Song Ripoffs

[niss]

Can't Touch This by MC Hammer and Superfreak by Rick James always sounded a lot alike to me.

[Jack of Arcades]

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit vs Pixies - U-Mass
Nirvana - Come As You Are vs. Killing Joke - Eighties

[bwana devil]

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Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit vs Pixies - U-Mass
Nirvana - Come As You Are vs. Killing Joke - Eighties

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1. i dont hear the pixies similarities.
2. i definitely hear the killing joke similarity.
3. you suck for not providing links.

edit: everyone else sucks for no links also. nothing too personal.

[Jack of Arcades]

I'd provide links if I could find them. The main riff of Smells like Teen Spirit is taken directly from U-Mass's chorus (ie, "it's educational").

[Tortuga]

Oasis - Wonderwall
vs.
Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Green Day Oasis mashup

[microbet]

Bwana,

Bobby M. 4 non blondes

[suzzer99]

FYI - I really tried to find Prom Night. But apparently the soundtrack was only released on a few thousand LPs in Japan. It's now a much sought after collectors item.

http://cgi.ebay.com/PROM-NIGHT-JAPANESE-...1QQcmdZViewItem

[Dynasty]

First: I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) by Hall & Oates

"Ripoff": Billie Jean by Michael Jackson

Daryl Hall is quoted as saying "Michael Jackson once said directly to me that he hoped I didn't mind that he copped that groove (from "I Can't Go For That"). That's okay; it's something we all do."


The first minute of "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" (before the lyrics start) is truly great.

[NU Star]

Sampling (music) - Wikipedia

[Unoriginalname]

Father and Son by Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) and Fight Test by the Flaming Lips is the first one that comes to mind for me. I still like that Flaming Lips song and album though.