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Re: 9@9? Yup, in Austin TX. (evolves into KMTT's "rip-offs" feature)
« Reply #15 on: March 04, 2009, 11:02:31 AM »
at #19: Robbie Dupree rips off the Doobs.  Guess it was either Robbie or the Pointers' "He's So Shy".
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Re: 9@9? Yup, in Austin TX. (evolves into KMTT's "rip-offs" feature)
« Reply #16 on: March 04, 2009, 12:05:34 PM »
#18 is cool, 'cause I'd never heard the song by The Creaky Boards, the indie-band who claimed Coldplay plagiarized them for "Viva la Vida".  But here it is.
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Re: 9@9? Yup, in Austin TX. (evolves into KMTT's "rip-offs" feature)
« Reply #17 on: March 04, 2009, 01:05:43 PM »
#17: LZ ripping off Willie Dixon. The KMTT jock sez she thinks LZ may be the act that ends up wthe the most mentions when the list is complete.  And based on this blog post, she may be right:

http://therecord.blogs.com/blogovich/2007/09/led-zeppelin-as.html

holy crap -- they plagiarized Jake Holmes??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTsvs-pAGDc

that's amazing.
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Re: 9@9? Yup, in Austin TX. (evolves into KMTT's "rip-offs" feature)
« Reply #18 on: March 04, 2009, 02:09:15 PM »
I cannot remember the last time I enjoyed a countdown so much.  #16, U2's "Desire," which rips off... well yes, we know it rips off the Bo Diddley beat, but (per KMTT) it steals from the Stooges "1969"!
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Re: 9@9? Yup, in Austin TX. (evolves into KMTT's "rip-offs" feature)
« Reply #19 on: March 04, 2009, 03:07:15 PM »
U2's "Get on Your Boots" makes its 2nd appearance -- it had ripped off "Pump it Up" previously, now they've linked it to... Escape Club's "Wild Wild West". What, no "Subterranean Homesick Blues"?
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Re: 9@9? Yup, in Austin TX. (evolves into KMTT's "rip-offs" feature)
« Reply #20 on: March 04, 2009, 03:50:34 PM »
Quote from: RGMike on March 04, 2009, 01:05:43 PM
#17: LZ ripping off Willie Dixon. The KMTT jock sez she thinks LZ may be the act that ends up wthe the most mentions when the list is complete.  And based on this blog post, she may be right:

http://therecord.blogs.com/blogovich/2007/09/led-zeppelin-as.html

holy crap -- they plagiarized Jake Holmes??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTsvs-pAGDc

that's amazing.

wow.  I knew about some of the older blues guys and how Zep stole from them, but never heard of Jake Holmes or knew about Spirit's song "Taurus," an instrumental which contains the chords to Stairway to Heaven's main acoustic riff. 

I like LZ, awesome band, but I just lost a little more respect for them.

I would have liked hearing this countdown in its entirety.  hope to hear a replay.
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Re: 9@9? Yup, in Austin TX. (evolves into KMTT's "rip-offs" feature)
« Reply #21 on: March 04, 2009, 04:40:34 PM »
Did they mention ZZ Top plagiarizing "La Grange" from somebody, I wanna say John Lee Hooker, yet?  I heard that on XM's Deep Tracks a few weeks ago, it even led to a landmark lawsuit.
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Re: 9@9? Yup, in Austin TX. (evolves into KMTT's "rip-offs" feature)
« Reply #22 on: March 05, 2009, 07:56:10 AM »
Quote from: mshray on March 04, 2009, 04:40:34 PM
Did they mention ZZ Top plagiarizing "La Grange" from somebody, I wanna say John Lee Hooker, yet?  I heard that on XM's Deep Tracks a few weeks ago, it even led to a landmark lawsuit.

Yup -- it's at #32 (the Hooker tune is "Boogie Chillun")

missed these last nite/this morning:

#14 JCM rips Cafferty/Beaver Brown: "R.O.C.K." --> "On the Dark Side"

#13 Phil Collins rips Prince: "Sussudio" --> "1999"

#12 Green Day rips Oasis: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" --> "Wonderwall" (I hadn't thought of that one)

#11 Stones rip k.d. lang: "Anybody Seen My baby" --> "Constant Craving"
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Re: 9@9? Yup, in Austin TX. (evolves into KMTT's "rip-offs" feature)
« Reply #23 on: March 05, 2009, 07:59:09 AM »
Quote from: Tinka_Cat on March 04, 2009, 03:50:34 PM
never heard of Jake Holmes

Seek out "So Close," a song of his from ('73?) that barely made the Hot 100.  Grand, sweeping ballady thing.  In a good way.
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Re: 9@9? Yup, in Austin TX. (evolves into KMTT's "rip-offs" feature)
« Reply #24 on: March 05, 2009, 08:07:03 AM »
Quote from: Gazoo on March 05, 2009, 07:59:09 AM
Quote from: Tinka_Cat on March 04, 2009, 03:50:34 PM
never heard of Jake Holmes

Seek out "So Close," a song of his from ('73?) that barely made the Hot 100.  Grand, sweeping ballady thing.  In a good way.

a wonderful song, a lost favorite (late '69/early '70, actually) -- and another that Manilow shoulda done on his '70s covers CD.
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Re: 9@9? Yup, in Austin TX. (evolves into KMTT's "rip-offs" feature)
« Reply #25 on: March 05, 2009, 08:08:05 AM »
We're in the Top Ten!

#10 - Dandy Warhols rip the Stones: "Bohemian Like You" --> "Brown Sugar"
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Re: 9@9? Yup, in Austin TX. (evolves into KMTT's "rip-offs" feature)
« Reply #26 on: March 05, 2009, 09:41:21 AM »
#9: the Kinks ripoff themselves -- "Destroyer" --> "All Day And All of the Night"
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Re: 9@9? Yup, in Austin TX. (evolves into KMTT's "rip-offs" feature)
« Reply #27 on: March 05, 2009, 10:04:42 AM »
#8: The Raconteurs rip JJ - "Steady As She Goes" --> "Is She Really Going Out With Him?"
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Re: 9@9? Yup, in Austin TX. (evolves into KMTT's "rip-offs" feature)
« Reply #28 on: March 05, 2009, 10:21:07 AM »
Austin "Bob" did '87 on their 9@9:

Bananarama -I Heard A Rumour
R.E.M. -The One I Love
Robbie Nevile -C'est La Vie
Europe -The Final Countdown
T'Pau -Heart and Soul
Bangles -Walking Down Your Street
Los Lobos -La Bamba
Gregory Abbott -Shake You Down
Bon Jovi -Livin' On A Prayer
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Re: 9@9? Yup, in Austin TX. (evolves into KMTT's "rip-offs" feature)
« Reply #29 on: March 05, 2009, 11:08:39 AM »
#7... WTF?

Shania Twain rips ABBA: "C'est la Vie" --> "Dancing Queen".
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