Schulhoff's In futurum and Cage's 4'33'' Not sure how this wasn't on the list. May be part 2

Kurt Cobain agreed with you. He was wary of releasing it after he realized he'd pretty much stolen their song.

Coolio stole Pastime Paradise then bitched about Weird Al stealing it by comparing himself to Michael Jackson.

True

You're just being a jerk without provocation. Its not that you disagreed with him (I'm not even sure if you did or not) it was the way you went about it when he was clearly being respectful of you. Or to put it another way, if this conversation were happening in real life, it would end with you watching the person…

I remember being amused the first time I read that it was supposed to be a reggae song. But I guess it sort of is. Although I never would have thought of that until I read it. It just seemed like a goofy song.

"so talking to you has become exhausting"

Agreed but that doesn't make Robert Plant's (or LZ's) version any less Steve Marriott-y. I personally don't agree with the premise of Braunger's complaint that they were ripping off black artists. I mean they were but, to be singled out for this doesn't make any sense to me.

I think they are a great band. And on the whole, they'd never be pegged for a copycat band. Jake Holmes wasn't selling out arena's but the Small Faces were pretty big (in England). Most of these people didn't really care that they stole from them either. Steve Marriott thought it was funny because he knew Robert…

Pretty sure you left off Weird Al Yankovic's Eat it. That's pretty close to a Michael Jackson song.

Wow. I didn't know this one. Good god is that similar.

He did win but not because you're allowed to plagiarize yourself. He didn't have the rights to his early songs (including "Run Through the Jungle") and the guy who did sued him for the similarity. The decision was based on the fact that songwriters have a style that makes things sound similar, even when they are in…

But it may just be a lunatic you're looking for

"sounds almost nothing like the bands/people they "stole" from"

"It's probably one of the earliest examples of British rock bands trying to copy Jamaican reggae."

Which is worse? Stealing from old blues guys or stealing from contemporaries (Small Faces, Bert Jansch, etc….)? Although sometimes they did both (You Shook Me).

He was trying to sound like Steve Marriott. They stole from contemporaries as well, often people that they had toured with. Jake Holmes is the most egregious example but listen to the end of "You need Loving" by the Small Faces and you can pretty much hear everything Robert Plant based his singing on.

Listen to the Nerdist podcast. The first bit is all about Canada and they keep referencing it throughout. Seriously one of the best things I've ever listened to.

After reading this, and then a handful of comments praising his appearance on Nerdist, I listened to it last night. This article was fantastic and funny but it did not prepare me for just how intimate and revealing the podcast would be.

I think you missed the Seinfeld reference. It was not a compliment for dippers