Inspiration

[IzzyDutch]

There's a topic on HTGTH, thought I'd post it here since it's pretty interesting...

Paradise City: Check out the (likely) inspiration for the track, wether deliberate or not..

Black Sabbath - Zero The Hero
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2CnPkzO53k

Hanoi Rocks - Lost In The City
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQhOMrFsqvY

And Don't Cry, this one is pretty obvious:

Hanoi Rocks - Cheyenne
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2CnPkzO53k

[izzyontour]

heh yeah it's quite similar

This lost in the city song is awful ;D

[IzzyDutch]

Yeah

Like Axl mentioned, Dust N' Bones reminded him of Paul Revere's Cherokee People..

It's not so really the notes, but the rhythm does look like it:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoRa-S8mckI

Listen to Loaded's No Shame:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hwlw1F8cy4

And then The Bravery's Time Won't Let Me Go:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=spKOib_D5YY

There's a also a song out there which sounds almost exactly, note for note, like VR's Dirty Little Thing.. VR even got suited for it (and lost because the other song was recorded a few years earlier). Appearantly that guy from Buckcherry wrote the song for VR, but got inspired by that other band for it.

It's the band Dirty Deeds with the song Cyber Babe:

www.blabbermouth.net/news/velvet-revolver-settles-plagiarism-claim-out-of-court-awards-uk-songwriter-share-of-hit

[izzyontour]

I remember interview with Izzy complaining about Axl's way of comparing their song to other

[Rumba]

A few of the members on her play a lot of their own music and i assume like me they sit down for a few hours put some music together and then later on when thinking about it and how good it is it quickly strikes home that it is a dead ringer for various other tunes or even worse when you have someone else listen to it and they immediately say that sounds like blah blah blah. Its not unusual unfortunately especially when you have never heard of the band or the song.

Rumba

[williestradlin]

To me, there's only 7 chords on a guitar, so yeah, something is going to sound like something else, there's no way around it. Usually when i write a song its spontanius, one of the last songs i wrote i was sitting at my desk strumming my guitar, i looked down and seen my Electricity Bill, and the words just started flowing, its a song about a runaway because he can afford to pay his bills, which is the case for alot of musicians, haha. Anyway, i dont hear it sounding like anything, but you never know, someone out there has written that exact same chord progression, if it sounds like something else that you like, its a bonus.