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Latest News: Petty vs. Chili Peppers, Townshend Explains Song and More





Tom Petty vs. Red Hot Chili Peppers

The RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS' recent hit ''Dani California'' is uncomfortably similar to TOM PETTY's 1993 song ''Mary Jane's Last Dance,'' according to two Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, talk-show hosts who posted an MP3 comparing the tracks online this week. ''It's not just the chord progressions are the same -- the entire theme of the song is the same, and some of the lyrics are the same,'' says Jared Morris, a producer and talk-show host at WGMD-FM. But while published reports allege an infuriated Petty intends to sue over copyright infringement, the singer wasn't available for comment and spokespeople for the longtime Heartbreakers frontman wouldn't talk.


Not only that, a University of Chicago musicologist says the ''Dani California'' passage is hardly similar enough to ''Mary Jane's Last Dance'' to hold up in court. ''The opening parts of both songs have very similar grooves, they use pretty much the same chord progressions and the ways the melodies are patterned are similar. And it pretty much stops there,'' says Travis Jackson, an associate professor who specializes in recording technology. ''Chord progressions are really hard to claim as a basis [for a lawsuit]. That's a pretty standard groove. You would have to do a lot more to say there's outright copying.''


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Posted Jun 02, 2006 6:01 PM


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Here's a link to compare clips of both songs:


http://media.spin.com/features/news/audio/2006/06/pettyvspeppers_hi.mp3 



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The first time we heard that song DH said some of the same things about it.



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I really like both songs, but I think they're different. Anyway, Tom Petty is too cool to sue. At least I hope so. It would be so weird to see those two groups in court.

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I can't imagine that the RHCP would ever, ever, deliberately steal from another musician. They've been around for 20+ years and have plenty of talent on their own. I was thinking probably Tom Petty's record company has people who work fulltime just looking for stuff like this and that the record company would have more to gain by suing than Tom Petty would.


I find the clips fascinating to listen to though.


Dizzy-Tom Petty does seem too cool to sue. I think they should all colaborate and make fun of the similiarities.



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Well when I heard the RHCP song I thought it was Tom Petty. They sound really similar to me. I also don't think it's a matter of Tom Petty being cool or not. That song is really well known, SOMEONE should have said something all along the process of making the album. If I was Tom Petty I'd be pissed.

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I think it sounds similiar but not exactly the same.  I also heard that it's not true that Tom Petty was even thinking of sueing them - I heard that this was rumor that got started by a radio station who discovered the similiarities.  If I were Tom Petty, I wouldn't even care.  I don't think the RHCP deliberatly stole this - I think they have enough success of their own not to rip another artist off.

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