Wire Rip-Offs

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I know Elastica ripped off "Three Girl Rhumba" for "Connection" and I'm pretty sure Superchunk had heard "Ex Lion Tamer" before they wrote "Slack Motherfucker." Anyone else?

― Otis, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Versus' "Mercy Killing (Double Suicide)". Check out the neato outro. (And the 1st word in the song title.)

― Daver, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"Daydreamer" by Menswear = pure Wire, straight up.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

There are two people named Otis on this board? Bizarre.

― Ally, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Otis is everywhere. Oh yes.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The Zakary Thaks' "Bad Girl" is a total rip-off of "12XU"

― dave q, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i love "Bad Girl". Oh Yeah!

― lawrence kansas, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hey, the board's back. Erm, more Wire rip-offs, uh...

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 29 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I am now listening to Rocket From the Tombs for the first time. No Wire ripoffs here.

― Curt, Friday, 29 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My old band ran the chords of "It's So Obvious" through a substitution cipher, wrote new words to the same rhythm, and called it "It's Original."

― Douglas, Saturday, 30 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Gary Numan's Cars might as well be a rip-off of Men 2nd...you know what bit I mean...

― Damian, Saturday, 30 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

six years pass...

More bands should do this because every Wire ripoff is pretty much always awesome.

― billstevejim, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 03:16 (eighteen years ago)

And I think Elastica's "Line Up" also rips off "I Am The Fly."

― billstevejim, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 03:18 (eighteen years ago)

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