In this thread, I shall list the parts and pieces of songs that The Wildhearts, accidentally I'm sure, borrowed pieces of music from other artists. This is not meant as a disrespect to the band, but rather as a playful jab.
Anthem: melody and many lyrics are nearly identical to Janie Jones, by the Clash.
Lake Of Piss: signature guitar riff is identical to The Kid, by KIX.
Oh Bonita: signature guitar riff is nearly identical to The Kid, by KIX, and incidentally, Lake Of Piss, by The Wildhearts
Beautiful Thing You: signature guitar riff appears to be identical to the signature guitar riff in Nazareth's Hair Of The Dog
Soundog Babylon: comes dangerously close to AC/CD's Givin' The Dog A Bone at times.
Thunderfuck: has a fair-sized portion of melody/chord progression that is identical to Enuff Z'Nuff's song Good-Bye, which is (coincidentally?) from the same album that Time To Let You Go is from.
The Revolution Will Be Televised: much of the melody and chord progression is identical to I Fought The Law.
The New Flesh: During the verses, the "melody", chord progression and lyrical rhythm is very similar to Billy Joel's We Didn't Start The Fire, while the melody for the Chorus is paralell to Video Killed The Radio Star.
The Sweetest Song: the chorus melody is the same as the distinctive melody of Mott The Hoople's All The Young Dudes.
Again... it's not a criticism. With the amount of music this band has put out, such things are inevitable.
Anyway, that's all I can think of right now. Anyone got anything else?
