well, if it's a rip off it's certainly not the first.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono made a track called 'two minutes of silence'.
soundgarden later made 'one minute of silence', which is a cover of
Lennons minute (they didn't like Ono's minute).
/adrian (cellular)
http://cellmusic.cjb.net
quoted 19 lines Classical chart-toppers THE PLANETS have been accused of ripping off
>Classical chart-toppers THE PLANETS have been accused of ripping off
>the avant-garde, experimentalist JOHN CAGE because their new album
>contains a silent 60-second track.
>
>Cage, who died in 1992, famously composed the silence piece 4'33'' in
>his prime.
>
>Mike Batt, the man behind 'The Wombles' and Vanessa Mae who put the
>silent track on The Planets' album, has now received a letter from
>enraged representatives of Cage, The Guardian reports.
>
>Batt said: "I've received a letter on behalf of John Cage's music
>publishers. I was in hysterics when I read their letter.
>
>"As my mother said when I told her, 'Which part of the silence are
>they claiming you nicked?'. They say they are claiming copyright on a
>piece of mine called 'One Minute's Silence' on The Planets' album,
>which I credit Batt/Cage just for a laugh. But my silence is original
>silence, not a quotation from his silence."
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