You stole that!!

[Skizla]

The thread named "rip off" reminded me of this. Who out there knows the song Butterfly by Crazytown? Well, they stole the ENTIRE melody line from the Red Hot Chili Peppers from a song called Pretty Little Ditty. Anyone else know similar rip-offs?

[Heaven&HotRods]

The thread named "rip off" reminded me of this. Who out there knows the song Butterfly by Crazytown? Well, they stole the ENTIRE melody line from the Red Hot Chili Peppers from a song called Pretty Little Ditty. Anyone else know similar rip-offs?
YEAH that's true, i always thought i was the only one who noticed that!!!

Similar rip offs? Errrmmmmm. nope, no sir I don't know any.

[/Tilt/]

Vanilla Ice ripped off teh beat of "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie, it pisses me off. Listen to Under Pressure and Ice Ice Baby.

[Heaven&HotRods]

Vanilla Ice ripped off teh beat of "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie, it pisses me off. Listen to Under Pressure and Ice Ice Baby.
yeah i know of that one....
but eventually they (Vanilla Ice and his label) openly addmited that they used a sample of "Under Pressure", rather than saying "it is a different beat" as they previously had. So i dunno if that still counts as ripping it off......

reguardless Vanilla Ice sucks a big bag of dicks.....even today.

[/Tilt/]

yeah i know of that one....
but eventually they (Vanilla Ice and his label) openly addmited that they used a sample of "Under Pressure", rather than saying "it is a different beat" as they previously had. So i dunno if that still counts as ripping it off......

reguardless Vanilla Ice sucks a big bag of dicks.....even today.
of course it still counts. since they admitted it, it makes it even worse.

[Sezril]

Pagan's Mind's "The Prophecy Of Pleiades" rips off Dream Theater's "Learning to Live" at one point. Not only does it sound similar, but the lyrics are similar.

The Prophecy Of Pleiades - "Walking through winter woods at night, a star-lit freezing sky, with confidence and self control..."
Learning to Live - "Walking through winter streets alone, he stops and take a breath, with confidence and self-control..."

[quazy50]

i think there is one where the guy who wrote the ghostbuster theme took the melody or w/e from a song but i cant remember what song it was taken from? ne one else heard this?

[limak116]

i think there is one where the guy who wrote the ghostbuster theme took the melody or w/e from a song but i cant remember what song it was taken from? ne one else heard this?

I know what you're talking about it was on VH1's remember the 80s and they played both songs but I found absolutely no similarity in the melodies but maybe I'm just retarded.

[quazy50]

I know what you're talking about it was on VH1's remember the 80s and they played both songs but I found absolutely no similarity in the melodies but maybe I'm just retarded.

yeah they sounded kind of similar but not the same but i still cant think of the song or who wrote it and its making me mad.lol

[DukeofNoodlenes]

bands rip things of each other all the time. Sure it's annoying but it's nothing knew

[droogsteve]

For you classic rock fans, "Barracuda" by Heart is a direct ripoff of "Achilles Last Stand" by Led Zep.

[DukeofNoodlenes]

for any punk offspring fans.

''Why dont you get a job'' is a direct rip off of ''obladi oblada''

[unearth]

Atreyu rips off In Flames hardcore on their new album.

[EatMYAte]

Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Kinda has the same tune as Boston's "More then a Feeling"

[RebelliousYouth]

The Backstreet Boys stole the beat to one of their songs from Bon Jovi's It's My Life...

[RolandOfGilead]

*takes a deep breath reminiscient of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective*


The Japanese Hit "Yatta" is a rip-off of the "Graduation Song" by Vitamin C which is a rip off of the the "GE Soft White Light commercial song" which is a rip-off of "When U Get There" by Coolio which is a rip-off of The Farm's 1991 single "All Together Now" which is a rip-off of "Go West" by the Pet Shop boys which is a rip-off of "Grandad" by Clive Dunn which is a rip-off of "Hook" by Blues Traveller which is a ripoff of Rondo of Beethoven's Grande Sonata, op. 28 which is a rip-off of Pachelbel's Canon in D.

Just about every song has a list like this, and this isn't even a complete list, but you get the idea.

[Skizla]

Pagan's Mind's "The Prophecy Of Pleiades" rips off Dream Theater's "Learning to Live" at one point. Not only does it sound similar, but the lyrics are similar.

The Prophecy Of Pleiades - "Walking through winter woods at night, a star-lit freezing sky, with confidence and self control..."
Learning to Live - "Walking through winter streets alone, he stops and take a breath, with confidence and self-control..."

wow, good catch dude, i think im gonna give u rep points for that one!

[Tucker1616]

Jet's song 'Are you Gonna be my Girl' ripped off Iggy pop's 'Lust for Life', the melodies sound really similar.

[crazysocks]

i dont think its a rip off but Will Smiths 'Will2K' song sounds similar to the Clash's 'Rock The Casbah' at times
but that could be just me

[WhatTheFluck295]

I know what you're talking about it was on VH1's remember the 80s and they played both songs but I found absolutely no similarity in the melodies but maybe I'm just retarded.

If I'm not mistaken, the Ghostbuster's theme ripped off Huey Lewis and the News' "I Want A New Drug".

Jessica Simpson's "I Think I'm in Love with You" samples from Rod Stewart's "Jack and Diane".


"No More Drama" by Mary J. Blige samples the theme from...I think it's The Young and the Restless.


Oh, don't forget about the "Superfreak" and "U Can't Touch This" parallels...

[crazysocks]

Oh, don't forget about the "Superfreak" and "U Can't Touch This" parallels...
WOW! i totally never noticed that before!
crazy!
good job

[MGselwonK]

one of the strokes songs(they had a music video for it but i dont know the name of it) ripped of the doors love her madly

[Wurby Tictoc]

The soft-rock pussies known as Live released a song in 2003 called "Heaven" that sounds an awful lot like "Yeah!" by Billy Corgan's now defunct band Zwan. The only major difference is the vocal melody, but everything else sounds almost exactly the same.

There's this car commercial, I think it's by Honda, that has this music that makes me think they ripped off the bass guitar riff from Radiohead's "The National Anthem" and changed it a little so they wouldn't get sued.

[nvrsurrender]

The Verve "Bittersweet Symphony" is a rip off of Rolling Stones "The Last Time".

[ypsidan04]

Yeah, Vanilla Ice had the balls to rip off Queen.

And I just heard on the radio the other day, I forget who it was, but they ripped the guitar riff from the White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army".


Pisses me off.

[mrredrocker]

The Verve "Bittersweet Symphony" is a rip off of Rolling Stones "The Last Time".


It's not a ripoff if Jagger and Richards are given song credit in the Verve's cd booklet. Dumbass.

[nvrsurrender]

It's not a ripoff if Jagger and Richards are given song credit in the Verve's cd booklet. Dumbass.


Yes after they had to file a lawsuit. But thanks for trying anyway. We have some lovely parting gifts for you.

[droogsteve]

Yes after they had to file a lawsuit. But thanks for trying anyway. We have some lovely parting gifts for you.


LOL. Yeah, that's pretty funny. As part of the agreement Jagger and Richards recieved ALL of the profits from that song. So the Verve is a one hit wonder band that didn't even make a dime off their one hit.

[mrredrocker]

LOL. Yeah, that's pretty funny. As part of the agreement Jagger and Richards recieved ALL of the profits from that song. So the Verve is a one hit wonder band that didn't even make a dime off their one hit.


I missed that, somehow. Not like the stones needed another dollar. Their tour is a ripoff, I wish they'd bite the dust already. Richards already looks like a mummified body.

[ypsidan04]

LOL. Yeah, that's pretty funny. As part of the agreement Jagger and Richards recieved ALL of the profits from that song. So the Verve is a one hit wonder band that didn't even make a dime off their one hit.

Damn, that sucks. I really like that song...

[Sezril]

Cannibal Corpse's 'Hammer Smashed Face' is a rip off of Morbid Angel's 'Chapel of Ghouls'.

Chapel Of Ghouls was made in '88/'89, Hammer Smashed Face was made in '91/'92.