Songs that sound like other songs

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Post by Rolsen » Sun May 18, 2008 5:29 pm

Do this little trick:

"take me home....country road....to a place....where I belong...
West Virginia... mountain mama...take me home... country road"

transition to:

"comma comma comma comma comma chameleon...they come and go...they come and go oh whoa whoa"
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Post by madtho » Sun May 18, 2008 5:37 pm

When the Stroke's first album came out, I swear, every single song had me saying?'Hey! that sounds just like that song', but I couldn't quite nail the song that it sounded like.


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Post by nordberg » Sun May 18, 2008 5:43 pm

the alphabet song and twinkle twinkle little star...FREAKY!

the air that i breathe-hollies=creep-radiohead (i think someone here mentioned this the other day)
+1 on cat stevens and flaming lips i couldn't believe that when i heard it the first time.
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Post by asmara » Sun May 18, 2008 6:16 pm

Neu! is a German Band that sort of broke away from early kraftwerk to continue in a guitar based format. I cannot recall a song title (their mostly in german) specifically.
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Post by RefD » Sun May 18, 2008 8:58 pm

nordberg wrote:the alphabet song and twinkle twinkle little star...FREAKY!
it really pisses off my 2 1/2 yr old daughter when i segue between those two songs...but she eventually starts laughing.
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Post by dr.ona » Sun May 18, 2008 9:29 pm

How about The Beatles "Twist and Shout"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faVTixv81IQ

And Ritchie Valens "La Bamba"...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Coy8Hoa1DNw
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Post by JGriffin » Sun May 18, 2008 9:35 pm

dr.ona wrote:How about The Beatles "Twist and Shout"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faVTixv81IQ

And Ritchie Valens "La Bamba"...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Coy8Hoa1DNw
Yeah, you'll find that a lot with '50s music, either the I-IV-V or I-vi-IV-V progressions and similar melodies...
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Post by johnny7 » Sun May 18, 2008 10:34 pm

Don't even get me started about Rockabilly....wait, I play Rockabilly...
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Post by ;ivlunsdystf » Mon May 19, 2008 6:12 am

Bangles "Manic Monday" vs. Prince "1999"

Of course, both were written by Prince. The verses are quite similar though.
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Post by Nate Dort » Mon May 19, 2008 7:01 am

There's some song by Nickelback (at least I think it's Nickelback...) I heard the other day where the vocal phrasing in the verse sounds exactly like the verses to Come As You Are.
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Post by thieves » Mon May 19, 2008 8:17 am

madtho wrote:When the Stroke's first album came out, I swear, every single song had me saying?'Hey! that sounds just like that song', but I couldn't quite nail the song that it sounded like.


-mad
I'm quite a fan of the strokes, but it's definitely funny to listen to most of the songs on the first two albums back to back with "everybody's happy nowadays" by the buzzcocks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79oRtqVuoZo
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Post by bipedal » Mon May 19, 2008 8:23 am

Wilco also have a song called Spiders (kidsmoke) that is nearly identical to Neu! I am not complaining however.
I thought the album version of Spiders (kidsmoke) was a charming curiosity, a pretty blatant krautrock homage, but I didn't find myself returning to it.

The version of that song that appears on the live Kicking Television album: gloriously massive. Great example of how powerful a rock band Tweedy and crew can be when they really let loose.

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Post by thieves » Mon May 19, 2008 8:30 am

kicking television is definitely a really well-done live album.
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Post by visible cow » Mon May 19, 2008 10:02 am

"My Iron Lung" by Radiohead really sounds a lot like Nirvana. Not exactly sure what song...."Heart Shaped Box" maybe? I've always thought that this was one of their least original moments.

And don't get me started on Beck's "Sea Change". He manages to "pay homage" to Nick Drake, Radiohead and Serge Gainsbourg a little too well....."Paper Tiger" should have got him sued (maybe it did?).
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Post by saintcarquinez » Mon May 19, 2008 10:07 am

Can anyone place the hook/chorus to the first song on the latest Band Of Horses album? The line that goes something like: "When I live alone, is there a ghost in my house."

It's a melodic/rhythmic/etc replica of some '80s pop hit (I think female vocal) that's been on the tip of my tongue for months. Anyone else hear it?
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