songs with (almost) identical intros

Here Comes Your Man -- Pixies
A Hard Day's Night -- The Beatles

If I'm not mistaken, that opening chord is meant as a tribute to A Hard Day's Night.

Flo-Rida - In the Ayer
Fedde Le Grand/Ida Corr - Let Me Think About It

Hitch Hike was originally Otis Redding, I believe; or at least he preceded the Stones.

Hitch Hike was absolutely a Marvin Gaye original, everyone else followed

There's that T. Rex song that has an opening EXACTLY like Eight Days a Week. But I can't remember it's name. It's about ladies or cars or wizards or something. Does that narrow it down?

is this love - whitesnake
west end girls - pet shop boys

and Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive

I would've said "Livin' On a Prayer" instead.

10cc's "I'm Not In Love" and Hall & Oates's "She's Gone"

OTM - this gets me EVERY time!!

Oasis' "Cigarettes and Alcohol" sounds like T Rex's "Get It On", to the point where I'm ready to start singing "well you're dirty sweet, clad in black (etc.)"

Also I don't see how "No Surprises" sounds anything like "Sunday Morning", unless you played one of them backwards.

I just looked up "She's Gone" in my iTunes. I don't have it, but here's what came up in my search:

"She's Got A Way" Billy Joel
"She's Got Balls" AC/DC

This post has nothing to do with the rest of the thread so carry on.

Spice Girls - Wannabe
Jordin Sparks - One Step at a Time

Garbage - Stupid Girl
Clash - Train In Vain

You are aware the latter is sampled off the former?

(Or rather the opposite, I mean)

yes

Boogie Down Productions - South Bronx
Public Enemy - Rebel Without a Pause

This was intentional, according to Hank Schocklee.

Feiry Gun Hand - Cardiacs
Wake Up - XTC

Intentional, I think.

Neutral Milk Hotel's "Two-Headed Boy"
Smashing Pumpkins' "Tonight, Tonight"

I feel like there's gotta be another song whose intro sounds just like Wax's "California"

"Hitch Hike"
"There She Goes Again"
and "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" (The Smiths)

"Finest Drops" - Wire / "Autobahn 66" - Primal Scream

"I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night" by Electric Prunes
"25 O'Clock" by Dukes Of Stratosfear

(done on purpose obv)

The Kinks - all day and all of the night
Doors - Hello, I love you

"What'd I Say" and "Break On Through."

Harvey Milk's "Decades" and Led Zep's "When The Levee Breaks." Prolly intentional?

Boogie Down Productions - South Bronx
Public Enemy - Rebel Without a Pause

This was intentional, according to Hank Schocklee.

― tony orlando and dawng (PappaWheelie V), Saturday, October 4, 2008 1:54 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

awesome. :D

do you remember where you read that or was it a pappa interview?

TVotR's "Family Tree" piano intro always reminds me of "What Is The Light?"

Athelete cured by The fall and Tonight I'm gonna rock by Spinal Tap.

the who - "i can't explain"
the clash - "clash city rockers"
the clash - "guns on the roof"

and: the jam, "standards"

The first song to borrow the "I Can't Explain" intro was "Open My Eyes" by Nazz though. And that was very intentional.

Another very obvious (and very intentional) example:
The Beatles: Taxman
The Who: Start

Stephanie Mills, "Never Knew Love Like This Before" and Madonna, "Borderline" seem to blur together.

The Clash - Straight to Hell
Archie Bell and the Drells - Here I Go Again

haha, I hadn't heard "Love Removal Machine" in so long. That's almost lawsuit-worthy!

Berlin, "No More Words" and Deborah Harrry, "Rush Rush." Both produced by Giorgio Moroder, who just used the same rhythm track twice.

do you remember where you read that or was it a pappa interview?

Both. Chuck's autobio is where I first read it, and I asked Hank when I bumped into him drunkenly at subtonic a few years back.

PE wanted to trick radio listeners into thinking South Bronx was about to come on.

As the opening of a single, it's such a phenomenal "fuck you" to the people who were dissing P.E. for sounding out of date in 1987. They trick you into thinking a year-old song is coming on, and then burst out of they gate with the most frenetic, forward-thinking production of the era

"Dancing Queen" and (the Commodores') "Machine Gun" begin with a similar piano roll.

Guitar work in VU's "Some Kinda Love" and Doves' "Some Cities" very similar initially

How about all those songs that start with "1 - 2 - 3 - 4"

Joey going 1234 <> Chris Bailey going 1234

Here Comes Your Man -- Pixies
A Hard Day's Night -- The Beatles

If I'm not mistaken, that opening chord is meant as a tribute to A Hard Day's Night.

I figured it was intentional.

I'm sure I remember reading a Black Francis interview absolutely years ago where he said he spent ages trying to work out the opening chord of 'A Hard Day's Night' before realising it was just open strings!

E ----3----
B ----1----
G ----2----
D ----3----
A ----x----
E ----x----

Try it on yr 12-string.

Genesis - Ssudio
Prince - 1999

Another very obvious (and very intentional) example:
The Beatles: Taxman
The Who: Start
Um, that would be The Jam doing "Start."

john lennon, working class hero
rem, swan song h

Genesis - Ssudio
Prince - 1999

I know what you mean, but "Sussudio" does actually start with a drum machine, not with those chords.

I guess The Cult's "Wildflower" gets a pass on this thread since the intro is the only thing they didn't rip off from AC/DC's "Rock 'n Roll Singer."

I mentioned this one on a Roxy thread already, but...

Roxy Music "Same Old Scene"
Blondie "Heart of Glass"
Gary Numan "Remind Me To Smile"

Actually, playing the beginning of each of these again and comparing, it sounds like the same drum machine sound/pattern played at slightly different speeds.

Just you try to tell Michael Jackson's "Beat It" apart from Judas Priest's "Love Bites." Just try it.

Surprisingly enough: Don Henley, "Dirty Laundry," and Hot Chocolate, "Emma."

Ooh, add "Sympathy for the Devil" to that list, Bimble.

"Oasis' 'Cigarettes and Alcohol' sounds like T Rex's 'Get It On', to the point where I'm ready to start singing 'well you're dirty sweet, clad in black (etc.)'"

See also BOC's "Od'd on Life Itself"

Steely Dan's "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" and Horace Silver's "Song For My Father" This was intentional but I think Silver wasn't too pleased with it (legal action?).

I never noticed this before yesterday: Jackson 5, "I'll Be There," and Sonny & Cher, "When You Say Love."

Beck - "O Maria"
Beatles - "Oh! Darling"

Stereolab - Olv 26
Cluster - Caramel

Probably intentional though..

The intro to Tangent by Beth Orton is a very self concious lift of a Miles Davis track, I don't know the name because I only know it from that Panthalassa album, but it's the one with a really itchy drum and bass guitar intro. I think it's either What If or Aghata (prelude)

Agharta - duh..

The Strokes "Last Night"
Tom Petty "American Girl"

Extreme - "More Than Words"
Fergie - "Big Girls Don't Cry"

Siouxsie & The Banshees - "Christine"
Pixies - "Here Comes Your Man"

Kanye West - We Don't Care
Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street

Oasis - Lyla
Goo Goo Dolls - Give A Little Bit

Lil Wayne - Lollipop
The Supremes - Reflections

"Where The Streets Have No Name" sounds like "Pinball Wizard" played through an echo effect, until the drums come in.

I'm sure I remember reading a Black Francis interview absolutely years ago where he said he spent ages trying to work out the opening chord of 'A Hard Day's Night' before realising it was just open strings!

― CharlieNo4, Monday, 6 October 2008 15:45 (1 month ago) Permalink

E ----3----
B ----1----
G ----2----
D ----3----
A ----x----
E ----x----

Try it on yr 12-string.

― Mark G, Monday, 6 October 2008 15:49 (1 month ago)

Mathematician Cracks Mystery Beatles Chord

wow! hindsight = 20/20 and all that, but in retrospect, it does seem incredibly obvious that there's a piano there (probably even moreso if they'd FRIGGIN' REMASTER THE ALBUMS ALREADY JESUS)

pavement - box elder
and some other song. i remember realizing this about a year ago. now i forget

Wedding Present's cover of "Box Elder"?

The real answer is "Teen Age Riot" or at least I've always thought the chords sounded similar.

ooh, that is vaguely similar, actually! it's not the one i was thinking of though. for some reason i think it was a superchunk song

How about (exactly) identical ones?

Boy Blue - ELO
Nobody's Child - ELO

1000 dub reggae songs. (If you count the little snare drum thwack as an intro)

Nikka Costa - Everybody Got That Something
Garbage - Cherry Lips

musically, did you get my email?

I think my ILX mail link might be directing to my old poll email address...let me check

yeah, I probably did email you there

The bells at the beginning of "Mother" (Lennon not Danzig oc) and "Hell's Bells" are close enough to confuse me most times.

It seems like when I realize I'm hearing "Mother," I'd rather it be "Hell's Bells," and when it's "Hell's Bells," I'd rather it be "Mother."

there's some punk song I heard once that sounds so much like the intro riff to "Wild Child" by the Doors that I can't believe Robbie Krieger didn't sue. Can anyone help me?

Spencer Davis Group - Keep on Running
Stone Roses - I Am the Resurrection

You Can't Hurry Love
Lust For Life
Town Called Malice (maybe)

Isn't it rumored that Roddy Frame borrowed the intro to "We Could Send Letters" from a Josef K song that only exists in demo/bootleg form? I wish I could remember where I heard this...

Ladytron - "Intrenational Dateline"
Hall & Oates - "Maneater"

Songs with the 'Be My Baby' drum intro

There's a Chicks track to add to that list as well, can't remember which off top of my head.

Also, Kelly Osbourne - One Word
Zeigeist - Cuffs
(if you ignore the first few pre-intro seconds)
One Word then copies Fade to Grey which = State of Mind (Holly Valance).

The organ intros on the Silver Jew's "Suffering Jukebox" and Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" are disturbingly similar.

Offspring's "Pretty Fly For a White Guy" did actually completely nick its intro from an old Def Leppard hit.

Supertramp, "Breakfast in America"
No Doubt, "Don't Speak"

The Kinks - "King Kong"
Todd Rundgren - "Drive"

Cud: The Day Crime Paid
Half Man Half Biscuit: Christian Rock Concert

dammit the other day I heard something I was convinced was Doves' "Pounding" from the intro, but it wasn't. now forgotten what it was.

Kanye - Love Lockdown
Harry Nilsson - Jump into the Fire

The Strokes "Last Night"
Tom Petty "American Girl"

― Adam Bruneau, Wednesday, October 8, 2008 4:56 PM (7 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

fakes me out every time

Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Duffy - Rain On Your Parade

Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
Dr Dre feat. Snoop Dogg - Still D.R.E.

Not identical but definitely similar:

Spirit, Mr. Skin
ABBA, Mamma Mia

Time for Benny and Bjorn to 'fess up?

Pixies - Debaser
Sugar - A Good Idea

The Knack "My Sharona"
Killing Joke "Tension"

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Stone Roses "I Am The Resurrection"
The Pretenders "Mystery Achievement"

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Lene Lovich "New Toy"
Yes "Roundabout"

deerhunter "vox humana"
jesus and mary chain "just like honey"

David Guetta - Love Is Gone
Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling (also prod by Guetta)

chic - "good times"
firefly - "love (is gonna be on our side)"

Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
Dr Dre feat. Snoop Dogg - Still D.R.E.

― lucas, Wednesday, June 3, 2009 3:05 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink-

i lolled

U2-With Or Without You
Go-Betweens-Quiet Heart

Ronan Keating : "Life is a rollercoaster"
Big Audio Dynamite: "E=mc2 (70mm wide screen remix)"

This is true!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC65FcSFfMY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmEJbq-4xFQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-n5IQ479kM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6bARIaMhCM

Def Leppard: "Rock Of Ages"
Offspring: "Pretty Fly For a White Guy"

Offspring's "Pretty Fly For a White Guy" did actually completely nick its intro from an old Def Leppard hit.

― Geir Hongro, Saturday, March 7, 2009 5:34 AM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

;-)

hardly identical, but

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vc8vX0qm7M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vc8vX0qm7M

ha, those ARE identical. i meant to also post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTaPVlyEQc8

The very first note of Guns'N'Roses' "November Rain" is identical to Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive".

Does it count if they're on the same album? I just listened to Rockin' With Wanda and there were like three or four songs one after another with the same intro / different key.

the gaslight anthem - "great expectations"
home - "aguirre (shelter)"

Strokes - Hard to Explain
Sugababes - About You Now

dead ringers

Spirit - Taurus
Zep- Stairway to Heaven

and Led Zeppelin toured with Spirit.... hmmm

"it is now widely accepted that Page lifted the descending guitar figure from Spirit's instrumental "Taurus" for Led Zeppelin's signature tune "Stairway To Heaven."

--- wikipedia

No one OTM'd my Neutral Milk Hotel/Smashing Pumpkins one which imo was pretty otm-worthy

Always wondered about these two.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q85PSj8fqtk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-1bHAuZIo0

Damn, maybe this will work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTcAtMX0v4A

Mansun - "Take It Easy, Chicken"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5nr3LxbPOg

Fergie - "Clumsy"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CC3NMv_9h4