There is some controversy brewing as Def Leppard are allegedly looking into legal action against Pop group One Direction due to one of their songs, Midnight Memories, sounding very similar Def Leppard’s, Pour Some Sugar On Me.
“Music lawyers will routinely scour hits like this one to see if there is any evidence that a band has either copied or cleverly mimicked a Def Leppard song,” a source tells The Mirror. “These cases can often take weeks to sort out because we are not talking about peanuts here – the 1D album is selling millions and if the title track goes out as a single it will generate even more money.”
Listen to both songs below and pay special attention to chorus.
source: metalhammer.co.uk
22 Responses
I never liked def leopard not do I own any records from them but this other lame act ripped them off…
Well they did Baba O’Riley, that much is certain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKGzhhdX224
Baba O’Riley was a cover, not a rip off
An uncredited…”cover”? Shut up now.
nice mature reply. Troll much?
They also stole all of one of the guitarists shirts.
Yes, they ripped off Sugar but they might get away with it. The chord progression is identical in key, tempo and changes. The melody on top is different enough though and that’s what most people care about. Reminds me of Joe Satriani -vs- Coldplay where they settled out of court.
KISS also plagiarized DL in my opinion with the song Read My Body from Hot in the Shade
And Stone Temple Pilots ripped off KISS with Sex Type Thing. At least we all know that song.
yep, Sex Type Thing is definitely a nod to War Machine.