...? Does anybody on Youtube read what they say before they write it? 80's Metal started whatever "Good Metal" your talking about & Metal roots go all the way back to the 50's. There is no such thing is good or bad music. There is music that you like because of your taste in music. Then there's the rest.
Ice Ice Baby was obviously copying the lick from Under Pressure from the second it was released, no doubt he was paying royalties for that one. That Weezer song was ripping off Joan Jet - I love Rock n Roll.
It's pretty hard not to write music without sounding like something that has been done there are only so many notes, so many chords and so many scales, the best you can hope to do is write something that's not a direct ripoff. I have written songs that sounded like 100% ripoffs of songs I never even heard, it happens, those songs go to the "oops" file and you move on and hope it doesn't happen again. It's a tough business.
@68django With only a cursory understanding of music theory and statistics, it's easy to see that there are MILLIONS of different ways to write ONE BAR, let alone a whole song. Also, it doesn't take much to see that a lot of these are clearly ripped off each other. Some similarities I'll pass off as just that (cf. Cashmir and Hangar 18) but some I won't (cf. Super Sonic and Fergalicious).
@GodofReapers Yep, some are ripped off and some aren't. I've been a musician for 28 years and sometimes you just can't help but play something that sounds like another tune. people who rip off songs....just a bunch of hacks, trying to make money off someone else's hard work.
on the Iggy Pop and Jet connection why didn't you mention that Iggy "ripped off" Martha & the Vandellas' 1966 song "I'm Ready for Love" OR the 1966 song "You Can't Hurry Love" by The Supremes???!??!?!?
:-) There is another part of the Stones song which is similar chordally to Louie but I was thinking of the Hook "Hey (hey), You (you) etc..." Everybody steals to some capacity but sometimes it's blatant. Biggest rip off...... Zepplin stealing from Spirit.
Eh I dunno, if we were in a courtroom and I was on the jury I'd say your arguement was weak. When you say 'ripped off' as a juror I'd be looking for litteral song structures and lyrics that were 'exactly' the same THROUGH OUT the intire song.. not notes or beats that sound similar to other songs. The only thing you've proven is that there are songs that begin or sound similar in certain places.
Dude...thats weak...putting vanilla ice in there....sampling previous songs is pretty much standard practice in hip-hop...your other examples were good tho..
There is a difference between ripping something off and paying homage. Take the song by The Offspring for example. In a lot of their songs they pay homage to other songs, it's their own way of showing their own musical taste and all it does is bring attention to songs that most people might otherwise not had even known existed.... So, what's the big deal?
@SamuelNes Exactly!...Similar to the GreenDay song...a 'walk down' riff on the guitar is not ripping someone off. Ripping someone off is taking that song and playing it note for note in the exact same song pattern and structure throughout the entire song and getting paid for it. The beauty of music is you can take 10 guitarists and have them play the exact same thing and every one would have their own unique sound. If your not hearing it your not listening close enough.
These aren't illegally stolen, they may be similar but as long as they are in a different key or time signature or there is something different about them, then copyright can't be claimed and considering there are only 12 notes on any instrument then there is going to be some consistency among many music genres
After research on Wikipedia...George Harrison bought the rights to "He's so fine" from his former manager Alan Klien thus ending the lawsuit....as far as any other facts I would be glad to hear them to educate me......
I believe if you check...George Harrison lost on "My Sweet Lord" ..but won on appeal and if you could please sight some facts that I could check........then maybe I could correct my views.....
@kennymontejano Nicki Minaj did it with permission, her beat was meant to be based off of his song. Joe even commented on it saying he liked it. The coldplay one, however, is a legitimate one.
i tell you a clear sign of plagiarism queens under pressure and vanilla ice's ice those two songs clearly ripped off by jedward but even those the songs beat and lyrics in jedwards version are the exact same no one cares how is this??
I just don't see how any of these songs are a rip-off. "Riffs" have been re-used since the begining of song writing. You can't copyright a riff (see" My Sweet Lord.".).....it is the tune and lyrics( that means the "body" or story) that make up the legally protected part of a song. If ripping riffs were ripping off a song....than Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis are owed alot of money....
@billwelshombmusic Let's see, George Harrison was sued and lost on "My Sweet Lord". Little Richard did sue for a couple of his songs....and won. Jerry Lee Lewis was not original, but he credited his influences and thus wasn't sued. And that leaves Chuck Berry, king of the lawsuits to protect his music......even the Beatles had to pay him for the first few words in "Come Together". You sure picked some bad examples.
the only part of this that is even close to being true is the avril lavigne one. they others are all bullshit. and by the way i always kinda liked that "why don't you get a job" sounds like "obla di obla da" ;)
i feel like you have to be a musician to realize none of these were necessarily ripoffs. people don't seem to know that there are only 12 different notes to work with, and only certain combinations sound pleasing for most people, so inevitably we end up with a lot of music that sounds similar. and anyone who plays guitar knows that certain riffs and melodies come naturally on a guitar due to the nature of the instrument. also don't even get me started on the blues scale.
this video is shite, didnt even watch all of it, for a start the vanilla ice one is a sample, and under pressure isnt a queen song it was john deacon and bowie and live aid, and you didnt play the part of satch if i could fly that sounds most like viva la vida
@jhunter55268 is common knowledge that vanila ice and his people, slightly changed it so they would not have to pay for the cleared sample, but i agree this vid is redudent
why dont you get a job is kinda of parody.Btw Fergie copies alot music from anothers without permission and so does timbaland,metallica,usher,lady gaga,and anothers
With reference to Iggy Pop's Lust For Life, me and my friend wrote a song called "Twist" a few years back, having genuinely never heard the song (we were musically retarded at the time, ysee) that had the exact same riff. Needless to say, when we found out, we just started covering Iggy instead. XD
Thank you so much for mentioning Jet. They made fucking millions off that song (which is the only one that one remembers) and a few years later they even had the gall to have their photo taken with Iggy Pop! God, I wish he'd get off the gear and sue those bastards!
He didn't put the part of the song that coldplay copied in the video, the part that sounds similar is what would be the "chorus" of joe's song which isn't even in the video
I don't know how Coldplay ripped Joe Satriani off, they sounded different to me. But you forgot Lupe Fiasco, and Modest Mouse. Most of these songs are tributes, not ripped off. You can't copyright a beat, or rythm.
Why is Avril Lavigne on here, everyone already knew she didn't write anything and is a joke. Also, I haven't seen anyone say this but the vocal part to the footloose chorus are exactly the same as the guitar part to Funk #49 by the James Gang, check it out
Meh, most of this is pretty low hanging fruit. The context matters, and the similarities end where these clips end... which makes them different enough to me.
Also, "what music is coming to these days?" Very anecdotal evidence. Whatever mechanism is at work with artists inspiring each other is probably the same mechanism that's been at work since the beginning of making art and music.
25 or 6 to 4 riff also used in Led Zeppelin Babe I'm gonna leave you, Beatles while my guitar gently weeps
MrAlton01 2 days ago
the chord progression in 25 or 6 to 4 and brain stew was used a bunch of times before chicago did it. summer in the city by the lovin' spoonful, and twice by cream, tales of brave ulysses and white room. it's probly been used a bunch of other times too
guitarkidshredman 2 days ago
the The Rubinoos "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend sounds like the rolling stones get off of my cloud .I guess thats evolution
illinformedgeek 3 days ago
Why'd you name everything except nazareth?
mattyfizzle 3 days ago
Well, music is at its core inherently similar. Granted, some of the examples are too obvious to ignore, but the fact is that common chord progressions are just that - common. My beef comes in when song repetitively utilizes a beat or a riff and I easily recognize it in an entirely different piece of music. This happened to me in a grocery store while some jazzy song played and I recognized the bass guitar's octave jump from Best I Ever Had. I don't remember the name of the song, sadly.
strangeandconfusing 4 days ago
SHOCKED? NO at all. not another subliminal message alike video
rechasmed1 1 week ago
some artists do legally take samples from old school stuff. i'm not saying this stuff was legally sampled or anything, but i'm just saying it does happen pretty often, especially with hip hop.
XxpsychokittydxX 2 weeks ago
Some are covers maybe?
MrVlodrop 2 weeks ago
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Roy Obbison-Oh, Pretty Women (1964)
The Beatles-Day Tripper (1965)
Nazareth's-Hair of the Dog (1975)
and let's not forget
Kiss-Detroit Rock City (1976)
INXS-Devil Inside (1987)
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PrankZabba 2 weeks ago
lmao!! pour some sugar on me is NOT from 1980
glamking75 3 weeks ago
why would that be the part from Joe Satriani?? the melody of Satch is EXACTLY the same as the verse you picked from Coldplay. that was the most ripped off song and you fucked up the example! damn doe!
brooksnealferguson 3 weeks ago
Vanilla Ice didn't rip off Queen. Their's goes ding ding ding diggy ding ding tss. His goes ding ding ding duh da ding ding..it's that itty bitty change.
It's totally different.
RockBanned 3 weeks ago
Being inspired by something that touches you and interpreting it your own way(and completely changing it the process making it your own) is not rip off.
If you think that they did indeed ripped off then the original artists ripped someone from their past music scene and so on...it doesn't go that way,music evolves and so it needs influenses in order to evolve to something new...that is the honest truth weather some people like it or not
oblivion4lcf 3 weeks ago
Hey moron? Pour Some Sugar On Me is from 1987 not 1980
romeokid69 3 weeks ago
@romeokid69 it's also a terrible song! And, Nazareth are boss.
mattyblade11 2 weeks ago
So clearly you don't know what an homage, sampling or interpolation are? happens all the time in music. Vanilla Ice sampled under pressure and paid royalties. I would say Fergie and Avril fall under homage, probably Offspring too. And you can't claim that Iggy Pop and Def Leopard can own a drum part. There are a billion songs with the same drum part! Only 2-3 are actually rip offs.
iheartdarlingwaste 3 weeks ago
@iheartdarlingwaste actually, you are wrong about Vanilla Ice. He did NOT pay royalties until after he was threatened with HUGE legal action, which he would have lost. He even still argues to this day that he should not have had to pay them at all. It's clear that it's the Under Pressure riff being lifted.
romeokid69 3 weeks ago
Vanilla ice sampled under pressure, they didnt rip it off!
SimplyReg 3 weeks ago
@SimplyReg It's STILL music someone else wrote and you need permission to use it. Go read the copyright laws. And Under Pressure is just 1 of 4 HUGELY popular songs that Ice sampled. He STILL has to pay for it because he is using the original track.
romeokid69 2 weeks ago
Bass line of Iggy Pop's song is same as Supreme's "You can't hurry love",
all the musicians use it. Weezer's song resembles more to Joan Jett's
"I love rock n roll"
tenoderaaridifolia 3 weeks ago
dude.. every 80s glam metal song sounded the same
TheFurryMetallicaFan 3 weeks ago 6
don't fear the ripper kinda reminds me of day tripper too
PlayerJackPL 4 weeks ago
Ice Ice Baby was a sample you moron -.-
MattyTheBassist 4 weeks ago
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adabuensuceso 1 month ago
I hate videos like this that "claim" that songs were ripped off (Although that Queen/Vanilla Ice rip off I do agree with) Do you have any idea how long music has been around? It's older than anyone alive on this earth today. If you really want to argue music being ripped off, go listen to songs written by Bach, Chopin, Mozart or even Stravinsky. Music is subjective and people should just learn to enjoy it
A7X235666 1 month ago
Music is an art form and expression of self - its a very gray area. Covering other bands and musicians songs or even plain ol' taking their instrumentals is quite common! Still, there is WAAAAAAAAY too much music in this world for someone else to not cross a similar path as someone else in the past has. I wouldn't be surprised if some of these musicians composed those pieces genuinely, only to find that a previous artist has already done it! And even if not, just enjoy the interpretation! GEESH!
Masterfailure 1 month ago
Im just guessing here. One company makes the tunes and sells them to the artists, and they might make one song and another artist might like that tune so they change it a little bit for their song.
Swinno96 1 month ago
The funny thing is Viva la vida sounds fucking nothing like that other song
trunkatedpig 1 month ago
@trunkatedpig yeah it does just not that part of the song its bad editing. I dont think they meant to rip Satch off because losers like coldplay dont listen to people with talent like Joe Satriani
CJSchecter96 1 month ago
@CJSchecter96 Yeah your right it does sound similar but not nearly as similar as many other cases. Yeah I agree with you about the whole coldplay don't listen to Satch and I'm not a big coldplay fan. You don't see Whitesnake and Def Leppard suing each other when 2 of there biggest hits are literally the same formula. Point being I think Satch is kind of taking it a bit to far
xxxthehooplexxx 1 month ago
@trunkatedpig The violin (or w.e. stringed instrument that is) is SUPPOSED to be the piece that he's reffering to -___- But people over critique music! There's too much music in this world to know exactly who sang what or to know it all! Idk who half those artists are - That doesnt make me retarded or less of a person - It just makes me ignorant! And theres nothing wrong with being ignorant (we all begin with ignorance,) its what you do to fix that, once you've realized that you ARE ignorant!
Masterfailure 1 month ago
@trunkatedpig Are you kidding me? The rythm is exactly the same, but most of all the lead part from Satriani's song is exactly the same as the vocal chorus of Viva La Vida...seriously go lisen to the song. And not only that but Joe took that case to court and won. Also that isn't the only song Coldplay has ripped off, they've admitted to plagiarizing songs and then laughed about it like it was no big deal. They weren't a bit remorseful.
MrGuitargod9961 1 month ago
@MrGuitargod9961 I am not taking either side here (though I definately like Satch way more than coldplay) But honestly listening to that particular section of each song I have to honestly say the progressions aren't even the same. Satches is starting on the 4 major 7 chord of something. Coldplays is starting in a minor key clearly just minor chords at the beginning. Again I'm sure you're right I just don't hear it in this particular section of clips.
xxxthehooplexxx 1 month ago
@xxxthehooplexxx skip to the chorus of Satriani's song dude
MattyTheBassist 4 weeks ago
@MrGuitargod9961 I should probably listen to the whole songs all the way through
xxxthehooplexxx 1 month ago
@trunkatedpig yes it does. coldplay even admitted they stole the melody from that song.
rocafella142 1 month ago
@theforbrezzz sampling is just taking a hook from a song and repeating it. For instance Kanye West sampled Daft Punk for stronger, Led Zeps When the levee breaks is the most sampled drum track ever. It's not really stealing music. It's more like a cover version but only covering one hook
stevmorrez 1 month ago
Dunno if it's already been said but everything was already done.... By Black Sabbath. Also Vanilla Ice sampled queen. That's pretty common knowledge. Heaps of hip hop artists sample. Eminem sampled aerosmiths dream on for example
stevmorrez 1 month ago
@stevmorrez
Yah, but when you say sample i (not being knowledgable about the rap genre) take it as the rapper listened to this band, then used the influence to make something new.
TheFORBEZZZ 1 month ago
Ok people this ripoff stuff pisses me off and I'm going to tell all of you why right now. Music is a history of borrowing from other people. I'm not denying there are some cases where plagiarism is evident as in. (This artist whether intentionally or not produced a finished product that is absolutely way to close to another's) And that should be dealt with. But there's only so many formulas in music that can be used to create a good sounding song.
xxxthehooplexxx 1 month ago
@xxxthehooplexxx Mozart and Haydn borrowed from each other, Beethoven borrowed from them etc etc. Here I go Again by Whitesnake is the exact same progression as Pour some sugar on me by Def Leppard. It's just in a different key. Point being WHO FUCKING CARES most of the ripoff stuff is total bullshit anyways its all in pop metal or some bullshit genre
xxxthehooplexxx 1 month ago
@xxxthehooplexxx LOL and i just realized you had pour some sugar on me with that fukcin weezer track another great example
xxxthehooplexxx 1 month ago
@xxxthehooplexxx AMEN! Just sit back and enjoy! And if it IS a cover or a "ripp off," try to appreciate it or just listen to where the covering artist(s) take it. Think of it the same as when people say "Well, if IIIIII were in your shoes...." or "I would've done [X,Y & Z]" etc. etc. except these musicians are ACTUALLY doing it (unlike most of you "critics" out there who sit on their asses and do nothing but speak speak speak!)
Masterfailure 1 month ago
Fergerlicious was very obvious to everyone. Everyone knew the JJ fad original supersonic. Shocked? Are you kidding?
dokkiro 1 month ago
Vanilla Ice sampled "Under Pressure" for his song "Ice Ice Baby." There used to be no rules against sampling when he did it, but now you need permission in order to do it.
Also, no offense, but almost every rock artist has done some variation of the "Pour Some Sugar On Me" riff, both before and after it was released. I would say it's quite possibly the most overused riff in rock'n'roll.
thefateshavewarned 1 month ago
Chorus to Survivor's "I Can't Hold Back" and chorus to Brittney's "Would You Hold It Against Me".
BeatProfessor 1 month ago
Green Day's Jaded/Brain Stew is a rip-off off Led Zepplin's Kashmir.
amoghharish871 1 month ago
0:57 The Rubinoos "I Wanna be your Boyfriend" sounds more like a rip-off of The Rolling Stones' "Get Off of My Cloud".
emadhatter 1 month ago
Some of these "rip-offs" are kinda vague... I wouldn't say all of these are rip-offs. Every musician takes a little style from other musicians who inspired them. Some more than others...
CameronBone82 1 month ago
Well, you compare Jet's "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" (2004) to Iggy Pop's "Lust For Life" (1977) as the supposed original. Listen to The Supremes "You Can't Hurry Love" (1966) -- That came out 11 years before the Iggy Pop song. And yes, like MrMny1193 said, "Pour Some Sugar On Me" came out in 1987, not 1980. 1980 was the year that their On Through The Night album came out.
CameronBone82 1 month ago
Pour some sugar on me is like from 1990 or 91
MrMnj1193 1 month ago
@MrMnj1193 that is from the 80's not the 90's get your dates right. the Hysteria album came out in 87.
guitar446 1 month ago
JOE SATRIANI RIPPED OFF ENANITOS VERDES "FRANCES LIMON"
SH1THEAD96 1 month ago
@68django ikr viva la vida was NOT a ripoff
Legofanyoda 1 month ago
@Legofanyoda I don't even know what you're talking about...
68django 1 month ago
Vanilla Ice ripped off Queen?!?!?! Are you KIDDING ME?!?!?!?!
zizoumonk10 1 month ago 7
@zizoumonk10 yes he did
Gorillaz12d 1 month ago
meh some of these are close melodies but not exact rip offs, and couple of them were intentionally ripped off
Str8Faced 1 month ago 2
Well... that last one is a stretch.
Adam6661Vengeance 1 month ago 2
this is retarded
DaveShmadeCalabria 1 month ago
don't forget the Rolling Stones Get Off a My cloud from 1965 or so.
RossM3838 1 month ago
the Joe Satriani song sounded like Malibu from Hole or the other way around...
GONECRUISING72 2 months ago
Little do you know that alot of artists work together and have close relationships, old and new. That explains why some have been similar, and also like fezwoz said. Also Vanilla Ice used the exact bassline John Deacon played, it wasnt re-recorded it was the actual one, which they need permission for. Think about it... if it was plagiarism, it would have been spotted sooner.
snozdog 2 months ago
Pointless.
IrishGrenade187 2 months ago
Nothing is wrong with reusing a chord progression. There are only so many that sound good, and many pop songs stick to the same progressions. It's not that shocking that songs are musically similar considering there have been thousands of hits and that music follows these guidelines.
The REAL offense is stealing a melody or a riff, because there are millions of riffs. See Lady Gaga's Born This Way with Madonna's Express Yourself, which is really obvious.
fezwoz 2 months ago
Ive been thinking of the first one for awhile...
mrserjmalakian 2 months ago
How dare Weezer rip off Def Leppard! That's a new low even for those geeks!
calvin3464 2 months ago
nobody ripped off pantera becuase dimebag wouldve kicked their ass
TheXxheadcrusherxX 2 months ago
@TheXxheadcrusherxX I went to high school with Anselmo, he was singing inxs covers at high school talent shows wearing a beret. Not so hard core.
normitos 1 month ago
Afrika Bambaata also copied JJ Fad- Supersonic...
z4ng3tsu1ch1g0 2 months ago
who the hell J.J. FAD
OklahomaPoBoy 2 months ago
Think twice about the videos you put on youtube asshole.
samjohnsontv1 2 months ago
i think that these are just coincedences, stop blowing it out of proportion just because one song sounds similar to another song, those bands are inspired by good music and incorperate that into their own work.
TankyRampage 2 months ago
the Rubinoos song sounds a bit like get off of my cloud by the Rolling Stones, the chorus part of it anyway
wipers86 2 months ago
Trust by megadeth... great song
THExDEUCEx2 2 months ago
Even though I agree that there are some blatant rip offs, some of these where just similar cord progressions.
By that logic, to be a musician, you would have to study every song ever written to make sure you didn't sound like anyone else. Music would have stopped along time ago if that where the case.
TheMorbidCoil 2 months ago
AC/DC doesn't suck either there just overplayed by everyone. If you don't like them keep it to yourself, I'd like to see you guys sell that many albums. Write a song then you can see how hard it is.
ZiggyStardust11223 2 months ago
fuck the beatles.
TheZoppy47 2 months ago
Also, there's Gabrielle's "dreams" ripping off Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" and killing joke tried to sue Nirvana (unsuccessfully) because the riff on "Come as you are" was very similar to their song "80's", Joe Jackson's "Is she really going out with him?" and The Raconteurs "Steady, As She Goes" Also, I kinda always heard "Hey Mickey" in Avril's "Girlfriend" too! I think the queen/vanilla ice was an acknowledged sample though surely?
winterjargon 2 months ago
DEF LEAPOORD SUX!
cesarff2000 2 months ago
Vanilla ice was clearly a sample. Don't get me wrong, hes still an abomination. Horrible horrible person.
Cr0wnedAAM 2 months ago
dude some are just using the same chord progression... and some are just using very common riffs/scales which sound the same off course
iEADGBE 2 months ago
who would be shocked at this?
EyMeng 2 months ago
@EyMeng nobody but the ass who made this video
TankyRampage 2 months ago
ac/dc sucks
life would be better without them
and i mean this and not trolling
gerderman107 2 months ago
@gerderman107 That's because you're a stupid fuck who was stabbed in the ears as a child.
picassopainter2 2 months ago
@picassopainter2 sorry for having an oppinion
gerderman107 2 months ago
@gerderman107 Don't state your opinion as a fact. You won't get called out for being a douche then. Either way, only tards hate AC/DC to start with. Well, tards and rap listeners.
picassopainter2 2 months ago
@picassopainter2 im a true metalhead i listen to good metal insted of listen to 80s crap
gerderman107 2 months ago
@gerderman107 You understand that AC/DC isn't metal... It's classic rock. Doesn't discount talent.
picassopainter2 2 months ago
@picassopainter2 i hate classic rock guns n roses, ac/dc, riot and many more
gerderman107 2 months ago
@gerderman107 hahahaha 80's crap
Do you know how many legendary metal bands came out in the 80's?
It wasn't just glam and shit like that.
FYI death metal was around in the 80's.
ebeaver15 2 months ago
@gerderman107 Your a true Metalhead because you listen to good Metal instead of 80's crap...? Does anybody on Youtube read what they say before they write it? 80's Metal started whatever "Good Metal" your talking about & Metal roots go all the way back to the 50's. There is no such thing is good or bad music. There is music that you like because of your taste in music. Then there's the rest.
ZiggyStardust11223 2 months ago
Wow, the supersonic & fergalicious were the most alike
xxflipflopxx13 2 months ago
Ice Ice Baby was obviously copying the lick from Under Pressure from the second it was released, no doubt he was paying royalties for that one. That Weezer song was ripping off Joan Jet - I love Rock n Roll.
BeamRider100 2 months ago
Wasn't Cat Stevens going after Satriani for that same song? I think it sounded similar. Honestly I hadn't heard Stevens song.
jimboslice8569 2 months ago
I totally disagree on the weezer/def leppard thing sure the beat is the may sound the same but there's no main guitar riff with def leppard
xpartydude69x 2 months ago
It's pretty hard not to write music without sounding like something that has been done there are only so many notes, so many chords and so many scales, the best you can hope to do is write something that's not a direct ripoff. I have written songs that sounded like 100% ripoffs of songs I never even heard, it happens, those songs go to the "oops" file and you move on and hope it doesn't happen again. It's a tough business.
68django 2 months ago 2
@68django With only a cursory understanding of music theory and statistics, it's easy to see that there are MILLIONS of different ways to write ONE BAR, let alone a whole song. Also, it doesn't take much to see that a lot of these are clearly ripped off each other. Some similarities I'll pass off as just that (cf. Cashmir and Hangar 18) but some I won't (cf. Super Sonic and Fergalicious).
GodofReapers 1 month ago
@GodofReapers Yep, some are ripped off and some aren't. I've been a musician for 28 years and sometimes you just can't help but play something that sounds like another tune. people who rip off songs....just a bunch of hacks, trying to make money off someone else's hard work.
68django 1 month ago
umm its david bowe not queen, and vanilla ice sampled it, not ripped it off
ttcoolyo 2 months ago
@ttcoolyo Do you not know about the whole ordeal that Ice went through about all of that?
KittyzKatterz 2 months ago
@ttcoolyo It was Queen with David Bowie, and sampling music without permission is stealing.
68django 2 months ago
on the Iggy Pop and Jet connection why didn't you mention that Iggy "ripped off" Martha & the Vandellas' 1966 song "I'm Ready for Love" OR the 1966 song "You Can't Hurry Love" by The Supremes???!??!?!?
-special thanks to Wikipedia for my argument :P
dl2amirez 2 months ago
Rubinoos and Avril are a rip of Stones Get Off of My Cloud
Vazmusic 2 months ago
@Vazmusic which sounds pretty much like Louie Louie when you think of it.
RabahJam 2 months ago
@RabahJam
:-) There is another part of the Stones song which is similar chordally to Louie but I was thinking of the Hook "Hey (hey), You (you) etc..." Everybody steals to some capacity but sometimes it's blatant. Biggest rip off...... Zepplin stealing from Spirit.
Vazmusic 2 months ago
Thats a real stretch, Armstrong.
drbotanus 2 months ago
Eh I dunno, if we were in a courtroom and I was on the jury I'd say your arguement was weak. When you say 'ripped off' as a juror I'd be looking for litteral song structures and lyrics that were 'exactly' the same THROUGH OUT the intire song.. not notes or beats that sound similar to other songs. The only thing you've proven is that there are songs that begin or sound similar in certain places.
Maxharddrive64 2 months ago
Dude...thats weak...putting vanilla ice in there....sampling previous songs is pretty much standard practice in hip-hop...your other examples were good tho..
ashandil 2 months ago
1:18 I DEFINETLY agree with you about.......
casho12 2 months ago
@casho12 deffinately...
TankyRampage 2 months ago
There is a difference between ripping something off and paying homage. Take the song by The Offspring for example. In a lot of their songs they pay homage to other songs, it's their own way of showing their own musical taste and all it does is bring attention to songs that most people might otherwise not had even known existed.... So, what's the big deal?
SamuelNes 2 months ago
@SamuelNes Exactly!...Similar to the GreenDay song...a 'walk down' riff on the guitar is not ripping someone off. Ripping someone off is taking that song and playing it note for note in the exact same song pattern and structure throughout the entire song and getting paid for it. The beauty of music is you can take 10 guitarists and have them play the exact same thing and every one would have their own unique sound. If your not hearing it your not listening close enough.
Maxharddrive64 2 months ago
These aren't illegally stolen, they may be similar but as long as they are in a different key or time signature or there is something different about them, then copyright can't be claimed and considering there are only 12 notes on any instrument then there is going to be some consistency among many music genres
gaymanrights 2 months ago
I don't completely agree with the Joe satriani and the Cold play thing.
Friendpersonkid 2 months ago
@Friendpersonkid yeah i dont hear it at all, its really out of place on this list.
smveric 2 months ago
'Pour Some Sugar On Me was '87, not '80'. Always knew of the Offspring 'O Ba Di' ripoff as it's too obvious.
mjbab73 2 months ago
After research on Wikipedia...George Harrison bought the rights to "He's so fine" from his former manager Alan Klien thus ending the lawsuit....as far as any other facts I would be glad to hear them to educate me......
billwelshombmusic 2 months ago
I believe if you check...George Harrison lost on "My Sweet Lord" ..but won on appeal and if you could please sight some facts that I could check........then maybe I could correct my views.....
billwelshombmusic 2 months ago
the weezer one is a little unfair.
SekoanHD 2 months ago
Does it really matter?
wjc133 2 months ago
Nikki Minaj ripped off Satriani as well
kennymontejano 2 months ago 6
@kennymontejano Nicki Minaj did it with permission, her beat was meant to be based off of his song. Joe even commented on it saying he liked it. The coldplay one, however, is a legitimate one.
SiNishad 2 months ago
i tell you a clear sign of plagiarism queens under pressure and vanilla ice's ice those two songs clearly ripped off by jedward but even those the songs beat and lyrics in jedwards version are the exact same no one cares how is this??
MusicNationization 2 months ago
@MusicNationization
Good question.
Hip hop artists usually pay for the rights to the song nowadays, so I would imagine they're given more leeway for using others songs.
discoandherpes 2 months ago
@discoandherpes When they sample a song, get permission and pay the royalties, it's not theft, it's flattery to the writer.
68django 2 months ago
@68django
Were you responding to the right person. I agree.
discoandherpes 2 months ago
@discoandherpes Yeah, I was agreeing with you, just added a little extra.
68django 2 months ago
@MusicNationization because no one cares about jedward
phsycospacezilla 2 months ago
coldplay ripping off joe satriani just pisses me off. i used to have friends that praised coldplay for that song and its not even their own. used to.
mrtumnus88 2 months ago
Lets not forget The Kinks Picture book and warning by Greenday
starflyerx 2 months ago
Oh come on the only proper rip offs here are avril lavigne and vanilla ice.
OlirockCP 2 months ago
I just don't see how any of these songs are a rip-off. "Riffs" have been re-used since the begining of song writing. You can't copyright a riff (see" My Sweet Lord.".).....it is the tune and lyrics( that means the "body" or story) that make up the legally protected part of a song. If ripping riffs were ripping off a song....than Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis are owed alot of money....
billwelshombmusic 2 months ago
@billwelshombmusic Let's see, George Harrison was sued and lost on "My Sweet Lord". Little Richard did sue for a couple of his songs....and won. Jerry Lee Lewis was not original, but he credited his influences and thus wasn't sued. And that leaves Chuck Berry, king of the lawsuits to protect his music......even the Beatles had to pay him for the first few words in "Come Together". You sure picked some bad examples.
thelordofhellaz 2 months ago
AC/DC rips off their own songs
wesley12106 2 months ago 52
@wesley12106 haha...it's funny cause it's true....
MrMacGrungy 2 months ago
the only part of this that is even close to being true is the avril lavigne one. they others are all bullshit. and by the way i always kinda liked that "why don't you get a job" sounds like "obla di obla da" ;)
greennin 2 months ago
i can agree with most of those but the ones towards the end were kind of ridiculous, and im dissapointed that this was uploaded by a megadeth fan
theycalledmebob 2 months ago
your thinking about it to much only twelve notes in a scale get over it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
codica1000 2 months ago
i feel like you have to be a musician to realize none of these were necessarily ripoffs. people don't seem to know that there are only 12 different notes to work with, and only certain combinations sound pleasing for most people, so inevitably we end up with a lot of music that sounds similar. and anyone who plays guitar knows that certain riffs and melodies come naturally on a guitar due to the nature of the instrument. also don't even get me started on the blues scale.
tomfrankly 2 months ago
this video is shite, didnt even watch all of it, for a start the vanilla ice one is a sample, and under pressure isnt a queen song it was john deacon and bowie and live aid, and you didnt play the part of satch if i could fly that sounds most like viva la vida
jhunter55268 2 months ago
@jhunter55268 is common knowledge that vanila ice and his people, slightly changed it so they would not have to pay for the cleared sample, but i agree this vid is redudent
siyo99 2 months ago
coldplay sounds f**
k all like satriani
poppet2510 2 months ago
why dont you get a job is kinda of parody.Btw Fergie copies alot music from anothers without permission and so does timbaland,metallica,usher,lady gaga,and anothers
ThePikkulammas 2 months ago
With reference to Iggy Pop's Lust For Life, me and my friend wrote a song called "Twist" a few years back, having genuinely never heard the song (we were musically retarded at the time, ysee) that had the exact same riff. Needless to say, when we found out, we just started covering Iggy instead. XD
mysteriouskazakh 2 months ago
@mysteriouskazakh that has happend to me
ThePikkulammas 2 months ago
Thank you so much for mentioning Jet. They made fucking millions off that song (which is the only one that one remembers) and a few years later they even had the gall to have their photo taken with Iggy Pop! God, I wish he'd get off the gear and sue those bastards!
mgo26 2 months ago
ur wrong, especially on day tripper and that other one. its not evwn the same tune
nebDDa 2 months ago
one more thing jabroni, some musicians just sampled others' songs to pay homage to the people they were inspired
kanese7en 2 months ago
not so much as copied as inspired dumbass!!!
kanese7en 2 months ago
He didn't put the part of the song that coldplay copied in the video, the part that sounds similar is what would be the "chorus" of joe's song which isn't even in the video
DrumGuitarist1379 2 months ago
Man half of these, you're saying they're copied because the drum beat is in the same timing. Learn something, bud.
adamlemoines 2 months ago
coldplay didnt copied that song...
carlosalford 2 months ago
DEEEEEEERP.
TheKitsuneKunoichi 2 months ago
most pop songs are likely to use the same chords and sound familiar and artists don't steal it they just sample the greats before them.
diddydj12 2 months ago
@diddydj12 If they sample it without citing it, it's stealing.
snazzydancer100 2 months ago
@diddydj12 shh
OMGgaiaonlinekool 2 months ago
rappers dont STEAL the songs, they just sample them, im pretty sure no one on earth can get away with STEALING from queen
reynolds12307 3 months ago
I don't know how Coldplay ripped Joe Satriani off, they sounded different to me. But you forgot Lupe Fiasco, and Modest Mouse. Most of these songs are tributes, not ripped off. You can't copyright a beat, or rythm.
readthwq 3 months ago
Why is Avril Lavigne on here, everyone already knew she didn't write anything and is a joke. Also, I haven't seen anyone say this but the vocal part to the footloose chorus are exactly the same as the guitar part to Funk #49 by the James Gang, check it out
coolmanjack1995 3 months ago
You could go on forever about bands that ripped of the Beatles.
AlucardFanboy8745 3 months ago
this video was tru.....BUT GREEN DAY AND OFFPRINGS VERSIONS WERE BETTER SO STFU:D
fancyteridatyl 3 months ago
Not ONE single Oasis or Beady Eye song? GUTTED!
beansterman1998 3 months ago
Vanilla Ice was sued by Queen and David Bowie and lost. So really, there was no need to include them in this as that was very public.
DrevikkDrevik 3 months ago
this...video...fucking....sucked...donkey...dick...
dabearcub 3 months ago
Meh, most of this is pretty low hanging fruit. The context matters, and the similarities end where these clips end... which makes them different enough to me.
Also, "what music is coming to these days?" Very anecdotal evidence. Whatever mechanism is at work with artists inspiring each other is probably the same mechanism that's been at work since the beginning of making art and music.
dannyhouk 3 months ago
Keane Everybodys changing and Papa Roach lifeline
saulr92 3 months ago