The Beatles vs. Sublime
This one was sent in by Nicolas, Jessie and Michael.
The Beatles released “Lady Madonna” in 1968. I’m gonna guess that Sublime was busy shooting heroine heroin and listening to The Beatles while writing their soon to be hit “What I Got”.
The Beatles – “Lady Madonna” (1968)
Sublime – “What I Got” (1996)
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cool site
this other site is helpful too:
http://www.whosampled.com/
in case anyone wanted to see music artists sampled from other artists’ songs
not to be confused with “sounds like”, more like “copied from” lol
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Sublime is still superior.
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Zac Reply:
March 21st, 2010 at 9:38 am
Nikki hon, There would have been no Sublime or many other bands without the Beatles.
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Nikki Reply:
March 21st, 2010 at 8:09 pm
Honestly, I dont like either band. My best friends dad is the
2nd largest beatles collector in the world. I know how much they influenced. I may like beatles influenced bands but i still greatly dislike the beatles. Your linear thinking of “you must like one to like the other” is incorrect, hon.
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Zac Reply:
March 21st, 2010 at 10:24 pm
Not saying you need to like them just understand their influence.
Not to be a d*ck, but “heroine” is a female hero. Heroin is a drug.
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First off, Bradley was shooting heroin, a narcotic, not heroine a female hero. Secondly half of Sublime’s songs were ripped off from reggae greats of the 70s. The Beatles were far more original. They also had many more songs. Somehow a cd of Bradley acoustic while nodding off doesn’t quite compare to the white album. Unless you’re a 16 year old at a pot party, then yeah, Sublime is perfect. Put it on right after Bob Marley Legend and right before Jack Johnson.
If you’re interested in hearing what the awesome music Sublime ripped off was all about I recommend both the soundtrack and movie “The Harder They Come” both starring Jimmy Cliff.
http://www.letmewatchthis.com/movie-13149-The-Harder-They-Come
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@Stutz
Typo. My bad.
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And Lady Madonna sounds like Bad Penny Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1-pQziWiKk
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There are a finite number of beats and progressions. It’s not possible to write something completely original, there will be parts of every song that sound like others. That’s what “influences” are.
The important thing is doing the whole sound well, and if originality is your goal, doing the same beats or sounds in a new and interesting way.
Every great musician will tell you, stealing isn’t stealing, it’s standing on the shoulders of giants.
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Lol it sounds like OPM – Heaven Is A Half-Pipe aswell tbh
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you cant copyright a chord progression, you can can only copyright a melody, so its in no way plagiarism, because the melodies are completely different, so much so that ive never thought to compare them because its such a simple two chord progression in otherwise complex songs (or at least complex in the beatles case). i would definitely not say what i got sounds like lady madonna…
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joe Reply:
June 12th, 2010 at 9:54 pm
@jack
Wow have you even listened to the songs before? The melody in the verse is basically identical to lady madonna. Yes the melody, no one is accusing them of plaigiarism based purely on a chord progression, that would be ridiculous.
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