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Tyga's latest album getting a 0.0 from Pitchfork reminded me of the last time that Pitchfork gave a 0.0: for Jet's Shine On. Jet were an Australian band from the 2000's that had some success, but were critically slammed. Most of the criticism seemed to stem from the fact that they were ripping off the sound of older bands like AC/DC and even straight up lifting the riff for "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" from Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life".

More recently, I've seen the same types of criticisms levied at Greta Van Fleet; that they are unoriginal and/or are just trying to rip-off Led Zeppelin and other classic rock bands.

But, I never understood the actual problem here. If you liked AC/DC or Led Zeppelin, why would you not want to hear bands that sounded like them? Why is a band that is trying to harken back to an earlier sound necessarily a bad thing?

In 2010, VH1 released a list of the Top 100 Artists of All Time. With Sade (#50 on the list) getting in this year, there remain only 5 artists from that list that are not yet in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame:

• #52: Beyonce
• #66: Justin Timberlake
• #67: Coldplay
• #94: Mariah Carey
• #100: Alicia Keys

Who's next?

I was thinking of the band Steppenwolf. Their biggest songs were

• "Born to Be Wild" a hard rock biker anthem that was a major influence on early heavy metal; and
• "Magic Carpet Ride" a psychedelic hippie jam with heavy use of keyboards and an extended nearly guitar-less breakdown in the bridge.

I remember being shocked that these two songs were from the same band.

Are there any other acts whose biggest hits sound like they are from different artists?