I agree with Bill. "It's a good riff and it can hold up more than one song."
I.e. a song should not be 'savaged' just because it borrows a riff, if that riff works well in the new context.

Nevertheless, I would hope that The Charlatans give credit where credit is due.

pianocomposer wrote:
Agreed. That Pink Floyd song has an excerpt of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "You'll Never Walk Alone", sung by Liverpool Football Club's supporters at a match. Should we knock Floyd and the LFC fans for riffing on Rodgers and Hammerstein?

Pink what ? Weren't they the ones with the guy who played a single note all the time on stage and wasn't housetrained or something?

nalle wrote:
Well done.

pianocomposer wrote:

Thanks!

Rating 4.8 !? You must be kidding, I must give it something lika a 7, someone mind?

Yeah, I recognize the Floyd riff, but the song is good. So who cares? I have no idea why such a good song gets such low ratings. I give it a 7.

Ditto! (Como ya se ha dicho ;-))

They are the "Charlatans" after all

LongGoneDaddy wrote: Maybe so, but imitation shows lack of originality and talent with regard to this tune.

nate917 wrote:
You misspelled David Gilmour.

As far as I can tell, Floyd just sampled a crowd singing the Rodger and Hammerstein tune "You'll Never Walk Alone" at a football game for their song Fearless . The guitar riff, which plays under the fans singing the tune, doesn't seem to appear anywhere within the showtune. So it looks like Floyd came up with that themselves. Whether or not you think this band is paying tribute to Floyd or ripping them off depends on your perspective I guess.

ScottFromWyoming wrote:
If you could follow up with the riff from "Another Brick in the Wall" and work the baseline from "Money" in there somehow I bet you could make a few heads literally explode . . .

"imitation is the greatest form of flattery"

Pips914 wrote:
I'm sorry, but I wrote that riff and I take these things very personally. Cheers. — R. Waters

I think that borrowing from artists is like giving props to them. It;s done in so many songs, and I think it's cool, like a little inside joke.

Pips914 wrote:

howseabout I just bump your post instead!!!! How do ya like THEM apples!

oilydwarf wrote:
That's what Bill said too. Guess I should stop complaining about the Dandy Warhols.

If I was a punk looking to piss people off, I'd rip off Pink Floyd's most famous riff too. Job well done, boys!

Did someone notice that the cover is also a copy of itself?

This guys love copy-paste

wrangler wrote:
First I hear a cover of Fearless on Sirius:Jam this morning. And now this. Bill it be great to hear the original...