[kj] Plagiarism

[Rob Moss]

And of course killing joke ripped off killing joke for trance. The bass line is psyche. Lazy feckers!



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?

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> Alex in NYC

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> -----Original Message----- 

> From: Brad Sims 

> Sent: Jul 8, 2013 8:07 AM 

> To: gathering 

> Subject: Re: [kj] Plagiarism 

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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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