songs that sound like other songs

You’re so vein mashes perfectly with Tuesday afternoon

the grateful dead's "here comes sunshine" is basically the beatles' "sun king"

― reggie (qualmsley)

...which in turn is pretty much fleetwood mac's "albatross"!

Almost definitely a coincidence, but the melody of "Golden Brown" by the Strangers sounds very similar to the title track of oddball psych folk weirdo Peter Grudzien's The Unicorn (beginning with the "hoping to find / someone half blind" bit):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymvgh-tcobs

...which in turn is pretty much fleetwood mac's "albatross"!

― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Saturday, August 25, 2018 10:28 AM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

isn't there something on a thread somewhere about the whole "floyd's guitar blues" > chuck berry "deep feeling" > santo & johnny > "albatross" > "sun king" thing?

maybe there should be a thread called "the evolution of the lonely wistful slide guitar ballad that evokes walking through an empty airport"

"no explanation" the church (1984) is "pretty in pink" the psychedelic furs (1981) for the most part

https://thetomspowerpop.bandcamp.com/track/why-do-i-care

As much as I <3 all of the 2cd version of The Toms first album and most of their second album, later stuff is a bit disappointing. Luckily the later material must not get much attention because 'Why Do I Care' is a clear ripoff of Foster The People's 'Helena Beat'. I hope Tom Marolda credits them on the physical copy of the album because I can't find any credits on the internet.

Also, the chorus of 'Ugly Love' is very similar to the chorus of Buffalo Daughter's 'Great Five Lakes'.

malkmus's "ramp of death" is the go-betweens' "hammer the hammer" slowed down and mellowed out

So who is referencing who in Abra fruit vs MO? It’s so similar

malkmus's "ramp of death" is the go-betweens' "hammer the hammer" slowed down and mellowed out

― reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, September 8, 2018 11:10 AM (one week ago)

am very familiar with both songs but not hearing this at all. does any particular phrase stand out to you?

RoD is like a 4-5 chords and a pretty rangy melody line for Malkmus. HtH is like a 2-3 chord minimal raveup that's got like 3 notes in the melody.

i hear it the most in the "you won't change"

jersey al, you were right and i'm a dumb ass. the malkmus/jicks song i meant was "animal midnight". talk about shit for a brain, a crawl up a leech line . . .

Ahhh, I can def hear that one haha!

it is really bugging me which song sweetener by ariana sounds like - it reminds me of a cod wedding-gospel song

“Do Not Feed the Oyster,” by SM & Jicks, could be heard as a rewrite/improvement of Phish’s “Sample in a Jar.”

"janet us johnny" on the real new fall LP is more or less iggy/bowie's "the passenger"

Saturday by the Clientele, beautiful though it is, does sound worryingly like Octopus's Garden.

might've been mentioned upthread but LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" or whatever is a straight lift from the chorus of "Giving Up the Gun" by Vampire Weekend.

Here Today by Paul McCartney sounds kind of like When Two Worlds Drift Apart by Cliff Richard

Saturday by the Clientele, beautiful though it is, does sound worryingly like Octopus's Garden.

haha, at first I was like, no way! but now I'm not sure I can unhear it

Michael Jackson's 'Smooth Criminal' is a shameless ripoff of Yellow Magic Orchestra's 'Music Plans'

and of course someone made a mashup of the two

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

Really ? Listening to the original « Music Plans » makes you think « oh, « Smooth Criminal » is such a rip off! » ?
Because if you hadn’t mentioned it I would have NEVER thought about it !

I don't like "shameless ripoff" being used to mean "two things that both sound cool in similar ways, but one of them was recorded first."

But that's just me

Been watching The Little Mermaid and wondering why I've had 'Somewhere that's green' from Little Shop of Horrors in my head for about a week - it's because 'Part of your world' is essentially the same song!
The internet has also noticed this.

Wastin.. away again in Margaritaville

Don't you know me, I'm your native son....

you bastard.

thank u next uses the same chords as fucking merry christmas mr lawrence

Dudley Moore, "Love Me"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJH6nEEDYMA

... and parts of this Guided By Voices track.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8_b4xv9tV4

thank u next uses the same chords as fucking merry christmas mr lawrence

via @hallieandannie ofc

— Owen Myers (@Owen_Myers) November 10, 2018

I just realized Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is the alphabet song

I realized that very recently myself; was kind of a “...” moment.

I feel ya

same melodic pattern (with fewer notes) as baa baa black sheep too.

I’m shook

same as "Wild is the Wind", too

not really, just wanted to open new spaces for possibility

Ah vous dirai-je, maman

“Cruel To Be Kind” sounds suspiciously like the recently released backing track for The Beach Boy’s version of “I Can Hear Music.”

in July I played my dad Hüsker Dü's "In a Free Land" and he said it sounded just like Buzzcocks' "Ever Fallen in Love" and I heard it immediately, been thinking about it for the past few days

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAJ4QlqhUpQ

vs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51OB2YoC4sg

your dad is cool imo

the walkmen's "the rat" is a dead ringer for "ever fallen in love?" too

The melody of "Bookends" fuses readily with that of "Don't Cry for me Argentina."

Time it was and what a time it was / all through my wild days / my mad existence / a time of innocence/ I kept my promise / a time of confidences

the intro john cale's 'ship of fools' reminds me of the 'cry me a river' bridge

Supergrass' 'Kick in the Teeth' and The Kinks' 'Come On Now'

amen dunes - skipping school
cass mccombs - lionkiller got married

cat stevens - matthew and son
tears for fears - mad world

inxs - never tear us apart
rem - everybody hurts

Not really(?) Is it just because they’re both rock ballads with strings?

mostly the intonation/phrasing of certain lyrics struck me

i was standing
you were there

of this life
to hang on

Just revisited “NTUA,” and I guess they do have a similar feel. You know, that pair of songs would be a good candidate for a “Taking Sides” / snap poll. Do you mind if I start such a thread?

not at all, as long as NTUA wins