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Rock Court, Small Claims Division: Stiff Little Fingers v. U2

Dw. Dunphy April 29, 2010 6

All rise.

The rules of this courtroom are simple. You will be presented with two songs, one by the plaintiff and one by the defendant. It is your task to decide if the defendant’s track is only coincidentally similar to the plaintiffs or, as members of the Bar Association put it, whaddya take us for? Maroons?! You have been duly instructed.

Today’s docket: Stiff Little Fingers, plaintiffs vs. U2, defendants in a Belfast versus Dublin showdown!

Stiff Little Fingers – “Johnny Was” from Inflammable Material (1979)

Those stinky repeat offenders cribbed our groove! U2? What, is that a declaration of who’ll they’ll rip off next? BEGORRAH!!

U2 – “Seconds” from War (1983)

Your honor, this is harassment! We have a military rhythm and a riff. They have a military rhythm and a riff. Apart from that, it’s all blarney. BLARNEY!!

Stiff Little Ripoff?

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Dw. Dunphy is a writer, artist, musician, bon vivant, n'er do well, but neither a president nor client of the Hair Club for Men. He resides in New Jersey with his decades-old neuroses and debt.You can follow him at Facebook, Twitter, or hit him up on Google+. Or just hit him. Really hard. With bats. Until he asks for you to stop, but don't stop. If you stop, an angel doesn't get its wings.

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  • http://arensb.livejournal.com/ arensb

    Cool! I got a whole tag to myeslf.

  • http://www.popdose.com DwDunphy

    If you look back on earlier Rock Court entries, you'll see the name of the staffer that suggested the pairing in the tags. I may not be pretty, but I'm honest.

  • http://www.bullz-eye.com DavidMedsker

    Man, how many times is U2 going to appear here?

  • Joe Friday

    OMG I was listening to Johnny Was for the first time (thanks Live 365 On the Edge program) and did the following Google search: stiff little fingers vs. u2 … and was brought directly here. Because … I never had anybody turn me on to SLF yet had U2 shoved down my throught. I only begrudgingly liked U2, and less and less as the decades wore on. Now I know why: the genuine article, SLF, was out there, and a good 2 years before u2. I was looking for a blogpost touting the merits of SLF over u2 .. and voila, here it is.
    Thank you for this creative blogpost.

  • 5point5

    hmmm…. did Bob Marley steal this from???

    iF’n if’s anti war it’s all good.

    Peas,
    5point5

  • 5point5

    hmmm…. did Bob Marley steal this from???

    iF’n if’s anti war it’s all good.

    Peas,
    5point5