Song Similarities

"Sysyphus" - That main riff in Pt. 1 is repeated by Nick in his song, "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party Pt. 2", from the same album. Listen in the beggining of Pt. 2 when the flute is being played backwards, it's the same exact riff from "Sysyphus", and I was utterly amazed when I found it.

Edited by Rust - April 23 2006 at 21:47

Rust wrote: "Sysyphus" - That main riff in Pt. 1 is repeated by Nick in his song, "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party Pt. 2", from the same album. Listen in the beggining of Pt. 2 when the flute is being played backwards, it's the same exact riff from "Sysyphus", and I was utterly amazed when I found it.

Anekdoten - Where Solitude Remains (sp?)

Ty1020 wrote: In Another Day by Dream Theater, at 2:53, there is a riff for a couple of bars that is exactly the same as the one from The Funeral Portrait by Opeth (it starts at 0:30).

Hey guys, the riff from "Another Brick in the wall pt 1" is awfully similar to the one in "another brick in the wall pt 2..." *shot*

Anyways, on a similar note, "Phase One" of Voyage 34 *porcupine tree* is a ripoff of both of these.  Also, interestingly *kinda* the guitar part for "goodbye blue sky" is ripped off by "fade to black"  by metallica.

ooh you mean the descending thing? thats just at the beginning though...wouldnt quite call it a ripoff

lightbulb_son wrote: heyitsthatguy wrote: Hey guys, the riff from "Another Brick in the wall pt 1" is awfully similar to the one in "another brick in the wall pt 2..." *shot* Anyways, on a similar note, "Phase One" of Voyage 34 *porcupine tree* is a ripoff of both of these.  Also, interestingly *kinda* the guitar part for "goodbye blue sky" is ripped off by "fade to black"  by metallica.   yes but I think Steven did that on purpose it goes with the whole acid trip theme.

Yeah very true..plus I dont think at that point he was thinking of having a huge career in music. He was in it for the best part: the music. Truly an inspiration....and as far as similarities the song "Footprints' *on the sunday of life* kinda sounds like Arriving Somewhere But Not Here....I know its a stretch but its late and I want to make myself happy by thinking I did something clever. Yay me. Ok thats over.

Obviously, a part in Kansas - Song for America is a 100% ripoff of the piano part in Genesis - Firth of Fifth.

Also, the mellotron theme that appears quite early in Änglagård - Jordrök is stolen shamelessly from Schicke Führs Fröhling - Pictures.

DT's later 2 rip off alot, I still like it though. Pink Floyd's Final Cut takes alot of music ideas from The Wall, i think it was roger waters running on empty. Home and 46 & 2 riff are very similar but I accociate a bass line sounding like that with sitars and the effects being used, and I have no idea why

I see some similarities between Anathema's song Pulled Under at 2000 Metres a Second from album Natural Disaster and Pink Floyd's Sheep. I mean the way that Vincent Cavanagh sings the lines:

"Freedom is only a hallucination
That waits at the edge of the places you go when you dream"

He do it very similar to Waters singing in line:

"Wave upon wave of demented avengers
March cheerfully out of obscurity into the dream"

I mean, the melody of the vocal, rhythmic and the way he sings. There is also very similar repetition of last word in these two lines.

    

Edited by Publius84 - April 24 2006 at 11:59