That said, a google search for "foo fighters" hendrix 1983 merman honestly plagiarism came up with no references to this as a stolen riff - no angry fans, no media reports of legal action. I'm not sure if that means nobody's noticed, or if just nobody decided to talk about it.
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branchandroot
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Date: 2010-09-18 07:06 pm (UTC)Coming from a classical music background, composers 2-4 centuries ago stole from each other all the time, and it was seen as a tribute to the original composer - "You wrote something so awesome that I'm gonna take it and work with it."
Yes, in the past decades, plagiarism in the rock world has become a much more blatant theft-to-make-money, not theft-as-homage.
(http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/when-it-comes-to-songwriting-theres-a-fine-line-between-inspiration-and-plagiarism-2021199.html and http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-sigman/plagiarism-the-words-and_b_462088.html are tips of the iceberg)
That said, a google search for "foo fighters" hendrix 1983 merman honestly plagiarism came up with no references to this as a stolen riff - no angry fans, no media reports of legal action. I'm not sure if that means nobody's noticed, or if just nobody decided to talk about it.
only semi related, my favorite Spider Robinson short story deals with musical copyright. and it's available freely on the web. http://www.spiderrobinson.com/melancholyelephants.html