Has anyone realized this yet...?

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

Green Day stole the their riff from Brainstew from Boston's 25 or 6 to 4.

To anyone who plays guitar, they're both power chord on 5, 3, 2, 0 on E. This is almost as bad as Ice T's theft, as well as The Beach Boy's... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

Has anyone else noticed it?

The only difference is that Boston changes chords, but that's the main riff. Green Day keeps that going on throughout the song, only interrupting it with muted chords.

Yay for even less respect for Green Day.

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[Rashaddd 5,000+ posts]

I wouldn't know because I'm not a *** who listens to greenday

 

[armitank]

I wouldn't know because I'm not a *** who listens to greenday

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[crunktimes.com 5,000+ posts]

My wife listened to green day when she was like 13

 

[dumple 5,000+ posts]

and i think its chicago not boston

 

[bones22 5,000+ posts]

and i think its chicago not boston

it is true. very good song

 

[Proximity 10+ year member]

All music sounds the same //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

and i think its chicago not boston

This is true.

Sorry. I got confused.

I wouldn't know because I'm not a *** who listens to greenday

I used to listen to Green Day back in Middle School... but it was the first song I ever learned on guitar since it's just those 5 power chords.

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

wow.. Are you just now realizing todays so-called MUSIC is derived from past songs.. All of it.. minus a few.. and by derived i mean they use the old songs in theirs..

 

[bones22 5,000+ posts]

This is true.Sorry. I got confused.

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no problem man they are both good bands

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

Andddddddddddddd, there are plenty other bands who have ripped off other bands. Nothing new really. Have you been living under a rock or something?

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

wow.. Are you just now realizing todays so-called MUSIC is derived from past songs.. All of it.. minus a few.. and by derived i mean they use the old songs in theirs..

Well, there's a difference between using altered chords, chord progressions, and play styles...

But to steal the same format and the same beat, while only strumming once per measure rather than 4 times is a completely different ball game.

Chicago plays 4 strums per measure, so it's Power Chord on 5E 4 times, then they switch to power chord on 3E 4 times, etc.

Green Day plays power chord on 5E once per measure, then next measure, Power Chord on 3E.... etc.

It follows the exact format. That's what normal people call plagiarism and theift.

Now STFU with "ALL MUSIK IS TEH SAME" 'cause it's not.

This is true.Sorry. I got confused.

no problem man they are both good bands

Yeah, they are. I love Boston. An interesting bit of trivia I found out from Rock Band, the lead guitarist wrote Foreplay only after a year of learning how to play the Guitar...

It sounds like a long time... but listen to Foreplay, and think about someone only playing after a year... granted I believe he had a background in music prior... But even still, the musicianship in it, is just amazing.

 

[bass-aholic 10+ year member]

My wife listened to green day when she was like 13

lmfao

 

[quest51210 10+ year member]

they all stole it from the blues

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

they all stole it from the blues

I don't think I've ever heard those power chords used in a Blues song...