Jaimoe Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 From the "reliable" New York Post:June 1, 2006 -- ARE the Red Hot Chili Peppers really stone-cold copycats? The Peppers have just come out with a huge new album, "Stadium Arcadium," but its success is marred by insiders' charges that the CD's hit single is uncomfortably similar to a Tom Petty hit from the '90s. "The single 'Dani California' [currently No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart] is a huge hit - but there is a major problem," one source claimed. "The song has the same chord progression, melody and tempo of Petty's 'Mary Jane's Last Dance.' The song even has a similar lyrical theme." "Dani California" starts off: "Gettin' born in the state of Mississippi / Poppa was a copper and her momma was a hippie / In Alabama she was swinging hammer," while "Mary Jane's Last Dance" goes: "She grew up in a Indiana town / Had a good-lookin' mama who never was around / But she grew up tall and she grew up right / With them Indiana boys on an Indiana night." Our source said, "Tom Petty was made aware of this and is looking into legal ramifications. The Chili Peppers could be facing a huge plagiarism lawsuit - which is a major problem for Warners. Both bands are on the Warner Bros. label. If Tom sues, the album, which is Warner's biggest hit of the year, would have to be pulled from shelves pending litigation." Petty's rep, Heidi Robinson, said: "I am well aware of this situation. [The two songs] certainly do sound similar, don't they? I guess imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Tom doesn't have a comment on this at all. I have no idea if he is going to sue the Chili Peppers, and am not prepared to make a comment on that." Chili Peppers' rep Liz Rosenberg referred calls to Warner Bros. spokesman Link Burland, who said, "This is the first I have heard of it." Meanwhile, Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis talked about the album to Rolling Stone and noted: "Love and women, pregnancies and marriages, relationship struggles - those are real and profound influences on this record." Nowhere did he mention Tom Petty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted June 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 Isn't the main riff for Mary Jane's Last Dance a direct rip-off of The Jayhawks' Waiting For The Sun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 Isn't Mary Jane's Last Dance a direct rip-off of Neil Young's entire career?I mean, I love Petty but c'mon...... didn't he learn a little something about the perils of copyright litigation from his old late pal George Harrison (who was sued for plagiarism in the early 1970s). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayr Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 (edited) Theres only 12 notes. I'm pretty sure every possible combination has been played, plus the choruses and vocal melody are all different. How many songs contain Am-G-Dm-Am?? Edited June 1, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 Maybe the Jimi Hendrix family can get in on this action as John Frusciante basically quotes the Purple Haze riff during the outro of the song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 The Beatles should sue every artist to record after 1965. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 The Beatles should sue every artist to record after 1965. Except Samantha Fox. Cuz that would be hilarious. Note. do not search for Samatha Fox pics from work. All kinds of boobies show up. AD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 Just remembered that Frusciante also quotes a Sabbath song (Sabbath Bloddy Sabbath?) at the end of Give It Away. It's his thing I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted June 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 Frusciante is so burned-out he probably isn't even aware he's borrowing riffs, although I think the Dani California Hendrix thing is in step contextually with the excellent video's theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 Dude, that video sucks! The idea is good but the execution... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 Nah, screw that... the idea is old and hackneyed too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 yes but it got good reviews in various publications Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted June 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 Of the thousand videos I'm forced to watch on a daily basis, it's one of the better ones. BTW, I love Frusciante's guitar on the song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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