Obscure songs ripped off by more famous artists

The_Lizards_Jumpers · Nov 29, 2021

Might not be a ton thread this, but songs recorded by obscure artists which have been recorded / adapted and reached a much wider audience.

I'll start with this from 1988, which a young Jarvis Cocker must have heard when writing Common People ?

ThatFragranceGuy · Nov 29, 2021

Obligatory my lovely horse

SmallTown · Nov 29, 2021

Cambsred · Nov 29, 2021

Hindu times rift was very similar to a Stereophonics song on word gets around. Same size feet I think.

The_Lizards_Jumpers · Nov 29, 2021

Not sure which is the more obscure tbh, but On a Rope by Rocket from the Crypt bears more than a passing resemblance to this...

Capybara · Nov 29, 2021

SmallTown said:

Eh?

The_Lizards_Jumpers · Nov 29, 2021

Capybara said:
Eh?

think he forgot the second half of the connection

Capybara · Nov 29, 2021

The_Lizards_Jumpers said:
think he forgot the second half of the connection

And the first.

FlapJacks · Nov 29, 2021

Take your pick from a whole lotta Led Zep stuff. At least this one got a credit I think.

Johnny Vincents Motorbike · Nov 29, 2021

Elvis 'whitewashed' it...

parmoboy · Nov 29, 2021

Noel Gallagher lifted the chorus for the Oasis song 'Don't go away'.

Nosmo-King · Nov 29, 2021

Sailing by Rod Stewart. Written by the Sutherland Bros. Who, incidentally, got bottles thrown at them in Germany when performing. The punters thought they had ripped off a Rod Stewart record!!

Capybara · Nov 29, 2021

I think I must have misunderstood the thread title ...

The_Lizards_Jumpers · Nov 29, 2021

Capybara said:
I think I must have misunderstood the thread title ...

The obscure part is stretching it I agree, by including a top 10 hit from the 70's, but I suppose not everyone will know it.

Capybara · Nov 29, 2021

The_Lizards_Jumpers said:
The obscure part is stretching it I agree, by including a top 10 hit from the 70's, but I suppose not everyone will know it.

But where's the rip-off? It's a cover version.

FlapJacks · Nov 29, 2021

Absolutely ... and white ones too. Plant's vocal on Whole Lotta Love is a Steve Marriot/Small Faces tribute act.

Johnny Vincents Motorbike said:
Led Zep did it a few times with black blues singers

1st RECORDING OF: Whole Lotta Love (as ‘You Need Love’) - Muddy Waters (1962)

This one fits into the ‘not-exactly-the-same-song-but-the-obvious-source-material’ category. Led Zeppelin’s familiar version of “Whole Lotta Love” https://ww...

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The_Lizards_Jumpers · Nov 29, 2021

Capybara said:
But where's the rip-off? It's a cover version.

It's not quite a like for like cover version though, it's a reworking of the original.

(Can't believe I'm defending Smalltown here)

FlapJacks · Nov 29, 2021

Johnny Vincents Motorbike said:
Elvis 'whitewashed' it...

Wow. That's a fabulous vocal.

Anton_Berg · Nov 29, 2021

'Oxygene' by Jean Michel Jarre.

Slowed down version of 'Popcorn' by Hot Butter?

JackG · Nov 29, 2021

Later covered by Johnny Cash

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