Soooo… I’m watching some random dude on the YouTube who is ranking Iron Maiden’s studio albums. His #1 is Powerslave. Cool. Fair enough.
But… he wraps up his gush for the album by saying:
“Listen to the The Duellist then listen to Megadeth’s Liar and tell me Dave Mustaine did not rip off Maiden.”
Uh… what?
I give him the benefit of the doubt and I listened to both with fresh ears:
I feel like I’m usually pretty good at spotting rip offs, but if it is there on this one I can’t hear it. If anything, I can hear a little Skin o’ my Teeth in Liar which would be Dave ripping himself off later on in 1992. Which is OK to do in my book.
But maybe he meant a different song? If Liar reminds you of another Maiden tune, enlighten me!
I don’t think Dave would consciously rip off Maiden. But unconsciously? Verrrrry probable..
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Totally. And considering how many people these songs go though before they are published, many would could be blamed for slipping.
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Blame the drugs maybe.
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Can you hear it on these two songs though? I can’t.
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Slight riff similarities.
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Hmmmm… we might have to all of metal arrested then, lol
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It all started with the Blues anyway!
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True dat!
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I don’t hear it either.
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I’ve listened to both of these quite a lot, and I never made the connection.
Metallica ripped off countless things though. Even their biggest hit.
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What shenanigans!
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Unbridled tomfoolery!
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I think this one also takes the cake of rip off..
The band is Bleak House (a NWOBHM act) and the song Rainbow Warrior
As soon as it started I was singing “welcome to where time stands still no leaves and no one will”
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Not only that, but they stole the beginning of the song from Great White.
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And the ending from this song is from the intro of Rush – Tom Sawyer
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I had fun listening to Maiden while reading this either way! 🙂
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Maiden is fun!
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More like exhilarating!
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Nope no rip off that I can hear. So not sure what the dude was talking about.
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