A classic rock song from the 1990s sounds a lot like Ringo Starr’s “Back Off Boogaloo.” The two tracks have melodically identical choruses. Despite this, a member of the 1990s band didn’t connect the track to “Back Off Boogaloo” at all.
The chorus of Warrant’s ‘Cherry Pie’ sounds a lot like Ringo Starr’s ‘Back Off Boogaloo’
Part of the reason why “Back Off Boogaloo” is one of Ringo’s most famous singles is its infectious, stomping chorus. You don’t need to understand the song or hear it more than once to get that melody stuck in your head for hours.
Warrant’s “Cherry Pie” essentially borrows that melody. The main difference is that Ringo’s song is supposed to be angry while Warrant’s is supposed to be risque. It’s easy to understand why Warrant’s “Cherry Pie” was such as success in the early 1990s.
The chorus of Warrant’s ‘Cherry Pie’ sounds a lot like Ringo Starr’s ‘Back Off Boogaloo’
Part of the reason why “Back Off Boogaloo” is one of Ringo’s most famous singles is its infectious, stomping chorus. You don’t need to understand the song or hear it more than once to get that melody stuck in your head for hours.
Warrant’s “Cherry Pie” essentially borrows that melody. The main difference is that Ringo’s song is supposed to be angry while Warrant’s is supposed to be risque. It’s easy to understand why Warrant’s “Cherry Pie” was such as success in the early 1990s.
- 6/22/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
So I'm sitting here re-watching Mario Van Peebles' Universal Soldier/Terminator/Robocop mash-up movie, aka Solo, and I'm having a good time... laughing a lot. Not a good flick, but you can call it a guilty pleasure. I haven't seen it in awhile, and had completely forgotten about Adrien Brody's pivotal role in it, as Solo's designer. This was some 6 years before his Academy Award-winning performance in The Pianist. We all have to start somewhere right? Solo was based on a 1989 science fiction novel by Robert Mason titled Weapon. But it got me thinking... despite how painfully derivative it is, I couldn't immediately name another similar sci-fi flick that featured a...
- 4/16/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
So… I’m sitting here watching Mario Van Peebles’ Universal Soldier/Terminator/Robocop movie, aka Solo, and I’m having a good time, in the worst way… laughing a lot, but whatever; It’s a silly bad flick; just call it a guilty pleasure. I haven’t seen it in awhile, and had completely forgotten about Adrien Brody’s pivotal role in it, as Solo’s designer. This was some 6 years before his Academy Award-winning performance in The Pianist. We all have to start somewhere right?
Solo was based on a 1989 science fiction novel by Robert Mason titled Weapon. Never read it.
Anywho… it got me thinking… despite how painfully derivative it is, I couldn’t immediately name another similar sci-fi flick that featured a cyborg/robot star character of “African descent.” Looking at all the influences I mentioned above (the Universal Soldier/Terminator/Robocop franchises) and others, they’ve...
Solo was based on a 1989 science fiction novel by Robert Mason titled Weapon. Never read it.
Anywho… it got me thinking… despite how painfully derivative it is, I couldn’t immediately name another similar sci-fi flick that featured a cyborg/robot star character of “African descent.” Looking at all the influences I mentioned above (the Universal Soldier/Terminator/Robocop franchises) and others, they’ve...
- 1/6/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
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