songs that sound like other songs

Other than that, the similarity of the intro to Cast's "Fine Time" and Guns'n'Roses "Paradise City" could be pretty confusing at indie discos in the mid-ninties, just when you're ready to blow the whistle and rock out with Axl, Izzy and Slash you get, "What's it all about? Do you really want to know..."

Shit.

I'm sure that's no accident, given Rick Rubin's appreciation for old school metal.

The Manic Street Preachers' "If You Tolerate This Than Your Children Will Be Next" was alleged to have ripped off the Stranglers' "Duchess," but I find that a bit of a stretch.....and I'm a much bigger fan of the Stranglers than I'll ever be of the Manics.

Then, of course, Nirvana stole the riff from Killing Joke's "Eighties" for "Come as You Are." Little known fact is that my beloved Killing Joke stole that very same riff from the Damned's "Life Goes On" (on the STRAWBERRIES album).

Big Black's "L Dopa" off SONGS ABOUT FUCKING is virtually indistiguishable from Killing Joke's "the Wait".

The Germs' "No God" ripps the opening riff off of Yes' "Roundabout," but that's more willfull desecration rather than theft (despite the fact that guitarist Pat Smear is an unapologetic Yes fan).

Oh, and dancing at Mother to retro-ironic white trash trailer rock last night, I realised that there's a Sloan song which is Foghat's Slow Ride down to a T, but I can't remember which one it is.

Butthole Surfers' "Human Cannibal" is "The Rose" by Bette Middler. Sing along. "Some say love..."; it's eerie.

I'm blanking right now....

that Spirit song (?) -> "Stairway to Heaven" -> that Metallica song (?)

That Offspring song rips of Simon & Garfunk's Cecilia.

Anyway, Call Me / Blondie = What She Said / Smiths

The Doll "Burning up like a fire"
The Cars "Just what I needed"

Odd as they came out at very similar times and it would be unlikely that one would have heared the other....

Maybe its cuz they are both dull and derivative...

and nelly and justin timberlake have a song over "back in black" by AC/DC how disgusting. the sad fact is that most of the 10-16 year old girls that listen to justin timberlake have no idea o fthe musical travesty that has been committed. but I will admit that it is kinda neat.

huey lewis and the news came first. they sued ray parker for that one.

=The Who "I Can't Explain"

Also, I was just noticing the other day how Sly Stone's "Hot Fun in the Summertime" has the same little chord progression as a Led Zep song (maybe "Fool in the Rain" or something from that album) - though obviously Sly came first.

=

Hanson - "Mmmbop"

The intro to "Breakout" by Swing Out Sisters = PSB "West End Girls"

I can't listen to 'Doctrine' from Autechre's debut album without getting 'If we ever get out of here' bit of Wings - Band On The Run stuck in my head

Dome Patrol - The Cutting Edge
Chumbawamba - Rappaport’s Testament: I Never Gave Up

The Smithereens "I Don't Want To Lose You" guitar coda sounds like replicates the solo on the Byrds "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better".

kind of a niche case but prince's solo on the 1982 rehearsal version of "i would die 4 u" reminds me of the solo on "hurdy gurdy man", paul leary's moreso than the guitarist on donovan's version (who i guess may or may not be jimmmy page)

When you think about it, every guitar player may or may not be Jimmy Page.

The Video mix of Air's Kelly Watch the Stars and Beyonce's Bodyguard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rui0hzN-EFE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO22bx_25ko

The first two chords of Isi by Neu! and the opening of Ironic by Alanis Morissette?

This cruddy Bon Jovi song is like a cross between "Born on the Bayou" and U2's "When Loves Come to Town:"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqqOlFxOl84

And then this Gwen Stefani song sounds a lot like that Chappell Roan song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apGh9uDfSTY

I am not joking when I say that the thread topic plays a key part on several levels in the new film Heretic.

Which Chappel Roan song ?

The Video mix of Air's Kelly Watch the Stars and Beyonce's Bodyguard:

― MarkoP, martes 5 de noviembre de 2024 20:01 (one week ago)

omg yes! been thinking for months it reminded me of something else but couldn't quite place what it was.

Someone on a Bowie fan group on Facebook has pointed out that "Sue (or in a season of crime)" soudns a lot like Cais by Milton Nascimento, off Clube da Esquina. A Brazilian contributor adds that when Sue... came out the Brazilian media were quick to point out the resemblance.