Check out the vocal melody in Kid Rock’s “Born Free” from 2010. Then listen to the vocal melody from The White Stripes song “As Ugly as I Seem” from 2005.
Submitted by James
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And they both sound like every Bruce Springstein song ever.
Absolutely agree on this one. Good catch.
absolutely – he just took the main guitar riff and pretty much the tune/title from ‘Born to Run’. I ain’t a springsteen fan but kid rock – jesus, what a fuckin crock ‘a shit that guy is. and jack white is no prolific original either – he lifts a LOT of stuff, but i’m disappointed that he’d rip from Simon + Garfunkel like that. one of their best tunes.
He probably didn’t think of it that way. After all, if you’re going to steal music, why not steal from the best?
I think all these songs actually sound a lot like the verse from the Sly and the family stone’s classic, Stand! (1968) , which pre-dates them. Have a listen!
Nice find!
Seems like S&G have the earliest version. Homeward Bound was released in February 1966, while “Stand” was released in May, 1969.