songs that sound like other songs

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

is that song a ripoff?

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

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

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

is that song a ripoff? anyone?

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!

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.

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

"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......

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

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.

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."

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"?

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

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.

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

the jam's "that's entertainment"

+

arcade fire's "rebellion (lies)"

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

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.

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

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

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

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6LyqtAHX4U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egAse8_8dgg

^^^ wow, that's almost parody

"Dirty Diana" by Michael Jackson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdjqcSCObuc

"Mother" by Danzig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdFL2CxlI5k&feature=related

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...

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

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

Both from 1994;

Pulp - Disco 2000

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

WHICH CAME FIRST?

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.

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

A good call!

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Ian Brown - Year 2525
Supremes - Automatically Sunshine

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

Polarkreis 18 - Allein Allein
Shakira - Did It Again

eels - hey man now you're really living
twisted sister - we're not gonna take it

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.