songs that sound like other songs

Dvorak New World Symphony slow movement horn theme
Oh Susannna

"My Sharona" _ The Knack : "Girl U Want" _ DEVO

"More Than a Feeling" _ Boston : "Teen Spirit" _ Nirvana

"Three Girl Rhumba" _ Wire : "Connection" _ Elastica

Parts of Joy Division's "Means To An End" sound a lot like "The True Wheel" by Brian Eno.

Michel Legrand's A Pain of Twins = Charles Mingus's GG Train

both the pistols and the ramones have songs that have the same guitar bit as "i'm so bored with the u s a ", not sure which came first.....

At around the 6 minute mark, Mogwai's "2 Rights Make 1 Wrong", starts to sound a lot like "Dance Tonight" by Lucy Pearl. I know how that sounds, but try it...

Always thought this track sounded like about 4 different Julian Cope songs (from the St Julian era) melded into one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FijuLuITgS4

Carl Carlton "She's a Bad Mamma Jamma" = Johnny 'Guitar' Watson "Strike on Computers"

This sounds an awful lot like Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1yiCyCvW4g&feature=player_embedded#

I can't believe I never noticed that before, but I don't mind it. Parts of it sound like The Wipers. Later on it sound like a different Zeppelin song.

James Gang were pretty damn early though.

Noticed that Can's "Uphill" sounds a bit like (bits of) Pink Floyd's "Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk" - the bassline really

I listened to New Order's Technique for the first time last night. The bassline on one of the first few songs reminded me of Just Like Heaven.

There's a track off of the new Animal Collective "Fall Be Kind" EP where I expect them to break into "No More Lonely Nights" by Paul McCartney.

'blue ridge mountains' by fleet foxes sounds like 'billy jean'

Paul Revere & The Raiders' Kicks = Monkees' Not Your Stepping Stone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP8G4clUJBY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKC3EgKjL9o
(best I could find)

The Statler Brothers' Flowers on The Wall = Monkees' Randy Scouse Git

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s8nRL2bPCU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slhaPMYiJ2g

that new MBV track made me think of joe jackson's steppin' out after I first heard it. not exactly a match but whatever

oops.. I mean new portishead track. sorrys

wowzers. someone else called that already in the portishead thread, so I wasn't the only one to think that

it's like steppin' out...gone portishead!
― 102. LJ: British. 5. (acoleuthic), Wednesday, December 9, 2009 11:40 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark

De-phazz - anchorless
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3VEyCz0u7M

Four80East - waterline
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVQlhavzDNY

Air - Venus
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Romance of the Telescope

noticed similarities between Eyes Without a Face and Don't Come Around Here No More

Chris Brown - Forever
Jay Sean - Do You Remember

Lady Gaga - Just Dance
Jason Derulo - In My Head

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd1YXmARftQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hxvrinRbvs

Ummm.... you do know the Descendents didn't write "Wendy," right?

oh wait, I get it .... sorry. excuse snarky comment, please.

Fergalicious by Fergie and Supersonic by JJ Fad. Same beat, rhythm, and how the words are emphasized

Beastie Boys' Lighten Up and Ram Lakhan's My name is Lakhan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFbslbNRtus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFbslbNRtus&feature=fvw

Woops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO6rZ-_26tA

I just noticed that Pulp's "Common People" rips off "Los Amantes" by Mecano:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZcnptl3ZM8

Alice Cooper's "Elected" sounds like Dave Mustaine singing a song written by the Ramones backed by the Quadrophenia-era Who.

Obviously it predates everything but last part.

the pulp/mecano one is amazing !

just me?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZvIYU8xf9A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PoUcknjdq4

didnt find this one mentioned

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1UzPkkuOtU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gBVKc11jCU

ive been trying to spot the chorus to Vampire Weekend - Giving Up The Gun for the past month...

I don't know about the chorus, but it's finally come to mind that what the verses are reminding me of is Wyclef Jean's 'Perfect Gentleman'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0PK2wZEFIc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJWKyARKudc

("Goodbye Mr. A" is still awesome though)

I don't have the patience to read this whole thread, so maybe these have been mentioned already (or perhaps on the Great Moments of Musical Mimicry thread?) but I can't believe Van Halen didn't sue that dickwad Glenn Frey for "The Heat Is On" (for ripping off "Panama") and why ZZ Top didn't in turn sue Van Halen for "Hot For Teacher" (which is "La Grange," duh)

The Genesis song "Misunderstanding" sounds exactly like an old soul classic on one of the compilations I have but for the life of me I can never remember which song it is until I hear it again. Dang.

The Hold Steady - Stuck Between Stations
and
The Long Ryders - I Had a Dream Last Night

Ram Lakhan's My name is Lakhan

I don't know about the resemblance between that and the Beastie Boys song, but I've been trying to figure out what this song was since MTV2 used to use it in promos. Thanks!!!

Elton John's Tiny Dancer and T-Rex's Cosmic Dancer

maybe a long shot, but

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUHtJJ1Fgjs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1pD7rOVxrE

now I finally know why this is like my favorite song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOIifT5Rfao

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP6Sm2s3nYM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1T9G_d8RJ4

the bassline of this vibrators song sounds like "54 46 was my number"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFd2rAf0Pr8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhjBiZSfM08

In Shakey, Neil Young says of "Ambulance Blues", I always feel bad I stole that melody from Bert Jansch. Fuck. You ever heard that song 'The Needle of Death'? I loved that melody. I didn't realize 'Ambulance Blues' starts exactly the same. I knew that it sounded like something he did, but when I went back and heard that record again I realized I copped his thing...I felt really bad about that."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-HkBak9lmM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXAaNQjgMA8

I've just started to get into Motown and every time I hear the "I'm cryin'" that leads into the chorus of Smokey Robinson and the Miracles' "Ooh Baby Baby" it sounds exactly like John Lennon's in "I Am The Walrus" (or vice versa rather). Anyone else notice this?

Just noticed the overlap between Torn and Frayed and Sweet Home Alabama, which is kind of annoying me while trying to enjoy the former...