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Originals VS. Rip-offs I remember a few years ago that there used to be a thread about tracks that were rip-offs of the originals. I like to start off an all new version of that classic thread. SOS Band -- Just Be Good To Me (written by Jam/Lewis) Cindy Valentine -- In Your Midnight Hour (written by Cindy Valentine/Tony Green)
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One of the best Prince ripoffs was Ready For The World's "Oh Sheila". It is hard to pinpoint it directly to a Prince song, but that song was completely biting Prince's 1999/Purple Rain sound, with the Linn and the rest of the instrumentation! RIP Prince: thank U 4 a funky Time... | |
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Original
MJ - Billie Jean
Rip-off
Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen Just somewhere in the middle,
Not too good and not too bad. | |
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Inspired, cool. But, they sound nothing alike. So, this doesn't count. Caribbean Queen, however, is a COMPLETE Billie Jean rip-off. الحيوان النادلة ((((|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|)))) ...AND THAT'S THE WAY THE "TITTY" MILKS IT!
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Yup! الحيوان النادلة ((((|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|)))) ...AND THAT'S THE WAY THE "TITTY" MILKS IT!
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Agree
just thought i mention it | |
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Awesome. I never even knew that he said that. الحيوان النادلة ((((|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|)))) ...AND THAT'S THE WAY THE "TITTY" MILKS IT!
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There's also these:
Night Rider ~ Midnight Star Superstar ~ Lydia Murdock (answer song) Like A Virgin ~ Madonna Addicted To Love ~ Robert Palmer (remove the guitar and the rhythm sounds similar) Dirty Dancer ~ Bar Kays You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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ORIGINAL: Sheila & B. Devotion -- Misery (written by Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers)
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RIP-OFF: Pointer Sisters -- I'm So Excited (written by Trevor Lawrence, Anita Pointer, June Pointer, Ruth Pointer)
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Why go far:
Blurred Lines, Robin Thicke Got to Give It Up, Marvin Gaye
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Rip off (gonna post Shit Line's instrumental to make it obvious)
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This is fun lol | |
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Let Me Party With You ~ Bunny Sigler the chorus of Shake Your Body by The Jacksons was also based on a line from Got To Give It Up
[Edited 1/15/14 9:51am] You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Daisy Jane ~ America / Let's Wait Awhile ~ Janet Jackson Fame ~ David Bowie / Hot (I Need To Be Loved) ~ James Brown Stand By Me ~ Ben E King / I'll Be There ~ Damita Jo Somos Novios ~ Armando Manzanero / It's Impossible ~ Perry Como Am I The Same Girl ~ Barbara Acklin / Soulful Strut ~ Young-Holt Unlimited He's So Fine ~ The Chiffons / My Sweet Lord ~ George Harrison Pour Toi ~ Loulou Gasté / Feelings ~ Morris Albert Manhã de Carnaval ~ Breno Mello / A Day In The Life Of A Fool ~ Jack Jones , There's also a long tradition of taking gospel songs and giving them secular lyrics.
You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Rip-Off
And he sued Ray Parker, Jr.????????????????? Joe Jackson, the brothers and MJ's estate oughta sue him back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
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Original Fatback Band-I Found Lovin Ripoff Cashflow - Mine All Mine produced by Larry Blackmon Original Cameo - Single Life Ripoff Shalamar - Games produced by LA and Babyface Don't laugh at my funk
This funk is a serious joint | |
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Excellent point!
ORIGINAL: Prince -- 1999
RIP-OFF: Shalamar -- Dancing In The Sheets | |
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Some more ripoffs: | |
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M should've also sue Huey as well.
ORIGINAL: M -- Pop Muzik | |
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fatback band - i found loving http://www.youtube.com/wa...u-gYmOyRi4 vs cashflow - mine al mine http://www.youtube.com/wa...oRZ1-lOuf0
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Parts of this song sound a lot like Erotic City, but this song came out a year before Erotic City was released.
" I´d rather be a stank ass hoe because I´m not stupid. Oh my goodness! I got more drugs! I´m always funny dude...I´m hilarious! Are we gonna smoke?" | |
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This one by T-Rex named Get It On (Bang a Gong) sounds like it inspired Prince´s hit song Cream.
" I´d rather be a stank ass hoe because I´m not stupid. Oh my goodness! I got more drugs! I´m always funny dude...I´m hilarious! Are we gonna smoke?" | |
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Here's one not many people may have thought about
Original
Ripoff
The original came out in 1986
The ripoff came out in 1987 Don't laugh at my funk
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Whoah, it's never occurred to me that "Part-time Lover" might have been inspired "a bit too much" by "Maneater". I still think it's really the melody and especially the chorus that counts when calling something a "ripoff". Both songs have that fairly banal-sounding rhythm track and it's hardly like that alone makes the songs. | |
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I've read once that prince wrote Erotic City after visiting a Parliament/Funkadelic gig. But to me it sounds more like Prince listened to "White Horse" on repeat and then started working on something similar but even funkier. Both tunes are great though! RIP Prince: thank U 4 a funky Time... | |
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The albums these two songs came on were released within two months of each other. I don't think it's an "original vs. ripoff" thing, but man do they have such a similar structure.
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Is a direct ripoff of this
[Edited 1/17/14 15:28pm] "Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth" | |
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