― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 21 January 2005 13:09 (nineteen years ago) link
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 (hstenci...), September 9th, 2002.
ha! melissa should sing " oh sherrie" she can sing about loving a girl without changing the lyrics--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Do Ya" = "Fox on the Run." -- Jody Beth Rosen (edito...), September 9th, 2002.do you mean sam fox"do tya wanna please me" ? which part ? bridge?
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― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 21 January 2005 14:01 (nineteen years ago) link
You could do a whole thread on songs Lep Zep ripped off
― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 21 January 2005 14:02 (nineteen years ago) link
-- My name is Kenny (khemunso...), September 9th, 2002.queen/bowie did but vanilla didn't
― manhattan man, Friday, 21 January 2005 14:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― manhattan man, Friday, 21 January 2005 14:06 (nineteen years ago) link
The first Love albums full of songs that sound like other songs
The Seeds / The Seeds
All The Seeds's songs sound like all the other Seeds's songs - if that makes any sense.
― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 21 January 2005 14:11 (nineteen years ago) link
"Holy Water" by Big and Rich reminds me of Babybird's "You're Gorgeous."
― Ken L (Ken L), Sunday, 20 March 2005 07:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― musically (musically), Saturday, 25 March 2006 01:57 (eighteen years ago) link
Sugababes "Push the Button" has the same melody as "Something Stupid" by Frank and Nancy Sinatra.
― They Call the Wind Howchamagowcha (Arthur), Saturday, 25 March 2006 04:46 (eighteen years ago) link
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― JTS (JTS), Sunday, 26 March 2006 17:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― JTS (JTS), Sunday, 26 March 2006 17:58 (eighteen years ago) link
And then the rest of "Breathe" sounds like "Labour of Love" by Hue and Cry.
― JTS (JTS), Sunday, 26 March 2006 18:08 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Vernon Honeycombe, Wednesday, 12 April 2006 04:40 (eighteen years ago) link
-- Dadaismus (dadaismu...), January 21st, 2005.
I heard Stevie Wonder's Superstition the other day and thought "Gee, that obviously inspired Trampled Under Foot, but when I tried going throug the Led Zeppelin song in my head I came up with Take Me Out.
So then, Superstition begat Trampled Under Foot which begat Take Me Out. Are there any songs that inspired Stevie Wonder? Any that are direct offspring of Franz Ferdinand? Are there any other three songs that follow a sort of evolutionary flow (this would exclude the countless Sister Ray clones as they are all aping VU and not building off each other).
― O-Keigh (O-Keigh), Thursday, 11 May 2006 19:40 (eighteen years ago) link
Surely coincidental, though?
― Pessimist (Pessimist), Thursday, 11 May 2006 19:59 (eighteen years ago) link
I haven't heard the latter song; which part sounds the same? Because about a billion songs have the same chord progression as ITAOTS (but none of them are as good).
Also, "On the Bus Mall" by The Decemberists sounds like "Everything I Try to Do, Nothing Seems to Turn Out Right" by The Decemberists.
― Steve Goldberg (Steve Goldberg), Thursday, 11 May 2006 21:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Geoff Huggins, Thursday, 18 May 2006 09:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Treblekicker (treblekicker), Thursday, 18 May 2006 10:58 (eighteen years ago) link
Long ago and oh so far awayI fell in love with youBefore the second show
But I don't make the connection between the two.
A better candidate: Shining Star / Earth Wind & Fire
When you wish upon a starDreams will take you very farWhen you wish upon a dreamLife ainĀ“t always what it seems
Not sure, but I think it predates IItS.
― jim wentworth (wench), Friday, 19 May 2006 00:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― geoff huggins, Monday, 22 May 2006 12:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― geoff huggins, Monday, 22 May 2006 12:22 (eighteen years ago) link
Which in turn is taken from The Ronette's Be My Baby
then the vocal line from said song is appropriated for johnny boy's "all exits final"
The melody of the Johnny Boy song is a sped-up version of Elvis Costello's Battered Old Bird from Blood and Chocolate.
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Monday, 22 May 2006 19:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Will (will), Monday, 22 May 2006 20:07 (eighteen years ago) link
also
Stereolab "Metronomic Underground" --> Gil Scott-Heron "The Revolution will not be Televised" --> Antibalas "Si Se Puede". there's also a Can song on Tago Mago and some other soul or motown song with this same best-ever bassline.
― autovac (autovac), Monday, 22 May 2006 20:25 (eighteen years ago) link
Bob Mould returned the Pixies' accolades for Husker Du in Sugar's 'Good Idea' ( Debaser)
More recently, I heard Secret Machines Alone Jealous & Stoned, and I swear, Blondie's Union City Blue is in there.
― Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountain Dog (Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountai), Monday, 22 May 2006 20:54 (eighteen years ago) link
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Are you thinking of Jamelia's 'Superstar'from a couple of years back?
― dr lulu (dr lulu), Monday, 22 May 2006 21:13 (eighteen years ago) link
-- Josh Love (heaveninrowboat...), May 24th, 2004.
The main riff in "Misunderstanding" by Genesis is actually a direct lift from a part in "Hot Fun in the Summertime" and I believe that has been verified by Phil Collins. What's interesting to me is that "Fool In the Rain" and "Misunderstanding" have very similar, if not identical subject matter. So I'd say that Mr. Love gets an A for effort.
― Scott Russell (Sickstring), Friday, 9 June 2006 13:06 (eighteen years ago) link
I highly doubt they ever heard this song, just one of life's weird coincedences... it really did cause a "WTF" moment when I heard it though.....
― al dada (JTS), Friday, 9 June 2006 15:57 (eighteen years ago) link
YES!!!! I always thought that Spoon piano sounded like that song, I just couldn't recall that McCain lyric.
btw, not sure if that's the title or not, but its a cool song
― marbles (marbles), Friday, 9 June 2006 16:23 (eighteen years ago) link
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― musically (musically), Friday, 9 June 2006 16:46 (eighteen years ago) link
but I'm not complaining.
― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Thursday, 20 July 2006 03:20 (eighteen years ago) link
Same chords!!
― wogan lenin (dog latin), Thursday, 20 July 2006 10:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― wogan lenin (dog latin), Thursday, 20 July 2006 10:16 (eighteen years ago) link
Wyclef Jean and Maya's Ghetto Supastar, is the one that ripped off Islands in the Stream. 1998.
― jona (jona), Thursday, 20 July 2006 11:51 (eighteen years ago) link