Rage Against the Machine shows its roots heavily in this Funkadelic inspired track from 1992. Morello’s chorus riff has a strong similarity to Funkadelic’s “Alice in My Fantasties” verse.
This one was submitted by Andreas.
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One day you might find yourself listening to Red Hot Chili Pepper’s “Give It Away” and towards the end you’ll hear Frusciante’s riff and think, “where did I hear that from before?”. Or, you might be listening to Black Sabbath’s 1971 “Sweetleaf” and go, “huh. that sounds like this one part in a Red Hot Chili Peppers song”. And then you’ll Google it. And you will have found this page. Where you can finally get some clarity. Listen below!
Here’s the second Red Hot Chili Peppers post on the site (the first). This time it’s a fishy borrowing of a Budgie riff from 1973. RHCP’s 1999 song “Around The World” opens with a nearly identical riff played on bass.
This was sent in by Blaire.