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Capt. Beefheart "Peaches" and E. Clapton "Motherless Children

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Is "Peaches" by Capt. Beefheart from "Unconditionally Guaranteed" and "Motherless Children" from E. Clapton's "461 Ocean Boulevard" the same song? I recently purchased an "Unconditionally Guaranteed" LP and the last track "Peaches" seemed strangely familiar. Then I found a cassette recording of "461 Ocean Boulevard" and yes, it is the same song, but with diffrent lyrics. Why can exlpain what is the story behind it?

Thanks in adavnce.

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RE: Capt. Beefheart "Peaches" and E. Clapton "Motherless Children - Waldteufel 10:50:31 04/15/24 (0)
Hardly mentionable in same breath. The Capt was an innovative genius. EC milque toast in comparison.
RE: Capt. Beefheart "Peaches" and E. Clapton "Motherless Children - ParloFax 10:09:25 03/10/23 (0)
They're the same style of course, same key, same opening notes of the melody (slide guitar/singing), but after the first bar they're going differently. Still RnR of course, but they stop being copies of one another after the opening line "All of them peaches..."/"Motherless children...".
This is the trunk to those branches... - musetap 15:47:10 02/08/23 (1)
All things being equal, Mr. Van Vliet had much more in common with Mr. Johnson
than Mr. Clapton does, methinks.

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- RE: This is the trunk to those branches... - Akolegov88 21:36:36 02/08/23 (0)
  Yes, the original is by Blind Willie Johnson, but in terms of rhythm, it is more like Clapton's performance.
Some plagiarisms are unintentional - Brian H P 14:54:16 02/08/23 (1)
Whichever recording came out first, the other artist may have heard it, absorbed it, forgotten about it, and later regurgitated it. My sweet lord -- he's so fine!
- RE: Some plagiarisms are unintentional - Akolegov88 21:38:22 02/08/23 (0)
  I believe both are fine. Even slide guitar sounds similar.

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