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Old 07-01-2012, 15:33
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I think that hook is based on an old Bo Diddley tune. A similar one was used on Don Fardon's Indian Reservation which was a top ten hit a couple of years before those two records.
Yeah, Bo Diddley was/is very influential.

George Thorogood and the Destroyers - Bad to the Bone

The Yardbird's version of Bo's I'm a Man
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Old 07-01-2012, 20:17
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Last year (I think) there was a piano piece on a Honda advert that sounded very similar to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR6uz_VTCUo
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Old 07-01-2012, 21:44
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This is great, showing how most pop songs use the same 4 chords
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co9mW_9hH2g
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Old 07-01-2012, 21:56
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"So Glad I Was There" by California Dreams

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsLdI-BC3fI

Clearly inspired by "In My Life" by The Beatles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI0Q8ytD44Y
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Old 07-01-2012, 22:00
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"Where Do You Go" by No Mercy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyANFcnrM8I

and

"Please Don't Go" by No Mercy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uADgHFntj4I
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Old 07-01-2012, 22:18
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Lady Gaga - 'Just Dance' & Jason Derulo - 'In My Head'.

Ace of Base - 'Don't Turn Around' & Lady Gaga - 'Alejandro'.
Everyone rips off GaGa these days, but she's still the HBIC!
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Old 23-01-2012, 20:01
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Rizzle Kicks - Mama Do The Hump
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxEINSBsbeo

Will Young - Switch It On
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndMk5chmNho&ob=av2e
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Old 23-01-2012, 22:35
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For me this one is a lock

MIA - Paper planes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3plBzBB8LE8
Cher Loyd - with ur love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySci_Ld-dpc

Hate both but Cher rips off M.I.A.
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Old 23-01-2012, 23:10
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see also: Backstreet Boys; Larger than life.


Mindblown!
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Old 24-01-2012, 00:31
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The verses in these two songs have the same melodies

Gwen Stefani - The Real Thing (2003)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCxXmyeVPho

Madonna - Miles Away (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhcSyLTTlQI
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Old 24-01-2012, 00:36
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Ace of Base - 'Don't Turn Around' & Lady Gaga - 'Alejandro'.
Everyone rips off GaGa these days, but she's still the HBIC!
'Don't Turn Around' by Ace of Base came out in 1994.
How are they ripping off Lady Gaga when 'Alejandro' came out in 2010?
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Old 24-01-2012, 00:48
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I couldn't believe it when Craig David released Hidden Agenda:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aVPnZmcZIs

Listen to the first verse, and then listen to the first verse of this Jon B track, which was released a couple of years earlier - it sounds VERY similar:

Don't talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAvBNMEj5kM
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Old 26-01-2012, 19:56
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Jessie J - Domino
Katy Perry - Last Friday Night
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Old 03-05-2012, 19:31
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David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj - Turn Me On
Rihanna - Only Girl in the World
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Old 08-05-2012, 11:01
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I always thought the guitar in James - She's A Star & Natalie Imbruglia's Torn were exactly the same
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Old 08-05-2012, 11:04
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there's a song by Beady Eye (liam gallagher's new group) called the roller and when that plays on tv I start to sing instant karma by john lennon
It's unusual for one of the Gallaghers to rip off one of the Beatles

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Old 08-05-2012, 11:06
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I said it ages ago in another thread but I think Amy MacDonald's This Is The Life sounds very similar to The Ketchup Song by Las Ketchup.
I can hear that !
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Old 08-05-2012, 11:14
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"ghostbusters" by ray Parker junior

And "I wanna new drug" by Huey Lewis & the news

I think that actually went to court, Ray parker Jr settled out of court.
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Old 08-05-2012, 11:15
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James Blunt's new single Dangerous sounds like someone has mixed together the verse of Chesney Hawkes' 'I am the one and only' and the chorus of Maniac by Michael Sembello to create a new (and annoying) song.
... shudders........
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Old 08-05-2012, 11:20
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Kayleigh by Marillion sounds like Tim Buckley's Song To The Siren.
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Old 10-02-2013, 21:01
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I heard Duran Duran's Skintrade on Tameside Radio this morning. I had been reminded of it by Jimmy Ray's Are You Jimmy Ray?

Duran http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzguwLZXs8Y
Jimmy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqnO40AGRSc
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Old 10-02-2013, 21:04
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REM's "Orange Crush" and Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Fortune Faded" sound a bit
similar to me:

REM:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mSmOcmk7uQ

RHCP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYYW_WwYHuM
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Old 10-02-2013, 21:15
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Thrift Shop sounds like Get Right by Jennifer Lopez.
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Old 10-02-2013, 21:55
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Rihanna - Rude Boy
Rihanna - Roc Me Out
Nicole Scherzinger - Right There
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Old 10-02-2013, 22:41
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One Direction's Live While We're Young sounds like The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go.
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