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indiecater

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8/1/2005 1:48 PM
Does anyone think Brakes 'Heard About Your Band' is a ringer for the Frames 'Pavement Tune'? In the spirit of this discovery, can you think of any other instances of possible artistic cogging?

stroller

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8/1/2005 3:15 PM
Jet: Are You Gonna Be My Girl & Iggy Pop: Lust For Life U2: Beautiful Day & A-Ha: The Sun Always Shines On TV The Jam: Start & The Beatles: Taxman The Dandy Warhols: Bohemian Like You & The Rolling Stones: Brown Sugar Goldfrapp: Ooh La La & Doctor And The Medics: Spirit In The Sky

stroller

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8/1/2005 3:44 PM
Johnny Boy: You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes And You Get What You Deserve & The Ronettes: Be My Baby Primal Scream: Rocks & Sly And The Family Stone - Dance To The Music The Bravery - An Honest Mistake & New Order - Blue Monday Oh and you're right about that Brakes tune.

Ianofthedead

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8/1/2005 4:16 PM
The Hives- idiot walk and The Who - Can't explain RRRRRRIIIIIIPPPPPPPPP OFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!

Unicron

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8/1/2005 4:26 PM
Weezer - Beverly Hills, Steve Miller band - The Joker I did a typo there, "Beverly Kills". Much better name.

Daragh

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8/1/2005 4:38 PM
don't know the name of the chappy but saw a video on MTV recently (it got a fair amount of air play) and its a rip off of Dylan's "Don't Think Twice" the video had a few different people on a couch listening to head phones.

Una

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8/1/2005 4:42 PM
Rachel Stevens: Some Girls = Goldfrapp: Strict Machine Flaming Lips: Flight Test = Cat Stevens: Father And Son Oasis: Let There Be Love = Wilco: Red Eyed And Blue

Una

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8/1/2005 4:43 PM
Daragh - that's Bright Eyes, 'First Day Of My Life'

Daragh

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8/1/2005 4:44 PM
ah, thanks. never noticed the Lips and Cat Stevens, gonna stick em on now!

Daragh

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8/1/2005 4:48 PM
hmmm, theres similarities there alright. wouldnt call it a rip off though

Pilchard

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8/1/2005 7:20 PM
The Killers "Mr Brightside" and Underworld's "Born Slippy". Go on, listen....

stroller

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8/1/2005 8:45 PM
quote: Originally posted by Una Flaming Lips: Flight Test = Cat Stevens: Father And Son Did I hear somewhere that the Flaming Lips were sued over that tune?

Binokular

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8/1/2005 11:46 PM
quote: Originally posted by Una Rachel Stevens: Some Girls = Goldfrapp: Strict Machine Both of them are actually pretty much based on Gary Glitters "Rock and Roll Part 2" quote: Originally posted by stroller The Bravery - An Honest Mistake & New Order - Blue Monday I can see where you're going with this one, theres no doubt that its quite derivative and owes a lot to New Order, but I don't think its a straight rip of one single New Order track. The Flaming Lips getting copying Cat Stevens thing is true, but I believe it was all settled reasonably amicably. Personally I've always found a disturbing similarity between the opening bar of Talking Heads Psycho Killer and the Fraggle Rock theme tune, its just that opening thud-thud-thud drum/bass bit, completely different after that.

vortexsurfer

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8/1/2005 11:59 PM
Stephen Malkmus "Church on White" <-> Eric Satie "Gymnopédies" What?

Binokular

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8/2/2005 12:49 AM
One thats been bugging me for a long time is that I'm convinced that the bass line used for most of The Chemical Brothers "Denmark" definitely a straight rip from a section Dirty Beatniks "Disco Dancing Machines" (the bit where he's singing "you're thing is my thing, it always pulls me in"), but thats not really suprising given the similar nature of both bands and its a pretty simple, but effective bass line. Someone is bound to stumble across it every now and then and probably not realise its been done before.

LooseFir

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8/2/2005 8:42 AM
Every song on simple kids album is a rip off, especially breakups/breakdowns which nicks the riff from pavements carrot rope, i actually thought it was a covers album, but apparently its not

benni

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8/2/2005 11:00 AM
Dogs Die in Hot Cars has a definite Gorkys Zygotic Mynci's vibe

LooseFir

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8/2/2005 1:44 PM
That modest mouse song, cant remember the name, sounds exactly like James "She's a Star"

stroller

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8/2/2005 2:06 PM
quote: Originally posted by LooseFir That modest mouse song, cant remember the name, sounds exactly like James "She's a Star" Float On?

Punchbowl

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8/2/2005 2:30 PM
I think ' Kite ' from U2 really, really rips off a Hothouse Flowers song that I can't quite remember the name of... Oh wait, I think it's ' you can love me now ' ...

Norman Schwarzkopf

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8/2/2005 5:21 PM
Radiohead - Karma Police (piano) / Beatles "Sexy Sadie" aaallmost.

The_Thin_Man

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8/3/2005 12:58 PM
Amazed this one isn't cited more often (given the legendary status of the artists).... Van Morrison's Almost Independence Day and Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here. (And Van got in there three years before the Floyd, for the record).

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8/3/2005 1:16 PM
REM's Man on the Moon and The Bunnymen's Killing Moon?

Binokular

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8/3/2005 1:29 PM
quote: Originally posted by off the post REM's Man on the Moon and The Bunnymen's Killing Moon? eh.. other than the name, no. They do use some similar chords, Em and C but in nowhere near the same order (OLGA is great init?). Killing moon is a squillion times better too

Vent My Spleen

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8/3/2005 1:41 PM
Amen to that Bino. The opening licks of Killing Moon still make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up 20 years on.

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8/4/2005 9:23 AM
I put a question mark to it cause I've heard some poeople say that before although never too sure myself. Anyway, agree about the Killing Moon being a miles better.

stroller

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8/4/2005 6:10 PM
Work, Work, Work (Pub, Club, Sleep) by The Rakes & Nowhere Again by the Secret Machines. David Watts by The Kinks and Lets Spend The Night Together by The Rolling Stones.

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8/5/2005 9:29 AM
quote: Originally posted by stroller Work, Work, Work (Pub, Club, Sleep) by The Rakes & Nowhere Again by the Secret Machines. Funny that, cause for some reason that Secret Machines tune reminds me of the Strokes. Nevertheless, I think it's a cracking tune. Don't know The Rakes one.

stroller

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8/5/2005 2:00 PM
Mickey by Toni Basil and Hollaback Girl by Gwen Stefani.

mutch

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8/7/2005 3:14 PM
the frames "fake" and smashing pumpkins "today".

stroller

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8/7/2005 4:07 PM
quote: Originally posted by mutch the frames "fake" and smashing pumpkins "today". I can't believe I forgot that one. Don't they have some tune that rips off Deus as well?

Unicron

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8/7/2005 8:18 PM
I heard that they ripped Pavement Tune off from some Dublin band.

Rev Jules

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8/8/2005 11:19 AM
The new Gorillaz tune 'Feel Good Inc' sounds like both 'Staring at the sun' by U2 (chorus) and 'Its Like That' by Run Dmc (verse)

Una

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8/8/2005 11:26 AM
Rev Jules - YES I knew the chorus sounded like something and it's all slotted into pace now.

Binokular

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8/8/2005 11:32 AM
Adult. "Skinlike" has a melody thats very similar to Flock of Seagulls "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)", the rest of the track is typically Adult. though.

Daragh

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8/8/2005 11:45 AM
Buffalo Springfield - Mr Soul and the Stones - Satisfaction

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