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Kraftwerk Ripped Off ?
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» v.2-1 replied on Fri Feb 24, 2006 @ 1:17am |
 Coolness: 159105 | It took me long enough but I was able to finally put my finger on it.
I've been asking a shitload of people what song it was that was playing everywhere that literally ripped off Kraftwerk's masterpiece Computer Love. Unfortunately, nobody knew what the hell I was talking about. Not being very radio oriented, I didn't find out until I was able to ask my ex about it as we heard it on the airwaves ( radio stations have a nasty habit of advertising the next few tracks hours before but once you catch the tune as you switch channels or power the radio on, the LAST thing they'll do is mention anything about the track ) and she said it sounded like Coldplay. And it was. It's Coldplay - Talk. I know, I was under a rock for the past year. But what the fuck nonetheless ? Playing a Kraftwerk melody on an electric guitar ? I don't know if I should feel insulted or turned on. All in all, I'm not a fan of Coldplay, I think most of their stuff is too depressing for me to listen to, probably being bipolar and shit. This being said, I never said they sucked, I think they are incredible. In fact, I think Talk is an awesome track. I'm impressed. That's all I wanted to share. I'll shut the hell up now. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» El_Presidente replied on Fri Feb 24, 2006 @ 3:53am |
 Coolness: 299310 | every masterpiece will eventually be raped by pop music |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Nitrous_N2O replied on Fri Feb 24, 2006 @ 10:23am |
 Coolness: 125410 | YeaH Kraftwerk ROCKS ! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» trashandsuicide replied on Fri Feb 24, 2006 @ 10:26am |
 Coolness: 75255 | Dude... this is old news, I don`t like Coldplay much either, but they didn`t try to hide the riff or anything and admitted to it and credited in their liner notes and in interviews and stuff like that because they were Kraftwerk fans... its really not that uncommon... fuck, the rolling stones ripped off a k.d. lang riff back in the mid-nineties... (Rolling Stones - Anybody Seen My Baby?, kd lang - Constant Craving)... I agree... its lame.. but its really to be expected.
And yes, Kraftwerk Rocks. Pocket Calculator is one of my fave tracks... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» El_Presidente replied on Fri Feb 24, 2006 @ 1:59pm |
| Coolness: 299310 | I am the operator with my pocket calculator |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» RAD replied on Sat Feb 25, 2006 @ 9:21am |
 Coolness: 106710 | Got to love Kraftwerk!!! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» daFTWin replied on Sat Feb 25, 2006 @ 5:10pm |
 Coolness: 276420 | bweep bwoomp.... BWEEERRRKK. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Sat Feb 25, 2006 @ 5:38pm |
 Coolness: 201210 | kraftwerk got ripped off long ago by a bunch of black people and they called it "electro"... now they call it electro-breaks for some retarded reason |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PinWhEeL replied on Sat Feb 25, 2006 @ 6:27pm |
 Coolness: 115650 | Originally posted by SCOTTYP...
kraftwerk got ripped off long ago by a bunch of black people and they called it "electro"... now they call it electro-breaks for some retarded reason electro-breaks? wtf!? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Sat Feb 25, 2006 @ 6:48pm |
| Coolness: 201210 | yeah it's not breakbeats it's straight 808 and other early drum machines |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Kai replied on Sun Feb 26, 2006 @ 5:48pm |
 Coolness: 47900 | ACTUALLY...
Coldplay DID NOT credit Kraftwerk in their liner notes. At least not anywhere in the foldout I got with the CD I bought at HMV. I was really surprised. I realized a few months ago that it was a complete ripoff. But hey. Everybody rips everybody off nowadays. And the publicity that Kraftwerk gets from Coldplay's plagiarism, is probably as good for them as anything else.. Original art is better though. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mike_Stinger replied on Sun Feb 26, 2006 @ 6:08pm |
 Coolness: 51225 | pretty sure they paid to use the melody though. I saw the singer talking about it openly on tv.
kai you bought the coldplay cd? ;-) |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Kai replied on Sun Feb 26, 2006 @ 9:35pm |
| Coolness: 47900 | indeed i did.
every now and then i feel guilty for stealing terabytes of music off the web so i buy a CD to make myself feel better. therapy... and my girl loves coldplay... i can;t sing so it's the best alternative. :D |
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