Just saw this one pop up from Liz Kamlet on Threads and she does a nice breakdown on what it takes to bring someone to court over music theft. See below for clips from these songs.
View on Threads
Have a listen to this clip from Olivia Dean’s – “I’ve Seen It” (2025) followed by Bill Withers singing “Just the Two of Us” (1980)
Olivia Dean song accused of lifting from Bill Withers’ lasting ‘Just the Two of Us’ – LA Times
I was scrolling through TikTok and someone was playing The Pixies’ “Where Is My Mind?” (1988) over Taylor Swift’s “Actually Romantic” (2025). I checked the songwriting credits and it looks like our friend Max Martin is a co-writer and producer who has appeared multiple times on this site. Without further ado, have a listen to these now:
I could tell you all about how Nirvana completely upeneded the music industry in the 90s or how they recently won a Video Vanguard Award in 2026 but that would all be boring because that has been written about ad nauseam. And I also just wanted an excuse to write ‘ad nauseam’ somewhere. So let’s just get into this compilation of songs that sound like Nirvana songs. Starting with this series of songs that it seems Nirvana might have lifted from in their 1992 song “Come as You Are”. That iconic riff actually seems to have some roots in The Damned’s 1982 “Life Goes On” and Killing Joke’s “Eighties” (1984). I could see Kurt messing around and playing those riffs and eventually coming up with “Come as You Are”. Have a listen!
Let’s take a step back for a second though and have a listen to the pre-chorus of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991):
One of my favorite bands of all time is Jawbreaker and when Blake started Jets to Brazil I was obsessed with their first album Orange Rhyming Dictionary (1998). Buried deep at the end, second to last track, is a song called “I Typed for Miles”. And all I can thing when I hear it is Nirvana’s “Heart Shaped Box” from In Utero. Have a listen!
And that’s it for now!