parisrocks Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 (edited) I had never heard this and I'm a huge Guns AND Beastie Boys fan.I think it's pretty fucking weak on Axl's part and seems a little narrow minded from a dude that thought N.W.A. was the second coming.@2:56 Edited March 23, 2015 by parisrocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 I know the Beastie Boys used quite a bit of our stuff, really, didn’t they? I can tell you one thing, to go back to “Whole Lotta Love.” I’ve seen the riff of that song show up in mashups on YouTube, that riff got people to the point where they were inspired to do their own thing, that’s really cool. I’m not going to complain about that. But the Beastie Boys, that was almost as long ago as Led Zeppelin! - Jimmy Page 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Broue Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 I had never heard this and I'm a huge Guns AND Beastie Boys fan.I think it's pretty fucking weak on Axl's part and seems a little narrow minded from a dude that thought N.W.A. was the second coming.This is boring as shit, can you provide some exact quotes for us who doesn't want to listen to this crap? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 I had never heard this and I'm a huge Guns AND Beastie Boys fan.I think it's pretty fucking weak on Axl's part and seems a little narrow minded from a dude that thought N.W.A. was the second coming.This is boring as shit, can you provide some exact quotes for us who doesn't want to listen to this crap?The Axl part is at 2:50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Axl chastises Ad-Rock...27 years ago.King Ad-Rock must have been shitting himself too, look how upset he was recounting his near death experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEXzilla Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Beastie Boys suck ass but to sample or steal from Zep ain't a crime, since Zep stole pretty much on every singe album they made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Beastie Boys suck ass but to sample or steal from Zep ain't a crime, since Zep stole pretty much on every singe album they made. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnar Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Beastie Boys suck ass but to sample or steal from Zep ain't a crime, since Zep stole pretty much on every singe album they made.Bollocks. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Broue Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 (edited) Beastie Boys suck ass but to sample or steal from Zep ain't a crime, since Zep stole pretty much on every singe album they made.This only true for the first 4 albums Edited March 23, 2015 by Strange Broue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 (edited) If he was that petty to give a fuck over this nearly a quarter of a century later (or if he had even heard Chinese Democracy), Ad-Rock might chastise Axl for that stolen sample in Riad and the Bedouins Of course, King Ad-Rock isn't the kind of guy to have the sulks over something so petty that happened all those years ago...that would be sad, very sad indeed Edited March 23, 2015 by DR DOOM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Beastie Boys suck ass but to sample or steal from Zep ain't a crime, since Zep stole pretty much on every singe album they made.Beasties are awesome and so are Led Zeppelin. The fuck mang? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nytunz Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 You don't know what context Axl said that in.. maybe just joking around.. what the "guy in the video" says is that Axl Rose came over and talked to him.. thats the point in the story! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnar Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 (edited) Beastie Boys suck ass but to sample or steal from Zep ain't a crime, since Zep stole pretty much on every singe album they made.This only true for the first 4 albumsFew "stolen" riffs here and there on first two albums everything onwards was their own time to change vinyl already. Edited March 23, 2015 by Dark Knight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Beastie Boys suck ass but to sample or steal from Zep ain't a crime, since Zep stole pretty much on every singe album they made.This only true for the first 4 albumsFew "stolen" riffs here and there on first two albums everything onwards was their own time change vinyl already.That's all it really was. Once they found their own sound on III they went on to rule the world. Then everyone else onwards stole from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvH Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Beastie Boys suck ass but to sample or steal from Zep ain't a crime, since Zep stole pretty much on every singe album they made.Factually wrong, internet warrior. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfierose Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Not sure how much of that will be going on in the future anyway after the Marvin Gaye estate vs Blurred Lines victory. I meant to start a thread on in AG last week, it potentially sets a worrying precedent if you think how many great songs have similarities to others. Not saying BL is a great song but we've had a few threads here about echoes of other artists in GNR songs yet I still consider them to be unique in their own right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magisme Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 We've known for millennia that art in general is in large part imitation/theft. Can we get over it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amish Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Zeppelin stole heavily on their first 4 albums with even the famous Stairway to Heaven intro being stolen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvH Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Zeppelin stole heavily on their first 4 albums with even the famous Stairway to Heaven intro being stolen.Yet Taurus sucks, and Stairway is amazing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bono Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 There's misleading thread titles and then there's this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amish Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Zeppelin stole heavily on their first 4 albums with even the famous Stairway to Heaven intro being stolen.Yet Taurus sucks, and Stairway is amazing.It doesn't matter who sucks and who is amazing. The topic here is "blatant" ripoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 We've known for millennia that art in general is in large part imitation/theft. Can we get over it?If you steal from one other artist it's theft, if you steal from many, it's research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnar Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Opening chords sound somewhat similar what a "blatant" ripoff besides, if we want to talk about " stealing " then our precious Guns N`Roses did their share amount of " stealing ". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvH Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Zeppelin stole heavily on their first 4 albums with even the famous Stairway to Heaven intro being stolen.Yet Taurus sucks, and Stairway is amazing.It doesn't matter who sucks and who is amazing. The topic here is "blatant" ripoffs.I was comparing the final results, not the bands. Funny how a so called rip off ends up being a songs worlds better than the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jekylhyde Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 "If you steal from one author, it's plagiarism; if you steal from many, it's research." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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