LCD homages

Been down a bit of a rabbit whole of songs that “inspired” LCD Soundsystem songs.

I know it’s been discussed a lot. I also know it’s nothing new in music. The Cramps did this a lot with old rockabilly records and lots of 60s bands ripped off old Blues records, etc.

I feel the Cramps this it the most honestly and really helped promote those forgotten songs.

But LCD have stolen music from some pretty well known artists, how do they get away with not paying any royalties??

EDIT. OK I revisited some of the soundalikes and honestly in my head I thought there were more when I wrote this post. Some of the soundalikes are a complete stretch, like Dream Baby Dream/Oh Baby - yeah the vibe is similar and he says "baby" but that's about it.

Dance Yrself is still a shameless rip imo but everything else is definitely more a homage. Sometimes they fly pretty close to the orginal but not quite as bad as I remembered. I admit I misjudged a bit. However I am going to partly pin that on them bc doing it once is bad enough and makes them seem at least a little sus.