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Re: 9@9? Yup, in Austin TX. (evolves into KMTT's "rip-offs" feature)
« Reply #30 on: March 05, 2009, 12:02:24 PM »
#6: Sheryl Crow rips  Stealer's Wheel - "All I Wanna Do" --> "Stuck in the Middle w/You" 
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Re: 9@9? Yup, in Austin TX. (evolves into KMTT's "rip-offs" feature)
« Reply #31 on: March 05, 2009, 01:07:48 PM »
yay! #5 is Ray Parker, Jr ripping Huey Lewis! I ain't 'fraid o' no lawyers! "Ghostbusters" --> "I Want a New Drug".  Both are from 1984 -- has Dave ever played 'em back-to-back in an '84 set?

Parker also did a good job ripping off the Police; "I Just Can't Get Over Losing You" is just "Every Breath You Take" sideways. (Bustin' makes me feel good!)
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Re: 9@9? Yup, in Austin TX. (evolves into KMTT's "rip-offs" feature)
« Reply #32 on: March 05, 2009, 02:06:09 PM »
Brooooce makes it in at #4, ripping off Tommy Tutone: "Radio Nowhere" --> "867-5309 (Jenny)"

Bonus: they played a live acoustic version of the TT tune.
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Re: 9@9? Yup, in Austin TX. (evolves into KMTT's "rip-offs" feature)
« Reply #33 on: March 05, 2009, 02:19:03 PM »
speaking of ripoffs, U2's "No Line On the Horizon" steals a melody line from the Clash's "I'm So Bored with the USA".
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Re: 9@9? Yup, in Austin TX. (evolves into KMTT's "rip-offs" feature)
« Reply #34 on: March 05, 2009, 03:03:18 PM »
no surprise here: Jet at #3 with "Are You Gonna Be My Girl", ripping off Iggy's "Lust For Life" (which, earlier in the countdown, ripped off "You Can't Hurry Love").

BTW, kudos for their inclusion (at #61) of "Der Kommissar" ripping off "Super Freak".
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Re: 9@9? Yup, in Austin TX. (evolves into KMTT's "rip-offs" feature)
« Reply #35 on: March 05, 2009, 04:01:31 PM »
#2 -- again, no surprise: George ripping off The Chiffons!  "My Sweet Lord" --> "He's So Fine"
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Re: 9@9? Yup, in Austin TX. (evolves into KMTT's "rip-offs" feature)
« Reply #36 on: March 05, 2009, 08:53:29 PM »
Now, I really thought George and the Chiffons would be #1, but they were #2... I arrived home tonite to discover that the #1 ripoff is...

Coldplay, "Viva La Vida" ripping off Joe Satriani, "If I Could Fly"

WTF??

Note that nowhere on the list were Boston's "More Than A Feeling" ripping "Telstar" (a rather famous one, no?); Phil Collins' "I Wish It Would Rain Down" ripping Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here", The Beatles' "Oh Darling" ripping Charles Brown's "Please Come Home For Xmas", or my personal favorite, the EC/JJ/Stevie clusterfuck of "Watching the Foolish Detectives in Love While Jammin' the Master Blaster".  The full list is here:

http://www.1037themountain.com/pages/3892585.php
 
Any other suggestions of ones they missed?
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Re: 9@9? Yup, in Austin TX. (evolves into KMTT's "rip-offs" feature)
« Reply #37 on: March 05, 2009, 08:56:12 PM »
Quote from: RGMike on March 05, 2009, 08:53:29 PM
Now, I really thought George and the Chiffons would be #1, but they were #2... I arrived home tonite to discover that the #1 ripoff is...

Coldplay, "Viva La Vida" ripping off Joe Satriani, "If I Could Fly"

WTF??

Note that nowhere on the list were Boston's "More Than A Feeling" ripping "Telstar" (a rather famous one, no?); Phil Collins' "I Wish It Would Rain Down" ripping Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here", or my personal favorite, the EC/JJ/Stevie clusterfuck of "Watching the Foolish Detectives in Love While Jammin' the Master Blaster".  The full list is here:

http://www.1037themountain.com/pages/3892585.php
 
Any other suggestions of ones they missed?
That's a fun list.
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