Is it just me or does the newer Red Hot Chili Peppers' song sound like they ripped Tom Petty's Last Dance With Mary Jane????

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they really do No body could ever beat Tom Petty though!!!!!!!!!!

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Is it a rip-off or a homage?

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I just saw the SNL and immediately the words to Last Dance started playing through in my mind. I'm not saying it was purposeful but it's just awful close.

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I guess I've either missed the RHCP song, or just haven't listened closely enough to it to say...but much as I love Mary Jane's Last Dance (it's one of the featured numbers I get to do with the band), I've always heard more than a passing resemblance to about 87658473823 Neil Young songs in there, so we may not see any legal action as a result...

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OMG OMG

I was almost out the door yesterday & the DJ on the oldies station played the beginning of the two songs back to back to discuss the similarities!

I didn't have time to turn on the computer & find this thread but I was dying to post!

I still don't think Mr. Petty has a plagiarism case but yep, the beginnings are similar.

I caught a mention on an out of town station this am that TP is supposedly looking into legal action...still think Hendrix' estate may have a better case for the "Purple Haze" riff rip at the end...

Don't think of it as plagiarism, think homage

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