borrowed licks

ace924 · 02-22-2008, 01:29 PM

Every now and then guitar players "borrow" licks from other guitarist. List some most notables.

Original "SHOCK ME" KISS Borrowed "LIT UP" Buckcherry

here is one I just heard today which prompted me to make this thread.

Original "LA GRANGE" ZZ Top borrowed "SHAKE YOUR HIPS" Rolling Stones.

Harpozep · 02-22-2008, 01:40 PM

AH La Grange comes from one of the old Black blues men first though. I forget which, perhaps John hooker or JR Wells? A lot of old blues riffs lived again thanks to Whitey.

Let's see, The main lick from "Layla", taken and reused by Elton John in "Have Mercy On the Criminal" From the "Don't Shoot Me ..." album. Elton does it on the piano.
Heck, its probably an old blues lick too..........

LJGriggs · 02-22-2008, 01:55 PM

Most all the blues licks you will ever hear are buried somewhere in Robert Johnson's recordings.... But then, he borrowed them from someone else I'm sure. He just happened to get credit because he was one of the very few Mississippi Delta blues musicians back in those days that got the opportunity to record their songs.

Rico · 02-22-2008, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by LJGriggs

Most all the blues licks you will ever hear are buried somewhere in Robert Johnson's recordings.... But then, he borrowed them from someone else I'm sure. He just happened to get credit because he was one of the very few Mississippi Delta blues musicians back in those days that got the opportunity to record their songs.

Actually, it was because, he went down to the crossroads, and got a deal.

ReverendJWblues · 02-22-2008, 10:56 PM

Hell boy's every time you hit a note, your copying someones lick's. Strum an A chord you just started the progression to 90% of any Rock song.

tarddoggy · 02-23-2008, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by ReverendJWblues

Hell boy's every time you hit a note, your copying someones lick's. Strum an A chord you just started the progression to 90% of any Rock song.

ya your right Rev

WhippingPost · 02-23-2008, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ReverendJWblues

Hell boy's every time you hit a note, your copying someones lick's. Strum an A chord you just started the progression to 90% of any Rock song.

So very true. It's kinda like coffee. We all take the same ingredients into the cup, and make them into something we like. We all add our specific flavor to these licks.

Reminds me of a time when I made the comment that the open E "just sounds like rock and roll."

Am I the only one that thinks of Cream's Crossroads when I hear an open A?

Take it easy,
Fred

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Harpozep V.I.P. Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Near the Casinos...... Posts: 9,125 Thanks: 304 Thanked 86 Times in 35 Posts	Re: borrowed licks AH La Grange comes from one of the old Black blues men first though. I forget which, perhaps John hooker or JR Wells? A lot of old blues riffs lived again thanks to Whitey. Let's see, The main lick from "Layla", taken and reused by Elton John in "Have Mercy On the Criminal" From the "Don't Shoot Me ..." album. Elton does it on the piano. Heck, its probably an old blues lick too.......... __________________ "Ape Shall Not Kill Ape” Only 1,969 years until the Reign of Zaius! I Use WB Pickups http://www.wbpickups.com/ "Trizzle Trazzle Trozzle Trome, Time For This One To Go Home!" http://www.sargescomics.com/

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LJGriggs Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canton, GA Posts: 511 Thanks: 5 Thanked 12 Times in 2 Posts	Re: borrowed licks Most all the blues licks you will ever hear are buried somewhere in Robert Johnson's recordings.... But then, he borrowed them from someone else I'm sure. He just happened to get credit because he was one of the very few Mississippi Delta blues musicians back in those days that got the opportunity to record their songs. __________________ Larry J Griggs 2005 Gibson Les Paul Studio Light Burst 2005 Gibson Les Paul 30th Anniversary Deluxe Goldtop w P90's Raised in Macon, GA Playing that "Southern Rock" stuff for over 35 yrs

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ReverendJWblues MLP Chaplain Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Somewhere in the middle Posts: 3,190 Thanks: 28 Thanked 48 Times in 8 Posts	Re: borrowed licks Hell boy's every time you hit a note, your copying someones lick's. Strum an A chord you just started the progression to 90% of any Rock song. __________________ JW http://www.myspace.com/jwblues54 *Robert Johnson went to the crossroads to sell his soul to the Devil, what have you done with yours?*

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