Plagiarism - not so naughty, everybody does it so what have you noticed ?

Funny, the first time I heard 'Invisible man'  - the melody and to an extent the lyrics - i remember thinking 'ah - Ghostbusters'. Then again, Huey lewis ? i suppose it all comes out of the same pot.. Still, never liked 'The Invisible Man'...

I instantly thought "Bad" from Michael Jackson...but no one else seems to...lol!

But I LIKED it!  Instantly catchy but wears thin quicker than the other songs from The Miracle.  Actually liked the extended remis version as the bonus track better.

Yep, just put myself through the very guilty pleasure that is 'Bad' and I can hear it now..

If not mentioned already,
Ray Parker Jr, Huey Lewis and Queen are loosely connected by one piece of music...

M - Pop Muzik
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FabM1RJTkrY

I believe Roger Taylor even acknowledged the song "Pop Muzik" as an "inspiration" (not those exact words of course) in one interview over the topic of similarities between "The Invisible Man" and the Ghostbusters theme.

The Beatles.

And why not? It's more of an affectionate nod to someone they admire rather than a blatant rip-off by a bunch of hacks (ie-Oasis)

McNulty wrote: The Beatles.

And why not? It's more of an affectionate nod to someone they admire rather than a blatant rip-off by a bunch of hacks (ie-Oasis)
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Well, I don't believe the Gallagher brothers have never ripped off The Beatles -per se. They are heavily influenced by and admire them but their music has always been different. Specially around the time they were saying "Oasis is better than The Beatles". Their attitude was part of a publicity stunt. They played a couple of Beatles songs in their setlists but Oasis' songs were nothing like the Beatles'.

The Beatlesque influence would be noticeable in Oasis' music until the last 7-8 years or so... around the time when people outside the UK stopped caring for the band, btw. And it was the Liam songs that started channeling Lennon, before Noel's: Born on a Different Cloud, I'm Outta Time, etc.

In their earlier years Oasis had great songs (however basic or derivative) but they sounded like a glorified pub band.
They learned a thing or two about music and started sounding much better with the years. Their last 3 albums were not as big as the first 3 but they had much more variety.

Don't mind me, I'm just bitter because most of the people who kicked my ass at school liked Oasis.

They sound sweet f*ck all like The Beatles really.

Something GLARINGLY OMITTED HERE!!

.... Some Band called QPR actually went out and recorded a song called Tie Your Mother Down, that sounded a LOT like QUEEN'S Tie Your Mother down....

then they released a dud album and haven't been heard from since...

Oh god... i wish i had a link to that site...

Does anybody else know about this???????

I agree with TQ. 

Some of the examples cited might sound like other, earlier songs, but only superficially and maybe a few sequences of notes, but seriously, there's enough music from the past 500 years that such a thing is going to happen all the time. Even recorded popular music from the last 100 years is riddled with songs that sounds like other songs. It happens, sometimes consciously (Led Zepplin), unconsciously or by pure coincidence (Sweet and David Bowie). I'm willing to grant Queen the benefit of the doubt for the latter two if it happens at all.

Sebastian wrote: I think the difference between something 'inspired by' and something 'plagiarised from' is whether you like the involved artists or not.

Breakthru' has parts in the melody which are virtually identical note for note to the 'Summer' thing: people claim it's inspired, not stolen.

Vanilla Ice's riff is just as similar to UP as Breakthru' to BoS: Flick of the Wrist mantra.

There's also a difference between 'inspired by', 'plagiarised from'  and 'I think something sounds a bit like...'

I have noticed that the song "Tie Your Mother Down", personally one of my favorites, has a guitar part that sounds like a hard rock version of "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum.

When I first heard "Headlong", I immediately thought of "Barracuda" by Heart. Listen to the introductions of each and you'll know what I mean.

Woman - Wolfmother rips off Tie Your Mother Down IIRC

'Songs that sound like other songs' and 'best guitarist' arguments are what the internet was invented for... and............ go!

The riff of TYMD..to me..it's very simiar to riff of Smokin of Boston..