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Subject: Songs separated at birth

Written By: YWN on 10/01/05 at 5:11 pm

Have you ever listened to a song that sounded eerily or at least vaguely familiar?  This is a thread where you can compare songs that sound alike.

Okay, I'll start:

The Deepest Blues Are Black by Foo Fighters vs. We Are The Champions By Queen

The choruses sound similar.

Subject: Re: Songs separated at birth

Written By: Apricot on 10/01/05 at 5:21 pm

The guitar on "Laid" by James sounds almost exactly like the intro the R.E.M.'s "Man on the Moon"

Subject: Re: Songs separated at birth

Written By: Marty McFly on 10/01/05 at 5:25 pm

Oh, tons -- I do this all the time. :)

Just off the top of my head:

"Heaven in the Backseat" from Eddie Money sounds a bit like "Armageddon It" from Def Leppard.

Actually, since that's the only full song that comes to mind offhand, I'm gonna do a little spinoff - song intros separated at birth:

"Positive Touch" from Journey and Toto's "Rosanna"
"Did It in a Minute" from Hall & Oates and "How Much Love" from Survivor
"Go Your Own Way" from Fleetwood Mac, and "We Belong" from Pat Benatar
"Just Between You and Me" from Lou Gramm, and "King of Pain" by the Police
"Rock & Roll Girls" from John Fogerty, and "I Get Excited" by Rick Springfield

Yeah, these are all 80's examples (I'll think of more later). ;)

Subject: Re: Songs separated at birth

Written By: Apricot on 10/01/05 at 5:36 pm

Badly-Drawn Boy's "The Shining" and Modest Mouse's "Gravity Rides Everything".

Subject: Re: Songs separated at birth

Written By: Bobby on 10/01/05 at 5:38 pm


"Rock & Roll Girls" from John Fogerty, and "I Get Excited" by Rick Springfield


I don't know the first song but love the second so I am going to have to download the former to check out the similarities.  8)

Subject: Re: Songs separated at birth

Written By: Bobby on 10/01/05 at 5:50 pm


"Rock & Roll Girls" from John Fogerty, and "I Get Excited" by Rick Springfield


Just downloaded 'Rock & girl girls'. It sounds a bit like 'I get excited' but I challenge you to listen to 'Wild Weekend' by The Rockin' Rebels (an instrumental) and tell me they aren't the same chords.  ;)

Subject: Re: Songs separated at birth

Written By: Paul on 10/01/05 at 5:55 pm

Way back in 1965, our favourite Australian, Sir Rolf Of Harris, released a song called 'War Canoe' which was ignored by millions...

Fast-forward a decade and a half, and our (then) hottest act, Adam & The Ants, released a song called 'Prince Charming' (a British #1)...

Only thing was, Adam's song was a direct (and I do mean direct) copy of Rolf's...just different words!

It wasn't given much publicity at the time, but Rolf eventually settled for a nice financial sum as compensation for copyright infringement...

...which probably kept him in 'wobble boards' for years!

Subject: Re: Songs separated at birth

Written By: Billy Florio on 10/02/05 at 1:50 am

The chords from Louie Louie are present in Boston's More than a feeling...which is ripped off in Nirvanas Smells like Teen spirit.

THe intro of Rape me is Smells like Teen spirit.

George Harrison's My sweet Lord is He's So Fine

I was listening to a song on the Raveonettes new album...I forget which one...I think it was track 3...anyway, the guitar solo is directly lifted from of all songs, Up where we belong...and the rest of the song rips something I cant quite put my finger on. 

Subject: Re: Songs separated at birth

Written By: whistledog on 10/02/05 at 1:58 am

It's not a sample ...

The Final Countdown - Europe (1986) vs. We Take the Chance - Modern Talking (1998)

Click either to hear it and you tell me ...

Subject: Re: Songs separated at birth

Written By: YWN on 10/06/05 at 7:20 am

I'm bumping this thing!

Subject: Re: Songs separated at birth

Written By: karen on 10/06/05 at 7:40 am

Blockbuster - The Sweet and Jean Genie - David Bowie.  I've always thought they sounded similar

Although having just Googled on it I find that they're not!

"Some Bowie writers have reported the similarities between the central riff of "The Jean Genie" and The Sweet's "Blockbuster" and some suggest that Bowie may have "borrowed" the Sweet's riff and vice versa.  However, The Jean Genie entered the British Chart on the 9th December 1972 and Blockbuster was released sometime later on the 13th January 1973.  Also the riffs are slightly different with The Jean Genie's riff being "bowmp bowmp bowmp buh-DAH-duh" whereas "Blockbuster"s is "ba-domp ba-domp ba-domp ba-DA-duh".  The Sweet's writers also deny this"

Silly me muddling up my bowmpbowmp's with my ba-domp ba-domp's!!

Subject: Re: Songs separated at birth

Written By: Bobby on 10/06/05 at 7:57 am


George Harrison's My sweet Lord is He's So Fine


Wasn't there a courtcase based on the similarity of the two songs?

Subject: Re: Songs separated at birth

Written By: whistledog on 10/06/05 at 9:21 am

For all you dance fanatics, how about this ones (both from 1995):

Runaway by E'voke vs. Set You Free by N-Trance

Subject: Re: Songs separated at birth

Written By: Billy Florio on 10/07/05 at 7:26 pm


Wasn't there a courtcase based on the similarity of the two songs?


yup. 

Subject: Re: Songs separated at birth

Written By: YWN on 12/03/05 at 7:30 pm

E-Pro and Devil's Haircut, both Beck songs, sound alike to me.

Subject: Re: Songs separated at birth

Written By: Marty McFly on 12/04/05 at 7:24 am

Here's a few more from the 80's:

"Say Say Say" Paul McCartney, and "Promises Promises" Naked Eyes (both are multi word too!)
"How Will I Know" Whitney Houston, and "So Far So Good" Sheena Easton
"Somebody Like You" 38 Special, and "The Salt in My Tears" Martin Briley
"All Right" Christopher Cross, and "All I Need" Jack Wagner (the former is just more upbeat)
"Heaven in the Backseat" Eddie Money, and "Armageddon It" Def Leppard

Well, these don't sound exactly alike, but close enough to make ya go, "Oh hey, doesn't this remind you a little of...?" ;)

Subject: Re: Songs separated at birth

Written By: Stompgal on 12/15/05 at 9:58 am

Life Got Cold (Girls Aloud) and Wonderwall (Oasis)
Frozen (Madonna) and Pure Shores (All Saints)

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