5 Famous Guitar Riffs That Are Ripped Off

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You left out "Look That Kill" by Motley Crue.

Add The Allman Bros. "One Way Out" to the John Lennon "I Feel Fine.

I mean theres only so many notes you can make on guitar so theres gonna be some overlap

FASCINATING! Thanks for the mass of research :--)

Tom Petty or Mike Campbell ripped off Dave Edmunds Information years later on Running Down a Dream.

One Way Out by the Allman Bros sounds like the I feel fine rhythm yet the Allmans covered it from Sonnt Boy Wiliamson ll and Elmore James

Even Metallica’s “Phantom Lord” riff kinda sounds like Judas Priest’s “Rapid Fire.” This stuff happens probably because there are only so many chord progressions and time signatures to use, especially for certain styles of music.

Obviously bands such as Deep Purple with a classically trained keyboardist it's understandable they would incorporate. However I do swear there is some Bach and Mozart in Black Sabbath. Am I nuts or...

Oh man, you Sir have nailed musical history. As a wanna be, I can only love and follow music.

Came up with a great riff when i was a kid, weeks of playing with it, one day i was sitting on the shitter, lyrics came to me, jumping jack flash... riffvwentvdown the pan

such inspirations are called plagiarism. but Cobain is the best even with plagiarism

thank you, that was really interesting

One of my first riffs was Slayer's "Blood Red" but slowed down :P

"there is really nothing new under the sun" - Chuck Berry in "Hail Hail Rock and Roll"

Newsboys ~~~

I dunno nothing that I haven't been taught,
I dunno why I was born into the family I've got,
I dunno if I ever had an original thought,
Maybe not, maybe so, maybe later, I dunno
I dunno how I can end a prayer, then turn on a friend,
I dunno what I was thinking when I just pressed send,
I dunno why I still criticize the things I dunno
I dunno, I dunno, I dunno, but this one thing I know
YOUR LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE
Without your love, I'm just a broken machine
YOUR LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE
Without your love, it's all a mindless routine
YOUR LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE
Without your love, I'm in another free fall
YOUR LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE
Without your love, I've got nothing at all
I dunno what goes down the moment we die
Do we get halos & harps? Do we sleep? Do we fly? I dunno
How, when and why this world will finally end,
Speculation's gonna grow, who knows best, I dunno
I dunno if I should push ahead or stop and grieve,
I lie awake and wonder how to make a city believe,
I dunno when it's a ministry and when it's a show
Maybe neither, maybe both, I dunno, but this one thing I know
YOUR LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE
Without your love, I'm just a broken machine
YOUR LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE
Without your touch I'm not a full human being
YOUR LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE
If I should ever leave, where would I go?
YOUR LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE
I look to you 'cause you're the lover of my soul
HERE'S TO THE LOVER OF MY SOUL
HERE'S TO THE LOVER OF MY SOUL
I dunno when to walk away or stand and fight
Just when I've got it wrong, I'm sure I heard you right
And when my arguments are watertight you expose every hole with a flash and a flood and I know
I hear you call in the eye of the storm and I know you've had my back since the day I was born still
Stoking my heart
Still stirring my head
You're my pillar of fire
You're the wine, you're the bread, and
YOUR LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE
Without your love, I'm just a broken machine
YOUR LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE
Without your love, it's all a mindless routine
YOUR LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE
Without your love, I'm in another free fall
YOUR LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE
Without your love, I've got nothing at all
YOUR LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE
I dunno nothing that I haven't been taught,
I dunno why I was born into the family I've got,
YOUR LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE
I dunno if I ever had an original thought, maybe not, maybe so, maybe soon, maybe later, I dunno
YOUR LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE
I dunno when I've got it right or wrong,
I dunno how I can wrap it in a four minute song, but I know
YOUR LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE
My grip is better when I'm not hanging on,
Your love is making us strong (all along)
Your love is better than life

Chill out, what ya yellin' for?
Lay back, it's all been done before
~ A Lavigne

Awareness has always been about platform - timing - and who ruled the distribution and presentation, etc —

Read “society of the spectacle”

At some point I realized music can be nuanced and stylistic touches and variations but really so so much of it , if not all , has been done before - but what is truly original? Worth all contemplating for sure - like how content like this has been done and these thoughts and insights have been explored already time and time again - but you still sort of copy it and repackage it with your own unique touch and design- then maybe people find out about you

Music has a limited spectrum and yet is an endless well - who owns it really ? That’s legal establishment sell out crap

Great Video! Surprised you didn't cover "Taurus" and "Stairway to Heaven" ...

How about intro to Wonderland from Big country and New sensation by Inxs

How is it NOT "ripped off" if many of the blues men died in poverty when many of the big groups walked away with millions?

sounds to me like people are just mad that they didnt make it a h it

Iron Maiden also has a song called moonchild

Wow, that was great! Yep, I agree with you on all of those songs. Thanks for putting this together. However, back then, they stole from each other all the time. LOL. John Lennon even said something to that effect, I think?

Thanks for mentioning the Damned, probably the most overlooked punk band..

Come as you are was ripped off from the Damned. Life goes on. From Stawberries album

The eight note curse. 😎

Tommie bolin song post toasted & eric clamton cocaine . Same notes same timing . Tommy's is writen first eric removed one cord .

You should hear band called Bijelo Dugme

Guess where the word RIFF was stolen from...

Fascinating Rythym is Gershwin!

Getting a like for including the Damned. Had me thinking you weren’t going to make that connection at first but you came through 👍

That was great! Thanks!!

Life is imitation

Yeah, when I saw that interview where he said it came from Beethoven's 5th...I didn't really follow that one.

Led Zep ripped loads of old songs and never gave any credit or a cent.

Funny. Janick Gers was in White Spirit. Link completed.

Wow... You made my day Paul. All of those ripped off songs. From the Beatles to Deep Purple . Passing through Johnny B. Goode (which has also been covered by Judas Priest). And the cherry on the cake was Iron Maiden "2 minutes to midnight" rip off. All of those similarities, tempo, effects and such. I was just "Omg!" 😮 Anyways, keep it up on the good work you make. Cheers from Belgium everyone. Have a nice morning/noon/afternoon/evening or whatever. 🤟🤟😗😗

Number 5 also should include REO riding the storm out? Lmk...

More on Rory Gallagher please ❤

Not heard that Killing Joke one before, quite a banger actually!

The second I heard that Bobby Parker riff was I was gobsmacked as Deep Purple totally nicked it

Nooo not 2 minutes to midnight 😂

Why does the similarity between the lead guitar melody of Still Got the Blues by Gary Moore and the vocal melody of Hello by Lionel Richie never get mentioned? It's striking

Good artists borrow, but great artists steal.

The fact that come as you are was a rip off is disappointing honestly. 😢