#7

I suppose, technically, if we’re really splitting hairs, 1 Thing is a rip of Crazy In Love.

Crazy In Love is a good song. A very good song.

1 Thing is the greatest banger of all time though.

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#8

Ohhh
Jeremy
Corbyn

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#9

Is basically this:

And regardless of what people think of the 1975 (i like 'em) that song is a banger.

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#10

Banquet by Bloc Party is a pretty blatant rip from Gang of Four’s Damaged Goods.

#11

This:

Is a blatant rip off of this:

#12

Sussudio by Phil Collins. Blatant rip off of prince 1999. Both are bangers

#13

Holy shit! Had not heard this. Surprised if Bernie hasn’t taken legal action

#14

Bit of a stretch

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#15

Yeah it’s All My Friends hanging out with the verses to Clearest Blue, isn’t it?

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#18

Yeah? First time I heard Damaged Goods I instantly thought of Banquet (not going to pretend to be cool enough to have heard Gang of Four first). Maybe it’s just me though.

#19

they definitely owe a massive debt to Gang of Four but i thought they were smart enough to avoid full-on plagiarism. Must listen to both songs again though

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#20

LCD have done this a couple of times…

Emotional Haircut

All I Want

Somebody’s Calling Me

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#21

There are similarities but I wouldn’t say enough to class as a ripoff.

Edit: pretty sure I heard Bloc Party before Gang of Four too

#22

Maybe more of a riff on the theme than an outright rip-off

#23

it’s funny though, in some ways building an entire sound off another band is perhaps more grievous than copying just one song/chord sequence.

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#24

Last Night by The Strokes - American Girl - Tom Petty. Both bangers.

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#26

The intro to this song sounds so much like the intro to New Noise by Refused