Most of the newer stuff, those which actually use "samples" (not just a musical element, but the recording itself) I have a decent confidence that there are licenses in place for most of it.
Other of it though, where it's not "samples" but instead musical elements... This comes to mind:
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#3889655 - 01/05/1401:44 AMRe: Famous songs and their samples ...
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I didn't listen to all 3 so I may have missed this, but the vocal pattern in Supertramp's "Even In The Quietest Moments" seems to borrow heavily from The Byrds' version of "Hey Mister Tambourine Man." And the opening guitar chords in Triumph's "Hold On" are very similar to those at the beginning of "Even In The Quietest Moments."
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The very first example that came to my mind was "Ice Ice Baby" and "Under Pressure".
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Originally Posted By: Linebacker
Youre going to have to focus your examples NH2112. Im not hearing the similarites.
Yeah I agree. I just listened to both and I don't hear the connection.
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Seems like that's one mighty popular guitar riff Smosh!
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I listened to all 3 links you posted Linebacker. It seems Coldplay is quite a prodigious sampler! Lol.
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Led Zeppelins Stairway to Heaven was derived from a sample?! (2:40) That took me by surprise, amongst a few others ...
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They also went on tour that year with support band Led Zeppelin, who were heavily influenced by SpiritLed Zeppelin played an extended medley during their early 1969 shows that featured "Fresh Garbage" among other songs, Jimmy Page's use of a theremin has been attributed to his seeing Randy California use one that he had mounted to his amplifier, and it is now widely accepted that Page lifted the descending guitar figure from Spirit's instrumental "Taurus" for Led Zeppelin's signature tune "Stairway To Heaven".
To me the opening guitar chord progression/structure on "Even In The Quietest Moments" and "Hold On" sound very similar. It sounds like Roger Hodgson was playing a 12-string and Rik Emmett a 6-string, but the first time I heard the Supertramp song I immediately had to get my Triumph disc to compare the 2.
The vocal patterns sound similar to me on Supertramp and The Byrds as well.
I hope the jangly riffs played by George Harrison and Elliot Easton were more obvious!
And hopefully these 2 will be as plain as day in their similarity.
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The comparison between Paul McCartney and The Cars is a guitar riff. Each time in Paul's song when he says the words "I will" they are followed by a guitar riff . . . listen for it in The Cars song.
The comparison between Paul McCartney and The Cars is a guitar riff. Each time in Paul's song when he says the words "I will" they are followed by a guitar riff . . . listen for it in The Cars song.
Exactly. The Cars' Elliot Easton took the Beatles riff (I'm guessing it was played by George but could have been Paul) and expanded on it, while leaving the original riff intact. It's played so often in "My Best Friend's Girl" that I'd have to say it's the song's theme.
Phil
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That vid had me in tears adlabs. Thanks. 
RIP George ... what a great musician.