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by tzs 2508 days ago
Just listening to both songs once, I didn't notice anything close.

What I'm curious about are the cases where it is extremely obvious that one song is based on another, and no one says anything.

Case in point: "Jolly Roger" by Adam and the Ants [1], from 1980. This is extremely similar to "The March of the MacGregors" by Ennio Morricone, from the 1966 film "Seven Guns for the MacGregors" [2].

It's not only the same melody, "Jolly Roger" is also largely the same arrangement.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc_-vSIy3fY

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5JQ1JTsJ4k