[kj] Plagiarism

[Nick Scott]

And not only that, they ripped themselves off with "Obsession", recycling
the B Side "Ecstasy" from Adorations.


On 8 July 2013 16:22, Rob Moss <rob.moss at gmx.com> wrote:


> And of course killing joke ripped off killing joke for trance. The bass

> line is psyche. Lazy feckers!

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> On 8 Jul 2013, at 15:39, Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

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> Raven disclosed the "Me & Baby Brother" homage here way back when. I

> believe, the true provenance of the "Eighties" riff actually goes to the

> Equals and not the Damned's "Life Goes On" (though they're uncannily

> similar). When I spoke to Big Paul about it in 2004, he didn't seem at all

> familiar with the Damned track. Take that for whatever it's worth.

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> Also, James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem loving lifted that same "Change"

> bass line for "Losing My Edge" back in ...wot...2001?

>

> Alex in NYC

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> or baby come back by the equals!

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> From: fatpotanga at gmail.com

> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 12:55:03 +0100

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] Plagiarism

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> Not heard the War one before.

> I also didn't know that KJ had acknowledged these songs (ahem) 'influence'

> Makes the whole Nirvana thing more than a tad hypocritical.

> Having said that, suing the 'biggest band in the world' was probably

> nothing more than a very, very shrewd publicity move on someones part.

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> On 8 Jul 2013, at 12:40, fleamusic <fleamusic at zoho.com> wrote:

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> Didn't we have this one out a few years ago? I believe KJ fully

> acknowledge their debt to "Me & Baby Brother", as well as to "Eighties"

> debt to the Damned's "Life Goes On"

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaDbMZlN2Pg

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