18 Songs That 'Rip Off' Other Hits

Pop song lawsuits seem to be a weekly occurrence now, but since when was being inspired by another song an infringement of copyright?! Today I take a look at songs from One Direction, Green Day, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Portugal The Man and many more, that have definitely drawn from other classics but haven't been sued yet.
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[@DavidBennettPiano]

❗ PLEASE NOTE: I've had to remove two of the Green Day examples in from this video due to copyright strikes (I know... ironic)

[@ShadowLinkX37]

This is a really well made video. Very informative! You definitely deserve more subs!

[@DavidBennettPiano]

@@ShadowLinkX37 Thank you!

[@balecbird7641]

Which Green Day songs?

[@DavidBennettPiano]

@@balecbird7641 21 guns and boulevard of broken dreams

[@balecbird7641]

David Bennett Piano f in chat

[@danielm8855]

Don't forget about how twinkle twinkle little star clearly ripped off ABC

[@stormtrooper9404]

Daniel M But the original melody is from W.A.Mozart so...

[@fatgirlballet]

and Baa Baa Black Sheep

[@JayHeartwing]

And Somebody That I Used To Know

[@timehunter9467]

fatgirlballet just about to say that!

[@kikru5542]

Am in the only one who is saying these songs in melody? Like baa baa black sheep, twinkle twinkle, abcd 😅😅

[@chrispatrick414]

one direction is reeeeal lucky most classic rock artists are such cool people

[@SobrietyandSolace]

Yep that shit is pretty shameless and I LIKE songs that are inspired or use samples/interpolation

[@kitoyobeni1]

@@SobrietyandSolace Absolutely. Those are all horrible rip offs IMO, taking an already proven song and changing little bits

[@OmarFernandoChavez]

Tbf, those cool classic rock artists all stole from the black artists before them, so...

[@OmarFernandoChavez]

@@lurker6918 a lot, read up on music history, then we'll talk.

[@OmarFernandoChavez]

@@lurker6918 The producers and radio stations were straight up trying to make rock and roll more palatable to white people by having white people sing it. It was never NOT about race. You could say that it wasn't malicious, but it was definitely racist.

[@jamesstuart3346]

The first guy to play a 1-4-5 chord progression is owed 100 squintillion dollars

[@mp-dd7pn]

must have been in the 15th or 16th century - way out of copyright ... ;-)

[@ValkyRiver]

Luckily, I am a microtonalist...

[@KYNAEVIL]

@@mp-dd7pn I was taught that the basic 12 bar blues goes back to being the foundation of rock. So maybe it’s not quite that far back 😀

[@mp-dd7pn]

Yes, but the harmonies of Blues go centuries back ...

[@fredparker1734]

The guy that invented 12 Bar Blues ought to own the universe.😅

[@DevilboyScooby]

For me, Andrew Lloyd Webber "ripping off" Pink Floyd's Echoes for the iconic Phantom of the Opera theme stands out - the bassist said "It’s the same time signature, and it’s the same structure, and it’s the same notes, and it’s the same everything. Bastard." then moved on with his life. 😂

[@JeddorianJalapeno]

Plus his Memores being little more than a timing change on Ravel's Bolero

[@granthurlburt4062]

Spitting Image has a great skit of him going through classical composers and stealing this and that

[@Xfactories]

@@JeddorianJalapeno Yeah that's not even close mate

[@Abyssaracnis]

Andrew Lloyd? Pink Floyd? Hmmmmmmm

[@VinEllis]

I’ve never heard someone call Roger Waters just “the bassist” lol He was the co-lead singer and principal songwriter.

[@blakecarey8522]

The worst ripoff of all time is Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry. It’s definitely a classic but it was completely 100% ripped off of Johnny Be Good by a lesser know artist called Marty McFly

[@toasterboy708]

Your kids are gonna love it

[@fullglorywr8322]

😂😂😂

[@thebigomn2907]

Lmfao 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 damn it I almost pissed my self. Lmfao

[@pgh45rpms]

And Brian Wilson copped the melody of Chuck Berry's Sweet Little 16 for the Beach Boys' "Surfin USA". After a lawsuit threat, the record label gave Chuck songwriting credit.

[@gordonlynn8300]

the question then becomes who did Marty McFly rip off , I've heard a guitar player for Hank Williams who play a live solo that sounded like a Chuck Berry solo but it was 5-6 years earlier .

[@MattsCrazyArt]

Props to the musicians who are not money grubbing lawsuit hungry jerks but respect the influence.

[@eeshsinger]

MMM HMM

[@samwilleemusic9175]

And most of the time the lawsuits are by big production companies who didn't have anything to do with the writing of the song, and didn't give the original writers a say.

[@johnmarcdegaard6589]

Sam Willee Music e x a c t l y. Or family estates of the original artists (looking at you Marvin Gaye’s relatives). What’s frustrating too is if Marvin Gaye were alive, he wouldn’t be even trying to sue other artists

[@johnmarcdegaard6589]

@@aocplusme5676 Aight bro let's not go there

[@KyeSoze]

I don't agree. Every one of these examples in this video were blatant obvious rip offs not just "inspired". Seems like most of the groups didn't pursue legal action because they in turn had also stolen their songs from even earlier works. Love how all of you people excusing the theft and blaming the "jewry" have all never had a real hit song stolen. Real easy to feel that way when you've never had an art of substance you've labored over stolen. (And no.. whatever BS example you're about to give of your worthless unknown art being expropriated and you not caring doesn't count.. because it's worthless. )

[@savvyola7990]

"Culture doesn't exist in a vacuum. Culture is an ongoing conversation" Best thing I've heard all year!

[@DevilboyScooby]

"a painter would be called absurd to sue another painter for using the same shade of blue as them." Sounds like something Anish Kapoor would do...

[@raev3310]

bruh every book is just a remixed dictionary

[@lil_lrnzo]

fauxmountain LMAO

[@hewgrebe4771]

So, true!

[@fatkitty4207]

Hahahahah

[@fritsvanzanten3573]

Yep, and every video another compilation of pixels

[@JackCarroll1998]

For real. But you dont see dictionary guy suing everybody for it

[@Mysteri0usChannel]

Don't forget about Billie Eilish "Bad Guy" just being the Plants vs Zombies melody played at 1.25x the speed.

[@2GameTVGaming]

For real thats what i thought when i first listened to it 🙂

[@MrMmnngghh]

In a just society, this comment would be top of the list under this upload

[@adoboFosho]

So wizards of Waverly place is a work?

[@kkevinypastor]

Sht, fr?..

[@mrwassef]

I mean they’re pretty open about drawing inspiration from it. It’s a pretty brilliant musical interpretation.

[@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

I always thought 'American Woman' by The Guess Who sounded like "Whole Lotta Love' by Led Zeppelin, especially the main heavy riff.

[@mjt11860]

Definitely 2 different riffs, but I hear the similarity. Probably inspired by whole lotta love.

[@JeddorianJalapeno]

Which was sharlessly copied from You Need Love ..the Small Faces verson of Willy Dixon

[@bearinmind1876]

The first 3 albums by Led Zeppelin are complete ripoffs of other artists, incl Whole Lotta Love. And they shouldn't have the audacity to sue anyone.

[@jamesslick4790]

@@bearinmind1876 As much a a Zep fan as I am, I admit....You are 100% right.

[@countof3everybodyOD]

Nice change of page for Zep to be stolen from and not do the stealing

[@sunnyquinn3888]

In all of these people's defense, it can be hard to avoid unintended plagiarism because music lives so deeply in our subconscious.

[@jamescarrello6710]

“Ice Ice Baby” and “Under Pressure”? Remember when Vanilla Ice said he’d never heard of Under Pressure or Queen? Yeah right.

[@leia9417]

you can't even call that inspiration, it's literally the same track

[@papayamango9629]

That feeling when youre in the music industry but never heard of queen

[@charles8179]

And somehow Queen and David Bowie didn't sue... they at least could've asked for a bit of credits...

[@led_zep_7774]

Charles Poitras they sued and won

[@sarah.weaver]

They are so similar in the begining that i have a hard time telling them apart during the opening chords

[@recklessrex]

What I've learned from this: rock artists are cool people

[@acespades81official16]

Yes, we're cool people 😎

[@zeitxgeist]

In their heydays their label would have sued.

[@fruitcake9579]

Also in my opinion, have great vocals...they could sing rock and ballad...

[@recklessrex]

@@fruitcake9579 fun fact: David Draiman from Disturbed was classically trained as a cantor.

[@acespades81official16]

@@recklessrex, hell I didn't know that and I'm a real big Disturbed fan. I know you weren't replying to me, but I'm just saying.

[@joaquinlezcano2372]

Literally Midnight memories is the key change of Pour some sugar on me. The main melody is equal. Live while you were young is literally Should I stay or should I go

[@MrFrankqu58]

I am glad that you put Taxman with Start!! I actually love that bass riff. I had both of those songs the Beatles and the Jam. I knew that the Jam copied it but it still sounds great.

[@phr34k]

12 notes, rearranged over and over, some of them are bound to sound similar.

[@MrParkerman6]

Yup.

[@cashewpistachio1826]

I enjoy wanking.

[@zisforzeebruh]

Dave E there’s 12: C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#, A, A#, and B

[@pantranwhostansdan38]

@@cashewpistachio1826 lmao fair enough

[@cashewpistachio1826]

Hey@@pantranwhostansdan38 I can't talk right now as I am wanking.

[@10HW]

One Direction: steals music Rock stars: they're just kids they don't mean it

[@banishedfromthedwarfplanet530]

But the writers who wrote the songs for those talentless little shits are not kids. They are at least middle-aged.

[@10HW]

@@banishedfromthedwarfplanet530 I know man, I can see from here the room full of suits, lawyers and corporates talking about what song to plagiate. I made the joke knowing full well the producers stole everything purposefully.

[@banishedfromthedwarfplanet530]

Wilson Henley> Yup, that's the music industry. Creativity and originality mean very little. it's all about what sells, sells sells. Just steal songs from the more successful and creative artists so your no-talent plastic fabrications can make a hit out of them. Does that sound like I'm bitter? I've been in several bands and believe me, if you're different and actually original sounding, you'll be told by the record execs to change into something more commercial or give up. They want clones of shit that made money before.

[@lets_rock_and_ride5943]

That and I think it's record companies not the bands that would make money in these cases so they just don't give shit

[@10HW]

@@Ploulaf I agree, or even: "music is not so vast - only a couple of chords available for everybody. Let's not be complete assholes." or better: "we don't give a f**k," I could see also: "who is One Directwhat?!"

[@kenwah52]

David, would there be a chance you could list links to the sponsors of your programs? I have been looking for one particular sponsor where it had the title that included "Rip" in the name.

[@JacqueHarper]

Thank you for the spot-on assessment of what copyright is SUPPOSED to be used for! For those of you who want to re-hear what I am referring to, begin at 13:44. The exact relevant statement is at 14:12 or so.

[@carysrichards1529]

"can i copy your homework?" "yeah just change it up a bit so it doesn't look obvious you copied"

[@blairmcauslan]

Hehehe funny

[@ErrorrUserNotFound]

I've never heard that statement before in my life

[@Dorisasaurus1133]

Smaaahhhht

[@trorisk]

*copy-paste the Bible*

[@ahhwe-any7434]

You know there's an app where it detects plagiarism? This is today's world. Stop being an unoriginal. When I found that out... 🤯 Whoa 😦. Good thing I don't steal. But that's hw

[@tankwfw]

When we say "One Direction" or "enter band pop group here ______" what we really mean is their producers, who coincidentally have usually been in the music business for 20+ years

[@Hellwyck]

When you make music you're a producer, they want money so they're marketeers.

[@megaascension2748]

Or Harry Styles, that wrote most of their later material and loves classic rock

[@frannred]

Mega Ascension yeah but like you said “later material”, that’s from four and made in the am, not before of that

[@megaascension2748]

@@frannred Yes. Really the first song I ever actually liked by them was Night Changes. I still love that song.

[@Bciwasinlove]

@@frannred dont forget midnight memories Louis wrote/helped write over 3/4 of the songs on that album.

[@benrosenberg3489]

I like both The Air That I Breathe and Creep, I never realized they were similar until just now.

[@ScarletVoodoo]

Same. I love both songs and have never once made this connection before watching this.

[@subversivelysurreal3645]

Nina Paley gave a Ted talk in which she asserted that all of this ip was stopping everyone from being able to THINK freely while creating, so I had a musician friend of mine listen to it, and he admitted to staying away from working on songs if they had anything from anything else in them…but he was astounded to consider how much that *limited his thinking*

[@saramorgan8789]

Two songs: *have the same chords* Everyone: IS THIS PLAGIARISM

[@MW-jf8gf]

Sara Morgan honestly peeps need to chilllllll

[@Hellwyck]

@@MW-jf8gf people also need to stop putting loads of end letters on words like children.

[@ErrorrUserNotFound]

Hellwyck Ok boomer

[@athas12]

It is not about the chords, because it is the same 3 chords that make up 70% of the songs. It is more about composition as a whole. One Direction - Midnight Memories is 100% plagiarism. Starting a song with E D G or the blues progression is influence, taking a melody and chords note by note and changing words is plagiarism.

[@jayfrank1913]

@@ErrorrUserNotFound You'll be old someday if you're lucky. And share something with boomers, wisdom.

[@Lucy-fn9rj]

the beginnings of the choruses in “i love rock n roll”, “cherry pie”, and “pour some sugar on me” all sound super similar to me

[@samuelpedersengassira6600]

Lucy yayayayaya I can hear that 😂

[@el2967]

its the double strum every other beat. also, in the vocals, they drag out the second syllable. sheeees my cheeery pie, i looooove rock and rooooll.

[@phoenixc8328]

I WAS THINKING OF I LOVE ROCK AND ROLL

[@zz7733]

Noooo what have you done? 😂🤣

[@APH1991]

As well as Weezer - Beverly Hills.

[@jacko.6625]

This reminds me of a story about a conversation between Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie. Dylan was supposed to be a good singer (of that style) and wanted to be able to write songs. Guthrie advised him just to take some old songs that he liked and change the notes and the words.

[@artmoss6889]

That was certainly the tradition in folk music, to take old melodies and add new lyrics, or just record old songs that had no copywriter claim What gets me, though, is how stridently Bob Dylan goes after people who borrow from his songs. It's hypocritical, insofar as he did it all the time.

[@fiddleronthecube7835]

As soon as I heard Dodgy I said "Yo, Don't Fear the Reaper." Let's face it, the one suing is poor; the one sued made a crapload of cash. Petty didn't need the money. I also believe him about hating lawsuits.

[@Psychprogrock]

I, for once, consider that Dodgy's song needs more cowbell.

[@georgeprice4212]

You realize that Petty also knows what it’s like to get sued, right? Look up the history of Tom Petty battling MCA Records. That is why Petty didn’t go after the RHCP’s.

[@spontaneousremarks1719]

If it weren't for songs sounding so similiar, we wouldn't have the mashups in Pitch Perfect lol

[@nakiacunningham154]

Spontaneous reMARKs we live for riff offs in this house hold 😔✋🏼

[@ediblessemah5733]

No one does mashup as glee

[@chrystianguerin6370]

Chord progressions and modal modulation

[@markuse3472]

What is pitch perfect?

[@spontaneousremarks1719]

A movie about acapella college groups

[@PaulHolder]

I didn't expect so many of these examples to have the bands respond with "yes, they do sound similar. That's fine." Nice to see that.

[@mathijsbastiaansen5394]

I know right. Just wait till some dumb, handsome, young boyband sees this as a oppertunity to steal these songs and become millionaires.

[@radaf4429]

Probably because the "original writer" ripped it off themselves

[@LRM12o8]

True musicians know that they all just make their versions of the same old song. Just like novel authors tell essentially the same story differently all the time, because the motifs that drive us have been the same since the dawn of humanity. Also, if you wrote a classic and it has made you a wealthy person, you don't need to worry about a boyband making a cheap rehash of your classic. You can be confident that your version is more likely to be the one that's remembered in history. Just like already nobody talks about Midnight Memories without mentioning its similarities to Pour Some Sugar On Me, which will probably stay on air longer than the 80's kids will stay on this planet for.

[@Kemns_Art]

@@LRM12o8 I absolutely agree with you.

[@Kemns_Art]

@@LRM12o8 Also, it really pisses me off too that translating title trend to gain more views lmao

[@stevelane6919]

"Creep" just sounds too much like "The Air That I Breath".

[@olgag1368]

Haha, you talk about having almost 100k subscribers. Way past that at this point. Totally deserved. I'm studying music, but I feel like your videos are better and more "up-to-date" than many of my classes. Keep up the great work! Cheers!

[@o-o857]

Ironically Tom Petty is the least petty musician when it comes to people ripping him off

[@JuliusGalacki]

Listen to Petty's Breakdown and then listen to The Animals Cheatin'... sure sounds like Petty was "inspired" to me (it's even thematically similar songs) so he'd be a hypocrite about suing people who have ripped him off.

[@dreams4956]

@@JuliusGalacki Oh fuck off Tom Petty is a musical genuis and comes up with his own brilliant music. The reason he doesn't sue people is because he's just a cool guy, which you would know if you actually cared to learn about him.

[@Raittway]

Because Tom was an amazing, down to earth, true singer/songwriter/musician 💜

[@chadlurie9447]

Sam Smith would disagree.

[@dreams4956]

@@chadlurie9447 It was the record company not Tom Petty, and both Smith ad Petty say they have no hard feelings "things like that happen". If you did ay research you would know that, so next time you try calling someone out get your facts right

[@randomdoofy]

I don't remember who said it, but i remember a quote saying: "The most creative man in the world, is the one who best hides his sources"

[@spicygoddess2374]

Pablo Adrian Luna Alvarez david bowie i believe maybe?

[@anthony5664]

@@spicygoddess2374 I dont know. Bowie sounds fairly similar to early Syd Barrett

[@velvetspec]

Picasso: "Good artist copy, great artist steal"

[@kaiser342]

It was Einstein. He said “The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources” so pretty much the same

[@frog9524]

i believe everyone here just got woooshed. HE'S HIDING THE SOURCE YOU GUYS unless i'm also getting wooshed, idk

[@gazwandsoxthedog5111]

Many thanks for your many videos. I’ve never heard of these being compared before, nor have I seen it posted anywhere. My suggestion is Ray Charles - what’d I say, and Booker T and the MGs - green onions. All the best

[@bootsthecat6718]

Truly crazy you were able the reach 100k subs :p. Hope you get to 400 soon, thank you for the video!

[@BrianSmith-ow9gy]

David's next milestone is a million. Well deserved. He's the standout music pundit and teacher on KZbin IMHO.

[@Autotrope]

You've got to respect the musicians who made the decision themselves not to pursue any lawsuits, not only that but defending and supporting the artists accused of copying them. That is really heartwarming.

[@HappyMSI1]

Not when themselves have taken it from another artist.

[@shoogerkane]

heartwarming?

[@JakeMCGreen]

Autotrope yeah it’s really heartwarming when they enable plagiarism. Lol wtf

[@michaeldrennan9932]

Especially Tom Petty!! What a most Great Human!! RIP!! So Glad I Got to see one of his Last concerts in Cleveland Ohio before his passing!!

[@kfiralfiavideo]

They allowed it because they knew their own lifting of other’s music wouldn’t stand the harsh light of scrutiny. If you created something truly original, you would resent it if someone stole it, profited on it, and didn’t credit you. And you would be right to resent it. There’s no “honor” in allowing someone to steal from you. That’s just a personal decision.

[@brickspace8617]

I feel sorry for Weird Al Yankovic. He's always getting ripped off and nobody notices.

[@ginabarrows193]

Lol

[@michaellee2910]

Best comment

[@navisatar5694]

He does parodies of famous songs..so it would be the other way around...he gets permission though..if Wierd Al parody your song then you know u have definitely made it. He rocks..😆😎👍

[@brickspace8617]

@Navi Satar That's the joke

[@dsatt57]

Lol

[@matthewcdupre]

Watching this and you have 400+k subscribers!! Cool to see u come such a long way, you make great videos

[@oliviaa6051]

the beginning of “don’t threaten me with a good time” by panic! at the disco uses the riff in “rock lobster” by the b-52s

[@IsaiahMoore04]

This guy actually understands what Green Day was doing.. Taking music that inspired them when they were younger and making something to honor those older melodies

[@josephkane2312]

And to make money from it..

[@tommcg1776]

Greenday steal shit from lesser known punk bands, too.

[@blackmarketyardsale]

Tom McGentleman you mean like pinhead gunpowder? Green Day sounds just like them! 😂

[@avidmomokayoitsumareader]

@@tommcg1776 yeah they sound exactly like foxboro hottubs

[@kfrance11]

Joseph Kane isn’t that the point of their job

[@TheMinnaKat]

A very nice approach and even the title is smartly written to sound interesting but not misleading at all. Thanks for sharing!

[@joshuadisney5866]

Good job. You present this material very well.

[@craigusselman546]

The first caveman who banged a rock in rhythm needs to sue EVERYONE!

[@cjdennis149]

Only if he died less than 70 years ago!

[@rubensoaresmonteiro1930]

@@cjdennis149 Of course he did, have you ever studied history!!? /s

[@skyblazeeterno]

Percussion or drum patterns cannot be copyrighted I think

[@lunahetfield]

Crap... I’m gonna get sued...

[@mrawesome3426]

shaddo xx how was that an r/whoooosh it's obviously a joke 🤦‍♂️

[@haydenabrahamsen2886]

Queen's "under pressure" and vanilla ice's "ice ice baby"

[@ryan20028]

Literally the reason I clicked the video

[@rebelndirt8830]

The infamous song that both started and ruined the fame of Vanilla Ice. Had he just added Queen in the credits things would have been way different.

[@r.m.m.1333]

That's called "sampling"

[@charlesbelville5090]

I read that Ice eventually just went ahead and bought the rights to it.

[@cissyiniguez]

@@charlesbelville5090 No. He had to pay a settlement and has to continue to split profits with them 50/50 to this day. He lied about buying the rights just like he tried to lie about ripping them off in the first place.

[@uberdonkey9721]

Sweet.. you were overjoyed with 90,000 subscribers and now have 657,000. Well done David, you're producing fun but highly informative videos.

[@Gus-jb8cm]

Hi David great video. 😊 This subject has always cropped up over the years with me Sometimes I just don't understand what's the problem. Unless it's a direct copy (playgarised) which hasn't had permission. After all there is only 7 notes in music.... A to G. Sharp or flat. All musicians know that. So by rules of logic there will be similarities in a lot of songs. It would be a variation in the tone that would define the note/sound and how it turns out like. But hey what do I know I'm just an ex-keyboard player!

[@jj72610]

There’s only so many chords to play honestly.

[@itbepoetry]

There's no excuse for that One Direction Baba rip off. Disgusting.

[@Astrocreep696]

There's an endless possibility of music to make. People just get lazy and want to make money

[@lyndamcardle4123]

Unless you're a jazzer !

[@siguardvolsung]

The problem isn't that there are only so many notes/chords to play, but rather there are only a few that are chosen in pop music. It's so limited and formulaic that it's impossible not to create music that isn't substantially similar to something someone else wrote in that genre. It's hard to claim innocence if you copy prog rock, but it's hard to avoid infringement in pop rock. Moreover, the internet and technology allows everyone to publish everything they've ever done, meaning there's tons of material out there. I doubt, for example, that Katy Perry was even aware of the song she supposedly infringed, but because the copyright was registered, she's deemed to be on constructive notice of it. Copyright law needs serious reform.

[@nathanrocks2562]

There is a video about musical entropy that details this very topic

[@ericblair54]

"To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research." Unknown.

[@dog-ez2nu]

Probably stolen.

[@acester86]

That's how Edison "invented" motion pictures.

[@ericblair54]

@@acester86 Yeah no one has heard of Louis Le Prince.

[@byom3100]

nonsense. In research you must display, which author you are refering to. If you dont do that and you get caught, you may loose your degree. Thats very different from music business, where you just pay money.

[@ericblair54]

@@byom3100 :That's your opinion and opinions are like assholes, everybody's got one.

[@allanwidner9276]

First there was Jethro Tull's "We Used to Know", in their setlist when the Eagles were opening for them. Then along came "Hotel California". Some years later, Jethro Tull is bringing the old "We Used to Know" back into the set, guitarist Martin Barr (who had just before his practice session listening to the Eagles) gets busy practicing - and realizes the two songs are using virtually the same chord progression. This, of course, becomes part of stage banter, as Ian Anderson introduces "We Used to Know" with a profanity-laced, tongue in cheek rant about the royalties the Eagles owe him.

[@alexblancas2968]

One "rip-off" I've always found pretty funny was the way the Beach Boys put out Surfin' USA as essentially a cover of Chuck Berry's Sweet Little Sixteen, but with different lyrics and a different feel (i.e. giving Berry a writing credit). I just love that Brian Wilson must have been like: Oh this melody slaps. I can absolutely do better on the lyrics tho

[@philipethier9136]

They did the right thing on that. Gave Berry credit and royalties.

[@andycharity9096]

brian didnt think surfin was from the berry song, his dad made the settlement against brian's wishes.

[@rafael16759]

Love Brian but the beach boys were sued

[@eliseuhlar8490]

nobody ever sticks up for weird al, all of his songs were stolen :(

[@bongobliss5795]

He made parodies, and always asked permission b4 doing them

[@ayajade6683]

You're an idiot parodies are a different ball game due the reformative aspect of fair use.

[@exzyyd392]

imagine not being able to notice this is a joke

[@bongobliss5795]

@@exzyyd392 that sad face sells it lol, seems sooooooo real

[@eliseuhlar8490]

Hydraxion Voltage for real tho

[@BigWilleyMusicandFun]

so every country artist can sue every other country artist

[@dustinmccrindle343]

And that sounds like a country song. 😜

[@lyndamcardle4123]

To "plagiarise" both the late Hank Williams and the latest Van Morrison offering ..."Three Chords And The Truth"........... :)

[@BigWilleyMusicandFun]

@@dustinmccrindle343 oh man thik we just wrote one bro lmao

[@BigWilleyMusicandFun]

@@lyndamcardle4123 truth

[@TerryT304]

Once upon a time there was an original country artist.

[@anthonynorton666]

It would be interesting to hear about the relationship between creativity and memory from a neuroscientist.

[@74Jupiter]

I think when music just comes into someone's mind it could be them just remembering it. At that point they may or may not make the association. However, much like dreams are often inspired by recent and past memories sometimes I think music is an amalgam of past memories of music. I believe dreams are to save space and / or make retrieving memory and experiences more efficient. If music can be created this way it would mean "Yesterday" famously dreamt by McCartney is just some music more efficiently stored in his mind...

[@anthonynorton666]

@@74Jupiter I suspected this, i.e. memory is a set of rules for reconstructing past experiences, a kind of "lossy file" with codecs. I've heard and read neuroscientists say eye witness accounts are the worst form of evidence in a trial for that reason.

[@74Jupiter]

​@@anthonynorton666 I would guess senses being processed efficiently = evolution advantage. Visual probably most complex i.e. not getting eaten by Leopard. Therefore probably lots of short cuts and filling in the gaps. Exact face recreation not that important. No point us remembering whether a leopard has or has not changed its spots.

[@fatboyslick]

Dude you are excellent, such great musical history knowledge

[@jeangentry6656]

1D lucky as hell that those bands let them slide.

[@olliedjones]

Simon Cowell and his team would have paid them off in one way or another, 100%

[@nicheronnie3860]

Even if they got sued they will get away with it Simon has allot of connections and knows the best music lawyers

[@ShirubaGin]

1D are very one dimensional.

[@danne8797]

I think it's more about the label than the artists themselves. I believe most of these are under universal music. Would be different though if a young aspiring artist would be sampling them.

[@amytg777]

How? They’re lifting a few staples of rock and directly acknowledging their influences. It should be common sense not to sue them.

[@MrToddChris]

The worst I’ve seen is when the company that bought the rights to CCR’s music sued John Fogerty because his new music sounded similar to the stuff he wrote while in CCR.

[@stevesorrell9835]

Todd Crnkovich An atrocity!!! That is the worst.

[@PA1RofRaggedClause]

"How dare you, MR. FOGERTY, write like yourself!"

[@mattcasteel84]

John Fogerty didn't write shit in CCR, his brother did and his brother got screwed

[@stevesorrell9835]

To Matthew Casteel: He wrote 9 of 10 songs on Willy... 9 out of 10 on the Green River album 6 out of 7 on Bayou Country Etc...

[@sjwimmel]

Well, if that isn't a sign we need to rethink copyright law, I don't know what is.

[@TheSmurf1973]

Hard to believe Oasis havent been included in a video about songs sounding like older songs..

[@leeturton9254]

Yeah Noel's a notorious magpie... he even ripped of t rex get it on which is maybe one of the most recognised rock riffs in history...he does it well though... cigarettes and alcohol is a great track but he wouldn't have a song without that riff that's for sure

[@alain_de_frothcorn]

I was dumbfounded myself with all the comments and no mention of Oasis - Imagine/Don't Look Back in Anger, How Sweet to Be an Idiot/Whatever (sued for that one by Neil Innes!) and many, many more.

[@thabim7]

Man congrats! ur Channel is gold! Hope u ge to 1 mil subs soon

[@justawfulgamer7738]

So it turns out that Tom Petty isn't actually petty.

[@steliokontos8364]

I miss Petty so much. I am a huge fan of live music. And I never got to see him live. I was sad when he died, he has some of the best chill music. I might be the grim reaper. If George Thorogood dies it’s my fault. I’ve never seen him live either. And he’s next on my list.

[@fozzieatdetourbillnye5514]

@@steliokontos8364 I miss him go. He's awesome. They need to clone him. I never seen Ozzy or Dylan and both are still somehow alive. I don't think it's your fault if people die without seeing them.

[@DanielSalad]

He did sue sam smith though 🤷‍♂️

[@MCDexX]

@@DanielSalad - To be fair, that Sam Smith song wasn't just similar - the melody was note-by-note identical.

[@ClosedLoopMusic]

Dude I can’t believe that song came out in 93 I thought it was from the 70’s

[@worldofdrawing2496]

Lead singer in foo fighters sues nirvana drummer for plagiarism

[@joeholmberg250]

😂

[@jamespeterson9620]

Ha Ha Ha

[@woodyburns]

And likeness rights

[@brodyroper8288]

Evad Lhorg

[@ichmageisify]

"He stole my face!"

[@malcolmclarke3033]

Interesting video and nicely presented. A subject I ve been interested in for a long time. Nice to get a modern view of it

[@daltonrothchild6569]

Really love how for every example, the artists were all so cool about their songs being “ripped off.” It’s nice to know so many famous musicians understand what music is all about.

[@janegrey9978]

More like they're rich enough not to bother.

[@Sinners4SaintsTV]

Tom Petty... what a chill dude. RIP legend

[@GeneralxMayhem]

I've seen just about every AAA band of the last forty years in concert. Tom Petty blew them all away.

[@benrosenberg3489]

I can't believe he's gone already.

[@totallylooney8292]

A friend of mine was going to see him at Bottle Rock and invited me along. I had some stuff going on in my life and decided to put it off until the next year. Then we lost Petty... I regret that to this day. I've loved his music for decades.

[@goopxiv5683]

Not at all petty

[@offbrand_garfield15]

Yeah, still hurts even though it’s been a while.

[@tkdmanbb185]

As a metalhead, we are REAL lucky blues musicians haven't tried suing us yet.

[@davidmalec8971]

I like heavy metal but i like and play jazz and blues😅

[@davedanger9839]

What's this "we" shit?

[@southstreetbarbecue7875]

Have you compared Ministry's "Just One Fix" to Rammstein's "Du Hast"? Remarkable similarities!

[@squidward9747]

Dave Danger what’s ur problem

[@sgt_blacksteel321]

Dave Danger calm down

[@kollibriterresonnenblume2314]

Great video. Really enjoyed this one. And appreciate your laissez-faire attitude on the topic.

[@ericaspitzfaden4280]

Thanks for the connection of Radio Head's creep to The Hollies The air that I breathe. Totally makes sense. Great content BTW.

[@gothtearz]

"Earfquake" is just "Boys Who Cry" from Spongebob

[@lilmori6472]

@Eric F it really do

[@alonedownthere47]

jokes aside tyler will always be safe because everything he makes sounds like him

[@yodacat5935]

Thank you, Bill Clinton Pablo.

[@benjaminlynch9958]

My favorite was when John Fogerty was sued for copyright infringement of songs that he himself wrote.

[@darvyowolf]

Donovan and Greg Kinn both said music is all relative...Donovan at a Beatles fest played 3 song with the same exact chord progressions....i felt the pit of my stomach go cold when i learned how to play gregs break up song and realized my song Rince(Galic word for Dance) were the same chords for the verses but the chorus is compleatly different ...my wish is to play with Greg and show him rince

[@andrewliamdesigndevelopment]

The fact that three years ago you were approaching 100k subscribers and now you’re 800k and approaching 1M is wild.

[@drixyjude9874]

Blurred lines vs Marvin Gaye Ed sheeran vs Marvin Gaye *Marvin Gaye vs Marvin Gaye*

[@chrisanagn.3584]

Marvin Marvin vs Gaye Gaye

[@smellykid180]

Blurred Lines is that well famous Artist

[@banishedfromthedwarfplanet530]

It's true. Marvin Gaye accidentally sued himself. And lost.

[@dizzee6089]

Marvin gaye vs Marvin gaye Unfortunately leaving one marvin with 2 bullets fatal killing him on April 1st, 1984 in West Adams, Los Angeles, California

[@banishedfromthedwarfplanet530]

Yeet Man> That's a hell of an April Fool's Day gag.

[@charlesfritz7327]

Meghan Trainor - Dear Future Husband Olly Murs - Dance with me tonight The actual same song

[@mantistoboggan5171]

both dreadful shit.

[@scott8679]

@@mantistoboggan5171 both wrote by the same music label probably. Since nobody writes their own music anymore

[@mcgubbin]

dance with me tonight is a riff off of runaround sue by dion

[@sarge1349]

@@mcgubbin When I first heard Dear Future Husband, that was the first thing I thought of...

[@catherinecampbell1215]

@@mcgubbin It does sound like Runaround Sue. Runaround Sue is a better song though.

[@MrMisanthropicMan]

Examples where lawsuits occured: 1999 by Prince - Sussudio by Phil Collins Ghostbusters Theme by Ray Parker Jr. - I Want A New Drug by Huey Lewis and the News

[@JennyEverywhere]

Ke$ha's song "Timber" clearly plagiarizes Lee Oskar's song "San Francisco Bay" in the harmonica part. When Ke$ha recorded that song, she outright told her studio harmonisist to "do Lee Oskar, but speed it up". It's note for note exactly the same, just faster. I heard it myself because I was studying harmonica, and Lee Oskar is famous. He even had his own line of harmonicas. And yes, it went to court.

[@CavinLee]

I love how the “Christian Rapper” probably sued Katy Perry for the attention but everyone one still only refers to him as “a Christian Rapper”

[@93ChristopherC]

Who cares

[@kuruminamino3648]

@@93ChristopherC found the Christian rappers alt account✨️

[@redeadhead4]

@@93ChristopherC he originally won and Katy Perry had the decision rightfully overturned. Completely speculating but I’m willing to bet the judge who issued the first verdict was religious. The precedent that he nearly set with that first verdict would’ve been a huge problem for basically any musician who had ever published music. So yeah, people cared a lot. Don’t be so willfully ignorant.

[@93ChristopherC]

@@redeadhead4 Your comment is irrelevant and ineffective. Especially when you start your statement by admitting that you are completely speculating. Yet, it remains, who cares that he is still being refered to as the "Christian rapper", it doesn't matter. In fact, the op referred to him as the "Christian rapper" in his comment. Read it again. The comment is towards his reference of name not the actions of his person. Even further, the op not only refers to him as "the Christian rapper" but he also goes on to speculate that he did it for attention. I'll say it again, and for the last time. Who cares? If you do, at least learn the name so you can take all your speculations and attempt to properly bash somebody.

[@93ChristopherC]

Such a petty attempt to scrutinize one who lives their life by a particular compass of moral. Its any Americans right to make a statement on the light of justice, if he or she truly does believe.

[@sirdrinksalot99]

Dang, I was hoping you'd mention the time john fogerty got sued for ripping off the song he wrote himself with CCR

[@audrepoison566]

That's a good one though! I wrote a report on it lol.

[@nigelhobson5252]

Ethan Johnson Ha ha. Similarly Paul Weller should have been sued for ripping of The Jam.

[@raymondkitchen6137]

Around the same time Neil Young got sued for not sounding enough like himeself.

[@deansongs]

I love your videos. Also, Albert Hammond is amazing. I recognized immediately when it came out that the middle 8 to Creep was the same melody as part of The Air That I Breathe, but of course seriously higher :-). Creep is an amazing song though. Go Albert. Of course the Hollies are amazing also :-). With or even without Graham Nash.

[@donaldkrone4717]

It's funny. I just watched this video tonight and you were talking about the fact that you were approaching 100K subscribers. Now you have almost 800K subscribers and this video has over 3 million views. Well done man. I love your stuff and it's so well presented.

[@Cygerion]

what about "under pressure" and "ice ice baby" and "super freak" and "u cant touch this"

[@Scubadog_]

I think Super Freak was actually sampled, which is fine if they clear the sample.

[@MyNutcake]

They're fine because in both cases the right to use the sound was purchased

[@DJCosmicLatte]

@@MyNutcake MC Hammer cleared the Super Freak sample appropriately, and was even spoken highly of by Rick James himself; Vanilla Ice, on the other hand, did not purchase the rights and was sued by Queen. It's all cleared up now, but it ruined Ice's career.

[@MyNutcake]

@@DJCosmicLatte didn't know that, Vanilla Ice is such a fucking tool so glad to know

[@dumbvoid]

@@DJCosmicLatte "but" im glad it did.

[@paulbismuth10]

Rock'n'roll bands often dont sue others for "influence" because themself have borrowed elsewhere. They don't want to be hypocrites.

[@alexmurphy5289]

No it’s because they don’t have teams of lawyers like pop musicians do. Obviously the big ones do but most rock bands don’t

[@indigogoigorgo7992]

Tell that to the Rolling Stones, and the The Verve.......

[@zackzallie8735]

lol Led Zeppelin get sued many times.

[@laurieguenther5898]

I hate to say this but one of queen's songs sounded like a song from billy joel. from what i heard, he seeked legal action against the band, but couldn't prove they plagiarized. same thing with led zeppelin. spirit could not prove they plagiarized stairway, and that's why they won their case. Led zeppelin created and originated all their own music, just like queen did. because led zeppelin was the biggest band in the world, other artists were so jealous of them and their success, they would say just about anything to try and wreck them. Pete Townsend from the who said he couldn't stand led zeppelin because he said "they were bigger than the Who". is that a reason to punch Jimmy in the face for it? absolutely not! that's childish. I like both zeppelin and queen, but I can't stand zeppelin being picked on just for taking influence from others. they did not plagiarize anything. queen is a good band as well, but they were not saintly or perfect anymore than zeppelin was. both were original and talented in their own ways. Nirvana however, was notorious for plagiarism. no wonder kirk killed himself. he was in such hot water legally from all the lawsuits

[@One.DeSanctis.]

@@laurieguenther5898 Kirk Cameron snuffed himself?

[@harryrobertson3746]

True Story ; Many years ago I was talking to Tony Mcauley who at that time had a chart hit with "Blame it on the Pony Express' (1970) and I suggested to him (politely) that surely it was a rip-off from "Simple Simon Says" (1968). To my surprise he said quite candidly that, yes, it was a tried and test way of making money, i.e., copy a hit, get a new hit, when the lawyers ring say either you can pull the song and no one makes any money, or let it roll and they would split the profits. And they usually accept the 50%.

[@PianoDanny]

Open question? Please, does anyone know what the superb music software that David uses to show the clear melody and chords with? Thanks!

[@RSProdism]

Probably sebalius

[@jaschul]

Some people here must remember George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" sounding a bit too much like "He's So Fine," recorded by the Chiffons. George lost that lawsuit.

[@mattd8325]

Jason Schulman and then wrote a song about the experience called ‘this song’! Which itself had a few nods to other songs 😂😂

[@mijnordna]

Yup, I always thought this was the most egregious rip off I’d ever heard. Harrison essentially stole the whole song, progression and melody, even back up singers.

[@FruityRonster]

He bought the rights to he's so fine later

[@brendanmccabe8373]

mijnordna this song I think sums it up pretty well

[@hermann80901]

I thought he had copied it unconsciously, like he didn’t know it was a copy until after it was released idk actually

[@lokaadine2719]

There’s a reason why Beyoncé’s “Lemonade” has over 40 writers credits. Every single influence that she has and uses, she credits the person. From a beat to a tweet, she credits.

[@DJCosmicLatte]

...okay that's actually really fucking cool of her.

[@DeGuerre]

That is cool, but honestly most musicians are not conscious of their influences. Just yesterday I realised I stole a modulation from Chopin.

[@oceanwalkr]

Mastodon1976 dude stfu none of us are even talking about if we like her music. Stop trying to start a flame war.

[@bustamoveorelse]

Becuase she can't write her own music

[@bustamoveorelse]

Like why are you calling them influences anyway? She's not crediting them becuase her work is influenced by someone else, it's their work?

[@5unTours]

I'm not a musician and I only have a rudimentary understanding of harmonies and chords because I started learning to play an instrument as a child. But you are able to explain things in a way that I find interesting, even if I only understand half of them. Thank you very much for that! With many examples of contemporary music, I get the feeling "I've heard that before ..." and that's why I like your explanations of "borrowed" or "inspired" pieces of music. I also like Tom Petty's and Albert Hammond's attitude towards musicians who use set pieces in their music. Over time, there are not so many ways to vary the few notes in our usual scale - of course, similarities creep in. If musicians are honest and explain it that way ("I listened to xy and then wrote my own song" or "I think xy is so wonderful that I wanted to write something similar"), I think that's justifiable, especially when they don't hesitate to let original composers share in their success. (as you have shown in some examples) I find court cases just because of the expected profit just as disgusting as corresponding legal disputes "just to make money" - something like that really sucks. When it comes to the development of music, one could also say among musicians "colleagues": Look, you wrote this song and that gave me the following idea: ... Music should be a togetherness and not a conflict! But there is too much lust for money in this world - not necessarily from the musicians themselves, but from their managers, producers and lawyers - sometimes of course also from the musicians themselves. I am particularly interested in finding out: Who was the first musician to compose something, the first to have a certain musical idea, because I prefer to listen to the original. If I do like "further developments", then I want to be aware of it and be able to say: "It is based on xy and what this musician has made of it is really interesting" or "xy is quoted here because it is an idol of the musician ". Anyway, I like to dig into the background of my musical preferences.

[@jaspereves6661]

This is actually a fun exercise to do if you’re trying to get into writing music. You take a song you like and use all of the same notes and change a little bit of the rhythm and switch up the progressions to create a new song that generally sounds decent.

[@sophiaredwood5825]

Ooooo I am trying to get into music, I would do this… but I came here trying to get over the panic of accidentally creating a melody in an F# minor song that sounds a whole lot like the beginning of Carrie Underwood’s Before He Cheats. I want to sort that out before intentionally copying something else ahahaha

[@joemanning90]

Basically what Noel Gallagher has done his whole life

[@paulh7589]

Almost 40 years ago when I was 18, I wrote the coolest melody for guitar. I played it for my friends who were amazed at my talent, even my Parents loved it. Everyone who heard it thought it was great. Then I played it for my Sister who told me it was the Aerosmith song "No more no more". Damn, she was right! I didn't mean to do it. I only heard that song a couple times and here I was about to take credit for it. I thought I was great, but I was just a copycat. We all learn from the guitarists that came before us, but I nailed this almost note for note and had no clue.

[@xzombie688]

Paul H literally did that with the lead part of Dani California. The riff with a ton of hammer on and pull offs. Sad day

[@shaunw9270]

When my older brother was at school in the 70's ,him and a schoolmate made a cassette demo of 5 songs he had written. When he played it to me 10 years later when I was collecting old records , I pointed out his "Endless Night" was "Death of a Clown" by Dave Davies from 1966 !

[@NomNomBlankey]

@@shaunw9270 for some reason I wanna hear those songs...

[@shaunw9270]

@@NomNomBlankey I would like to hear it again too. In the late 80's I made another 2 copies but unfortunately due to divorces , house moves and wotnot since then , neither of can find a copy! Funny , we can both still remember the songs well enough to perform them 😊

[@QuinnChandler55]

When I was about 14 I thought I came up with the coolest riff....turns out it was Diary of a Madman. Feels bad bro.

[@teaxor4392]

Classic song: exists One Direction's writers: We have 200,000 rip offs ready with a million more well on the way

[@supportlid]

Not defending 1 direction but led zeppelin & the Beatles were notorious rippoffs

[@livb6945]

You know they split in early 2016?

[@mollkatless]

@@supportlid who's talking about led zeppelin and the beatles? The joke was about one direction

[@knigistudios9430]

@@supportlid You act like people didn't make jokes about led zeppelin lol

[@supportlid]

@@knigistudios9430 letting it be known people claim these bands to be the best rock bands of all time but they rip everyone off for me its pink Floyd or the eagles

[@AnnaMidnightStar]

Great video! The beginning of Wham's Last Christmas also reminds me of Mr. Postman

[@Phillyhippie215]

I love the fact that elder rockers are saying the same thing. “We don’t care about lawyers and lawsuits. It’s all about the music “ ❤️❤️❤️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 unless it’s absolutely necessary. But to go after every little possible similarity just stifles the culture and the newer generation. We need to keep the field of creativity as open as possible. Art is infinite and always comes from what’s already been curated as mentioned in the video. It’s makes no sense to get in the way of that, as an artist yourself. Unless it’s beyond clear your music is being ripped off and the culture thinks it’s someone else and not you. That I can fully understand because now you’re basically being etched out of the culture and not acknowledged. Which is not right, and no artist should have that motive or intent. So on that end I agree lawyers are needed. But otherwise just be humbled that your music (legacy) is being passed down. It should be an honor.

[@kaitiscarlett9022]

Well said!

[@raymaybury5337]

It's pretty much impossible not to step on someone else's toes these days. Music variations are finite, especially in the same genre, and as time rolls on the more crowded it all becomes.

[@harrysachs2274]

That true, but what record companies are doing these days is that there are like ten people who write all these songs and they take the popular songs of the past mash them together and there you go. It's not they they are inspired, they are stealing and rearranging to avoid lawsuits. When the rock artists use the same chord progressions that's one thing, when there are multiple songs choruses mashed together it's an intentional act of stealing and trying not to get caught.

[@Toasty283]

When you say finite, are you talking permutations? Because there’s 6 ways to write 1,2,3 in any order. Considering there are so many notes with so many octaves and so many instruments with so many strings, how many permutations or combinations of melodies with varying instruments could we possibly have?

[@LRM12o8]

@@Toasty283 there's only twelve notes with over 70 million songs on Amazon Music alone and don't forget that the ways you can arrange these twelve notes is heavily limited by what we hear as coherent and pleasent. The theory behind which has been discovered and written down centuries ago. It's like a language, except much more limited (English has 26 letters, more than double the amount of basic characters and no limit to how big of a word you can create out of them. The size of a Chord, however is limited by the instrument and/or the range of human hearing), yet I've never heard of authors suing each other over using the same concept&structure of their story or using the same idioms, syntax or even just the same words...

[@oldermusiclover]

and you only have so many chords and notes to use another song that sounds like another at the end of it Brown Eyed Handsome Man by Buddy Holly, and the instrumental Tequila

[@donglebookpromax6405]

@@Toasty283 people only listen to resonant music, so that cuts off a huge chunk on the possible combinations of notes

[@DJHastingsFeverPitch]

I actually thought that most of what One Direction is doing is like tributing all these 70s and 80s acts as opposed to ripping them off

[@axeanimation2417]

Dj Hastings yeah, except if that’s the case then they’ve just made them all sound awful

[@Nakia11798]

Same here. There were enough differences that it was clearly not ripping off anything. Basic pop chords don't belong to anyone, and multiple of then have admitted to loving classic rock, so influence is going to happen.

[@Nakia11798]

@@axeanimation2417 That's your opinion. I honestly doubt you've heard more than 5 one direction songs to know whether you like some of their music or not.

[@milton7763]

Aguest That last remark is a rather flawed argument: you’re saying you can’t have an opinion on a band or performer unless you know all their work? With 5 songs Grace can form a well-based opinion if she likes the style in which onedirection ‘tributes’ other people’s actual creative work And I think it’s rather obvious onedir. is simply another boyband: fabricated in a marketing lab, members picked to appeal to different groups of girls, not much time and money wasted on actual creative work: just rip some classics and turn them into catchy tunes using a standard formula (not even done by the ‘band’ itself) - songs’ popularity only needs to last a few months (you just systematically poop a new one out at given intervals to keep ticket and merchandise sales going) and it leaves the budget for the marketing, which is the real popularity driver

[@nicoleannette9908]

The actual members of the band didn’t have a lot of say in the first three albums they made. It wasn’t until the last two that the boys were really involved in the writing process. Which is why their last two albums are arguably the best.

[@noahcarvalho2105]

At one point, who got ripped off, ripped off at some point too

[@Hozer42]

@David Bennett Piano What do you call Sunrise by Simply Red and I Can't Go For That by Daryl Hall & John Oates? Or is that just plain sampling?

[@dexterkiwibird1745]

Is nobody gonna talk about the first part of “Under pressure” and “Ice Ice baby”?

[@aprilcruz3678]

DING DING DING DIGIDINGDING

[@emilyshoop9972]

Covered in one of his other videos. That one added note really changed it. Yuppers.

[@pinkajou656]

Dun dun dun dudududun

[@huwfylt]

thats sampling. also see the clash's "straight to hell" and MIA's "paper planes"

[@hankmoody666]

That's credited sampling

[@_phong.huynh_]

Every song is literally just a remix of the music scales

[@jackpurcell5431]

You know, you not wrong

[@milton7763]

Every tweet of yours is literally just a rehash of cavemen’s grunts

[@GabiGhita]

You know, y'all should quit resampling the alphabet, you might end up with a lawsuit.

[@SuV33358]

That's true, but Ice ice crappy follows the Under Pressure's baseline note for note. Oh wait, except that one beat at the end that makes it totally different. Riiiight....Smh

[@BobaFettish]

THANK YOU for including the jayhawks. I was in the process of typing that Tom Petty was "influenced" by my uncles band!!

[@AerisShenlin]

During my time at Bath College, I wrote a little piano tune and worked it into one of my songs. About five years later, I heard that piano bit in a hip hop tune on the radio. I never made any money out of my music, so I just smiled and said to a friend who was there: "Hey I wrote that. Nice to hear it's out there now." :)