Who stole what song from who

Eighties - Killing Joke

Stolen by Kurt Cobain for

Come As You Are - Nirvana

Kashmir - Led Zeppelin

Stolen by Tom Morello for

Wake Up - Rage Against The Machine.

In between days, by the c*re

sounds an awful lot like

Dreams Never End

Imagine - John Lennon

Stolen by Mick Jones, Marti Fredrikson and Ozzy Osbourne for

Dreamer - Ozzy Ozbourne.

lennon and Mac's entire output

became oasis entire output

Blue Monday - New Order

Stolen (?) by Robert Smith for

The Walk - The Cure

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.

Blue Monday--New Order

stolen by Clan of Xymox "The Stranger"

pearl jam, corduroy

stolen from

new order, ceremony

The Cure's "Let's go to bed" sounds a lot like Depeche Mode's "Master and Servant."

Christopher Owens wrote: Eighties - Killing Joke

Stolen by Kurt Cobain for

Come As You Are - Nirvana

and they fully admitted to it.

Steve Campbell wrote: lennon and Mac's entire output

became oasis entire output

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

John Denver's Leaving On A Jet Plane

stolen by New Order as Run2

"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!

Moldplay - The Scientist

ripped off from

Radiohead - High and Dry

Depish Mode - Master and Servant

ripped off from

The Cure - Let's Go to Bed

new order - all the way stolen from the cure - just like heaven :)

Le Freak - Chic, became;

Confusion by New Order

Interzone was ripped off from a Northern Soul song, wasn't it?

Joy Division - No Love Lost Stolen from The Doors - The Changeling

Love Vigilantes - New Order

stollen from

Veitnam - Jimmy Cliff

It's the End of the World as we know it - REM

stollen from

Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan

Another One Bites The Dust.........stolen from Chic's Good Times.

Oasis - Lyla

stolen from

Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man

Pet Shop Boys - Its a Sin

stolen from

George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (allegedly)

The Farm - Groovy Train

stolen from

Pretenders - Brass in Pocket (later ripped off by Radiohead in Creep (not))

Death in Vegas - (cant remember the title but with Liam Gallagher)

stolen from

Status Quo - Pictures of Matchstick Men

and I've always though personally that Bad Touch by the Bloodhound Gang has a similar bassline to Subculture on Lowlife..

Christopher Owens wrote: Interzone was ripped off from a Northern Soul song, wasn't it?

from "Keep On Keepin' On" by N.F. Porter, and it sounds like it too!

Hooky once admitted to stealing a guitar riff from Hot Chocolate's "Emma" and reworking it as the bassline for Thieves Like Us(how's that for fooking irony folks!!)

twist wrote: John Denver's Leaving On A Jet Plane

stolen by New Order as Run2

Steve was reported as saying(with a heavy dose of Mancunian sarcasm no doubt)that the royalties from thier version was NO's contribution to sending John Denver into space(maybe never to return!!), as he had previously stated somewhere that he'd love to go up on a space shuttle mission at some time in his life. Still a great song though.:D

And as I once stated in the Madonna thread about her new album, there is a bass riff played by Stuart Price in I Love New York that mirrors the guitar/bass lines in ICB.

Boys Will Be Boys - The Ordinary Boys

Stolen from

Baggy Trousers - Madness

Coldplay ripped themselves off, what was it Speed of Sound and Clocks?

At least they didn't do it with back to back singles from the same album ala White Stripes with The Denial Twist and My Doorbell.

Soul2Soul: Back to life Deep purple:Smoke on the water

The Imperial March from Star wars (3rd and 4th phrase) "a spoon full of sugar" from mary poppins

Owens....do you have family in Kilkeel, Ardglass, Portavogie, certainly a history of deep trawling LOL

Steve Campbell wrote:

Owens....do you have family in Kilkeel, Ardglass, Portavogie, certainly a history of deep trawling LOL

Not to my knowledge Cambo. Why?

think about it :D

Give up Cambo.

What is it?:D

Christopher Owens wrote: Imagine - John Lennon

Stolen by Mick Jones, Marti Fredrikson and Ozzy Osbourne for

Dreamer - Ozzy Ozbourne.

Listen to the start of Don't Look Back In Anger (Oasis) too, the piano blatently rips it.

Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby

Stolen from: Under Pressure - David Bowie and Queen

No idea how Vanilla Ice won that court case. It's such a blatant rip of the bassline and the same notes on the keyboard kinda gives it away too. Can someone tell me how Vanilla Ice won? I heard it's something about an "extra note".

I saw some interview on VH1 with Ice, and he's claiming it's not the same riff. He says "Theirs goes like this.....da da da dada da da and ours goes like ....da dada da dada da da" or words to that effect. Tell it to the lawyers.......or Suge Knight, Ice.

Another case

Twatto wrote:

Christopher Owens wrote: Imagine - John Lennon

Stolen by Mick Jones, Marti Fredrikson and Ozzy Osbourne for

Dreamer - Ozzy Ozbourne.

Listen to the start of Don't Look Back In Anger (Oasis) too, the piano blatently rips it.

Love Reaction - Divine

Stolen from

Blue Monday - Nu Ordah

Iron Maiden 'Run To The Hills'

borrows from

Buzzcocks 'Autonomy'

Snorri xxx

Marc wrote: No idea how Vanilla Ice won that court case. It's such a blatant rip of the bassline and the same notes on the keyboard kinda gives it away too. Can someone tell me how Vanilla Ice won? I heard it's something about an "extra note".

Theres barely a difference. Queens goes 'Da da da dada da-da' Ice's goes 'Dada da da dada da-da'

Just one extra note at the start.

Johnny wrote: Although i have to admit Tears For Fears' Mad World almost lends itself to True Faith at times

That doesn't make any sense because Mad World came out in the early 80s...True Faith wasn't until 1987. On top of that, both songs DO NOT sound alike.

Some Girls - Rachael Stevens stolen from Strict Machine - Goldfrapp

Snoopy wrote: Goldfrapp

That word always made me laugh and i dont know why...

Yeah, it does me too.

Missy Jem wrote:

Yeah, it does me too.

Thats good, i just thought it was cos i was a bit strange...