This simple "woo-woo" hook sounds like a rip-off to me!

Prince's lawyers clearly missed this one.

CynicKill said:

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I'm sorry but I just don't hear it, aside from a percussion affect that is most likely a basic common feature of some software.

It's not the music. Listen to the melody of the verse.

phunkdaddy said:

CynicKill said:

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Um it's probably a cleared sample.

That's key. It must be a cleared sample and credit given to the original writers. Had Thicke and Pharrell done this we wouldn't have multiple threads on the topic.

I don't see no credit or sample information here:

http://www.discogs.com/Louise-Arms-Around-The-World/release/52381

namepeace said:

Phil Collins' "Sussudio" (source material apparently Prince's "1999").

Shalamar's Dancing In the Sheets was also inspired by Prince's 1999.

I know Cinny and I discuss this a few years ago, but it's still a honorable mention:

S.O.S. Band -- Just Be Good To Me


Cindy Valentine -- In Your Midnight Hour

Listen for the identical catchy guitar notes:

John Mellencamp-- Hurts So Good


Michael Jackson -- Black Or White

SoulAlive said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Evanescene's smash hit "My Immortal" was a direct rip of Garbage's "Medication"

TonyVanDam said:

namepeace said:

Phil Collins' "Sussudio" (source material apparently Prince's "1999").

Shalamar's Dancing In the Sheets was also inspired by Prince's 1999.

True indeed.

TonyVanDam said:

Listen for the identical catchy guitar notes:

John Mellencamp-- Hurts So Good


Michael Jackson -- Black Or White

Totally. Don't forget the end of "They Don't Care About Us" sounding exactly like Billy Idol's "Eyes Without A Face".

Thsi thread is an exact rip-off of ''Blurred Lines' Jury Orders Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams to Pay $7.4 Million''

I love Mariah Carey but she owes some songwriting royalties to some other artists.







I remember this rip-off dance track from a few years ago

Beautifulstarr123 said:

SoulAlive said:

Michael Jackson's song "Thriller" borrows its bassline from Rick James' song "Give It To Me,Baby".

The Bar Kays' song "Freakshow On The Dancefloor" is basically just a faster version of Midnight Star's "No Parking On The Dancefloor" (there are several other Bar Kays songs that borrow heavily from other songs)

Lady Gaga's song "Born This Way" sounds a little too similiar to Madonna's "Express Yourself",something which Madonna herself has acknowledged.

Madonna claimed recently that Lady Gaga stole a song from her. Have you heard or read anything about that?

I only know about "Born This Way" sounding alot like "Express Yourself"...haven't heard of any others.

Pharrell borrowed the sound for Screams of Passion much like he did for Blurred Lines.

Prince can't escape from this.

Slow it down and becomes the basis for Do Me Baby

Kiss

Cream

lrn36 said:

Prince can't escape from this.

Slow it down and becomes the basis for Do Me Baby

Cymone wrote Do Me Baby, not Prince.

this was one of those occasions showing how sampling became a real detriment to music.......

and showed how the Pop Ascension destroyed authentic R&B presentation but relied on it to thrive....presenting R&B as an inferior brand but served as the lifeline the entire time

Mariah Carey's music has featured a ton of sampling too

http://www.whosampled.com/Mariah-Carey/?sp=1

Cameo, arguably the most influential R&B act on teh map a year before the Pop Ascension took off and totally pushed them out of the musical landscape. Cameo had longstanding power and should have been performing for decades..

the famous codpiece Larry Blackmon used to wear during performances, well Michael Jackson borrowed that and modified it by wearing a similar get up during his performances of the Dangerous Tour when performing the first set of songs Jam and Wanna Be Startin Somethin, Smooth Criminal and the like...

this is why R&B can no longer chart because it's been robbed of its virtue and identity by so many representatives of other genres: Pop, Rap, Neo-Soul, Contemporary Gospel, contemporary jazz, Latin, even on occassion by country music artists......everyone has tapped into it, because it was the greatest music alive because it derived from years, decades, of cultural expression producing that richness of authenticity

the ascension destroyed R&B

it has been reduced to a sample

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thesexofit said:

Mr Andre again. This is much more of the case that the song sounds similar rather then a straight ripoff. Again, alot of songs from any same era do this on closer inspection, so I give it a pass.

This song now credits both Wilson and Berry, but it didn't initially. Instead it just credited Brian Wilson as songwriter and Chuck Berry's publishing company. Meaning I presume Chuck got all the money but none of the credit initially LOL. It was sorted later on to include both Wilson and Berry on the credits along with the aformentioned publishing company that Berry was with. Kinda odd that one, but at least Brian Wilson got Chuck's (publishers) permission. Chuck even later said he liked it LOL.

then Chuck Berry owes these guys....

Little Red Corvetter hook?

Wow, just so many, so many (I may update later on) :

- "Jump" (Van Halen) = "Dirty Mind" (Prince)

- "Stand Back" (Stevie Nicks) = "Little Red Corvette" (Prince)

- "Infatuation" (Laurnea) = "Adore" (Prince)

- "Uptown Funk" (Bruno Mars) = Oops Upside Your Head" - ad libs (Gap Band) + "Jam" - Horns (Michael Jackson) + "Ladies Night" - chords progression (Kool and The gang)

- "Born This Way" (Lady Gaga) = "Express Yourself" (Madonna)

- "Can I Call You" (Marques Houston) = "I Can't Help It" (Michael Jackson)

- "Shut Up And Drive "(Rihanna) = "Blue Monday" (New Order)

- "Sweet Escape (Gwen Stefani & Akon) = "Carribean Queen" (Billy Ocean)

- "Xxxplosive" (Dr Dre) / "Bag Lady" (Erykah Badu) = "Bumpy's Lament (Shaft Soundtrack)

nuttynutmeg said:

I think the Gaye's family victory in the Blurred Lines case is ridiculous, since I can't for the life of me figure out any plausible basis --musically-- to arrive at the conclusion that the two songs are sufficiently similar for a copyright infringement to be established.

Now let's list the songs that really rip off other songs and get away with it so as to EDUCATE the jury in the Blurred Lines case.

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I think you're comparing the wrong song : Actually, Craig David's "All the Way" is a more obvious rip-off of Jon B's "Don't Talk". Another example in Craig David's discography is "RendezVous" which is a ripoff of Donnell Jones "Shorty (Got Her Eyes On me") ...

Some more :

- "Another One Bites The Dust" (Queen) + "Around The world" (Daft Punk) = "Good Times" (Chic)

- "Gots Ta Be" (B2K) = "Nice and Slow" (Usher)

- "One Kiss" (B2K) + "That Girl" (Marques Houston) = "U Remind Me" (Usher)

This song is a direct rip-off of Prince's song, "The Beautiful Ones", The keyboards are EXACTLY alike. I'm surprised we didn't read about Prince suing Sweet Obsession for copying one of his songs:

Damn, it's the same exact song, just different words.