Spesso si ascoltano alcuni brani e ne tornano alla mente altri, del passato, per qualche somiglianza evidente tra le due canzoni. Oggi vi vogliamo portare alcuni esempi di brani che, nei tempi scorsi, hanno infiammato il web per similarità troppo sfacciate. Partiamo dai Coldplay : alcuni fan, sentendo "Viva la vida" si sono accorti che poteva ricordare un pezzo di Joe Sitriani, dal titolo "If I could fly". I Black Eyed Peas con "I gotta feeling" hanno conquistato il mondo intero ma cosa avrà pensato Bryan Pringle con la sua "Take a Drive"? [...]
Avril Lavigne is fast becoming the Winona Ryder of pop music, she just compulsively steals songs. First it was her global mega hit "Girlfriend" whose catchy chorus sounds remarkably similar to "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" by the obscure 1970's pop group The Rubinoos . While, both lyrically and musically the resemblance is uncanny, there's no way a zygote like Avril Lavigne would have the slightest clue who The Rubinoos were, so you at least wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt. However, now being accused of [...]
It's time for you to be the judge. Heads up on this one thanks to the fine folks over at the Oh No They Didn't community . Check out a classic Peaches ditty at the bottom of this post. Curiously enough, take a look at Avril's Top 5 tunes in a recent Q&A with InStyle mag: 1. I’M THE KINDA by Peaches 2. CITY OF ANGELS by The Distillers 3. SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT by Nirvana 4. GOD SAVE [...]
It must be weird to think that people would think you stole a song from them and in the process make millions from it. Now being a musician myself and having been so for quite sometime I'd like to think that it's easy for me to spot a blatant rip off and maybe a song that was just influenced. There's now a new allegation about Avril stealing a song so let's examine the first two before someone adds a third allegation. First we have 70's pop group The Rubinoos accusation... [...]