Reply With QuoteMost famous is probably Le Pamplemousse's "Le Spank", which is a shameless and admitted rip of Barry White's "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me"... although I think Spank actually got released first. I need to go check my dates on that...
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Hey, everybody. I was listening to 'Dance, lady, dance' by Crown Heights Affair. Don't you think that is a TOTAL ripoff of 'Fly, Robin, Fly' by Silver convention? They are sooooo similar.
Do you know of any other ripoffs like this?
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Most famous is probably Le Pamplemousse's "Le Spank", which is a shameless and admitted rip of Barry White's "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me"... although I think Spank actually got released first. I need to go check my dates on that...
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Didn't Erotic Drum Band's "Plug Me To Death" sound exactly like Pattie Brooks' "After Dark" sans vocals?
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Thelma Houston - I'm Here Again, Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes (or Thelma Houston) - Don't Leave Me This Way
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Actually, Katmandu's "The Break."Originally Written by Salsoul1975
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when i saw the subject of this thread.....i was going to type I;m here again and Dont leave this way.
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It'll be a question of days coz' they are both from 1977. So who was first? I'm curious :D
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this one sorta sounds like another disco song that was kinda popular .....doesn't it ???
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Baby, take me
high upon a hillside
high up where the stallion
meets the sun
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Wonder how long it took before Kenny received a phone call from Nile & 'Nard ? Or their lawyer ?
KRIS
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Talking about Silverconvention ''Fly Robin Fly'' (1975)
W. Michael Lewis (I think) played the same bassline of ''Fly Robin Fly'' on a song called ''Most of All'' (1979) on the second Saint Tropez album. But W. Michael Lewis change the bassline when the eletric piano solo of ''Most of All'' starts.
♪♪♪ The music is higher/ I don't want to stop
♪♪♪ (Cerrone's Paradise)
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How does that compare to the original "Most of All" as sung by Gloria Gaynor?
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Steve Harvey "Something special" and*Sharon Redd "Love How You Feel" (1983)
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The cowbell rhythm is identical on these 2:
...ya gotta beat the street......
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Fat Larry shamelessly copied the Whatnauts in '82:
...ya gotta beat the street......
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The arrangement of the second version of Sheila's "Seven lonely days" is inspired by Amii Stewart's "Knock on wood":
The mimetism goes so far that on this Polish release the credited writer of "Seven lonely days" is Eddie Floyd who actually co-wrote "Knock on wood" ("Seven lonely days" was written by*A. Shuman, E. Shuman and M. Brown):
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OMG, I've never heard that mix of 'Seven Lonely Days' - it certainly improves it even if it is a rip-off.
...ya gotta beat the street......
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Voggue's "Love Buzz" is very similar to "Dancin' the Night Away"
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Maybe I'm crazy but I can hear a similar guitar line on Frank Smith ''Double Dutch Bus'' and Atlantis ''Keep On Moving and Groving''
Frank Smith ''Double Dutch Bus'' (short version)
Atlantis ''Keep On Movin and Grovin'' (short version)
♪♪♪ The music is higher/ I don't want to stop
♪♪♪ (Cerrone's Paradise)
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This thread drives me crazy.
Do you know a Stevie Wonder song called ''Overjoyed'' or somethig like that.
Evidently it's not disco but there's a similar song. A beautiful song.
Jeremy Passion ''Trace'' (2011)
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♪♪♪ The music is higher/ I don't want to stop
♪♪♪ (Cerrone's Paradise)
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A well known example worth mentioning....
Northend :Tee's Happy
and a certain early Madonna track.......
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Celine Dion's "Sorry For Love" is clearly an attempt to replicate Cher's "Believe". And Cerrone's "Rock Me" is so obviously an attempt to replicate Donna Summer's "Hot Stuff" that he even used some of the same musicians to increase the similarity. And Summer's "I Remember Yesterday" is done in the style of Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band.
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Whenever I play 'Que Sera Mi Vida' by Gibson Brothers I always want to sing 'YMCA'!
...ya gotta beat the street......
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Here's a great example of *ahem* inadvertant plagiarism :
From Brazil , circa 1976 ..
Jorge Ben Jor : 'Taj Mahal'
..and a later mega-hit for Rod Stewart.
In all fairness , Rod settled out of court and all subsequent royalties have gone to charity.
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Haven't heard that in ages. Sounds great. At least Madonna was inspired by the best.
And this...
Lipps Inc.: Rock It
Always seemed similar to this...
Cheryl Lynn: Star Love
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