Comments on: 6 Pop songs that rip off classical music

By: Me

Me — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:17:24 +0000

“Electricityscape” by The Strokes is apparently inspired by Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata.”

By: Socio

Socio — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:59:36 +0000

The Janet Jackson sample is actually a direct sample from a song by the group AMERICA – (VENTURA HIGHWAY) So lay the blame where it really belongs, if in fact it is a rip off from GymnopÃ©die No. 1 by Erik Satie. Lol – Nice try, but you need to do a better job on your homework.

By: robert

robert — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 06:50:53 +0000

did you notice that Janet Jacksons(frrst song listed) song also had “America’s Vencura Highway” gitar riff?? I hear it right away

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:54:47 +0000

>“Because” by The Beatles and “Moonlight Sonata” by >Ludwig van Beethoven.

I’m sorry but there’s no similarities there in any way, shape or form. They sound nothing alike. ‘Moonlight Sonata’ is a classic. ‘Because’ is not.

However, try these. Not classical, but rip offs all the same.

Original
Shola Ama’s ‘You’re The One I Love’ was ripped off by S Club 7 on the song ‘Natural’

Alanis Morissette stole the chorus of Gabrielle’s ‘Going Nowhere’ and created ‘You Oughta Know’

Look them up on youtube and compare they are almost identical.

By: kisu

kisu — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:31:54 +0000

S Club 7 – Natural

Ravel – Bolero

By: freestufffffff

freestufffffff — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 19:10:33 +0000

An oldy:

Lesley Gore’s “Just Let Me Cry” is note for note the intro to Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Song of the Indian Guest” (aka “Song of India”). Glenn Miller had a hit with a swing version.

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 12:34:57 +0000

Mozart did not steal from Beethoven. Do the research to find out why. We are all inspired by other’s music which is why there are “themes and variations”. “Stealing” happenes more often in Pop Music.

By: ceallaig

ceallaig — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:00:57 +0000

Going back a few (well, maybe more than a few) years, there was a pop song called “How Gentle is the Rain” by the Supremes, which was note for note the Bach minuet in G major, rewritten as 4/4 instead of 3/4.

By: Carol R Strand

Carol R Strand — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:18:35 +0000

I just had to come into this, having Stumbled onto it, to say that Mozart never copied from Beethoven, which the author implies in his introductory remarks. That may just be garbled syntax, but if anyone copied from anyone, it was the other way around, since Beethoven was only about 20 when Mozart died.

By: Kari

Kari — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:43:44 +0000

Anyone know of a song that has sampled “Lacrimae Antiquae”? I heard it for the first time on Manheim Steamrollers “Renaissance Holiday” – CD – around the 1:02-1:12 & then again from 1:57-2:08 – there is this part of the song that I remember hearing in more current music, but I cannot place where. Any help would be great, it is driving me nuts.