Best of Both Worlds and Celebration:)

**marcin** · 06.20.06, 02:05 AM

Don't you think that "BOBW"(from 1986) has very similar riff to Kool and the gang song "Celebration"(from...1980)????
So, Eddie saw this one on mtv and...used???

**extreme red roth** · 06.20.06, 03:37 AM

Originally Posted by marcin

Don't you think that "BOBW"(from 1986) has very similar riff to Kool and the gang song "Celebration"(from...1980)????
So, Eddie saw this one on mtv and...used???

I believe that lots of songs sound like lots of songs. I don't let it bother me. But now that you mention it, BOBW does sound like a Celebration rip off, but I love it anyway.

**chefcraig** · 06.20.06, 06:22 AM

Yup, and if you listen to "Black And Blue" it really comes close to "Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" by AC/DC.

It happens.

**ZachenFoot** · 06.20.06, 02:16 PM

And if I recall correctly, in regards to the two mentioned above, Eddie did say those two songs were inspiration to the musical structure of the Van Halen songs.

**chucker5150** · 06.20.06, 04:07 PM

I seem to recall at the time of release that some critics were comparing the BOBW riff to "Roundabout" by Yes.

Also, I recently read an article in Mix Magazine with Daryl Hall from "Hall & Oates" in which he claims: "[Eddie] Van Halen told me that he copied the synth part from ‘Kiss on My List’ and used it in ‘Jump.’ I don't have a problem with that at all."

I had never heard that one before! :-) You can read the full article here: http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_hall_...ant/index.html

Chucker

**Lightning Fingers** · 06.20.06, 07:26 PM

Like Eddie says, "there's only 12 notes... how you mix them up is up to you."

**VanBlu** · 06.21.06, 05:46 PM

Pleasure Dome

Achille's Last Stand

a little too close for my tastes...........

**right-here-i-say** · 12.12.20, 10:39 PM

Yes, the first time I heard it I thought it was a copy off of Celebration. To this day I still do. Sammy nailed it. But somebody should have helped them change the beginning a bit.