VA - Copycats Volume 2 (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1 + CD2+CD3

COPYCATS

VA - Copycats Volume 2 (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1 + CD2+CD3

Pablo Picasso said, "Good artists copy, great artists steal."  Creativity spawns' creativity, as they say. But sometimes the line between influence and plain robbery gets a little blurred. Some of the greatest have stolen or borrowed riffs, licks and melodies and used them for their own masterpieces. Whether this is coincidental, subliminal, or intentional these songs all have definite similarities. Sometimes it's totally obvious and everyone agrees with you, other times it seems to be unique to your ears. Were a song being a blatant rip off, sounding so like other tunes that lawyers have to get into a room and work things out, whether the similarity is intentional or not.

It is said that Imitation is flattery and that can be true or is it simply influence? Many artists toured together or share some history so it is fair to think the similarities are of known as the familiarity is often obivious.  In some cases it can be hard to determine if a song has been violated, while in others the rip-off is clear. The Beatles, Tom Petty and Simon and Garfunkel allow certain remakes of their songs, and consider the action as a sign of respect. They will have picked up a trick or two from artists before their time. 

I have posted Copycats Volume 1 previously and had some good response to it. A number of suggestions and ideas were borne. Thank you to all for your suggestions.

Vol1 can be found here:    https://butterboycompilations.blogspot.com/2020/01/va-copycats-borrowed-stolen-taken-and.html

Volume 2 has songs where the sound is remarkably similar to other songs. Not all these tracks are always mistaken for a copy of the original, but parts of the song are clearly lifted from the original. Some songs have the same flavor without necessarily being copies of the original. Some share a riff, some a chorus, some the whole song structure and some are slower and some faster than the original. Some simply are paying homage to the artist before them. The music and sound are suspiciously similar to the original artist's work. They are either borrowed, stolen, taken and used. They are Copycats.  

I like to think they were respecting there influences first.... Here are 58 similar-sounding songs. Some of these were subject to plagiarism claims after their creators allegedly stepped on the wrong side of the mark. I have included the Original first followed by the Copycat version. There are several tracks that have 3 versions of the same song.  So, in total 120 great songs over 3 CDs. Enjoy!

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Track lists

CD01

01a Beck - Loser 3:57

01b Butthole Surfers - Pepper 4:57

02a Damned - Life Goes On 4:03

02b Nirvana - Come As You Are 3:39

03a Who - I Can't Explain 2:06

03b Nazz - Open My Eyes 2:40

04a Small Faces - You Need Loving 3:57

04b Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love 5:30

05a Chuck Berry - You Can't Catch Me 2:43

05b Beatles - Come Together 4:19

05c John Lennon - You Can't Catch Me 3:31

06a Rolling Stones - Lady Jane 3:07

06b Neil Young - Borrowed Tune 3:25

06c Mercury Rev - The Dark Is Rising 4:52

07a Led Zeppelin - Kashmir 8:28

07b Rage Against The Machine - Wake Up 6:03

08a Cracker - Low 4:36

08b Spacehog - In The Meantime 4:59

08c Pixies - Where Is My Mind 3:49

09a Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World 4:14

09b Mitch Murder - Race Day 4:19

10a Oasis - Wonderwall 4:19

10b Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams 4:19

11a Police - Roxanne 3:13

11b Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven 3:53

12a Van Morrison - Almost Independence Day 9:47

12b Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 5:05

13a Astrud Gilberto - Maria-Quiet 1:52

13b Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water 5:41

14a Earth, Wind & Fire - That's The Way Of The World 5:47

14b Lenny Kravitz - It Ain't Over Til It's Over 3:57

15a New Order - Blue Monday 4:04

15b Cure - The Walk 3:30

15c Bravery - An Honest Mistake 3:39

16a Excel - Tapping Into The Emotional Void 4:20

16b Metallica - Enter Sandman 5:31

17a Ludwig Van Beethoven - Ludwig Van Beethoven, Sonata No 8 Pathetique, 2nd Movement 5:28

17b Billy Joel - This Night (Ludwig Van Beethoven, Sonata No 8 Pathetique, 2nd Movement) 4:16

17c Louise Tucker - Midnight Blue 4:00

18a Wire - Three Girl Rhumba 1:23

18b Elastica - Connection 2:22

19a Marshall Crenshaw - Someday, Someway 2:47

19b Gin Blossoms - Till I Hear It From You 3:53

20a Who - Don't Let Go The Coat 3:43

20b Indigo Girls - Tried To Be True 2:59

CD02

21a Blues Magoos - (We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet 2:18

21b Deep Purple - Black Night 3:27

23a Electric Light Orchestra - Sweet Talkin' Woman 3:43

23b Huey Lewis And The News - Do You Believe In Love 3:26

24a Michael Jackson - Billie Jean 4:53

24b Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away 3:43

25a Switchfoot - Dark Horses 3:13

25b No Doubt - Hella Good 4:02

26a Marc Bolan & T. Rex - Children Of The Revolution 2:30

26b Weezer - Take Control 3:04

27a Steve Miller Band - Rockin' Me 3:05

27b Men Without Hats - Hey Men 4:59

28a Cure - Just Like Heaven 3:32

28b New Order - All The Way 3:24

29a Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 4:53

29b Green Day - Brain Stew 3:12

30a Jawbreaker - Boxcar 1:55

30b Green Day - She's A Rebel 1:58

31a David Bowie - Fame 4:20

31b Marilyn Manson - I Don't Like The Drugs (But The Drugs Like Me) 5:04

32a John Barry - 007 2:46

32b Sagisu Shiro - Decisive Battle 2:25

33a Depeche Mode - New Dress 3:45

33b Camouflage - Neighbours 3:28

34a Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand 10:23

34b Heart - Barracuda 4:23

35a Alice In Chains - Bleed The Freak 4:02

35b Silverchair - Suicidal Dream 3:11

36a Alice Cooper - Feed My Frankenstein 4:42

36b En Vogue - Free Your Mind 4:53

37a Katie Melua - The Closest Thing To Crazy 4:13

37b Green Day - Give Me Novocaine 3:28

38a Chic - Good Times 3:40

38b Queen - Another One Bites The Dust 3:37

39a England - Poisoned Youth 16:17

39b Andrew Lloyd Webber - Phantom Of The Opera Overture 8:24

39c Train - 50 Ways To Say Goodbye 4:08

40a Johnny Burnette & His Rock'n'roll Trio - Lonesome Tears In My Eyes 2:02

40b Beatles - The Ballad Of John And Yoko 2:59

CD3

41a Mazzy Star - Fade Into You 4:57

41b Dum Dum Girls - Coming Down 6:30

42a Electric Light Orchestra - Telephone Line 4:41

42b Green Day - 21 Guns 5:21

43a Rolling Stones - Rock And A Hard Place (7 Inch Version) 1989 4:10

43b Michael Jackson - Black Or White 3:23

44a Boney M - Rivers Of Babylon 4:21

44b David Hasselhoff (Looking For Freedom) - Looking for freedom 3:55

45a OMC - How Bizarre 3:45

45b Kristen Kelly - Ex-Old Man 3:27

46a Mae Moore - Coat Of Shame 4:17

46b Lisa Loeb - Stay (I Missed You) 3:05

47a Paul Simon - Kodachrome 3:32

47b Fleetwood Mac - Peacekeeper 4:11

48a Air - Sexy Boy 5:00

48b Muse - Plug In Baby 3:38

49a Blur - Song 2 2:01

49b Marilyn Manson - The Fight Song 2:55

50a Stranglers - No More Heroes 3:27

50b Elastica - Waking Up 3:12

51a Ringo Starr - Back Off Boogaloo 3:22

51b Warrant - Cherry Pie 3:18

52a Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 5:45

52b Vanusa - What To Do 3:53

53a Eric Clapton - Layla 7:04

53b Maneskin - For Your Love 3:50

54a Who - My Generation 3:18

54b Joan Jett And The Blackhearts - Bad Reputation 2:47

55a Van Halen - Runnin' With The Devil 3:36

55b Nine Inch Nails - Closer 6:14

56a XTC - Generals And Majors 3:41

56b Mildred - Knock On A Knail 3:50

57a Monkees - Daydream Believer 2:56

57b Jonathan Groff, Original Broadway Cast Of Hamilton - Youll Be Back 3:28

58a Joe Satriani - If Ii Could Fly 6:31

58b Coldplay - Viva La Vida 3:45

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