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I must be out of the dad-rock loop, cuz it didn't occur to me until yesterday how similar the intros of Tom Petty's "American Girl" and the Strokes' "Last Nite" are (the shuffly drums, the one-note guitar, the 4-5 thing in the bass).

Other examples of songs sounding (partially or entirely) like other songs?

― Jody Beth Rosen, Monday, 9 September 2002 19:52 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

The Jam's "Start" is a xerox of the Beatles' "Taxman"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 9 September 2002 19:55 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

Elastica's "Waking Up" is mysteriously simillar to the Stranglers' "No More Heroes".

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 9 September 2002 19:55 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

Elastica's "Waking Up"

*obligatory post about Elastica/Wire connection*

― Jody Beth Rosen, Monday, 9 September 2002 19:57 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

Sloan's "She Means What She Says" = The Nazz "Open My Eyes"

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Monday, 9 September 2002 19:58 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

That one White Stripes song has the same "oh-oh-oh-oh" vocal line as "Middle of the Road" by the Pretenders. That band Gaunt had a song which took a similar vocal line from a Naked Raygun song. Melissa Etheridge's voice sounds like Steve Perry's to me. And the list goes on and on.

― hstencil, Monday, 9 September 2002 19:59 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

"Do Ya" = "Fox on the Run."

― Jody Beth Rosen, Monday, 9 September 2002 20:02 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

I'm not sure if this is dedicated to intentional or unintentional soundalike moments, but Man Or Astro-Man's "Nitrous Burn Out" incorporates a bit of the solo from Van Halen's "Panama" somewhere along the halfway mark.

― Nate Patrin, Monday, 9 September 2002 20:03 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

"Her Head's Revolving" by the Three O'Clock is also a rip on "Open My Eyes" by the Nazz.

"Last" by Nine Inch Nails (on the BROKEN e.p.) recalls Queen's "Fight from the Inside" (down to a stolen riff). Trent's a big Queen fan, allegedly.

The first note of Cheap Trick's "Stop This Game" (on ALL SHOOK UP) is a slow fade-in that is purportedly the last note of SGT.PEPPER's.

The Sex Pistols' "Holidays in the Sun" ripped off The Jam's "In the City"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 9 September 2002 20:03 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

I think the "oh oh-o-o-o" bit in Morrissey's 'Suedehead' (between the two "I'm so sorry"s) is very similar to the "oh oh-o-o-o" in the Pretenders' 'Back in the Chain Gang'. I know some people who disagree, though, which is annoying.

― Eyeball Kicks, Monday, 9 September 2002 20:06 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

There's a bit in Happy Monday's "Loose Fit" that sounds exactly like "no more more mr nice guy" by Alice Cooper.

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 9 September 2002 20:12 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

The Flaming Lips' Fight Test sounds just like Cat Stevens' Father and Son.
The piano on Spoon's All the Pretty Girls Go To the City is a lot like that Edwin McCain song Never Met a Girl Like You Before (is that what it's called?).

― lou, Monday, 9 September 2002 21:23 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

Soul Decision's 'Ooh it's kinda crazy' and George Michael's Faster Love

― Kim (Kim), Monday, 9 September 2002 21:33 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

Oh, I love these. There's a ton of I-IV-V and "Sweet Jane" songs, of course. Bridge/chorus on "More Than A Feeling" = intro to "Smells Like Teen Spirit", for one.
Van M's "Caravan" = Counting Crows "Mr. Jones" sha la la la la la la
"TVC-15" = "We Are All Made Of Stars"
Iggy's "Search & Destroy" + Blur's "Song 2" = Hives "Hate To Say"
ooh, I know I've got more in my head, lemme think....

("Girl Like You" was Edwyn Collins, who's not shitty)

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 9 September 2002 21:35 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

Back in '88 I was struck by how the chorus of Belinda Carlisle's "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" resembled that of Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name". Up through the years, I've tried to convince people of this likeness, usually without success... until I found, earlier this year, that Orbital have done a live version of "Halcyon" merging the two. Hah! Vindicated!

― OleM (OleM), Monday, 9 September 2002 21:44 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

Silence Kit by Pavement sounds like Rollercoaster by Buddy Holly

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Monday, 9 September 2002 21:57 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

The start of LCD Soundsystem's Beat Connection sounds exactly like the start of The Powerpuff Girls' Love Makes Thw Rold Go Round and is exactly one-sixth as good.

― Graham (graham), Monday, 9 September 2002 22:01 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

Back in '88 I was struck by how the chorus of Belinda Carlisle's "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" resembled that of Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name".

I hear a slight resemblance between the choruses of "Heaven is a Place on Earth" and Starz's "So Young, So Bad." Maybe it's just the chord changes.

― Jody Beth Rosen, Monday, 9 September 2002 22:07 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

The bridge late in the Chili Peppers "Give it Away" sounds an awful lot like Sabbath's "Sweet Leaf".

I'm sure there are several other "Sweet Leaf" rip-offs that I can;t think of right now.

― Dave Beckhouse, Monday, 9 September 2002 22:16 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

I noticed the Bon Jovi/Belinda Carlisle connection a couple years ago, while trying to playing Bon Jovi on the piano and accidentally coming out with Belinda Carlisle.

This is Smoke on the Water: Dun dun DUN, dun dun DUN-DUNN
This is Cat Scratch Fever: Dun dun DUN, dun-dun DUN

And hey, did anyone notice the resemblances between "Ice Ice Baby" and "Under Pressure"?

― My name is Kenny, Monday, 9 September 2002 22:18 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

The Rolling Stone's "Anybody Seen My Baby" and KD Lang's "Constant Craving".

― Slump Man (Slump Man), Monday, 9 September 2002 22:35 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

Coldplay's "Yellow" just *is* Ride's "OX4" - I've been utterly convinced of this from the moment I first heard the former but nobody listens to me...you can sing one to the other and everything!

― Charlie, Monday, 9 September 2002 22:42 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

"So I figure we can scrape up an intro riff to this 'Ruby Soho' song by just tweaking an old Clash song."
"But that's what we always do!"
"Well people won't notice if it's one that nobody really knows. Like 'One Emotion' maybe."
"You're brilliant! Boy, I'm glad I left Operation Ivy for this!"

― Nate Patrin, Monday, 9 September 2002 22:46 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

And hey, did anyone notice the resemblances between "Ice Ice Baby" and "Under Pressure"?

You're shitting me. :-)

― Jody Beth Rosen, Monday, 9 September 2002 22:48 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

The riffs of Black Sabbath's "Hole in the Sky" and Blondie's "Call Me" and Blue Oyster Cult's "The Revenge of Vera Gemini."

― Jody Beth Rosen, Monday, 9 September 2002 22:54 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

The flamenco-guitar on Black Sabbath's "Don't Start (Too Late)" and Guns 'n' Roses' "Double Talkin' Jive."

(Sorry. Listening to Sabotage at the moment.)

― Jody Beth Rosen, Monday, 9 September 2002 22:57 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

Nirvana's "All Apologies" => Pixies "Levitate me"

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Monday, 9 September 2002 23:00 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

Shakira - Underneath Your Clothes
The Bangles - Eternal Flame
timing is slightly different but the verse is alomst exactly the same melody. I've tried to mix them together.

dsico

― dsico (dsico), Monday, 9 September 2002 23:30 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

Speaking of Sabbath, "Dramamine" by Sebadoh (a Jake L song) cops a riff midway through from, damn, I think a breakdown in "Supernaut"?

(Not listening to Sab right now.)

― wl, Monday, 9 September 2002 23:31 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

moonblood "midnight" = burzum "det som engang var"

more terribly, the offspring's "get a job" and "o bla di o bla da" by the beatles have very similar choruses (try singing one over the other sometime, it's horrifying).

― brian (yournullfame), Monday, 9 September 2002 23:43 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

And hey, did anyone notice the resemblances between "Ice Ice Baby" and "Under Pressure"?

No, ice ice baby is "din din din di-di din doonn" and under pressure is "din din din di-di din din". fucks sake.

― naked as sin, Tuesday, 10 September 2002 00:28 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

George Washington and the Cherry Pickers' "Crisco Party" is basically "Wipeout" + vocals - drum solo.

― James Blount, Tuesday, 10 September 2002 03:59 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

Manics' "Roses In The Hospital" and Bowie's "Sound And Vision", although that sounds more like a semi-conscious "tribute" than either a cynical deliberate steal (cf. Oasis's early Beatles/T Rex theft) or an accidental appropriation (cf. Coldplay/Ride, probably and against my better judgement)...

― Charlie, Tuesday, 10 September 2002 04:03 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

I was just listening to "Wuthering Heights" by Kate Bush. It took me quite a while to figure out of what it was reminding me strongly, and it turned out to be "Paint a Vulgar Picture" by The Smiths. The way they both can't seem to settle into anything...

Furthermore, for the record: an obvious choice, perhaps, but Pulp's "A Little Soul" and Smokey R. and the M.'s "The Tracks of My Tears".

― Captain Sleep (Captain Sleep), Tuesday, 10 September 2002 06:16 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

When The Czar's "Song to the Siren" starts out, I always think it's Mogwai's "Yes! I am far away from home."

― Leee, Tuesday, 10 September 2002 06:34 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

"Bring Me Edelweiss" was a "S.O.S." knock-off. Gert Wilden's "Dirty Beat" nicks Zep's "Heartbreaker".

― James Blount, Tuesday, 10 September 2002 06:38 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

too many Stereolab songs to mention.

― James Blount, Tuesday, 10 September 2002 06:40 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

naughty by nature feat. 3lw - feels good to you = fat joe feat. ja rule & ashanti - what's luv?

― minna (minna), Tuesday, 10 September 2002 07:11 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

Doesn't Ice Ice Baby actually sample Under Pressure?

― tigerclawskank, Tuesday, 10 September 2002 08:23 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

Cracker's "Low" = Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man"
Radiohead's "Creep" = the Hollies' "The Air that I Breathe"
Go-Betweens' "Karen" = Patti Smith's "Dancing Barefoot"
Pere Ubu's "Final Solution" + "Heart of Darkness" = Blue Cheer's version of "Summertime Blues"
Bowie's "Jean Genie" = Yardbirds' version of "I'm a Man"
Prince's "2 Nigs United from West Compton" = Glenn Miller's "Pennsylvania 6-5000"

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 10 September 2002 10:50 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

BTW, done already.

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 10 September 2002 10:52 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

the strokes' "last nite" crops up the jam's "town called malice".
and what's the other song in their album that has the same structure and bassline than iggy pop's "the passenger"?

― joan vich (joan vich), Tuesday, 10 September 2002 11:06 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

X-Press 2 ft David Byrne "Lazy" is a total rip off of Frankie Knuckles & David Morales ft. Alison Limerick "Where Love Lives".

Other than that, the similarity of the intro to Cast's "Fine Time" and Guns'n'Roses "Paradise City" could be pretty confusing at indie discos in the mid-ninties, just when you're ready to blow the whistle and rock out with Axl, Izzy and Slash you get, "What's it all about? Do you really want to know..."

Shit.

― Stephen Burrows (steveeeeeeeee), Tuesday, 10 September 2002 11:50 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

"The bridge late in the Chili Peppers "Give it Away" sounds an awful lot like Sabbath's "Sweet Leaf""

I'm sure that's no accident, given Rick Rubin's appreciation for old school metal.

The Manic Street Preachers' "If You Tolerate This Than Your Children Will Be Next" was alleged to have ripped off the Stranglers' "Duchess," but I find that a bit of a stretch.....and I'm a much bigger fan of the Stranglers than I'll ever be of the Manics.

Then, of course, Nirvana stole the riff from Killing Joke's "Eighties" for "Come as You Are." Little known fact is that my beloved Killing Joke stole that very same riff from the Damned's "Life Goes On" (on the STRAWBERRIES album).

Big Black's "L Dopa" off SONGS ABOUT FUCKING is virtually indistiguishable from Killing Joke's "the Wait".

The Germs' "No God" ripps the opening riff off of Yes' "Roundabout," but that's more willfull desecration rather than theft (despite the fact that guitarist Pat Smear is an unapologetic Yes fan).

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 10 September 2002 11:57 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

The Cult swiped (via a sample) the ominous "buzz buzz buzz buzz" intro from Killing Joke's "Requiem" for the bridge in "The Witch" (originally on the soundtrack to the roundly derided cartoon, "Cool World"). Being the lovable bastards they are, despite being old touring mates, Killing Joke sued The Cult for it, and the sample was stricken from all other versions that have since been released (HIGH OCTANE CULT, etc.)

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 10 September 2002 12:01 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

I was home sick yesterday, watched a Conan O'Brian rerun on Comedy Central and ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead was on, playing "Relative Ways," and I'll be damned if the main guitar riff (during the verses) doesn't rip the vocal melody from "On Broadway."

― Nick A., Tuesday, 10 September 2002 12:12 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

the Action Time - comedown blues steals the "ooh ooh"s from Manics - Motown Junk

― Jens (brighter), Tuesday, 10 September 2002 16:49 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

The White Stripes "Hotel Yorba" is a Country Joe and the Fish song, note for note, and even word for word at times. I don't know the name of the Country Joe song, but it goes "1,2,3, what are we fighting for, don't ask me I don't give a damn, next stop is Vietnam, and it's 5,6,7, open up the pearly gates" and could someone PLEASE tell me the name of this song? It fits so perfectly it's frightening.

Oh, and dancing at Mother to retro-ironic white trash trailer rock last night, I realised that there's a Sloan song which is Foghat's Slow Ride down to a T, but I can't remember which one it is.

― kate, Tuesday, 10 September 2002 18:47 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

Country Joe: "Feel like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag" I'll die if I have to hear it again. It's kind of a traditional folk song, so I wouldn't credit Country Joe McDonald.

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 10 September 2002 18:50 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

"Vicious" by Lou Reed steals from "Maggie May" by Rod Stewart. I can't even listen to the Lou Reed song without "MM"'s lyrics taking Reed's place.

Butthole Surfers' "Human Cannibal" is "The Rose" by Bette Middler. Sing along. "Some say love..."; it's eerie.

I'm blanking right now....

― Vic Funk, Tuesday, 10 September 2002 20:13 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

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Interesting thing in the Guardian today about how MJ confessed to stealing the Billie Jean groove from Hall & Oates "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)":
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/apr/02/hall-and-oates-how-we-made-i-cant-go-for-that-no-can-do-interview

― enochroot, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 02:25 (four months ago) Permalink

Noticed yesterday the resemblance between the choruses of "Parasite" by Kiss and "Rock and Roll Rebel" by Ozzy

Also said this on the musical mimicry thread, but Don Henley's "All She Wants To Do Is Dance" and Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" are pretty much the same song

― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 5 April 2018 12:37 (four months ago) Permalink

how have i never noticed that "Let's Go Crazy" is basically "Slip Kid" by The Who (done a lot better, but whatever)

― stormzy daniels (voodoo chili), Friday, 6 April 2018 22:12 (four months ago) Permalink

omanko by sky ferreira sounds a lot like stereolab's olv 26

― Droni Mitchell (Ross), Saturday, 7 April 2018 06:40 (four months ago) Permalink

Gabor Szabo and Bernard Purdie in 1966 sure sound a lot like Can in 1971

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciz45ps-E58

― Mungolian Jerryset (bendy), Sunday, 8 April 2018 21:26 (four months ago) Permalink

Not really hearing that tbh. Gabor Szabo is always worth listening to though.

― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Sunday, 8 April 2018 21:32 (four months ago) Permalink

This has probably been pointed out before somewhere else but the verses of Katy Perry's Hot 'n' Cold and Diddy Dirty-Money's Ass on the Floor are very similar. I only realized that yesterday when Hot 'n' Cold came on in the car radio for the first time in forever

― josh az (2011nostalgia), Sunday, 8 April 2018 23:34 (four months ago) Permalink

The drums on Ray Charles' 'What'd I Say' = the drums on The Beatles' 'I Feel Fine'

― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 16 April 2018 18:42 (four months ago) Permalink

to morris upthread, the chorus of Green Day's "21 Guns" has, I think, the same intervals as "All the Young Dudes."

there's a bit of "Wake Me Up When September Ends" that sounds very much like "Promises Promises" as well

― fleetwood machiavellian (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 16 April 2018 19:23 (four months ago) Permalink

Otm about 21 Guns and All the Young Dudes, those songs get mashed up in my head a lot. ”1, 21 guns / carry the newwwws”

― flappy bird, Monday, 16 April 2018 19:46 (four months ago) Permalink

three weeks pass...

Has anyone ever noticed the similarities between Felt's 'Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow' and the Cure's 'Just Like Heaven'?

Most obviously in the bassline, but there's even a part at the end of the album version of 'Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow' where Lawrence even repeats ". . .just like a dream" the same exact way Robert Smith does in 'Just Like Heaven' at the end of the first chorus.

― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Sunday, 13 May 2018 19:24 (three months ago) Permalink

Actually, I should say that Robert repeats that phrase the way Lawrence does, as 'Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow' came first.

― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Sunday, 13 May 2018 19:25 (three months ago) Permalink

The choruses (chori?) for Chet Faker's "1998" and Fetty Wap's "679" not only use the same chord progression and tempo, they sound pretty awesome when played simultaneously.

― Prefecture, Sunday, 13 May 2018 19:58 (three months ago) Permalink

Maiden by MO is exactly the same as Lana in my feelings.

I smell a lawsuit

― Exit stage left (Ross), Friday, 18 May 2018 20:48 (two months ago) Permalink

so you're telling me that the organ from "Midnight in a Perfect World" DIDN'T sample "Sowing The Seeds of Love"?

― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Thursday, 24 May 2018 23:23 (two months ago) Permalink

bowie's "rock n roll suicide" is pretty much the epiphany/endgame seven years after the stones' "heart of stone"

― reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, 26 May 2018 17:16 (two months ago) Permalink

Popol Vuh, "In deine Hande"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko-sShP-TA4

Νίκος Ξυλούρης, "Πότε θα Κάνει Ξαστεριά"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzSjGLAVQpY

― Poisoned by Johan's pea soup. (Tom D.), Sunday, 27 May 2018 20:39 (two months ago) Permalink

"teenage riot" (daydream nation (10/18/88)) bites the start of "one" (. . .and justice for all (8/25/88)) pretty hard

― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 19:57 (two months ago) Permalink

― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 05:31 (two months ago) Permalink

Voodoo - it does sample that

― Ross, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 06:57 (two months ago) Permalink

China girl is basically
Be my baby

― Ross, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 06:57 (two months ago) Permalink

wow, "Face Down" by Jawbreaker (1995) sounds exactly the same as "I Am One" by the Smashing Pumpkins (1991).

― flappy bird, Friday, 1 June 2018 16:46 (two months ago) Permalink

even the palm muted bit sounds just like "Tristessa," also from Gish. the "I Am One" riff first occurs at 1:17.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7DPuhamPfQ

― flappy bird, Friday, 1 June 2018 16:48 (two months ago) Permalink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi6RJmUNBbw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvA5bpoMBQI

― flappy bird, Friday, 1 June 2018 16:49 (two months ago) Permalink

oh my bad I got Dear You confused with Bivouac, the Jawbreaker song is from 1992

― flappy bird, Friday, 1 June 2018 16:50 (two months ago) Permalink

God and element by Lamar

― synonym toast crunch (Ross), Friday, 1 June 2018 17:28 (two months ago) Permalink

Love - Alone Again Or (chorus melody @1:24)

Elton John - Blues for My Baby and Me (instrumental bit @5:27)

― the yolk sustains us, we eat whites for days (unregistered), Sunday, 10 June 2018 22:14 (two months ago) Permalink

LOL either a total rip off or a homage from Elt or, more likely, Paul Buckmaster.

― We can be herpes (Tom D.), Sunday, 10 June 2018 23:28 (two months ago) Permalink

Steve Winwood's "Night Train" : Eric Clapton's "I Can't Stand It"

― pplains, Monday, 11 June 2018 15:08 (two months ago) Permalink

Oms entire career is a rip of set the controls for the heart of the sun

― Slippage (Ross), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 22:23 (two months ago) Permalink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_6w1EUGRoU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uJh6Famdgo

― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 15 June 2018 18:18 (two months ago) Permalink

Oh yeah, absolutely. When I watched Twin Peaks for the first time (last summer), I noticed how much of the soundtrack had been covered or aped or imitated or paid tribute to. FFVII also has a piece that's basically note for note Boston's "Foreplay."

― flappy bird, Friday, 15 June 2018 18:20 (two months ago) Permalink

https://variety.com/2018/music/news/bebe-rexha-im-a-mess-song-im-a-mess-similar-1997-bitch-song-1202848285/

― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Saturday, 16 June 2018 17:46 (two months ago) Permalink

Has anyone ever noticed the similarities between Felt's 'Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow' and the Cure's 'Just Like Heaven'?

the band that felt ripped off most frequently was themselves, i think! there are so many felt songs where lawrence uses the exact same vocal melody, rhythm, affect, everything

― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Saturday, 16 June 2018 17:54 (two months ago) Permalink

It has come to my attention of late (thanks to shuffle) that Rainmaker by Sparklehorse has virtually exactly the same starting riff as September Gurls.

Also, A Minor Place by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy is Everyday People on different drugs.

― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Saturday, 16 June 2018 19:14 (two months ago) Permalink

ELO's "Across the Border" and the Beach Boy's "Heroes and Villains"

― mottdeterre, Tuesday, October 21, 2008 3:09 PM Bookmark Flag Post

Mottdeterre beat me to it by almost ten years.

― pplains, Thursday, 28 June 2018 14:54 (one month ago) Permalink

two weeks pass...

My wife and I were in Target today; a ringing guitar intro was playing over the PA.
ME: What’s this Strokes rip-off song?
HER: You’re gonna laugh when you realize what it is.
The vocals come in: She was an American girl....
#moded

― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Sunday, 15 July 2018 04:39 (one month ago) Permalink

lmao

― flappy bird, Sunday, 15 July 2018 05:13 (one month ago) Permalink

Jesus, how has this not been mentioned yet?

Say Hello to the Angels - Interpol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41H4SOkCHwU

This Charming Man - The Smiths

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJRP3LRcUFg

― flappy bird, Sunday, 15 July 2018 05:19 (one month ago) Permalink

It sounds nothing like it dude

― F# A# (∞), Sunday, 15 July 2018 05:22 (one month ago) Permalink

oh, come on! love them but the drums & bass are almost identical and the guitars are very similar

― flappy bird, Sunday, 15 July 2018 06:57 (one month ago) Permalink

another:

Chartered Trips - Hüsker Dü

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urIOvExPEQw

Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51OB2YoC4sg

― flappy bird, Sunday, 15 July 2018 07:00 (one month ago) Permalink

The beginning of "Weekend Girl" by The S.O.S. band sounds a lot like the beginning of "Hotel California" by The Eagles.

― henry s, Sunday, 15 July 2018 12:03 (one month ago) Permalink

the titans "surfer's lullaby"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2KUk6cEL8I

eileen rodgers "careful careful"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EWmklIIPpk

― budo jeru, Monday, 16 July 2018 00:58 (one month ago) Permalink

The Boo Radleys and King Crimson are both very good bands that I would never normally associate with each other, however both bands released very very similar sounding songs in 1995 called 'Wilder' (from Wake Up) and 'Walking On Air' (from Thrak).
Listen to then through and tell me it's not uncanny. Especially the instrumental bridges on each song.

― Gâteau Superstar (dog latin), Thursday, 19 July 2018 21:57 (four weeks ago) Permalink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKsxO9FfxLg

Cheap Trick "Need Your Love" manages to sound like 3 songs at different points:
- first couple chords sounds like Black Sabbath "War Pigs"
- chorus sounds like Donna Summer "I Feel Love"
- coda from 4:25 to the end sounds like T-Rex "Bang a Gong"

― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 20:00 (three weeks ago) Permalink

The Rascals, "Love Is a Beautiful Thing"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPRS6ABlw2g

Blue Oyster Cult, "Donovan's Monkey"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGpP_utLmk

― Father Ted in Forkhandles (Tom D.), Friday, 27 July 2018 23:44 (two weeks ago) Permalink

hold my liquor by kanye and beach house drunk in LA seem to have similarities in their guitar tone..both songs mash well

― sleepy sweet (Ross), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 16:42 (two weeks ago) Permalink

Monoton - "Ein Wort"
Boards of Canada - "Sixtyniner"

― willem, Monday, 6 August 2018 16:07 (one week ago) Permalink

go-betweens' "here comes the city" is pretty much talking heads' "life during wartime"

― reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 13 August 2018 20:23 (three days ago) Permalink

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