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Re: Blatant theft of ideas and riffs
The first riff sounds a lot like:
Not an exact match, but close.
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Came across this one the other day. Intro sounds very, very similar. Beyond that, they are quite different.
Opeth - Benighted (1999)
Camel - Never Let Go (1973)
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Re: Blatant theft of ideas and riffs
^^Yeah but in Åkerfeldt's defense, he has been largely responsible for the interest in old prog shown by metalheads over the last 15 or so years.
Interestingly enough, it was mostly the Northern Europeans that showed any real interest towards it and could be heard in bands like Amorphis, Therion, and In The Woods as well as Opeth.
Most of those famous prog bands were British, yet the Brits looked down on that music in the 90's. It was viewed as cheesy and dated in the Anglosphere really, not just in Britain.
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Re: Blatant theft of ideas and riffs
Vivian Campbell didn't really try to hide the fact that he borrowed one of the riffs from his Sweet Savage days on this Dio track. Check out the opening riffs in both songs. Dio also had a track called "Straight Through The Heart" on "Holy Diver" which can't be coincidence.
Is it theft if you reuse one of your old riffs? (It's certainly a bit lazy, but not gonna lie, I've done it )
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Re: Blatant theft of ideas and riffs
"ABCDEFG" blatantly rips off "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". Or did "Bah Bah Black Sheep" fucking start it. Incestuous nursery rhyme scene, always the god damn same. Mums dont know shit.
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Re: Blatant theft of ideas and riffs
WT's Mother Earth rips of Pop Goes The Weasel.
Tue Nov 13, 2018 11:11 am
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Re: Blatant theft of ideas and riffs
It's really quite common. It happens to the best of us. Most artists will figure it out before recording & releasing material though & it's whether they still go ahead with it or not that's the key point.
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Re: Blatant theft of ideas and riffs
Check out the opening riffs in these four popular metal songs:
It's hard to believe that there's no connection between some of these.
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Beyond that, they are quite different.
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