Red Hot Chilli Peppers accused of plagiarism

iCraig said:
I wonder how many more songs they'll release that are about ****ing California?
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How many have there been then?

I only know of two which is only one more than the Mamas and the Papas did.
 
Goatboy said:
How many have there been then?

I only know of two which is only one more than the Mamas and the Papas did.
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Quite a few, two have california in the title alone.

I heard Kerrang say the same thing the other day. :p

"Rated at Kerrang, it's new from the Chilli's.. and yes.. it's another song about bloody California."
 
1 - I can't stand RHCP, probably the most overrated band in the world.

2 - I don't believe for one second they ripped Tom Petty off. The chances they even heard the Tom Petty record are remote. It is very hard to write something new and an A G D chord progression has been done a million times and is one of the most simplest rock n roll progressions.
 
I dont understand why they would rip someone off? Its not as though they need to. If they did rip him off surely they would know that someone might realise.

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dmpoole said:
I doubt that anybody had heard the Tom Petty version on these forums including me and I have most of his albums.
Most people heard Sweet Home Alabama in it.
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They do sound rather similar! But just posting this as I've heard Mary Jane's Last Dance, and not the RHCP song. It's on a Tom Petty Best Of that I have..!

Haven't heard a lot of Tom Petty, but there's only three songs of his I consider really great - American Girl, Refugee and to a lesser extent Something In The Air. Are there any albums you can recommend listening to?
 
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