Weezer vs. Midnight Oil

On the Gwen Stefani vs. Weezer vs. Lita Ford post Peter points out the similarities of Weezer’s “Has Pipe” and Midnight Oil‘s “Beds are Burning”:

Weezer lifted that riff from Midnight Oil’s 1987 song “Beds are Burning”.

Here you go Peter!

Weezer – “Hash Pipe” (2001)
Midnight Oil – “Beds Are Burning” (1987)
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9 Responses to “Weezer vs. Midnight Oil”

  1. matt says:

    Very similar also to The Strokes: Juicebox
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6XVbm0kS9c

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  2. Keith says:

    @matt
    Nice. Yeah, I have Juicebox in the queue. There’s definitely a Peter Gunn theme going on there as well

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  3. Joe says:

    Check out at around 1:09 into Metallica’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls”.. it’s almost identical to weezer’s “hash pipe.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX-KjkdDozQ

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    Keith Reply:

    Joe, Excellent! I don’t know why I didn’t catch that one before. Will definitely be posting that one shortly.

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  4. Keith says:

    Here’s Metallica “For Whom The Bell Tolls”, The Strokes “Juicebox” and “Peter Gunn” with Weezer and Midnight Oil
    http://www.thatsongsoundslike.com/2010/05/11/weezer-vs-metallica-vs-midnight-oil-vs-the-strokes-vs-peter-gunn/

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  5. guille says:

    i know another song “pacto entre los dos” de moderatto!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GznfE90H3Fg

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    Keith Reply:

    The intro to this song is “Crazy Train”

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  6. Dannyboybro says:

    That’s not very similar. The Midnight Oil track is a continous note strummed over a 4/4 beat. The Weezer track consists of various muted notes.

    The vocals are completley different.

    The only similarity is the temp, and if we are gonna stick with tempo’s then this site will suck fast!

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  7. Mediummedium says:

    Talking about “Beds Are Burning”, I always think the ending riff is just half of the signature riff of “smoke on the water”…And you surely where deep purple lifted this riff.

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