Declare Songs That Sound Utterly Unique To You (While Others Dispute Their Uniqueness)

Very timely thread since I was listening to some early Stranglers today and thought to myself how there hasn't been a band that sounds remotely like them. Their sound is utterly unique.

Norwegian 80s act Beranek - although sometimes somewhat more electronic - did at times sound a lot like The Stranglers. More early 80s Stranglers than late 70s Stranglers though.

In this thread, when you <i>lose</i>, you actually <i>win</i>. Kwhitehead has won a round by gaining reference to Beranek. Congrats. Now, I'll try again. "Lady Cabdriver" & "All the Critics Love You" by Prince on 1999. Nothing else in his catalog or anybody else's sounds anything like it.

I'm not too familiar with the Stranglers, but their song "Peaches" sounds like the Fall to me (not sure who had this sound first).

that's crazy, the Fall were never that funky

Is that the same early Stranglers who sound like the Doors with a less shit singer?

that's crazy, the Fall were never that funky

The same Fall that were once almost signed to Motown? How could that be?

I used to think that "Sabotage" by the Beastie Boys was unique - but then <a ref="Are there any other songs that are technically similar to Sabotage by the Beasties?;>ILM schooled me</a>.

man... i gotta pay more attention to the formatting help...

Are there any other songs that are technically similar to Sabotage by the Beasties? is hte link i was aiming for...

I'm not too familiar with the Stranglers, but their song "Peaches" sounds like the Fall to me (not sure who had this sound first).

I love The Fall, but THEY FUCKING WISH they sounded like The Stranglers.

No one sounds like SWANS. SWANS sound like no one.

I was just thinking Swans.

According to Last FM, Throbbing Gristle, Einstürzende Neubauten, Coil, Foetus, and Nurse With Wound all sound like Swans.

Rat at Rat R occasionally sounded like early Swans.

!thanks lastfm!

xp

i don't really know anyone that sounds like the dirty projectors. do you?

"Rat at Rat R occasionally sounded like early Swans."

yer crazy. they did not.

i spent an entire night a while back watching nothing but stranglers on youtube. god, what a band. so amazing. and what amazing variety. youtube has some great live stuff on there. more people need to listen to stranglers records. they are a well known name that is somehow underrated/underheard. at least in the states. i don't know about elsewhere.

the birthday party - 'release the bats'. the other half of my brain says 'no dummy, remember the stooges', but they never sounded like this

and seeing as i only have half a brain to begin with, yowwza

Remain in Light (other than My Life In The Bush of Ghosts).