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Thread started 11/20/06 12:33pm

SupaFunkyOrgan
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Prince, the rip-off artist

Prince's "Reflection" blatantly mimics Chaka's "Smokin Room" nod

Nominate a rip-off here biggrin

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Reply #1 posted 11/20/06 12:35pm

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wow, big ripoff. Someone call the cops.

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Reply #2 posted 11/20/06 12:46pm

wlcm2thdwn

well since he wrote som any hit's for her and they're good friends I guess she doesn't mind, he brought her into his vegas club this weekend.

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Reply #3 posted 11/20/06 1:01pm

SupaFunkyOrgan
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After bull comes..... well you fill in the blank razz

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Reply #4 posted 11/20/06 1:13pm

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I don't blame (because the songs as a whole are different) but here are a couple "lifts"

Forever in My Life--Everyday People

Wherever You Go--Wherever You Go (Richard Marx)

Thieves in the Temple--Say Say Say

What Do You Want Me To Do--Cant Help It(?) Michael Jackson (?)

Lets Work--Head

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Reply #5 posted 11/20/06 1:15pm

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His "When Doves Cry" totally rips off Hammer's "Pray".

Ignore this post.
I don't need the encouragement.

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Reply #6 posted 11/20/06 3:43pm

Anx

cream = 'bang a gong (get it on)' by t.rex in a MAJOR way. nod

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Reply #7 posted 11/20/06 3:49pm

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Illustrator said:

His "When Doves Cry" totally rips off Hammer's "Pray".


Yeah, it's the same as Rick James TOTALLY ripped of Hammer's "U Can't Touch This", with "Super Freak". What is Prince and Rick's problem? razz

rock on with your bad self
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Reply #8 posted 11/20/06 4:14pm

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"Cars" Gary Numan = "Automatic"
"What The Hell" - Ohio Players = "Computer Blue"
"Vietnamese Baby" - New York Dolls = "Ronnie talk To Russia"
"Get It On (Bang A Gong) T-Rex = "Cream"
"Revolution" The Beatles = "Paisley Park"
Other than these, P actually has used more lyrics or similar phrases from other artists than the actual music. Here's just a few:

"Don't Worry,...if there's a Hell below, we're all going to go." Curtis Mayfield
"Don't Worry,...I won't hurt u. I only" well, ya'll know the rest.
"Mommy, what's a Funkadelic?" - Funkadelic
"Mommy, why does everybody have a bomb?"
"International Feel" Todd Rundgren = "International Lover"
John Lennon's "Woman" "I never meant to cause you any sorrow or pain" = "Purple Rain "I never meant to cause u any sorrow. I never meant to cause u any pain."

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Reply #9 posted 11/20/06 5:00pm

Snap

6 1/2 = Atomic Dog


edit:
one of the Madhouse b-sides anyway
very similar to the P-Funk sound
check the bass & drums
[Edited 11/20/06 17:02pm]

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Reply #10 posted 11/20/06 5:03pm

FruitToAttract
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Fascination = Listen To the Music
Condition of the Heart intro = The Romantic Warrior intro

"18 years old, and she knows her funk!!! headbang"
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PYRAMID HEAD HAS COME TO RAPE
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Reply #11 posted 11/20/06 5:20pm

AsianBomb777

I always thought that Girls and Boys sounded a bit like Sheena Easton's Strut. falloff

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Reply #12 posted 11/20/06 5:31pm

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Not so much straight jacked but cleverly evoked

International Lover - When You Touch Me(Taana Gardner)

Insatiable - This Must Be Heaven(Brainstorm)

The Beautiful Ones - Baby Come Close(Smokey Robinson)

Pop Life - Let Em In (Paul Mcartney/Wings)

I Wanna Be Your Lover - Its Getting Better All the TIme(Beatles)

"...and you believed that story? You believed that?" The Godfather Part II
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Reply #13 posted 11/21/06 1:41am

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Wherever You Go--Wherever You Go (Richard Marx)

barf That was also my first association when I heard that horrible song for the first (and the last!) time. Yuk Prince!!!

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Reply #14 posted 11/21/06 1:51am

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Little Red Corvette - Brand New Key. Melanie Safka.

Fuck the funk - it's time to ditch the worn-out Vegas horns fills, pick up the geee-tar and finally ROCK THE MUTHA-FUCKER!! He hinted at this on Chaos, now it's time to step up and fully DELIVER!!
woot!
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Reply #15 posted 11/21/06 6:14am

unkemptpueblo

cinnamon Girl = Rebel Rebel(David Bowie).. Compare the chorus and its a dead ringer baby.

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Reply #16 posted 11/21/06 9:55am

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Easily the worst song jacking of his career:

3 Chains of Gold on the Symbol album is a blatant rip off of
Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

"If you wanted to buy a Sam Cooke album, where would you go?"
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Reply #17 posted 11/21/06 10:40am

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CHAKA MAD!

oh did anyone compare Strollin to Rollin?

and don't for get America!

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Reply #18 posted 11/21/06 11:01am

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funkaholic1972 said:

Wherever You Go--Wherever You Go (Richard Marx)

barf That was also my first association when I heard that horrible song for the first (and the last!) time. Yuk Prince!!!


agreed, and for him to then accuse Lenny of stealing it from him is even worse. It's lyrics like that that make me wonder about Prince's sanity.

When I heard Diamonds & Pearls I figured it must be some kind of metaphor, because he couldn't be writing such cliche lyrics.

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Reply #19 posted 11/21/06 11:28am

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Work That Fat (outtake) copied Martika's Kitchen
One Of Us copied Love... Thy Will Be Done

Man, Prince totally copied Martika - twice! Shows what an innovator she was...

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Reply #20 posted 11/21/06 12:54pm

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blackguitaristz said:

"Cars" Gary Numan = "Automatic"
"What The Hell" - Ohio Players = "Computer Blue"
"Vietnamese Baby" - New York Dolls = "Ronnie talk To Russia"
"Get It On (Bang A Gong) T-Rex = "Cream"
"Revolution" The Beatles = "Paisley Park"
Other than these, P actually has used more lyrics or similar phrases from other artists than the actual music. Here's just a few:

"Don't Worry,...if there's a Hell below, we're all going to go." Curtis Mayfield
"Don't Worry,...I won't hurt u. I only" well, ya'll know the rest.
"Mommy, what's a Funkadelic?" - Funkadelic
"Mommy, why does everybody have a bomb?"
"International Feel" Todd Rundgren = "International Lover"
John Lennon's "Woman" "I never meant to cause you any sorrow or pain" = "Purple Rain "I never meant to cause u any sorrow. I never meant to cause u any pain."

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You can't be serious with some of the phrases. eek

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Reply #21 posted 11/21/06 1:50pm

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jamie starr was a thief?

"A true Zen-saying: nothing is what I want."
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Reply #22 posted 11/21/06 2:11pm

NDRU

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SenseOfDoubt said:

jamie starr was a thief?


i always thought he was a queef

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Reply #23 posted 11/21/06 2:13pm

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U R all certifiably straight-jacket worthy.

A) Every musician is influenced by what they hear.
B) Even without hearing something, it's inevitable that more than 1 being would create similar music, be it harmonically, melodically, rythmically, etc.
C) There's a BIG difference between A, B, or A+B, versus "ripping something off".

Prince is A or B or both A & B, and maybe also sometimes simply giving a nod 2 a classic with respect. Jamie Starr is NOT a thief.

Peace.

G.

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Reply #24 posted 11/21/06 2:16pm

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"Now the sound of my voice is pumpin in your chest. More or less, I am here 2 tell U that... I am the best... better than the rest... better than the Thieves in The Temple tonight..."

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Reply #25 posted 11/21/06 2:18pm

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NDRU said:

SenseOfDoubt said:

jamie starr was a thief?


i always thought he was a queef


is does sound like that.

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Reply #26 posted 11/21/06 2:21pm

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blackguitaristz said:

"Cars" Gary Numan = "Automatic"
"What The Hell" - Ohio Players = "Computer Blue"
"Vietnamese Baby" - New York Dolls = "Ronnie talk To Russia"
"Get It On (Bang A Gong) T-Rex = "Cream"
"Revolution" The Beatles = "Paisley Park"
Other than these, P actually has used more lyrics or similar phrases from other artists than the actual music. Here's just a few:

"Don't Worry,...if there's a Hell below, we're all going to go." Curtis Mayfield
"Don't Worry,...I won't hurt u. I only" well, ya'll know the rest.
"Mommy, what's a Funkadelic?" - Funkadelic
"Mommy, why does everybody have a bomb?"
"International Feel" Todd Rundgren = "International Lover"
John Lennon's "Woman" "I never meant to cause you any sorrow or pain" = "Purple Rain "I never meant to cause u any sorrow. I never meant to cause u any pain."



Ohh larwd.....Morris Day.

The TRUTH.......only exist in 1 form.
The TRUTH.
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Reply #27 posted 11/21/06 2:30pm

SenseOfDoubt

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Giovanni777 said:

[..]
Jamie Starr is NOT a thief.
[..]

ahm, i was not too serious... mad

"A true Zen-saying: nothing is what I want."
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Reply #28 posted 11/21/06 2:31pm

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Graycap23 said:

blackguitaristz said:

"Cars" Gary Numan = "Automatic"
"What The Hell" - Ohio Players = "Computer Blue"
"Vietnamese Baby" - New York Dolls = "Ronnie talk To Russia"
"Get It On (Bang A Gong) T-Rex = "Cream"
"Revolution" The Beatles = "Paisley Park"
Other than these, P actually has used more lyrics or similar phrases from other artists than the actual music. Here's just a few:

"Don't Worry,...if there's a Hell below, we're all going to go." Curtis Mayfield
"Don't Worry,...I won't hurt u. I only" well, ya'll know the rest.
"Mommy, what's a Funkadelic?" - Funkadelic
"Mommy, why does everybody have a bomb?"
"International Feel" Todd Rundgren = "International Lover"
John Lennon's "Woman" "I never meant to cause you any sorrow or pain" = "Purple Rain "I never meant to cause u any sorrow. I never meant to cause u any pain."



Ohh larwd.....Morris Day.



Actually, Gray, U gotta switch the "w" and the "r", and maybe add an "h"... "Ohh LAHWRD"...

...and DOUBLE that.

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Reply #29 posted 11/21/06 2:32pm

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SenseOfDoubt said:

Giovanni777 said:

[..]
Jamie Starr is NOT a thief.
[..]

ahm, i was not too serious... mad


I know this.

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