ITT: Blatant ripoffs

[Jeremiah Anderson]

ITT: Blatant ripoffs

Rip off: youtube.com/watch?v=X5p1X9mglTI

Original: youtube.com/watch?v=VUn4ULtQWB0

[Christopher Reyes]

youtube.com/watch?v=AYK07uk06SM

youtube.com/watch?v=oCjvtQBOmXA

[James Rogers]

>inb4 every led zeppelin song

[Ryder Wright]

Rip Off: youtube.com/watch?v=SaBz49jZo_Y

Original: youtube.com/watch?v=_SD-uF8uisA

[Jordan Rogers]

Okay guys

This ones rediculous

Orig:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kap-d_VW92I

Rip:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=7GLkvCrcExU

At first you might be like eh this is nothing but wait until the drums come in, the buildup being exactly identical is the first thing youll notice. Its like an exact copypasta of the structure of the song

[Austin Thomas]

Rip Off: youtube.com/watch?v=WQxdkvkPSuY

Original: youtube.com/watch?v=HeLepdqMPMk

[Chase Young]

youtube.com/watch?v=G6QjLLgeMME

youtube.com/watch?v=svgRdLHNJIQ

[Jonathan Bell]

youtu.be/O4xrJ_r6PUs
(at 0:55) youtu.be/hC2mMl9EQEk
does this count?

[Cooper Howard]

Bad Lieutenant seriously look like the lamest band ever.

[Levi Bell]

That's because it's Bernard Sumner's band

What would you expect

[Austin Edwards]

youtu.be/Wjl4V_G8Fws
youtu.be/oJwWmz8Mp3U

[Carter Baker]

original - youtube.com/watch?v=5sYbzKp-nDY

ripoff - youtube.com/watch?v=1jSdTBGhDSg

[Alexander Garcia]

Original, as far as i know riff at (2:20) -
youtube.com/watch?v=MpiUG8PsUEk

Ripoffs -
youtube.com/watch?v=gFDCHdKbKBY
youtube.com/watch?v=iBNxadj-25c
i know there's more but i cant find them

[Gavin Sanchez]

Hot blooded and rebel rebel, unless hot blooded came first in which there was no ripoff

[Nicholas Hall]

found another ripoff of that riff -
youtube.com/watch?v=I-QaFWURsMU

these videos are also interesting
youtube.com/watch?v=adukrwHY09s&list=PL22CB0014DD675294

[Asher Torres]

youtube.com/watch?v=vabnZ9-ex7o
youtube.com/watch?v=TaDbMZlN2Pg
youtube.com/watch?v=x1U1Ue_5kq8
Why have 1 band ripping another off when you can have TWO

[Colton Russell]

Original: youtube.com/watch?v=Kfq7wHJu21c

Rip off: youtube.com/watch?v=XjUCEKeYNX0

bonus:

Original: youtube.com/watch?v=Tg-9pL6k3CI

Rip off: youtube.com/watch?v=MN6sfJ1qFQg

[Wyatt Ramirez]

Rip off: youtube.com/watch?v=BRnA86sIua0

Original: youtube.com/watch?v=i524g6JMkwI

I caught this as soon as I started watching that shit. By the way, it's the first anime I've ever seen, had so much potential, went to shit.

[Carson Green]

But did Nirvana rip off The Damned or did they rip off Killing Joke?

[Ethan Murphy]

Both ripped off KJ

[Andrew Price]

the damned were first with their song coming out in 82 but cobain acknowledged how similar the riff was to killing joke

[Caleb Wood]

Kurt claimed he didn't realize he had ripped off anyone but who knows if that's true. It's really open to interpretation.

[Dylan Carter]

Otts Redding
youtu.be/5bbv8PYQD-0

Kanye West - Gone

oh wait black people cant steal, its just "sampling"

[Adam Long]

The Damned came before Killing Joke idiot

[Ayden Gonzalez]

He most likely did but who cares it sounds good. There's a documentary somewhere out there where these people being interviewed mention how they run into Kris and Dave and brought the subject up and everyone laughed and kinda acknowledged it without really admitting "yes we ripped off this melody."
The Damned came first

[Michael Jackson]

Sorry

[Liam Ramirez]

Jeez

[Angel Ross]

Original: youtube.com/watch?v=FclrtPUquhQ

Rip off: youtube.com/watch?v=dvgZkm1xWPE

[Hudson Miller]

Nirvana Polly
Original youtube.com/watch?v=Yp82IxMmbEg

Rip off: youtube.com/watch?v=pdXy75VrQho

[Levi Price]

DIIV's rip offs

Original - youtube.com/watch?v=itdCfE8xchk

Rip - youtube.com/watch?v=HMaxYF8OBmU

Original - youtube.com/watch?v=9FrdBIVYcwU

Rip - youtube.com/watch?v=Ldd_ZW06ZHg

Original - youtube.com/watch?v=6zBqIgan7S8

rip - youtube.com/watch?v=KI79GPXAICM

DIIV also ripped off the Cure for Doused too.

Here: youtube.com/watch?v=BL_nrQxU-wE

[Isaac Jackson]

i used to rip off tool really badly but you dont need to hear it.

[Joseph Morales]

Original
youtube.com/watch?v=iNcygbTNJyE

Rip
youtube.com/watch?v=bp064T7rQSk

[Kevin Reyes]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pod
>The song "Alone" borrows the guitar riff/melody from Robyn Hitchcock's "The Bones In The Ground".

[William Moore]

rip-off
youtube.com/watch?v=Q0fl3f_5MFM

original
youtube.com/watch?v=UaaIlC_MFL8

[Jonathan Edwards]

>He most likely did but who cares it sounds good

Ripping off riffs and stuff doesn't bother me either. People have forgotten how much shit even The Beatles copied from early US rock and roll bands.

[Michael Cox]

Yeah it doesn't really matter. I was kinda mind blown at first when I found out artists do this though. Here I am trying to create everything from scratch like a tool because I thought my favorites did the same.

It really made them less godlike to me and something more within my reach. I still don't ripoff other artists though because it's just become a habit not to and it's more fun creating something myself

[Nathaniel Ward]

I think most unashamedly do it just because they love a certain melody so much and want to play it live. Then hope the artist you ripped from doesn't sue your ass.

Like if I was ever a decent songwriter and guitarist I'd copy and somehow incorporate the intro to Voodoo Child in a heartbeat.

[Mason Gray]

Am I the only one who hears it?

Original
youtube.com/watch?v=looSwGHulFI

Rip Off
youtube.com/watch?v=8sgycukafqQ

[Mason Cruz]

I thought about this a while ago I hear it too

[Landon Sanders]

What is he even doing in that video?

[Parker Cooper]

>oh wait black people cant steal, its just "sampling"
Literally the 2 most well regarded sample-based albums are made by white people

[Adam Watson]

Original:
youtube.com/watch?v=77R1Wp6Y_5Y

Rip off:
youtube.com/watch?v=r00ikilDxW4

Pokemon:
youtube.com/watch?v=0c00d_-_FTc

[Anthony Ward]

god damn

[Tyler Brooks]

Not really rip offs, but cool sampling in a video game.

youtube.com/watch?v=E_oc9Ypcb2Q

[Austin Parker]

youtu.be/62ckXALWn1M

youtu.be/YNkUGUY7OQw

[John Kelly]

that route 209 theme is a remix to be almost exactly 21 guns.

On the original 209 theme the 21 Guns/Telephone Line bit is much shorter

The original 209 theme: youtube.com/watch?v=qAH6hNFkHTw&ab_channel=7GamerMinutes

[Oliver Lopez]

youtube.com/watch?v=QWTa9CE51sA
youtube.com/watch?v=f-EK0prG-Bo
More obvious in this version:
youtube.com/watch?v=czPZ3YbnTpY

[Samuel Cox]

youtube.com/watch?v=z0KeJ4KBUNo
youtube.com/watch?v=GpUufEMnU3w
Might not be a rip, but still pretty cool that Cale predicted Flipper by half a decade

[Brandon Myers]

Smells Like Teen Spirit / More Than A Feeling

[Brody Phillips]

Original:
youtube.com/watch?v=B7encWb7lNQ
Rip-off 1 (guitar hook):
youtube.com/watch?v=eebfMFzJHNs
Rip-off 2 (vocal melody):
youtube.com/watch?v=RheJW2nhkb8

[Jack White]

The Fall have like 20+ songs that are rip offs

[Luis Martin]

LCD Soundsystem did that a lot, especially on This is Happening.
Here's one I don't see mentioned as much:
youtube.com/watch?v=-JdWayrLXUs
youtube.com/watch?v=gJ2np7R-Uwg

[Lucas Ortiz]

True desu

[Lincoln Anderson]

I want to put some links on the thread, but "post-2000 anime theme song" isn't hard to find on google, is it?

[Owen Johnson]

youtube.com/watch?v=_9BGLtqqkVI
youtube.com/watch?v=RtBPPr_GVUg

[Leo Perez]

Nah just a generic chord progression

[Brayden Harris]

pretty sure someone did that descending line before weezer

[Nathaniel Carter]

Original Vocal Melody :youtube.com/watch?v=cMjo9wI3iiM
ripoff:
youtube.com/watch?v=DC7DmLsQN7s

[Charles Diaz]

Original: youtu.be/KzLCgopwJV8?t=96

Ripoff: youtu.be/uoGh8yMdIZM?t=42

[Adrian Parker]

Timestamps don't work on embedding.
go to 1:36 on original and 0:42 on ripoff

[Ayden Clark]

Original: youtube.com/watch?v=FTnBc_-QCXk

Ripoff: youtube.com/watch?v=PLRQ1j5SYO4

These fucks even tried to ape the owl hoots.

Also Decemberists' "Valeria Plame" apes "Hey Jude" something awful.

[Leo Collins]

every shoegaze band ever has tried at one point tipping off 'only shallow'.

[Chase Collins]

I came in just to post this. One of the most shameless, repugnant examples. And to do it to such a pure and beloved artist/song makes it so much worse. Kinda pisses me off.

[David Evans]

> tipping off

i meat RIPPING OFF obviously

[Camden Turner]

youtube.com/watch?v=GXRVX1AKAew

youtube.com/watch?v=EGZJg4uo3-k

-

youtube.com/watch?v=WAGbq3A9HfA

youtube.com/watch?v=S10K9QkVplY

What a bunch of hacks

[Lincoln Cook]

Speaking of ELO
youtube.com/watch?v=z9nkzaOPP6g

youtube.com/watch?v=X3oDKmYh70M

[Oliver Russell]

youtube.com/watch?v=gmOslIPKsGE

youtube.com/watch?v=ZpbpOgUybBM

youtube.com/watch?v=GMkLYMnYWds

[David Roberts]

Noel Gallagher's rip-off extravaganza

Cigarettes & Alcohol vs Get it on by T-rex
youtu.be/SaeLKhRnkhQ?t=7
youtube.com/watch?v=Y5YoyAbE2bU

Shakermaker vs I'd like to teach the world to sing by New Seekers
youtu.be/3FpNw3286y8?t=27
youtu.be/6a8F28WVXlk?t=8

Whatever vs How sweet to be an idiot by Neil Innes
youtu.be/EHfx9LXzxpw?t=22
youtube.com/watch?v=nZ9EWcaS7II&feature=youtu.be&t=24

Step out vs Up-tight by Stevie Wonder
youtube.com/watch?v=cBTcFP2C4YA&feature=youtu.be&t=53
youtu.be/kZf3Byq8oLA?t=21

cant be bothered but theres a million more

[Anthony Wilson]

youtube.com/watch?v=HDH6dcbRtuU

youtube.com/watch?v=JTEWlSTQ1RI

[Austin Barnes]

youtube.com/watch?v=JIrm0dHbCDU

youtube.com/watch?v=fXSovfzyx28

Anyone else think the intros sound really similar

[Ryan Martinez]

lol weird, I just remembered about Starsailor a couple of nights ago randomly.

I agree w the Coldplay rip, but that first one isn't really a ripoff. Aside from a small similarity w the acoustic, it's a totally different song.

[Bentley Cruz]

Oh let's not forget the biggest thieves of the late 00s indie rock scene, The Enemy

youtube.com/watch?v=OvrDa_SsXK4
youtube.com/watch?v=BrbxWOMpwfs

youtube.com/watch?v=MJAr1a5DwDI
youtube.com/watch?v=EfK-WX2pa8c

youtube.com/watch?v=Fu3cz_4IWlM
youtube.com/watch?v=yuTMWgOduFM

youtube.com/watch?v=m6GV2pf3Whc
youtube.com/watch?v=MAKdxFb1HY8

[James Rivera]

Original
youtube.com/watch?v=VXUYGraNtHU

Rip off
youtube.com/watch?v=CD-E-LDc384

[Hudson Morales]

Wow, how the fuck did they get away with this?

[Matthew Smith]

At least he's open and jokes about it though, despite being sued multiple times. He's a talented songwriter with countless original hits, don't know why he does it

[Julian Cruz]

That Common People rip off, I'm shocked they were not sued.

[Asher Cooper]

Elastica were also pretty big thieves
youtube.com/watch?v=WlOje4ly4hg
youtube.com/watch?v=Pg2np37JNEg

youtube.com/watch?v=ilKcXIFi-Rc
youtube.com/watch?v=75-0qIgZjXs

youtube.com/watch?v=g7Y7vH2XsAM
youtube.com/watch?v=OnIXXe83fe4
And the last one was ripped off by another britpop band
youtube.com/watch?v=hnWrG8F2UuU

[Jayden Barnes]

Remember these fags
youtube.com/watch?v=tuK6n2Lkza0
youtube.com/watch?v=jQvUBf5l7Vw

[Jack Robinson]

youtube.com/watch?v=XifWgSZ-9pI

[Thomas Morales]

youtube.com/watch?v=HydvceA1PAI
youtube.com/watch?v=XFkzRNyygfk

[Asher Gray]

This is a rip off of some good song:
youtube.com/watch?v=JKPW_7hb2ek

The problem is I don't remember the original song name. Anyone?

[Carter Bennett]

>The uploader has not made this video available in your country.

[Cooper Russell]

I hear it. Interesting.

[Luke Cruz]

Oh shit! I just used the first version I could find that wasn't like 10 minutes long

[Noah Martinez]

ELO and the kinks are the most ripped off bands that nobody cares about.

[Grayson Harris]

original: youtube.com/watch?v=d8c2Tbj2haM
rip off: youtube.com/watch?v=3TqJa0RZOUc

[Sebastian Reyes]

You're right not every Zeppelin song, bu here are some of the songs Zep stole from other artists:
"Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" - A folk song by Anne Bredon, this was originally credited as "traditional, arranged by Jimmy Page," then "words and music by Jimmy Page," and then, following legal action, "Bredon/Page/Plant."
"Black Mountain Side" - uncredited version of a traditional folk tune previously recorded by Bert Jansch.
"Bring It On Home" - the first section is an uncredited cover of the Willie Dixon tune (as performed by the imposter Sonny Boy Williamson).
"Communication Breakdown" - apparently derived from Eddie Cochran's "Nervous Breakdown."
"Custard Pie" - uncredited cover of Bukka White's "Shake 'Em On Down," with lyrics from Sleepy John Estes's "Drop Down Daddy."
"Dazed And Confused" - uncredited cover of the Jake Holmes song (see The Above Ground Sound Of Jake Holmes).
"Hats Off To (Roy) Harper" - uncredited version of Bukka White's "Shake 'Em On Down."
"How Many More Times" - Part one is an uncredited cover of the Howlin' Wolf song (available on numerous compilations). Part two is an uncredited cover of Albert King's "The Hunter."
"In My Time Of Dying" - uncredited cover of the traditional song (as heard on Bob Dylan's debut).
"The Lemon Song" - uncredited cover of Howlin' Wolf's "Killing Floor" - Wolf's publisher sued Zeppelin in the early 70s and settled out of court.
"Moby Dick" - written and first recorded by Sleepy John Estes under the title "The Girl I Love," and later covered by Bobby Parker.
"Nobody's Fault But Mine" - uncredited cover of the Blind Willie Johnson blues.
"Since I've Been Lovin' You" - lyrics are the same as Moby Grape's "Never," though the music isn't similar.
"Stairway To Heaven" - the main guitar line is apparently from "Taurus" by Spirit.
"White Summer" - uncredited cover of Davey Graham's "She Moved Through The Fair."
"Whole Lotta Love" - lyrics are from the Willie Dixon blues "You Need Love."

[Brody Walker]

>oh wait black people cant steal
uhm they certainly can kek

Entroducing and what else?

[Mason Martinez]

damn that's pretty similar

[Aaron Foster]

>people think metal is a good genre

[Eli Adams]

I've been through most of this list, and all of the "apparently" ones don't sound similar at all, and only a couple of the supposed straight-up covers are actually the same.

Is this the new "DUDE DID YOU KNOW JOHN LENNON BEAT HIS WIFE???" meme?

[Logan Diaz]

Since I Left You

[Isaac Ortiz]

stealing would imply that the """"originals"""" aren't vastly different in comparison to the other song in nearly every single case (especially led zeppelin's case)

>b-b-b-but they clearly used parts of other music or songs
There is literally nothing wrong with this.

All musicians use things like chord progressions, scales, styles of playing, instruments, pryda snares, samples and so on that they had no hand in creating/originating.

"ripoffs" are a meme

[Brandon Bennett]

Orig: youtube.com/watch?v=vvW6qiTkZdw

Rip-off: youtube.com/watch?v=e-ORhEE9VVg

[Evan Hill]

This has to be a like a tribute or something, right?