Okay, so you should know how this works by now. We got a good one.
Take a listen to this track, and let me know which category you think this example falls into:
- This is a rip-off! Some bastard stole some other bastard’s jam!
- This is an homage. This is too similar. The artist is merely giving a wink and nod to a predecessor.
- This is a coincidence. Louis Daguerre and Henry Fox both invented photography independent of each other, after all. There are only so many ways to make music.
- This is an accident. Yeah, it’s probably inspired by the older piece, but they probably didn’t even realize it.
- You are smoking. Don’t even see it.
OPETH – “Deliverance” vs. VIRGIL – “Will it Blend?”
Tell me what you think.
The Progress Report 
I honestly thought this was going to be about Opeth ripping off the poet Virgil. It would have been ballsy if they had. I honestly would not have noticed a similarity between these two sound bites. As such I can’t call it a rip-off even if it is. It’s not blatant enough. I hear it when you point it out, so not a 5. Stylistically it’s too different to give it a two in my opinion (check my spellings in that sentence please). I haven’t heard the rest of the album. If it goes with the rest of it, I have to give it a 3, but if it’s distinct from the rest of the work, it might be a 4.
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3. It’s an accident. I hear what you hear–and it did make me chuckle. But I don’t think one inspired the other.
I am thoroughly enjoying this series, though. It’s not like you’re going for underhanded pitches like Dani California vs. Learning to Fly. Or that Queen song vs. that Vanilla Ice song.
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I don’t know anything about virgil, but it sounds like a 1 to me.
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