Who stole what song from who
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Imagine - John Lennon
Stolen by Mick Jones, Marti Fredrikson and Ozzy Osbourne for
Dreamer - Ozzy Ozbourne.
Christopher Owens wrote: Blue Monday - New Order
Stolen (?) by Robert Smith for
The Walk - The Cure
the walk versus blue monday. not to me it don't Chris!
Cat Stevens "Father And Son" -> Flaming Lips "Fight Test"
both great songs
and the intro to Kyuss "Asteroid" -> BRMC "As Sure As The Sun"
Christopher Owens wrote: Blue Monday - New Order
Stolen (?) by Robert Smith for
The Walk - The Cure
Fuck's sakes Owens....I told u before...when u run out of special brew....send one of the kids to the offy for more...do NOT start on the meths.
Christopher Owens wrote: Eighties - Killing Joke
Stolen by Kurt Cobain for
Come As You Are - Nirvana
and they fully admitted to it.
Jesus And Mary Chain -Darklands
and Lightnings Seeds -Pure
both took from New Order - Love Vigilantes
Although i have to admit Tears For Fears' Mad World almost lends itself to True Faith at times
Peter Shilling's The Different Story New Order's True Faith
who knows what went on there? 
There needs to be more decent mashups of these songs.
You want an example of out-and-out theft (since settled out of court)?
Go to iTunes and check out the 30-second clips of Kelly Osbourne's "One Word" and Visage's "Fade to Grey." It's a blatant ripoff, right down to some of the lyrics.
AgentWood wrote:
Christopher Owens wrote: Eighties - Killing Joke
Stolen by Kurt Cobain for
Come As You Are - Nirvana
and they fully admitted to it.
Because they knew there was a lawsuit coming on?
I always loved the reason why they didn't sue. Youth (KJ's bassist) said 'Karma will get him'
Steve Campbell wrote:
Christopher Owens wrote: Blue Monday - New Order
Stolen (?) by Robert Smith for
The Walk - The Cure
Fuck's sakes Owens....I told u before...when u run out of special brew....send one of the kids to the offy for more...do NOT start on the meths.
There's a bit of a debate about that one. Several people feel the synthesised bassline is too similar to BM. That's why I put in the queation mark, as I am unsure of that one myself.
Cambo, WTF are you on about?
so this isn't the most "muso" one but...
A-ha: "The Sun Always Shines on TV" became U2's "Beatiful Day".
and keeping the 80's vibe...
Prince stole from himself (ahem) when writing the Bangles Manic Monday; the verse melody orignally on "1999"
although he was really a "Slave" to the record company. Poor chap, it must be tough being a pop star.
Killing Joke described the Purple One as 'a clever plagurist, a thief like Bowie.'
Having said that, I do like the shrimp.
The Fall "New Face In Hell"
became
Pavement's "Conduit For Sale!"
Hell, they've based quite a bit of what they've done by MES & Co. I suppose.
Way of Life by New Order
Stolen by (as much as it pains me to admit it) Metallica
For their song Hero of the Day
"Saving All My Love For You" Chutney Houston stolen from..
"Don't it Make My Brown Eyes Blue" Crystal Gayle
Whoops I'm mentioning as though people give a shit:p
I know this isn't much help, but on some italo-disco compilation made in Japan, (the CD was made in Japan; the music is italo-disco), there is a song that was ripped off from Belinda Carlisle's "Heaven is a place on earth". The bad thing is, I lost the CD and I can't even remember the title or the artist!
