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poolieinnottingham · **Posted:** Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:56 am

I hope they're getting some royalties off Cbeebies - the theme music to 'Same smile' is a complete rip-off of their seminal 80s single 'Crash'.

Whatever next? Mr Tumble jigging about to a xylophone version of 'Just Like Honey' by Jesus and Mary Chain?

ElvisC · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:55 am **Posts:** 4504

That Pharrell Williams shite thats going global at the minute is heavily "lifted" from Velvet Hammer's "Happy" from 1972. Dont people realise that some folk have memories and boxes of old 45's? its blatant.

ElvisC · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:55 am **Posts:** 4504

Mind, the worst one ever is The Coral's "Dreaming Of You" and Jimmy James & The Vagabonds "No Good To Cry", a close second to that 'lovely lovely person' Weller and his Electric Light Orchestra tribute on "Changing Man"!

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:16 pm

I love that Coral song so I'll have to check out the Jimmy James one!!!!

ElvisC · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:55 am **Posts:** 4504

MutleyRules wrote:

I love that Coral song so I'll have to check out the Jimmy James one!!!!

You can play one over the top of the other..its the same tune, same production, but a different lyric.

Another one you can do exactly the same with is T.Rex's "Metal Guru" and The Smiths "Panic". Open two Media Players and try it. Its the same tune, same arrangement.

poolieinnottingham · **Posted:** Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:39 pm

There's nowt new under the sun, as my gran used to say.

ElvisC · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:55 am **Posts:** 4504

MadJohn wrote:

The Enemy's "Don't Break The Red Tape" is so blatant it's quite funny

The "London Calling" one? Comical!

ElvisC · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:55 am **Posts:** 4504

..and REM covered "Strange" by Wire on Document!

Spender · **Posted:** Thu Feb 13, 2014 6:11 pm

Michael Stipe and more importantly, Peter Buck and Mike Mills were always Wire fans. Buck got his guitar style off Wire's Bruce Gilbert.

Didn't do so bad on it, like, but they were honest about it.

The Bishop · **Posted:** Thu Feb 13, 2014 6:12 pm

Next you all will be trying to tell me Showaddywaddy didnt write their own songs?

Joe Mac · **Posted:** Thu Feb 13, 2014 6:34 pm

ElvisC wrote:

MadJohn wrote:

The Enemy's "Don't Break The Red Tape" is so blatant it's quite funny

The "London Calling" one? Comical!

Nation of Checkout Girls by The Enemy is also another blatant one... Common People by Pulp

poolieinnottingham · **Posted:** Thu Feb 13, 2014 7:30 pm

What was the one which was a direct copy of 'Brown Sugar' by the Stones? 'Bohemian Like You'?

poolieinnottingham · **Posted:** Thu Feb 13, 2014 7:35 pm

That's them, the Randy Arseholes.

parmo · **Posted:** Thu Feb 13, 2014 7:59 pm

I regularly hear songs where they are a concoction of 2 or 3 other tunes,so even though you can hear what's going on- you can't always quite put your finger on what it is

Spender · **Posted:** Thu Feb 13, 2014 8:27 pm

Joe Mac wrote:

ElvisC wrote:

MadJohn wrote:

The Enemy's "Don't Break The Red Tape" is so blatant it's quite funny

The "London Calling" one? Comical!

Nation of Checkout Girls by The Enemy is also another blatant one... Common People by Pulp

If you listen to Common People carefully, it could have been written by a German oompah band at Oktoberfest. It's only the lyrics that save it, although I do love it. :laugh:

demented twig · **Joined:** Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:09 pm **Posts:** 1043

mr brightside by the killers always reminds me of queen bitch by david bowie...dont know why?

poolieinnottingham · **Posted:** Fri Feb 14, 2014 5:48 pm

The start of 'Laura' by the Scissor Sisters is a complete rip-off of the original Thomas The Tank Engine theme tune.

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