Comments on: Iggy Pop vs. Jet

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:21:49 +0000

I suppose all the arts take from the past to make it new again.

“An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.” (Jean Cocteau)

By: 4815162842

4815162842 — Sat, 28 May 2011 07:14:34 +0000

I thought the same thing when I noticed the similarities between the two,
I was raging pretty hard about the whole thing until I decided to look it up,
This has come up before and if I remember correctly both Iggy Pop and Jet have openly stated both songs were intended as a homage to Motown.

The line’s pretty thin but as long as they openly admit it and intend it as a tribute it’s less “ripping off” and more “like covering but different” imo.

By: Cassandra

Cassandra — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:14:17 +0000

Take a little to the bass line of The Supremes “You Can’t Hurry Love” and a lot of other Motown songs. Instead of Jet ripping Iggy Pop it’s more like Jet and Iggy Pop ripping The Supremes.

By: matt

matt — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:12:15 +0000

Another rip off of Iggy Pop’s “Lust for Life” is
Travis’ “Selfish Jean” from 2007′s ‘The Boy With No Name’

By: Jools

Jools — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:39:07 +0000

Jet’s song also sounds similar to the beginning of The White Stripes’ song ‘Screwdriver’ (which was on the Stripes’ debut album from 1999).

Just thought I’d say.