songs that sound like other songs

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Nice spot.

I always wondered by "Run" by New Order sounded strangely familiar. Recently, I read that they were actually sued by John Denver because the melody line was so similar to "Leaving On A Jetplane".

the verse of Morphine's "Sheila" is basically the theme from Ghostbusters

Pink Floyd "Vera"

whenever i hear this song and he sings "Does anybody else in here/feel the way I do?" my mind naturally adds in "About you now?/I said maybe/you're gonna be the one that saves me...."

Just heard a very recent Donnie Fritts song called "Tuscaloosa 1962" which seems to be copping its groove and vocal style from The Band's "Up On Cripple Creek."

Courtney Barnett's "Pedestrian at Best" is a doppelgänger of Nirvana's "Drain You"

― beamish13, Friday, September 16, 2016 10:28 PM (one month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I don't hear this at all melodically, but the drums are very similar

the drums in the verses of Drain You = the drums in the choruses of Pedestrian at Best

The Internet - "Just sayin" has a melodic hook that's similar to Rolling Stones - Miss You.

So you're telling me that the rising guitar part on Tribe's "Dis Generation" isn't from the intro of Jeff Buckley's "Last Goodbye"?

by "you" I mean "WhoSampled"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrWNFu7RppE

that's the bass hook from "picture book"!

Christ, just realized that I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives is Alice Cooper's Only Women Bleed.

Just heard a song on the radio "She Sets the City on Fire" that totally ripped off the vocal melody to "Come and Get Your Love." Why do so many songs ripoff "Come and Get Your Love"?

the verses of Nina Nastasia's Regrets remind me a lot of The Golden Palominos' Little Suicides (though neither song has much melodic content, so maybe I'm just picking up similar vibe)

*vibes

Bob Seger - Still the Same VS. Brian Eno - On Some Faraway Beach

Beginning of Boz Scaggs's "It's Over" just faked me out that it was "Sooner or Later" by The Grassroots

Stereolab's "Mass Riff" outro sounds like "Do It Again" by Steely Dan.

Right, this is driving me crazy... What is this song basing itself on? It sounds so familiar. The only thing I can think of is 'Bow Down Mister' by Boy George and Jesus Loves You, but I'm sure there's something closer...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27BOR09vnsw

for some reason i can't use cmd+F find in this thread, at least when i load all messages, so i'm not sure if this has been pointed out previously:

pink floyd - brain damage (i.e., "if you find the band you're in starts playing different tunes...")
leonard cohen - death of a ladies' man

I'm sure I said this but having similar issues to the Mailman, but try singing Lionel Richie's "Stuck on You" over Evita's "High Flying Adored" and it works

you're having similar issues? i thought i might be the only one. i posted on the moderator request thread that it looks like there might be some more of malware on this thread - don't know what it is, but when i try to view all posts, the adblocker goes absolutely crazy with activity.

yeah the thread literally just crashed my Chromebook and then I realized this was the thread you posted about in MRF. I couldn't CTRL+F at alllll

there's a certain kind of alarm you physically experience when you realize you can't command+f in a big thread. it's not dangerous but it is noticeable

teenage fanclub "hang on"
nirvana "school"

i listened to Thirteen for the first time a bit ago, and what a strange way to lead off the album! it's not only a direct rip of school, but it was released in 1993, when you could still go watch nirvana play the much better original version

Dawn Richards "'86" and Tornado Wallace "Voices" both sound like homages to "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel.

The keyboard melody in the theme for Netflix's ”House of Cards" sounds like the keyboard melody in BBE's 1996 trance hit "Seven Days and One Week".

The introductory/verse melody to "My Boo" is "Isn't She Lovely"

New Garland Jeffreys album has a song "Venus" that sounds like Major Lance's "The Monkey Time."

Glen Campbell - Gentle on My Mind (1967)

Connie Francis - The Wedding Cake (1969)

Jacques Brel's "La chanson de Jacky" (1966) sounds like it swipes or adapts the orchestral intro of Frank Sinatra's "Not as a Stranger" (1955) single.

Scott Walker's 1967 version, "Jackie," sounds like it swipes or adapts both the intro and the outro of the Sinatra record.

childish gambino - redbone

isaac hayes - the look of love

Thomas Dolby, "Airwaves" :: Billy Joel, "Goodnight Saigon"

This is not "sounds like other song," this is "another band totally pilferred this song to create their own top 40 hit." Maybe this well known, but I just learned of it today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uqnN3ek2vI

Ooh that's a good one! Wiki tells me the writer, one Robbie van Leeuwen, was 'inspired' by the above track.

Excellent bit of work by Mr. van Leeuwen it must be admitted,

wow!

Prince - 'Erotic City'
The Outhere Brothers - 'Boom Boom Boom'

vague similarity between Easy by Commodores and Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Andreas Dorau - 'Fred vom Jupiter' and Joe Jackson - 'Steppin' Out' share a very similar synth line. Always wanted to hear a mashup of the two.

Belle and Sebastian's "I Don't Love Anyone" and Hootie and the Blowfish "Only Wanna Be With You"

The Banjo Song --- psuedo-Peter, Paul & Mary Mama Cass.

Brian Eno - King's Lead Hat and Amboy Dukes - You Talk Sunshine, I Breathe Fire have similar verse things happening

Psychiatric Explorations of the Fetus With Needles by the Lips seriously rips Buffalo Springfield Bluebird verse melody

Sweet Jane and Crimson and Clover

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.

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Tuesday, December 8, 2009 7:24 AM (seven years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dhn_iIQXDE
The Cure - Just Like Heaven (1987)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YveC8laqCs
New Order - All the Way (1989)

haruomi hosono's "Living dining kitchen" & status quo's "down, down.."

There's a mention of Carole King's 'Sweet Seasons' upthread but it's the wrong mention because the correct answer is clearly Sonic Youth's 'Winner's Blues'.

The Ed Sheeran song "Thinking Out Loud" has always sounded a lot like Michael Bolton's "Soul Provider" to me. I can annoy my tweenage daughter no end by singing Bolton over Ed.

Both sound a lot like the Manhattans' "Shining Star." Also Atlantic Starr's "Always."

As far as I can tell they don't have identical chord progressions apart from going I (something) IV (something) I. It's more in the groove and melody.