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Sounds Like Teen Spirit: Stolen Melodies, Ripped-Off Riffs, and the Secret History of Rock and Roll
by Tim English
ISBN: 1583480234
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pat2man
· 2015-03-16 ·
Original thread
There is a book that tries to chronicle these musical influences:
http://www.amazon.com/Sounds-Like-Teen-Spirit-Ripped-Off/dp/...
. Its pretty much impossible to come up with a modern pop song that doesn't borrow heavily from other musicians.