Spike Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Funny how it's removed by the fact that it's Em G D D instead of Em G D A but uses the same delay effect to bring it right back to rip-off territory. What delay effect? It's a tremolo, which is actually a volume effect, and has been very common in rock for years. The most obvious example being How Soon Is Now by The Smiths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green day is Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 What delay effect? It's a tremolo Don't judge me, I play acoustic. I don't know your fancy pedal terms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Don't judge me, I play acoustic. I don't know your fancy pedal terms. Not judging, just educating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Teller Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 A ripoff of a ripoff of a ripoff. Ripoffception. Αnd if we keep looking I'm sure we'll find another song that came out before all these songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sauli Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Uptight sounds a bit like Uptight by Stevie Wonder, but the only similarity is really how he sings the word "Uptight". Probably that was a consious or unconscious similarity. Not a major one still. More major ripl-off of that song was Step Out by Oasis (surpisingly...?) As a more random and personal note: Uptight always reminds me of Waiting a bit. (And Waiting takes one hook from Downtown anyway). But that's how pop songwriting works. You take some influences and add something your own. And it's fine. As long as you don't do too direct ripp-offs. (Which Green Day has unfortunately done in some occasions, and it has been getting worse. ( Especially on Trilogy.) Even if they gave a credit to Sam Cooke I just can't listen to that song. Cos Cooke's version has better lyrics and Cooke's voice suits that particular melody better. So what's the point of ripp-offing if your version is worse than the original? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Uptight sounds a bit like Uptight by Stevie Wonder, but the only similarity is really how he sings the word "Uptight". Probably that was a consious or unconscious similarity. Not a major one still. More major ripl-off of that song was Step Out by Oasis (surpisingly...?) As a more random and personal note: Uptight always reminds me of Waiting a bit. (And Waiting takes one hook from Downtown anyway). But that's how pop songwriting works. You take some influences and add something your own. And it's fine. As long as you don't do too direct ripp-offs. (Which Green Day has unfortunately done in some occasions, and it has been getting worse. ( Especially on Trilogy.) Even if they gave a credit to Sam Cooke I just can't listen to that song. Cos Cooke's version has better lyrics and Cooke's voice suits that particular melody better. So what's the point of ripp-offing if your version is worse than the original? I always thought Uptight was similar to the Stevie Wonder song, too. Glad I'm not on my own there. As for the Sam Cooke thing, whether it's better or worse is entirely down to opinion. I wouldn't call it a direct ripoff, they only borrowed the vocal melody and only for the first half of the song. But then I wouldn't agree that anyone's voice suits a specific melody better than anyone else's. If it's within someone's range and they sound good then so be it, that's the main thing. Personally I prefer Brutal Love, but mainly because the coda, which isn't a ripoff, is brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sauli Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 yeah but i have grown up listening to sam cooke version so maybe that explain it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 yeah but i have grown up listening to sam cooke version so maybe that explain it. Yeah, I guess that'd make sense really! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Haze Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 I'm not sure if this has already been brought up or not, but the guitar riff in "Horseshoes and Handgrenades" sounds a lot like "Main Offender" by The Hives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 BOBD is the chorus of Alive by Pearl Jam. Srsly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet Taman Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Maybe not exactly the same, but definitely verrry similar and certainly inspired by American Idiot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Maybe not exactly the same, but definitely verrry similar and certainly inspired by American Idiot... Yes, the creator is a Green Day fan and did that on purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrduckygoosy Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Maybe not exactly the same, but definitely verrry similar and certainly inspired by American Idiot... It's funny cause I always thought it sounded like Rise And Fall by The Offspring ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grene cniht Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 State of Shock sounds like Pinhead Gunpowder's High Maintenance to me, and then again like Scumbag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laetitia Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I don't know why, but when I first heard Nice Guys Finish Last, it immediately reminded of the beginning of American Idiot (the Awesome as F**k version). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.C Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Never heard the similarities between Wonderall and BOOBD This and WMUWSE on the other hand... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRxhU176QyI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Teller Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 American Idiot sounds like Joan Jett's "Bad Reputation". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godspeeding Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 WMUWSE is definitely Billies take on Kiss Me Deadly by Generation X Fell For You sounds like a perfect blend of I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend by The Ramones and What Your Doing by The Beatles. Legit has the same drum opening. 86 is the riff from Achin To Be by The Replacements pre Kerplunk songs sound alot like Husker Du songs. Only Of You = Standing In The Rain. At The Library = Flip Your Wig. The soft part in Dissapearing Boy is extremely similar to the soft part in Celebrated Summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerjeezus Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Which Jimi Hendrix song is Fuck Time similar to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Which Jimi Hendrix song is Fuck Time similar to? Fire, supposedly. I don't see the similarity myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerjeezus Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Fire, supposedly. I don't see the similarity myself. The guitar riff is distantly similar. I wouln't call it a rip off, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DookieLukie Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 During an impromptu ska jam of X Kid, I realised that the chorus is the same as the verse of Another Girl, Another Planet by The Only Ones. For you heathens who don't know it, the part I'm talking about starts at 0.24 and continues for most of the song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yojimbo Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 American Eulogy's second part and Clash City Rockers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Teller Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Amy sounds like Theme For Young Lovers by The Shadows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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