songs that sound like other songs

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Five For Fighting, "Superman" * Joan Osborne, "One Of Us" = Beyoncé, "If I Were A Boy"

Passenger 57 (rogermexico.), Monday, 24 November 2008 00:36 (fifteen years ago) link

joe satriani - if i could fly = coldplay - viva la vida

Michael B, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 19:10 (fifteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Cherish - Do It To It
Ciara - Oh

miss precious perfect (musically), Thursday, 11 December 2008 07:43 (fifteen years ago) link

Just realized David Bowie was doing an imo of Howlin' Wolf's trademark "Woo-hoo" vocal in "Jean Genie."

Ruudside Picnic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 15 December 2008 20:44 (fifteen years ago) link

Note: "Woo-hoo" is not the name of a song, but the a vocal line used in "Smokestack Lighting."

Ruudside Picnic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 15 December 2008 20:51 (fifteen years ago) link

Lynyrd Skynyrd - "The Needle & The Spoon"
Sex Pistols - "Submission"

өөө (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 15 December 2008 20:53 (fifteen years ago) link

No one has mentioned Jerry Jeff Walker's 'Mr Bojangles' and Pavement's 'Spit On A Stranger'? - Ok I will ...

BlackIronPrison, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 05:39 (fifteen years ago) link

Inspired by recent Harvey Danter-related polling activity, I just listened to it & it occurred to me, for the first time, how similar the opening bars of "Flagpole Sitta" are to Cracker's "Teen Angst"

Cat-Wrangler (Pillbox), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 08:10 (fifteen years ago) link

*Danger - sorry that post is a mess.

Cat-Wrangler (Pillbox), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 08:10 (fifteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

Instant Karma / Theme from the Wombles (The Wombling Song)

Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 10:52 (fifteen years ago) link

That'd make a good bootmix.

Anyroad, which J Geils band song was "did you no wrong" Sex Pistols too close to, such that the track got credited to on some versions of the CD single?

Mark G, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 11:32 (fifteen years ago) link

Felt "Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow"
Felt "Dismantled King is Off the Throne"

same album, even!

"80s Baby" (Z S), Wednesday, 7 January 2009 00:50 (fifteen years ago) link

velvet underground's "sweet jane"
is similar to
tommy james and the shondells' "crimson and clover"

is that song a ripoff?

dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Wednesday, 7 January 2009 05:53 (fifteen years ago) link

boston spaceships "ready to pop"
jay reatard "always wanting more"

choke on my mess of a schlaporito (k3vin k.), Saturday, 10 January 2009 07:50 (fifteen years ago) link

the lucksmiths' "midweek midmorning" and belle & sebastian's "asleep on a sunbeam" are remarkably similar

aaron d.g., Saturday, 10 January 2009 08:26 (fifteen years ago) link

velvet underground's "sweet jane"
is similar to
tommy james and the shondells' "crimson and clover"

is that song a ripoff? anyone?

dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Saturday, 10 January 2009 09:06 (fifteen years ago) link

Felt "Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow"
Felt "Dismantled King is Off the Throne"

same album, even!

― "80s Baby" (Z S), Tuesday, January 6, 2009 4:50 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

omg how i love this band! the only geniuses they would ever rip off are themselves! and television!

all-seeing eye of horus (psychgawsple), Saturday, 10 January 2009 10:09 (fifteen years ago) link

Sweet Jane and Crimson/Clover are both simple 3-chord (I,IV,V) tunes, and saying they're the same is like saying one blues song is the same as another. Similar yes, ripoff... well, no.

B'wana Beast, Saturday, 10 January 2009 11:26 (fifteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

Buffalo Springfield's "Mr. Soul" & "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"

now is the time to winterize your manscape (will), Sunday, 1 February 2009 19:24 (fifteen years ago) link

"You Can Win If You Want" by Modern Talking sounded exactly like "You're My Heart, You're My Soul" by Modern Talking
"Cheri Cheri Lady" by Modern Talking sounded exactly like "You Can Win If YOu Want" by Modern Talking
"Brother Louie" by Modern Talking sounded exactly like "Cheri Cheri Lady" by Modern Talking
"Atlantis Is Calling" by Modern Talking sounded exactly like "Brother Louie" by Modern Talking
"Geronimo's Cadillac" by Modern Talking sounded exactly like "Atlantis Is Calling" by Modern Talking.

Well.... There you go......

Geir Hongro, Sunday, 1 February 2009 22:16 (fifteen years ago) link


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bidfurd, Sunday, 1 February 2009 22:41 (fifteen years ago) link

alphabeat's fascination sounds oddly like the theme music for ducktales

snuh, Monday, 2 February 2009 09:36 (fifteen years ago) link

Sweet Jane and Crimson/Clover are both simple 3-chord (I,IV,V) tunes, and saying they're the same is like saying one blues song is the same as another. Similar yes, ripoff... well, no.

No, the other guy is right. Sweet Jane was directly inspired by C&C, Reed's even said so himself.

Cunga, Monday, 2 February 2009 10:02 (fifteen years ago) link

one month passes...

About 30 seconds in, the Who song "One Life's Enough" from It's Hard sounds like the theme from Cheers, which is odd considering Townshend later wrote a song called "Mike Post Theme."

Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 03:11 (fifteen years ago) link

Joe Satriani sued Coldplay, but I think the folks with a case are Strange Advance. Doesn't that song remind anyone besides me of "We Run"?

staggerlee, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 03:33 (fifteen years ago) link

one month passes...

Oasis - The Hindu Times
Jesus Jones - Right Here Right Now

lil waynes babymama (musically), Saturday, 18 April 2009 01:03 (fifteen years ago) link

No, the other guy is right. Sweet Jane was directly inspired by C&C, Reed's even said so himself.

― Cunga, Monday, February 2, 2009 5:02 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark

Ahahahahaaha.

bamcquern, Saturday, 18 April 2009 03:15 (fifteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

opening of pink's 'sober' sounds just like skye sweetnam 'tangled up in me'

johnny crunch, Sunday, 3 May 2009 04:25 (fifteen years ago) link

the jam's "that's entertainment"

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arcade fire's "rebellion (lies)"

borntohula, Sunday, 3 May 2009 15:46 (fifteen years ago) link

The Kinks "You Really Got Me"
The Kinks "All Day And All Of The Night"

The Pompatus Of Love (Boxing Kangaroo), Sunday, 3 May 2009 16:06 (fifteen years ago) link

one month passes...

Just realized that Alone by Ween is a blatant rip of Robyn Hitchcock's The Bones in the Ground.

Also, the verses of Ween's Dr. Rock resemble the verse melody of Heroes and Villains.

ColinO, Monday, 8 June 2009 02:33 (fifteen years ago) link

I mentioned this above, but now I have youtube...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um4pnvJr07A

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

dan selzer, Monday, 8 June 2009 03:47 (fifteen years ago) link

Iggy Pop, "Funtime"
Liz Phair, "South Dakota"

Pleasant Plains, Thursday, 11 June 2009 17:58 (fifteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

^^^ wow, that's almost parody

Mike Crandle, Financial Analyst, Bear Stearns, New York, NY 10185 (res), Sunday, 5 July 2009 16:54 (fifteen years ago) link

White Stripes "You're pretty good looking for a girl" morphs into the Schoop Schoop Song by Cher in the middle 8.
I have Zeigeist "Cuffs", Kelly Osbourne "one word", Visage "Fade to Grey" and Holly Valance "State of Mind" next to each other in my itunes playlist because they all sound the same and if I hear one I need to hear all of them...

Not the real Village People, Sunday, 5 July 2009 22:20 (fifteen years ago) link

Rebel Son "Redneck Piece of White Trash" = Elton John "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting"

Julio Afrokeluchie, Monday, 6 July 2009 19:33 (fifteen years ago) link

Jimi Hendrix "All Along the Watchtower"
Andrea True Connection "What's Your Name, What's Your Number"

Julio Afrokeluchie, Tuesday, 7 July 2009 04:14 (fifteen years ago) link

Both from 1994;

Pulp - Disco 2000

Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark - The Boy from the Chemist is Here to See You

WHICH CAME FIRST?

ambience chaser (S-), Tuesday, 7 July 2009 05:06 (fifteen years ago) link

can I just hop on the which came first train with one I posed in another thread:

Rick James' "Love Gun" vs Donna Summer's "Bad Girls". Both released in 1979.

master of karate and friendship for everyone (musically), Tuesday, 7 July 2009 06:46 (fifteen years ago) link

Also, the verses of Ween's Dr. Rock resemble the verse melody of Heroes and Villains.

A good call!

billstevejim, Tuesday, 7 July 2009 06:55 (fifteen years ago) link

David Bowie - Rock'n'Roll With Me
Quiet Riot - Thunderbird

Julio Afrokeluchie, Friday, 10 July 2009 16:25 (fifteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

yung joc - "it's goin down"
gorilla zoe - "i'm dumb"

8080's and internet break (k3vin k.), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:03 (fifteen years ago) link

The Walker Brothers-"Make It Easy On Yourself"
Ash- "Candy"

Oppenheimer's Deadly Toy (Boxing Kangaroo), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:16 (fifteen years ago) link

Julian Cope - "Safesurfer" is a rip of Roxy Music's "If There Is Something" (starting at the 1:40 mark of the later)

EZ Snappin, Monday, 10 August 2009 14:36 (fifteen years ago) link

one month passes...

Grizzly Bear - Southern Point
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXrqDogitqs

Fleet Foxes - English House
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZGpmDw2cyE

More in feel/vibe/atmosphere/arrangement than exact melody, but there are a lot of similarities.

Bay-L.A. Bar Talk (Hurting 2), Monday, 21 September 2009 03:12 (fifteen years ago) link

David Bowie, Fame
James Brown, Hot (I Need To Be Loved, Loved, Loved)

dad a, Monday, 21 September 2009 05:26 (fifteen years ago) link

Ian Brown - Year 2525
Supremes - Automatically Sunshine

musically, Thursday, 1 October 2009 03:28 (fifteen years ago) link

it's not like one rips off the other but steely dan's "do it again" and quicksilver messenger service's "fresh air" are pretty similar

hyperstudio (skeletor), Thursday, 1 October 2009 03:48 (fifteen years ago) link


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