Did your favorite band write that brilliant lyric… or just “borrow” it while nobody was looking? This week, Charles and Lisa dig through rock’s musical crime scene, uncovering the bands that lifted lyrics word-for-word from other songs. Some did it as a heartfelt tribute. Others did it because apparently their lawyers needed something to do.
From clever Easter eggs that made fans smile to lawsuits that made accountants smile, we follow the lyrical fingerprints left all over music history. Was it homage? Theft? Or just the world’s longest game of copy-and-paste?
Join us as we put the suspects in the lineup, cross-examine the evidence, and sentence the guilty to community service… opening for Nickelback.
No original lyrics were harmed in the making of this episode… probably. [Ep 149]
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Produced by: Charles Mooney
Executive Producers: Charles Mooney and Lisa Umbarger
Original Music by: Charles Mooney and Lisa Umbarger
Kazoo Solo by: Courtney Mooney
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