songs that sound like other songs

was listening to this the other day and was wondering whether there were antecedents to the turnaround that first comes in at 00:18 and is repeated several times throughout the song -- james brown evidently lifted it for "please, please, please" (and famously covered the A side, "think"). it's a pretty ingenious hook:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY8a5ulFtAg
The 5 Royales - I'd Better Make A Move

WOW at that Furs / Electronic side-by-side.

I knew both songs well but never made the connection and yup.

The comparison is not good for Bernard. Butler brings so much more (as always) - like that cigarette growl he can turn on and off at will.

Has Sumner (or anybody) ever stated that it was intended as a quote or hommage?

Whenever "Getting Away With It" pops into my head, I end up immediately singing the Psychedelic Furs' "Love My Way." Am I the only one who does this? I mean, the chorus is almost identical, even down to the slight variation (C instead of A on the Electronic song, not sure about the Furs) of the second note the second time they sing the hook (compare the second "all my life" to "I follow")

sorry, that was nerdy, but if ever there was a forum on which to express such a thing, it is here

Would have voted "Patience Of A Saint" but missed the poll

― Wimmels, Sunday, January 15, 2017 11:12 AM (three years ago)

Can't believe I never noticed that similarity between the songs before. From now on, I'm sure my brain will make the substitution

― Vinnie, Sunday, January 15, 2017 1:35 PM (three years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSBiBXh0DCQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-pittee9sM similar basslines!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYhQVrXBgxU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHRabky4Ajc similar beats and bassline!

Just noticed that the main hook of Kool & the Gang's "Celebrate" is kinda the same cadence and chords as what I guess is the chorus of Yes's "Roundabout."

lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwx7HwAtDBg

and several years before that:

Yes's "Roundabout" intro got totally jacked by the Miracles for "Love Machine"

― arid banter (Noodle Vague), vrijdag 6 juni 2014 9:54

I mean, no kidding

the bassline from madvillain's "meat grinder" (whatever the sample is) always makes me think of "tom sawyer"

Old Dominion "Never Be Sorry" and Graham Parker "Get Started, Start a Fire"

i can't believe it's taken me this long to realize that jimmy reed's "ain't that loving you baby" is just a reworking of amos milburn's "bad, bad whiskey" !!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX4sVYTVx7A

The first line of this mellow yacht-ish jazz tune? “The city is crowded, my friends are away, and I’m on my own”

"Spooky" by Classics IV

Or "Cruel Summer" by Bananarama

There's a disco song that I feel would fit in with those too, and it's on the tip of my tongue and driving me crazy.

Cruel Summer for sure

"Cruel Summer" and a little VMorrison "Moondance" as well.

fIREHOSE - "In Memory of Elizabeth Cotten" (1987)

Bruce Springsteen - "I'm On Fire" (1985)

fIREHOSE - "In Memory of Elizabeth Cotten" (1987)

Bruce Springsteen - "I'm On Fire" (1985)

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli)

Add to that list:

Wet - Old Bone ( Jim E Stack remix)

There's a disco song that I feel would fit in with those too, and it's on the tip of my tongue and driving me crazy.

― peace, man, Monday, January 25, 2021 8:10 AM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink

While pondering this, Copacabana came to mind. It isn't what I was looking for, but almost works too: "music and passion were always the fashion..."

A distant echo of "In My House" by Mary Jane Girls is what comes to mind in the disco-ish area

That's what I was thinking of - thank you!

evelyn king's "back to love" is so similar to michael jackson's "rock with you" that i actually checked the writer credits to see if it was technically a cover of it.

I've never heard the original version of "Magnolia" by J.J. Cale but I wonder if Neil Young had heard it or the Poco version before he wrote "Little Wing".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkh2hUbwTmo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN9ppIP7Sg8

"You're best I ever had" vs. "Winter is the best time of them all". Busted Neil.

Holy shit it's "Blue Monday"!

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

I seem to remember he got sued for that

Bobby Orlando could be extremely shameless sometimes. There was also that total B-52's rip-off that he did, Barbi and the Kens.

in the second appearance of lionel ritchie's "stuck on you" on this thread, clapton straight up steals the guitar riff for "wonderful tonight"! savage

Fleetwood Mac, "Bright Fire"
Pink Floyd, "Brain Damage"

both released in March 1973

in apple+f'ing to make sure it wasn't mentioned already, i ran across this

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

― Karl Malone, Thursday, January 12, 2017 10:30 PM (four years ago)

forgot about that! so obviously a 3-song sequence in a mixtape needs to be bright fire --> brain damage --> death of a ladies' man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcY3FH208l8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjpF8ukSrvk

Actually that's a really good one!

Is that Jeffrey Tambor? Good catch on the PF, that would've driven me mad.
Couldn't work out what the start sounds exactly like, then realised it's..... Eric Clapton. Which then made me link the intros to Wonderful Tonight and David Bowie - Underground (from Labyrinth).

today’s p4k review of genesis’ duke claims that “misunderstanding” sounds like toto’s “hold the line,” and it does a little, but it’s basically a conscious rip off of the bridge from “hot fun in the summertime,” isn’t it?

Definitely Tambor. And that’s presumably Leland Sklar playing bass, though according to Wikipedia it’s Pino Palladino on the actual track. TS: uber session musician bass players...

Pretty sure both are in this great thread:

The Ubiquitous HIred Gun Session Veteran Shout-Out Thread

I think my brain has subconsciously been trying to figure out the "Roundabout"/"Celebrate" connection my whole life. The mash-up works really well!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2cat4kykzI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKFn66dzdz0

it's 30-40 bmp faster but it's undoubtedly a steal.

Was listening to this Animals b-side from 1966 and thought, hey this is kinda like "Breakdown" by Tom Petty, especially the bit at 0:40

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDX6oSe8hDk

Bang on with Haircut 100/ I Zimbra btw.

the Psychedelic Furs/Electronic comparison upthread reminded me of Ric Ocasek half-inching Into You Like A Train for Jimmy Jimmy, which is if anything even more blatant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr1R1xsHq8Q

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

That Cars' song is, er, not much of a song, is it?

I love Jimmy Jimmmy, the Cars/Ocasek in that moody, synthy mode is one of my favourite things, I can imagine that the Psychedelic Furs feeling a little indignant though

The vocal melodies are very similar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1UU_c0_gr0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svitEEpI07E

that's a good one

speaking of genesis, "behind the lines" and the course/character selection music from mario kart 8 have been mashing up in my brain lol. really, they just share a three-chord synth fanfare, not much else

LeRooLeRoo, brace yourself for this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N21472M8p9E