For example...


Georgio is said to have been the reigning "poor man's Prince" champion.

John Cafferty(I believe his name is) was said to have been a "bargain basement Bruce Springsteen.

Who else was most considered the most blatant rip off of another artist or act?

USHER COPIEs MICHAEL JACKSON.....

Back in the day, people said the Osmonds were rip offs of the Jackson's or was it vise versa?

sitruk7 said:

It wasn't visa versa..


The Osmonds were doing the Andy Williams Show, while

The 5 was giving up the funk!!!

Actually people said Terence Trent D'arby was a poor man's Prince.

Osmonds were defintely a poor man's Jackson 5 because The Osmonds switched their style up to "One Bad Apple" after the success of J5.

INXS was said to be a poor man's U2 (I don't find them that similar).

CinisterCee said:

That's news to me as well.

suzy q was the trailer park trash version of madonna.

sosgemini said:

Good one SOS!

Prince was like the gay man's Jimi Hendrix

sosgemini said:

no way! Suzi Q has WAYYYYY more talent, appeal and attitude than Madge ever will

go Suzi

Terilicious said:

That's...new

I learned that everyone in rock'n roll is a poor man's Little Richard.

(Source: Little Richard)

CinisterCee said:

I've learned that everyone on earth is the poor man's Little Richard.

(source: Little Richard)

the beatles and at least 75% of all bands.

ok Stax, we know you're talking about Oasis.

CinisterCee said:

Badfinger too.

SUN were a poor mans Earth, Wind and Fire.

R.Kelly ripped off Aaron Hall of GUY

LittleBLUECorvette said:

in my opinion..the whole grunge era was a rip off scene..

we all know nirvana ripped off pieces of REM,Pixies,The Stooges,..which then bands of the like as Bush,Silverchair,etc...the only..band..i can say was orginal in the 90's was the smashing pumpkins but then people say..thier a rip off my bloody valentine becuase of the siamese dream album..my point.. i dont like nirvana..a tad over rated.

sitruk7 said:

No, that would be Coldplay.

Everybody's ripped of Bowie at some point or another.

Zelaira said:

You are so right about that. Usher is a blatant clone. Usher sings like Michael Jackson. He dances like Michael Jackson. He's done everything but bleach his skin and register as a sex offender!

Natisse said:

brothaluv said:

Moonbeam said:

not to worry Moonbeam. i'll be meeting up with lil Miss Natisse soon enough. i'll take care of her.



where to hide the body.

The Black Crowes as the "Poor Man's Rolling Stones".
Even Keef himself made a comment after hearing them similar to, "Where have we heard that before?"


But as Keith Richards sagely pointed out in Q148, "The Rolling Stones are not here to break new ground, they're here to be The Rolling Stones." In a funny way, The Black Crowes are not here to break new ground either. They're here to be The Rolling Stones too.

-- Tom Doyle


I'm willing to bet the "Poor Man's Rolling Stones" title has been hung on Aerosmith also at some point.

*Spelling edit.

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431
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theAudience said:

Hmmm. The Black Crows? Yeah, I can kinda see that.Good one TA!

sitruk7 said:

the counting crows...

theAudience said:

Absolutely.

Prince had pretty much stood alone for me in the early days. When he started using horns, I saw a younger James Brown.
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