10 Oasis songs that 'Rip Off' other songs

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[@brusselssprouts560]

Great vid, and is the reason I never respected this band of rubbish. Blur may have borrowed sounds, ut not to the extent these morons did.

[@JupiterThunder]

Noel Gallagher should be in jail for his flagrant copyright infringement!

[@simonedgbaston]

👍🏻Now His Songs Sound really Crap in High Flying Birds the arrogant Swine 😊

[@jpabcede5016]

@@JupiterThunder and Noel should have sued Innes back for referencing "Whatever".

[@CarysCreatesThings]

I remember MTV Europe had an ‘Oasis Weekend’ in the 90s, and there was a comedy skit featuring two guys dressed as Liam and Noel singing a parody of Wonderwall. I can’t find it online anywhere, but I still remember most of the lyrics 30 years later. The chorus went: “I said maybe I plagiarise but it pays me And after all We’re not John and Paul”

[@BeastofBurden005]

Nothing could be more accurate about their entire career than those four lines.

[@Littlewing6was9]

There was another parody of Don't look back in anger. "Noel Gallaghers great, but liams irate..." followed by "Don't talk back ya w⚓, I heard you say" something like that lol

[@ReclusiveDuck]

_"We're not John and Paul"_ ...Hit the nail on the head!

[@dancarter482]

They are also NOT the Stone Roses - and Liam's not fit to shine Ian Brown's shoes despite trying to copy his walk etc.

[@jonchubb1474]

I need to see this. Is there going to be a Rutles equivalent for Oasis?

[@BDASS-o6l]

Credit to the late Burt Bacharach for not suing hes even on one of the Oasis album covers they loved him that much

[@jasonsnusberry3654]

Which one?

[@BDASS-o6l]

@@jasonsnusberry3654 definitely maybe that's his portrait on the left buy the sofa

[@artspooner4648]

@@BDASS-o6l I didn't know that, thanks! It would make a brilliant pub quiz question guaranteed to confuse most Oasis fans - 'which musician's portrait features on the album cover of Oasis's debut album?'

[@BDASS-o6l]

@@artspooner4648 👍

[@TheLotusManFILMs.]

@@artspooner4648 Is it Burt Bacharach?

[@traineecanuck]

She’s Electric also has the lyrics from the 1970s kids TV show “You and Me” … “lots and lots for us to see, lots and lots for us to do (you and me, me and you).”

[@Anglovox]

....AND it, literally, sounds like it could have been written, performed, and sung by George Harrison himself!

[@TinshipTravels]

same chords as Married with children too

[@coolmacatrain9434]

Which in itself was lifted from an 1968 Kinks song "Wonder Boy"

[@joshdeegan91]

One more for you - Fade Away and Freedom by Wham! Seriously, the first two lines "Every day I hear a different story, people saying that you're no good for me..." sounds exactly like "When I was young I thought I found my own key, I knew exactly what I wanted to be..."

[@theotheoth]

Hey, you're right! If Noel is unashamed of ripping off other people's songs, at least we can shame him on being a closet Wham fan. Although I guess I also just shamed you, josh, on the same.

[@suzannejane1035]

​​​​@@theotheoth Well there's no shame, considering George Michael is a brilliant songwriter.

[@theotheoth]

@@suzannejane1035 Umm...ok. I must confess, I once performed 'Faith' on a guitar at a very 'cool' party (I was slightly off my head and it was the only song I was sure I could remember --- three basic chords) and ... well, I wish I hadn't. Sorry if you're a big fan.

[@brhodes0]

@@theotheothwho let you off the Alzheimer’s ward?

[@StevenLewis-y3q]

​@@theotheothI'd be more sorry you feel the way you do.

[@horsehollerer]

No one should be surprised that the most important thing to Noel seems to be that "you'll BUY it". (11:07)

[@ieo8446]

He said "you'll buy it" to call out hypocrites who complain about it. With a little self-awareness you'd have noticed.

[@lovelylemonfactory]

Noel's ability to give absolutely no shits will never be equaled.

[@gasparucciox9706]

he's just honest

[@XKXKIXKXK]

This is the only comment needed. End of thread.

[@jackmurphy6864]

@@gasparucciox9706 And lacking talent to come up with his own tunes.

[@jackmurphy6864]

He has to just to admit to it when he reaches that level of plagiarism.

[@gasparucciox9706]

@@jackmurphy6864 no i don't think so, he wrote great songs with great choruses that everybody knows, everybody steal in pop music the harmonic structures of the songs are always the same from Vivaldi to Ramones, so it's automatic to "steal", sometimes you do it without even realizing it as Noel says in the video, that's how it is! we have thousands of melodies in our heads that, when you compose, they comes in your mind , it's inevitable

[@Elesario]

To be honest all art is very incestuous, and the degree to which something is influenced vs. ripped-off is a mix of how blatant it is vs. how people feel about it.

[@acherrett]

I’d love to see a video breaking down the techniques Neil Innes used to write such a convincing Beatlesesque catalogue for the Rutles.

[@RatelHBadger]

Neil Innes and Eric Idle are unsung lyrical and melodic geniuses when it comes to parody/satire songs.

[@Geraint3000]

Douglas Adams was asked 'Are Oasis as good as The Beatles?" Adams replied 'They're not even as good as The Rutles!' Anyone with half a brain could hear the rip offs going on with Oasis - the less educated didn't.

[@sexobscura]

He just copied Sex Pistols

[@kaleidoscope752]

Xtc >oasis

[@kaleidoscope752]

Klaatu>oasis

[@lrc2232]

Another one you missed. The intro to ‘Little By Little’ is the same intro as ‘Pink Floyd - Breathe’ on Dark Side Of The Moon.

[@boyzinthewood1]

He openly said he's ripped songs off. Quote "What's wrong with turning 1 great song into two great songs?"

[@revol148]

@boyzinthewood1 except they were not two great songs - there was the original and a mediocre reinterpretation !

[@boyzinthewood1]

@revol148 you're entitled to your opinion. However, record sales alone prove the exact opposite of your beliefs. Just because you don't like something doesn't mean it's not successful or good. You do understand that, right?

[@victorcarrillo7618]

@@revol148 I like the original songs no less because I know Noel made a song from them, nor the other way around. I don't get mad at Tarantino for taking scenes and motifs from other movies either because that's just what art is like. It's not about you coming up with absolutely everything , it's about how well you recontextualized it.

[@revol148]

@@boyzinthewood1 Music is subjective - I think we can both agree on that. However you are on rocky ground if you think that popular = good. Spice girls, Meatloaf & Kiss have far outsold the Smiths - are you honestly telling me they are "better" than the work of Morrissey & Marr?

[@revol148]

@@victorcarrillo7618 so when you come across people (like me) who think that their appeal lies in the boorishness of British working class life + simple lyrics + simple tunes + hype of the music press + Noel's stealing of tunes safe in the knowledge that most of the fan base are too young to notice = a licence to print money - do you think it's all down to snobbery on my behalf?

[@EdgarRoock]

7:50 That is such a common chord progression ("Band on the Run" comes to mind). Herb Alpert may not have sued due to the risk of getting in trouble himself.

[@joedurantguitar1447]

I think it's mainly the Electric Piano outro that mainly sounds like TGILWY. It's not mentioned here

[@DavidBennettPiano]

@@joedurantguitar1447 Yeah I should have mentioned that actually! Good catch

[@EdgarRoock]

@@joedurantguitar1447 The outro leaves no doubt, indeed.

[@ilips6588]

Reminded me of season of the witch

[@ProudtobeEnglish]

I'm surprised there was no mention of "Silver Song" from Mellow Candles 1972 LP Swaddling Songs. Check out the intro.....go on.....take the time to make some sense...( Oh what a giveaway!)

[@dlovas]

The initial version of 'Shakermaker' even included lyrics from the cola song. Although they re-recorded the second verse, Liam still sang the original version during early Oasis performances. I find that reference amusing, as the whole song feels like it's coming from a bored working-class lad sitting in front of the TV, flipping through channels.

[@kevinericsnell4092]

Doesn't that song also rip off lyrics from Monty Python's "Traffic Lights"? ^_^

[@archangelmusic13]

i hear the same tune in she's electric that i hear in that coca cola song, id like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony.oasis pretty much ripped off everything they ever did

[@davedavid427]

I was always amazed they didn't get sued for that one. It's so blatant I knew the song the first time I heard the opening verse, and it's from a mega corp that you'd think wouldn't hesitate to be litigious.

[@trillshox2281]

​@@davedavid427 Coca cola did sue them actually they had to paid them 500k but then in 2012 they used Whatever in an advert so they probably got their money back and more 😂

[@davedavid427]

@@trillshox2281 Ok that's just hilarious. Thanks for the info

[@bosco7837]

Surprised this video doesnt mention The Kinks at all. She's Electric has an entire line lifted from Wonderboy, and TIOBI comes from The La's who in turn got it from The Kinks' Dead End Street. Oasis nicked the videoclip as well, with the pallbearers and all.

[@missmartyjackson]

Right! I kept waiting for Wonderboy. He needs to do a follow-up video! Ray Davies is so underrated.

[@TheGalwayFarmer]

Even Green Day ripped off the Kinks

[@Gabrielhernandez0311]

I was about to post this lol "AND I SEE YOU, AND YOU SEE ME"

[@greg-x3z]

Headshrinker copies lazer love by trex

[@m62curates]

Underneath The Sky (B-side to DLBIA I think) also ripped off Dead End Street

[@wetdroidedition2549]

Ok, but from who the Bros rip off the eyebrowns? Frida Khalo?

[@Kappazappa1]

Good shout, or the other possibility was Parker from Thunderbirds.

[@scalzmoney]

Everybody knows Don Draper wrote that Coke song and then he retired from advertising.

[@emdiar6588]

I've fact-checked your claim. I asked 12 people who wrote it, and only 8 of them even knew the tune. Those 8 had no idea who wrote it, and all 12 had never heard of Don Draper, so your "everybody" is a huge exaggeration.

[@scalzmoney]

@@emdiar6588 It's a joke.

[@guangjoe]

​@@emdiar6588 I’ve humour-checked your comment and found your sense of humour to be entirely absent.

[@PaulFormentos]

@@guangjoe Must be a woke dem voter

[@cityzens634]

Bill Backer

[@thezachmarsh]

"You can't do that!" "I can, and I have, and I will...and you'll buy it, so fuck off" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@andrewpappas9311]

Gotta love that quote

[@adamcoe]

There are a lot of people who'd like you to think they don't give a shit, but Noel is truly a no fucks given scenario. Absolute legend

[@user-pc1ys7hn6v]

"You can't do that" Wow, he even ripped off a Beatles song in his response

[@paulhamj6175]

That quote is about as childish and pathetic as it gets...and is pretty much the norm for a big child like Noel. Only a man with some deep insecurities could so often come out with statements that reminds us of a schoolboy trying to convince the rest of the boys in the playground that he's a big tough guy eV though he always runs away whenever it looks like a fight is gonna break out. Haha he ought to grow up. Just shows you can't buy a bit of sophistication.

[@MorningGlory-uu4hf]

@@paulhamj6175 Cry us a river

[@FrettedFlipper]

When performing shakermaker in the 90s (glastonbury 94 for instance), they sung some lyrics from Teach the world to sing in the last verse

[@JeremiahPickardMusic]

One I've always noticed is the turnaround after the chorus of Stand By Me is the same as the turnaround in All The Young Dudes by Mott The Hoople, written by David Bowie.

[@baboon1233]

Noel used the chorus melody of All the Young Dudes in Don’t Look Back in Anger. Listen to the guitar in the background in the last chorus. And he also used it as a riff in his cover of Mind Games by John Lennon.

[@ale305z]

That's a pretty cliche thing , I wouldn't call it plagiarism

[@badgasaurus4211]

@@ale305zA lot of the examples in this video aren’t plagiarism. 2 chord vamps from Half the World Away and Don’t Look Back In Anger certainly aren’t

[@variousthings6470]

​@@baboon1233 That All the Young Dudes melody is almost inaudible in the CD version of the track. I didn't hear it until I played the song in the Rock Band video game, which made that guitar line a lot more prominent.

[@mark_lhr3]

That song was going to be sung by Noel. Originally.

[@c0ldc0ne]

They should have ripped off that unibrow instead.

[@ScottyMackAttack]

"K--elllly Clarkson"

[@bengalwithcommonsense]

Friggin' funny.

[@davedee4382]

Unibrow Unibrow Unibrow Unibrow Unibrow Unibrow Unibrow Unibrow Unibrow Unibrow Unibrow Unibrow And song thief!!!!! Unibrow Unibrow Unibrow Unibrow Unibrow Unibrow

[@RobDucharme]

Or at least sh!t out a song acknowledging the problem. lol

[@ChrisB-x1i]

What unibrow

[@SavoxYT]

How about "Morning Glory" lifting the riff from R.E.M's "The One Love"?

[@thfc1984]

Do you mean ‘The One I love’? Sounds nothing like it

[@SavoxYT]

@@thfc1984 Incorrect.

[@thfc1984]

@@SavoxYT you didn’t even get the name of the song right.

[@SavoxYT]

@@thfc1984 I missed _one_ letter. That doesn't make what I said untrue.

[@gpzfan5272]

@@thfc1984yes it does, the rhythm guitar in Morning Glory is very similar to the lick in The One I Love.

[@briandarcy5811]

Another 2 obvious ones from Oasis: 1. Waiting For The Rapture - has the same intro as Five-To-One by The Doors 2. Who Feels Love? - the guitar solo halfway through is almost identical to Missunderstood by Motley Crue

[@radidov5333]

wow never heard this song by motley crue, but I can definitely I can hear that lil riff similar too at the end of Who feels love. I cant hear the solo being almost identical tho

[@michaelmulhall5007]

I would be pretty confident in saying Noel has never listened to one motley crue song start to finish in I think this one is coincidence. I see more dear prudence in who feels love

[@JupiterThunder]

OMG when you're copying Motley Crue, you're really scraping the barrel.

[@mjh5437]

@@michaelmulhall5007 Noel Gallagher is definitely a Glam Rocker and Headbanger on the quiet.

[@mjh5437]

"Misunderstood" by Motley Crue is clearly ripped-off from Dear Prudence by The Beatles in the first place!! lolol

[@dcassus]

Small correction. Step Out was included in early promos of WTSMG sent to the press in 1995. It quickly reached Stevie Wonder’s ears and that’s when they got in trouble and took the track out and the album was released the same year. About a year later they included it on the DLBIA single as a b-side. The video says it was the other way around.

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Thank you for adding that info!

[@キラキラくりくり頭]

I see you went for ears, rather than... You know what, nevermind.

[@bencruise3156]

@@キラキラくりくり頭 to be fair I'd say Noel wishes it had reached him through...another method, he'd have saved himself a decent load of cash

[@terrytt5067]

Wtf do WTSMG and DLBIA stand for? Unfortunately us mere mortals don't carry "Crystal Balls" around with us so are completely baffled!

[@DavidBennettPiano]

@@terrytt5067 what’s the story morning glory and don’t look back in anger

[@jakubkotlarek6979]

There's one more (maybe smaller one). "All the young dudes" and "stand by me" by Oasis. Both in the chorus have very specific three chords at the end of line and then jump in at odd meter to the next line. Third out of those chords is different but overall it is extremely reminiscent 😀

[@donniebiscuits5522]

true, this video could be a lot, lot, longer

[@michaelmac1798]

The My sweet Lord one, doesn't sound very similar - this All the young dudes is much more obvious.

[@davidhealy4534]

What's the story morning glory. The one I love by REM

[@igormadeyski2946]

It's quite funny to notice that for the "Be here now" album Noel said he was "lacking inspiration".. perhaps he meant to say that he was "running out of other artists' songs to steal from"..! 😂😂😂

[@ericrakestraw664]

When told his song sounded like _____'s song, Noel Galagher was like "Whatever."

[@Fishergr8]

“When Noel Gallagher was questioned about his plagiarism, he denied it, using the smokescreen of “attitude “.

[@illegal_space_alien]

@@Fishergr8 "You can't do that! I can, I will, I have. And you'll buy it, so fuck off." 🤣 The balls on this guy.

[@phantomshadowfax5431]

plagiarism implies intent. People who don't play/write music usually can't grasp how this happens as often as it does. Eric Claptons song Let it Grow is the same progression as Stairway to Heaven is a fun example of how this happens all the time unintentionally. That being said.. I'm not partial to Oasis either way but Noel is hilarious and I see no reason not to believe him. musicians spend more time playing than listening by nature if they're professionals.

[@lakrids-pibe]

That's funny, because my reaction to the Gallagher brothers is just that; "Whatever"

[@paulhaynes8045]

Interesting thing to be impressed by. If you were burgled and when the burglar was caught (in fantasy land...) he just said 'whatever', how impressed would you be?

[@demonssinglosongs]

the main riff from the one i love by r.e.m. can be heard pretty clearly on morning glory. same timing as well, both songs are based around the riff. i also happen to love both for completely different reasons

[@Paulmcknockiter81]

No it doesn't and no they don't

[@gordoncockfield]

​@@Paulmcknockiter81also rem kicks oasis ass

[@BeigeCoyote]

@@gordoncockfield Never compare a band as shit as REM to Oasis, cheers!

[@gordoncockfield]

@@BeigeCoyote or the Beatles ay.. cheers

[@BeigeCoyote]

@@gordoncockfield In English? Cheers

[@PlanetoftheDeaf]

I think the legal cases with Noel's songs have been fair, in that where he's lifted too much he's had to share royalties, whereas just borrowing a riff or a couple of introductory chords can be justified as one writer "honouring" another, or "fair borrowing" which all song writers have done.

[@radidov5333]

yeah its a very complex issue, people tell it like is just that, noel said it as he's saying he lift it but even he knows that he really is not "lifting" a song and some cases even the riff (like in cigarettes and alcohol) coz I think we want to prove a point that no music its truly 100% original when "borrows, lifts, steals,etc" he's really just using some inspiration to create something new.. sometimes is really tiny sometimes is goes over like in the case of Step out.

[@goodyeoman4534]

True. There is no clear line between a passing homage and a cynical steal. If it were that easy, ofc, loads more bands would be able to write better songs, but they can't. Film makers are an interesting comparison, like Tarantino, who constantly inserts little nods and homages and outright steals to other directors.

[@radidov5333]

@@goodyeoman4534 also the fact that oasis/noel is in everybody mouth coz they were so successful but all the other millions doing the same without success nobody care/knows..

[@sharpvidtube]

Yoko Ono won't sue for Imagine, because John Lennon did the same thing on many songs.

[@HarleyFirestorm]

When I was learning to play guitar my music teacher was going through songs I'd like to learn, obviously to help with learning to play, and he said what about an Oasis song, I said nah, he said whys that, I said they were just a beetle's cover band for the 90's. I never realised I was actually right hahaha.

[@stevetimms4100]

Also, Oasis 'The Hindu Times' has the 'Riff' from ABBA's 'Does Your Mother Know' buried in it. You have to listen very closely, but the ABBA 'Riff' is there.

[@RogerBatalla]

Yeah, there’s something there! But listen to Same size feet by the Stereophonics and prepare to freak out.

[@thfc1984]

I thought it sounded like ‘Bring on the dancing horses’ by Echo and the Bunnymen

[@bhoops13]

@@RogerBatallaBut I think Noel wrote the song before Stereophonics

[@RogerBatalla]

@@bhoops13Not chronologically in public. “Same size feet” appears on 1997 ‘Word Gets Around’ album. “The Hindu Times” is from 2002.

[@brianmulvaney9375]

The most surprising thing about the title is that it is only ten .

[@brianmulvaney9375]

@@743lplkp wtf?

[@ddlee84]

This could be an on-going series.....through pretty much all of Oasis's albums....and I would watch every one of them laughing lol

[@furbees2662]

theres more songs

[@yesackram]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/m33GnqB4oLhqjsU Feeling supersonic?

[@rob-c.]

The Hindu Times is a complete rip-off of Same Size Feet by the Stereophonics

[@SkywalkerUk]

Hey do you think the middle guitar rift in Supersonic after Liam sings “Nobody could see, nobody could ever hear him call” was taken from the song Layla by Derek and the Dominos? Not seen anyone ever mention it before but it sounds identical.

[@MikeRolls]

I read in one interview with Noel that he loves The Wall by Pink Floyd and particularly Nobody's Home - and actually you can hear its influence in a lot of his songs, in particular Don't Look Back in Anger.

[@mark_lhr3]

A close friend of mine wrote most of Songbird for them. Didn’t get a credit. Although he did get ‘Noel’s guitar which we still use.

[@Nega-Tim]

Ur full of it my man

[@paninovevo1162]

Must have been exhausting writing that chord progression

[@Yimello]

A friend of mine once beat Liam up for robbin from his mum's garage in Burnage.

[@the7wolf]

Sure. Cool story dude.

[@paulanthony5274]

@@Yimello The police : Did you steal from this woman's garage Liam : Na na na naaa.

[@riccardo-964]

Ah, the power of money - it can even make those guys wanna play together and reunite after all these years.

[@fritzdrybeam]

And rip people off, with dynamic ticket pricing. Oasis fans are gullible mugs.

[@clivestevens-yf4zo]

@@fritzdrybeam yes Oasis fans are gullible , I cant bear the sound sight or smell of them , too much coke , too much mouth , too much ego . but people seemed to be impressed with these traits . not me

[@onesong2001]

@@clivestevens-yf4zo I'm not a fan because their music sucks.

[@philipshaw9485]

The one that slips under everybody's radar is in she's electric, it's the latter part of the chorus. Utube The BBC's childrens Show from the 1970's titled You and me, listen to the intro song and then try to tell me that you can't hear it, it's a brilliant piece of thievery. I'm the same age as Noel and I can certainly imagine him coming home from school as a 7 year old and watchin the children's hour on TV as we all did, Reworking a kids shows theme tune into a classic rock song is his best to date

[@FoxBox72]

I just commented this, then saw youd beaten me to it. Lyrics and melody are very obviously taken from the TV theme. I'm a certain age too and I'll always remember the very first time I heard "she's electric" and thought "Hey! Hold on a minute...!"😂

[@andrewdavy9921]

​@@FoxBox72Get it on by T-Rex = cigarettes and alcohol, thieves...

[@BigSlinky7]

'You and me, me and you, lots and lots for us to do, lots and lots for us to see, me and you, you and me...' noticed it the first time I heard She's Electric and I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere until seeing your post.

[@philipshaw9485]

@@BigSlinky7 yep, it slips under the radar, but I love the thought of little Noel running home from school in his short pants, clutching onto his satchel then sitting down in front of the telly nodding his little head from side to side along to the Me and You theme tune and then all those years later laugh his little head all the way to the bank

[@casinodelonge]

came for this comment - did not leave disappointed.

[@elmasprode]

I think that there's two Oasis songs inspired by All The Young Dudes, written by Bowie and played by Mott The Hopple. First one being Don't Look Back in Anger, which feels like the same song but more rock, and Stand By Me, both doing the same quite peculiar chord progression in the end of every chorus line.

[@TheGalwayFarmer]

Doesn't Don't Look Back in Anger have the All The Young Dudes melody buried right down in the mix?

[@elmasprode]

@@TheGalwayFarmer yeah, in the last chorus the melody is played with the guitar

[@Kossman58]

Besides the intro to Don't look back in anger being taken from imagine, the verse is essentially Let it be. Part of the Queue is very reminiscent of Golden Brown.

[@keithwellerlounge74]

I mean you could make these sort of cases for every band ever. A song will always sound similar to another song. It’s just whether the song is well known enough for people to care.

[@goodyeoman4534]

True. But Let It Be uses a ridiculously common chord progression that had been used countless times before that song. DLBIA uses the E major rather than Em to give the verse a bit of a twist.

[@mariuspoppFM]

​@@keithwellerlounge74I'll be glad to steal some object from your house since they all look like other people's objects then

[@mariuspoppFM]

It's time y'all w@nkers stop making excuses for ripoffs and hacks

[@corypalansky4487]

As Noel says, “There are only 12 frickin notes to choose from.”

[@onesong2001]

I had no idea he had so much musical knowledge.

[@grandadneal8114]

If you don't repeat those notes there are 479,001,600 combinations you can get from those 12 notes. Does he really need to copy others?

[@rancidstain]

​@@grandadneal8114 Well said!

[@rancidstain]

I'm sure Ed Sheeran said same thing when he was in court. It's like saying there are 3 primary colours so all art should be the same. Pathetic!

[@eclectica1]

And so many other songs to steal from!

[@John-iq7ry]

Cigarettes and Alcohol is basically what you get when you combine T. Rex's Get It On with 20th Century Boy. I'd actually argue it's more similar to the latter than the former.

[@clutchbeyers]

and yet I listen to the Oasis version far more

[@johnniea4684]

@@clutchbeyers Bragging about a lack of taste. Will people never learn?

[@leonnoel9702]

there’s a lot of similarities between Wonderwall and Serge Gainsbourg Bonnie and Clyde, the mood and the end are the same

[@drbosommd]

What ? Only ten of them ? Is this just a top ten ?

[@mikesimon1867]

relax pal

[@drbosommd]

@@mikesimon1867 I’m waiting for part 2 with baited breath.

[@gregorB92]

@@drbosommd cope

[@brinta2868]

It's not a top 10. Read the title: "10 Oasis songs..."

[@zanez9621]

I understand that sometimes people have similar ideas, but how many of these 'similarities' does it take before it's just stealing haha. As a big Oasis fan, I loved the video!

[@SnipesMcGee508]

There's a riff in 'Champagne Supernova' that sounds like it's lifted from the bridge of 'Can't You See" by The Marshall Tucker Band that I have not seen anyone online ever talk about.

[@boyders16]

The riff of the Hindu Times comes from a sitar part in the middle of Within You, Without You by The Beatles. Also, doesn't Go Let It Out bear some resemblance to a U2 track? Maybe Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me?

[@Windupchronic]

Not to mention the similarities in the chord progression for All Around the World. It's basically the same as Eight Days a Week, just in a different key. "All round the world / tell em what you heard" "Ooh I need your love, babe / guess you know it's true" Or the sheer abundance of Beatles lyrics that appear in their songs. I mean, they literally have a line in a song that's "Fool on the hill and I feel fine."

[@andrewpappas9311]

Or "You can ride with me in my yellow submarine"

[@ranzorr]

Or "Tomorrow never knows what it doesn't know too soon"

[@dondamon4669]

There nothing alike and you don't understand music do you? I can't think of any band or solo artist who doesn't reference other songs, it's called folk music and this is how folk music works, it's how bands get remembered

[@Windupchronic]

@@dondamon4669 This is one of the funniest things I've ever read. Thank you for the morning hilarity.

[@michaelmulhall5007]

@@WindupchronicA lot of the time with the Beatles referenced in the lyrics it was homage to the Beatles what’s wrong with that ? Do you take yourself and music that serious? Oasis changed peoples lives they never claimed to be great musicians or pioneers at the start. It was party music look if we can do it anyone can there was a great message to them. They also developed as they got older first single supersonic to last single falling down couldn’t be any different.

[@hoorash]

I don't remember the name of the song but the guitar solo from Don't Look Back in Anger is almost identical with the one of song from Screamadelica by Primal Scream.

[@badgasaurus4211]

The overall arc is similar but the notes played and phrases are wildly different.

[@Paulmcknockiter81]

More like imagine at the start

[@brunosouza8802]

Probably is the song named "Damaged"

[@hoorash]

@@brunosouza8802 haha thanks. i was too lazy to find it by myself. it's just 100% rip-off lol

[@Cian097]

Nice to see the La's mentuoned. Theres also a tape of Lee Mavers talkin about how Oasis knicked his chords for wonderwall.

[@Speedbird9L]

Nicked their drummer too, yeah?

[@bosco7837]

Yeah he also said Noel nicked the chord change D to Bm of one of his b-sides for Some Might Say. I remember the interview "not even in classical music you find a D to Bm change!!" 😂 Lee had more than a couple of loose screws, unfortunately.

[@badgasaurus4211]

Funny because they predate Lee and were in Mad World. You can’t own a chord progression

[@Cian097]

@@badgasaurus4211 in fairness to Lee, he didn't know it was being recorded, he said it half jokingly like if I remember correctly 'Noel must have heard the tape' or something like that. He didn't go trying to sue him or anything, and heck he may be right that Noel did hear the tape and use the chords. Lee, on that occasion, wasn't insisting he owned them or anything.

[@4857i]

@@bosco7837Bm is the relative minor of D so its would fit together very easily

[@bogotta]

Hi David. Do you recall where you got the clip at 11:10 ? Your videos are always beneficial, thank you.

[@justin81706]

What song did the steal for wonderwall? I saw it somewhere but can't find it now.

[@campbellmalcolm4875]

David: So we became The Originals. Nigel: Right. David: And we had to change our name actually.... Nigel: Well there was, there was another group in the east end called The Originals and we had to rename ourselves. David: The New Originals. Nigel: The New Originals and then, uh, they became.... David: The Regulars, they changed their name back to The Regulars and we thought well, we could go back to The Originals but what's the point? Nigel: We became The Thamesmen at that point.

[@andrewpappas9311]

Gotta love Spinal Tap

[@Buster_Piles]

No we're not gonna F'ing do Stonehenge!

[@campbellmalcolm4875]

@@Buster_Piles Making a big thing out of it would have been a good idea.

[@Buster_Piles]

@@campbellmalcolm4875 in dobly.

[@dadsmarmelade]

I hear "Dead end" by the kinks in importance of being idle.

[@lovelylemonfactory]

Definitely, they even copied the video

[@greenbrightly]

Yep

[@68corvette08]

2:06 The cello part reminds me of the Beatles' song "I Am The Walrus".

[@andrewpappas9311]

Which Oasis has covered

[@ZoeBushell-bi6pg]

Yes, always seem to have done on each tour. At present, on 30 Year Anniversary Tour, it’s the last song Liam sings

[@seethroughhead505]

The one that's never mentioned is the line "Feel the way I do", which is taken directly from Pink Floyd's 'Vera'. Lyrics (but for one letter) and melody the same.

[@RK_peace]

"they're only playing what they got in their record collections" is absolutely true for every rock/pop musician/band

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

Well, hardly. Same can be said for classical composers who used what they learned from earlier composers and added to it. It's what you do with it that matters and Oasis didn't do as much as others. Paul Weller: Start! (Taxman) or Changingman (10538 Overture) is equally guilty in some ways.

[@Vinyl_Dave]

Interesting what influenced some of Jeff Lynne's compositions. Eg. "Turn To Stone" (Four Tops), "Stange Magic" ("Ups And Downs", Eddysons), all released about 1967-68 when Idle Race were vying for the charts but never made it. "Can't Get It Out Of My Head" must have a comparison somewhere, also "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" (Brown Sugar), Lynne's "Come With Me" actually quotes "Love Is Blue" in the lyrics! And one more - "Telephone Line" ("Hello How Are You" - Easybeats), also 1968!!

[@23Daves]

And "Across The Border" ripped off The Beach Boys "Heroes and Villains". There's a case to be made for Jeff Lynne being the 70s equivalent of Noel Gallagher, though he appears a bit more modest about his work.

[@danielplainview2584]

Next up: 30 Led Zeppelin songs that “rip off” other songs

[@yoniyoko]

Green Day songs that "rip off" their older songs

[@L_Train]

More like 50

[@thealextrifier]

He already did one but yeah I imagine there’s plenty more Led Zeppelin songs that do that

[@Toto.Reyes16]

10 led Zeppelin songs that DON'T rip off other songs

[@leedsmanc]

@@Toto.Reyes16 Incomprehensible.

[@reubenrozeyt5716]

I mean when a song just happens to use one same chord at the beginning Is it really a rip off?

[@CommonPeepul]

There's a part in Stand by Me in the chorus at 2:09 sounds like something but I don't know what, I thought it might be the Beatles

[@richardjones4466]

Two more; one of their songs nicks from Hello Hello I'm Back again by a certain unsavoury person and Layla(is that right?) sounds like The Soundtrack Of Our Lives a band NG raves about.

[@Mrvictorfernandes]

There's a story about Oasis from the early days when they used to rent a communal rehearsal space in Manchester to work on their first album. According to the story, other bands that rented the complex would stop and hear Oasis rehearse the same ten songs over and over again, and after a while it became obvious to them that their songs were blatant rip offs of other well known songs. This led to one of the band members that used the facilities to go over to Oasis' rehearsal room door, and posting a note that read: "Get your own riffs!"

[@armondtanz]

they did also lend themselves to the real peoples sound, go listen to a song called window pain, its painfully obvious

[@0657Dave]

@@armondtanzthe Real People (Chris and Tony Griffith)gave oasis the use of their studio and actually taught the band how to play live. They further helped write the first album . Few credits here and there but then forgetten by oasis and dumped. They still play gigs around Liverpool. Oasis had them off big time

[@davidjunto1008]

Got to respect Noels upfront admittance of his writing style: " I'll take the same song you already know-- re-write it, re-record it, re-package it--and you will go out and fooking buy it..." Cheers, Noel (pronounced like "knoll")! 👍🎉👌🤟

[@Mariaratgirl]

knoll?????

[@jeroenverbeeck7925]

How do you respect that? It's extremely rude, just for the sake of being rude. Have better values than that mate

[@GagzoD82]

Lol Tarantino does it, so everybody can do it. What fucked up logic. I hope that was a pisstake comment

[@MyDrugHell]

Even his response is a Lennon rip-off (his interview style.)

[@SlavaBanderastan]

pronounced knob

[@marlonnegrao3521]

Another one: Waiting For The Rapture (Dig out your soul Album) is very similar to "Five to one", by the doors.

[@TheTurningWheel1]

On the same album is "The Turning" which sounds almost identical to the start of "Devil Woman" by Cliff Richard. :D

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

So many people have lifted the sound of T Rex including David Bowie who was actually friends with Marc Bolan. Undoubtedly Marc Bolan would have been a superstar if he had lived beyond 29. Imo he was the most talented musician of his era and the fact that his sings still sound cool in 2024, is testament to that!

[@Reelin_In_The_Years]

The reason Oasis were so big is this video. We already knew the songs. We just didn't twig where they came from. They were buried in our aural memories and when we heard the "new" Oasis single, it triggered that memory. As a result, we "liked" the Oasis song the first time we heard it, without it having to "grow" on us, like most songs do. The problem with bands like The Beatles and T-Rex is that so much of their catalogue is built around the basic 3-4 chord trick and standard chord progressions. Nothing wrong with that, especially if you're not called Tony Hicks, Jimmi Hendix, Jimmy Page or Dave Gilmour, but because it's the easy way to put a pop song together, odds are somebody else has already "found" the same melody you've just come up with. I've written bags of songs that I've later found are very similar to others and been really pissed as I don't know if I was accidentally / subconciously using an aural memory. The worst feeling though, was hearing a song on the radio that was almost note for note one of my own songs from 10-15 years ago. There was no way the artist had heard my version, I'd never performed it, not even busking, as I couldn't sing the high notes... but it simply highlights how easy it is to accidentally steal a song - or, indeed, come up with the same tune ! That's what I think happened with My Sweet Lord / He's So Fine, George just wrote what he thought was something new, but used a common progression and the melody came out strikingly similar. Anyways, The Kinks. Legends. That's all.

[@thealextrifier]

I miss these videos 😮😃 One thing to also note is that She’s Electric also borrowed from the song called ‘I’d like to buy the world a coke’ And so did their song Shakermaker. As you just showed in this video. And when Noel was sued for it all he had to say was ‘eh we drink Pepsi now.’ And that’s not the only song Shakermaker borrowed from! The guitar melody (or at least the first two notes of that melody) may have been inspired by Anthem by Ringo Starr.

[@thealextrifier]

@thesaltwastaken I thought they parodied it. Maybe I’m mistaken

[@Speedbird9L]

The lyric, “Cause I’ll be you and you’ll be me” does fit quite well with “I’d like to teach the world to sing” - but I’m not sure it’s close enough to say it was borrowed from that song.

[@CeceliPS3]

Same. That's why I subscribed.

[@thealextrifier]

@@Speedbird9L i meant the melody. i see what you mean though. Could've just been influence rather than plagiarism

[@nickdryad]

There is a lyric in Don’t look back in Anger “….cos the brains I had went to my head”😊 is actually a Lennon quote.

[@melola590]

Thats not ripping off though😭 they've quoted the Beatles members many times

[@nickdryad]

Isn’t it? Using a quote from Lennons audio memoirs is a direct rip from another writer, speaker. There’s allusion, quotation and reference. Allusion is indirect and requires cultural knowledge, quotation requires attribution, reference requires the listener/ responder to be able to know the source and the quote may only be similar to the original. It’s a rip. Lennon did it too.” Life is what happens to you when you’re making other plans” is Betty. Talmadge.

[@MrBillyboyroge]

⁠@@nickdryadlet’s here your songs then?

[@nickdryad]

@@MrBillyboyroge “hear” not “here”. Yeah I’d love to play them for you but I don’t have a record deal yet and I won’t put them on KZbin or whatever.

[@riperiver]

@@nickdryad So by that logic, Freddie Mercury was ripping off Marie Antoinette (which she can be classified as a Speaker) when he used her quote "let them eat cake" - What Noel wrote was still technically a reference as we are having this conversation, people caught on and recognised it thus making it a reference. I wouldn't classify it as a rip, musicians and writers take from each other all the time. Just look at today's music... everyone is sampling something from the 60s onwards.

[@JupiterThunder]

I love the Rutles. Dirk, Nasty, Stig and Barry. Great band!

[@JupiterThunder]

"All You Need is Cash"...and so forth...

[@JoshuaQualls]

One of my favorite artists of all time, Andy Hull from Manchester Orchestra, has a line in one of his songs called “Deer” that goes “dear everybody who has paid to see my band, I still confuse it, I’ll never understand. I acted like an asshole so my albums would never burn…” Last time I saw them play live, he sang that line and broke into tears from the outpouring of love from the crowd. That, to me, contrasts so sharply with the attitude that Noel has toward his fans.

[@davidhamm7909]

To be fair, there are plenty of demos/bootlegs (including the 30th anniversary edition of Definitely Maybe) where Liam actually sings the Coca Cola song as the last verse so even then, they knew it was a rip off.

[@bhoops13]

Yes - they were tongue in cheek playing with it the whole time, while people are desperate to say, “ha! caught you out!”

[@budholeboodoo2308]

Live Forever is almost the exact same chord progression as This Charming Man by The Smiths.

[@reillywalker195]

It's a fairly common chord progression, though, so it's hard to say where Noel actually got it from.

[@TheGalwayFarmer]

Which you can't tell from the sonng, only when Marr played it with his loop pedal

[@budholeboodoo2308]

@@TheGalwayFarmer Until I saw that video of Marr playing it a few months back I had no idea they were so similar.

[@bengreenbank]

It's G, D, Am, C. Millions of songs use this chord progression. About 70% of Taylor Swifts discography is just these chords. Some of the alleged rip offs in the comments are beyond stupid. There's only 12 notes and most popular music uses very similar chord progressions.

[@alfredino724]

the outro is iconic tho

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

I was born in the 50s, and my musical sensibilities developed from the music of the 60s. I have NEVER understood the popularity of Oasis. They seem like a really average band that basically ripped off everybody. As this video readily demonstrates. Please don't label me a Boomer yelling at clouds. Someone PLEASE explain their popularity.

[@markrussell5587]

I can't but, probably to do with it being fashionable "to not give a fuck" for a certain age group, and for some context back in the 90's (I was a teen and wasn't a fan btw :D ) Manchester was a having a musical hay day. You might like to watch the films like "24 Hour Party People" and there are some on Joy Division as well. You can google for bands and Madchester, but the city became popular and you had dance stuff like the Hacienda, and ... A Guy Called Gerald, New Order/Joy Division, Primal Scream, 808 State, the chemical brothers, the fall, stone roses, The smiths/Morrissey, Happy Mondays, the Verve, The Charlatans, M-people, Simply Red, Buzzcocks, James, Take That - I don't know loads of stuff.

[@TicketTooooRide]

As much as you can hear clear influences from Slade, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles ex. they still managed to bring their spirit to the music. Songwriting-wise they weren't original, they never claimed to be, but the songs were great, and a league above everyone else that came during the 90s. People tend to praise Kurt Cobain for his songwriting, and while he's great, Noel Gallagher's melodies are more dynamic and meticulously crafted. They also came out at the end of the grunge movement and were a strong contrast to its nihilism, therefore when songs like "Supersonic" and "Live Forever" were released, they acted as an antidote and turned the culture around. Their working-class background also lent authenticity to their music, allowing kids to connect with the harsh reality of everyday life while simultaneously feeling inspired by their message of possibility and hope.

[@andrewdavy9921]

​@@markrussell5587Primal Scream are from Glasgow, most of those Manchester bands are poor as well

[@markrussell5587]

@andrewdavy9921 Hahaha, thanks for your invaluable contribution, I take it you're mostly a take that fan

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

@@markrussell5587 Thank you for that!

[@Recessio]

"What's The Story (Morning Glory)" sounds very simialr to R.E.M.s "The One I Love"

[@nickmc1142]

All pop musicians do this. Noel Gallagher was just a bit more honest about it. Someone once accused Keith Richards of stealing riffs and when asked about it, Keith said 'and who did he steal them off'?

[@aydolnunguna7612]

I feel sorry for The verve. They're the real victim

[@SnakeWorksStudio]

I think the biggest shock is that the oasis songs are older than the gap between the Beatles songs they were borrowing from. 1995 is a LONG time ago now!

[@matsetizar65]

Oh my, it’s worse than I thought.

[@ramalama9650]

If you are older and enjoy listening to music then it is almost impossible to listen to an Oasis album. All that keeps jumping out at you is the tracks he's stolen from. It's that bad. If you are younger, not that bright, not really into decent music and follow the crowd, in an 'Emperors New clothes' sort of way, it's 'Orr, mate, bangin' innit mate, best tune me ever heard mate, sooooorted' As you were! (If you know what I mean?) Mate.

[@baldcuts5977]

@@ramalama9650 you sound fun. best song writer of a generation. lennon stole plenty a song people dont shit on him for that same with led zepplin. great artists steal.

[@TrashBoat119]

@@ramalama9650 Womp Womp

[@icantthinkofanamerightnow7967]

@@baldcuts5977 oh yeah because nothing's better than basic chords, in 4/4 being used in the simplest way, with beginner level drums, lazy lyricism, and awful vocals, really love it

[@ashpulse8681]

Go on then. If it’s that simple where’s your albums. I’ll wait.

[@mrc8985]

Damn Noel you're a common thief. He's always had the face for it so I guess it's right.

[@stringer-ik1pc]

He and liam actually burgled Richard and Judy's house in Manchester,and had a shit in an old lady's bath.

[@Yimello]

@@stringer-ik1pc My mate beat Liam up for stealing from his mum's garage in Burnage. Was a proper scally.

[@RustyDarlington]

“I’m not a genius. I’m just a fan of music”

[@simonwilliams4514]

Just to add - the issue I have with Noel’s “appropriations” (and the same with Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran etc etc) is if you are going to riff off someone else’s melody (or let’s be honest copy it exactly) then give the original songwriter credit rather than waiting till you get sued, often by someone who might not have the financial pockets you do in recent cases. Just because you aren’t directly sampling the audio of the original recording doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have the decency to acknowledge the original work whose shoulders you are standing on (and surely Noel was taking the piddle with a certain album title…)

[@robking1240]

4:07 They sound nothing like each other, even though Noel said he lifted it. 7:50 You can't copyright chord changes or rhythms. If so, then Paul McCartney's Band On The Run is also guilty at the "Well, the rain exploded with a mighty crash" line.

[@leonardhevia5452]

Noel's secret sauce: rip off 50 year old ballads and drench them in electric guitar and bass. A cut and paste band that laughed all the way to the bank.

[@grahamharris8906]

But this is needed it keeps our favourites remembered or talked about ! Else there just drift away the originals ! Don’t like it but it’s the truth I think

[@Laissez-faire402]

Great artists steal :)

[@playlist9980]

I've listened to a fair lot of Oasis and never paid them a penny. Needless to say I had the last laugh.

[@forestsunset9617]

Ripping off songs, and now ripping off fans with ticket prices

[@BeforeThisNovember]

Was hyped af to get some, but I ain’t paying 350 for standing. Absolute jokers. Supply and demand, I guess - but a bit of a kick in the teeth for those of us who’ve stuck by and supported them both for decades

[@suthobay]

It's a whole bunch of people associated to the band that are scamming you, not just Oasis...and they give absolutely zero fs cause people will pay regardless

[@Schmidtelpunkt]

@@BeforeThisNovember It is like The Stones in the 90s - those concerts are for dentists' wives, not for fans.

[@BidensTaint]

Supply and demand…

[@wellingboroughredburn-yd9yk]

Is it really a rip off if people are willing to pay it?

[@DeKevers]

I would argue that Don't Look Back In Anger resembles Watching The Wheels by John Lennon much more.

[@kippsguitar6539]

Pachabel

[@jutube821]

Cause of the two chords only at the start? Nah, the rest of the song is nothing alike.

[@DeltaJazzUK]

It's Mannfred Mann's Pretty Flamingo in the chorus

[@jaybecker-fs3ds]

Also the short Piano Part before the Chorus in "I'm Outta Time" is very similar to the Piano Part in "A Day In A Life"...

[@trendingtigers]

Often bands create songs and dont mean to rip other musicians off, conciouslly. You can pull similarities from many bands. This seems another level though

[@dannycarter1966]

I remember when one of the Gallaghers worked at the IMO along Stockport Rd., Longsight. They should have never gone beyond that.

[@paulbradley705]

And you have done nothing with your life.they don't think of you but you give them free publicity.

[@DasTubemeister]

Do they remember you ?

[@jackcame2]

They're probably having to do the reunion gigs just to pay all the legal costs.

[@RobertOrgRobert]

# I’d like to teach, Liam to sing , in perfect harmony

[@johnycat7373]

Omg…so funny….

[@mainsmain]

​@@johnycat7373it is

[@BeatPoet67]

I've never listened to Robert Fripp (consciously) or King Crimson. But I have seen him supporting Toyah on their YT excursions from time to time. To find out that he played that haunting guitar part on one of my favourite songs of all time blows my mind.

[@willowcolios5248]

Was the 2 seconds of What’s the story morning glory at the end a nod to the fact that it’s a total rip from REM’s The One I Love ?

[@vaultboy3100]

Another example Same Sized Feet - Stereophonics and The Hindu Times

[@trainfield83]

Yeah, I always thought this to be the most obvious one. (listen here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6S1c3R4lsmUZ5I). When I first heard "Same Size Feet", years after "The Hindu Times", it struck me like a lightning. Admittedly, considering the mass of existing pop and rock songs, it is almost impossible to write things that have never been there before. Still, it is clear, that getting inspiration from others is part of Noel's songwriting. Legit approach imho.

[@rdrrr]

@@trainfield83 Britpop was deeply nostalgic so it's no surprise so many of those guys borrowed so liberally. Absolutely legit, like you said. Not many people can come up with something truly completely original. 99% of songwriters borrow. If you think they're totally original it's just 'cause you don't know who they're borrowing from. My favourite songwriter? Paul Westerberg of The Replacements. And like half of the riffs on Let It Be (which they named that on purpose to piss off the Beatles-loving sound engineer that mixed the album) are swiped from KISS, Ted Nugent et. al. They're played sloppily enough that they end up sorta original by accident. It's great.

[@bhoops13]

Apparently Noel wrote the song first

[@FullMataCorrida]

Richard Curtis makes his statement in his script for Yesterday movie directed by Danny Boyle: no Beatles, no Oasis.

[@divshearer]

He stole Rockin' Chair and Columbia from Chris Griffith as well. Chris actually got a writing credit on Rockin Chair.

[@ivanakrstic4825]

Both "Clean Prophet" and "The Importance of Being Idle" sound exactly like "March on the Drina" (old Serbian march)

[@beersFilm]

You haven't got one of these video's on Blur, I presume/hope?

[@ThePromisedWLAN]

AI music critics: "AI can't create anything original, it just produces plagiarism salad!" Hate to break the news, but that's all most human beings can do. The truly unique creative is a very rare thing. Most artists are simply reinventing the wheel.

[@bvabildtrup]

The problem with generative AI isn't as much that it is derivative but rather that it's a soulless entity destroying human culture, and the people exploiting generative AI as a get rich quick scheme, indirectly stealing artist's output without their consent, and without doing any of the work that goes into real art, whether it is bad, good or derivative.

[@xoxb2]

You need a trigger warning for use of the Coke advert - plunging headlong into nostalgia for some of us! (And what an abysmal person Gallagher is.)

[@mattiaferri7128]

This video is sponsored by Blur and robbie williams 😂😂

[@zappababe8577]

8:50 "Can you clock which Oasis song was inspired by this" - being as you've put "The Importance of Being Idle" in the title to this chapter of the video, I can take a wild guess!