Stand by Those Beautiful Girls

Ben E. King, "Stand by Me"
Sean Kingston, "Beautiful Girls"

David Archuleta exposed this one for me, although my brother has apparently been offended by this ripoff transgression for quite some time. My brother's right. This ripoff is so egregious, someone should be punished . . . I recommend Archuleta, just because. Sampling is common, and I have no problem with it. But this isn't the sampling of a hook in the song. Kingston just recorded his song directly over the musical track of King's song. It's the musical equivalent of eating an entire 5-gallon bucket of Baskin Robbins with one of those little pink spoons. Heck, you could sing "Beautiful Girls" at a Karaoke Bar just by asking for "Stand by Me." This is the worst ripoff since Vanilla Ice denied any link to "Under Pressure" . . . I'm just ashamed it took me so long to notice it.

The Price Is Blind

"Price Is Right Theme"
Stevie Wonder, "Do I Do"

I have a pretty good feeling that Bob Barker was doing his thing before Stevie Wonder was Do I Doing his, but it's painful to think the musical genius that is Stevie Wonder would rip off a syndicated gameshow. Nevertheless, there was ripping going on, for sure.