[quote="Revol"][quote="sheerheartattack"][quote="Revol"]I wasn't really asking whether they were influenced by Oasis or not. That was only a side note I mentioned. My real question is, do you consider One Life to be a rip off of Don't Look Back In Anger?[/quote]
Once again, stupid question. Songs with similar style are not ripoffs. Songs with similar structure, even less so.
To classify anything as a ripoff, it must at least copy a melody or a riff or something at least a little substantial, and the song that is being ripped off has to be at least somewhat original in the first place (i.e., not "Don't Look Back In Anger"). A good example of pointing out a ripoff would be like, say, "The 'Don't Look Back In Anger' intro totally ripped off 'Imagine.'"[/quote]
But exactly. Are you saying you can't sense some minor melodic similarities between both songs? Because I do, and I'm not the only one.[/quote]
Minor melodic similarities != ripoff, unless you are one of those people who thinks that every song is a ripoff of another. There was significant debate as to whether Coldplay ripped off Satriani. While I think it's obvious that they did, if there's debate on that matter, there can be absolutely no debate on this matter, as the similarities are not even nearly as close.
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