Eurobeat ripoffs/similarities to other songs

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Post by drnrg » 26 Jan 2010, 10:50

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I swear I've heard a pop-rock song on the radio whose melody and lyrics sound very much like Kate Rush - One Day. Is One Day a cover? If not, it must be a ripoff/plagiarism.
I don't know about Pop Rock, but Eddy Huntington's - Meat My Friend and Derreck Simon- I Wanna Be Free carry the same riff just a bit slower.

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Post by DJ Mike TJG » 26 Jan 2010, 20:45

Somebody already mentioned My Sweet Banana being a rip-off of Abracadabra - I happened to hear the original by the Steve Miller Band the other day! :)

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Post by para_rigby » 26 Jan 2010, 21:19

^ My God, you're right. I hadn't ever connected the two together.

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Post by drnrg » 27 Jan 2010, 10:47

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Somebody already mentioned My Sweet Banana being a rip-off of Abracadabra - I happened to hear the original by the Steve Miller Band the other day!
kinda makes you like the song all the more. :grin:

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Post by DJ Mike TJG » 27 Jan 2010, 11:38

Strangely I hadn't even read the My Sweet Banana link when I heard the Steve Miller Band song...

I was listening to the radio in the car on the drive home from work and went "WTF? Why does this sound familiar?"

Took me two days humming it over before I finally realised I was humming a Eurobeat song! ;)

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Post by drnrg » 28 Jan 2010, 22:08

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Took me two days humming it over before I finally realised I was humming a Eurobeat song!
That's hilarious concidering that Abra Cadabra came out in 1982. :D

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Post by wolftickets1969 » 08 Aug 2010, 21:26

Boy Meets Girl - Waiting For a Star To Fall => Nathalie - I Remember Why I Love You (the intro tune is a near note-for-note copy of the former's chorus)

Sergio Mendes - Never Gonna Let You Go => Wildside/Kate Project - In My Arms

Lolita - Try Me => Garcon - On The Top Again

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Post by Jay » 09 Aug 2010, 03:24

wolftickets1969 wrote:Lolita - Try Me => Garcon - On The Top Again
Huh?

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Post by para_rigby » 09 Aug 2010, 03:32

Jay wrote:
wolftickets1969 wrote:Lolita - Try Me => Garcon - On The Top Again
Huh?
Exactly...but I can't help but feel that the melody from Garcon's song sounds so damn familiar.

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Post by SuperEuroJimmy » 09 Aug 2010, 17:51

Cy-Ro - It's All Up To You -> Hot Butter - Popcorn

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Post by Jay » 09 Aug 2010, 18:02

para_rigby wrote:Exactly...but I can't help but feel that the melody from Garcon's song sounds so damn familiar.
Well, HRG has a tendency to recycle the same melody and sounds fairly often, so I wouldn't be surprised if you're experiencing déjà vu.

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Post by ledwix » 10 Aug 2010, 09:40

One of the most obvious ones for me is the following trio:

-When I Close My Eyes (Cherry)
-All Around (Lia)
-In My Arms (Kate Project)

The piano intro is virtually the same in all of them. They're just in different keys. Is there some connection to some previous non-eurobeat song with these?

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Post by wolftickets1969 » 11 Aug 2010, 03:38

ledwix wrote:One of the most obvious ones for me is the following trio:

-When I Close My Eyes (Cherry)
-All Around (Lia)
-In My Arms (Kate Project)

The piano intro is virtually the same in all of them. They're just in different keys. Is there some connection to some previous non-eurobeat song with these?
Well, In My Arms is a remake of a eurodance song by Wildside. When The Sun Goes Down/Ken Blast sounds even more similar to it.

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Post by ledwix » 07 Sep 2010, 18:31

Kevin Johnson's "You Light My Fire" also sounds just like "Maybe Tonite."

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Post by Shawaazu » 08 Sep 2010, 03:11

This was probably said in the 202 thread buuuuut TL:DR

Go Go Girls - My Hot Guitar -> Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water

This isn't Eurobeat but close enough XD

DJ Zorro - Cowboys From Hell -> Guns N Roses - Sweet Child O Mine

The guitar in the B-Melo is a total copy of the famous guitar riff from that song hahahaha.

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