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joannajewsom
Location: Philadelphia
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- #1
- Posted: 08/26/2009 14:02
- Post subject: Songs That Sound Like Other Songs
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What are some songs that sound like other songs? Not slightly altered covers or something obvious like a hip-hop track which samples another song. Songs that maybe borrow a riff and change it around a little, or songs that have suspiciously similar chord progressions, etc.
Here are a few I can think of (earlier song first):
"Weissensee" by Neu - "Us & Them" by Pink Floyd
The Dylan influenced "Norwegian Wood" by The Beatles - "4th Time Around" by Bob Dylan
"Hungry Freaks, Daddy" by Frank Zappa - "Sweet Leaf" by Black Sabbath
"Dirt" by The Stooges - "Meet Ze Monsta" by PJ Harvey
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AngryAchilles
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- Posted: 08/26/2009 14:21
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I've been listening to Arcade Fire lately, and the first track on Funeral sounds like David Bowie from Heroes singing The Band. I'll have to go back to Music from Big Pink to figure out what song exactly. Right after I noticed this similarity, I found out that both The Band and Arcade Fire are Canadian, which may be more than mere coincidence.
And in the same vein as Norwegian Wood/4th Time Around, Jigsaw Puzzle by the Stones is a pretty good Dylan imitation.
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RFNAPLES
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Age: 75
Location: Durham, NC, USA
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teodor_matz
Location: Sweden
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- Posted: 08/26/2009 19:23
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Every Oasis track ever written 
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NowhereMan
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Age: 30
Location: Nowhereland. (Cheshire/Liverpool)
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Mr. Shankly
Gender: Male
Age: 51
Location: Auburn, Washington
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- Posted: 08/26/2009 21:03
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The melody of "I was Meant for the Stage" by The Decemberists sounds an awful lot like "Fields of Gold" by Sting. 
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Midas
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- Posted: 08/26/2009 21:36
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The Jam "Start" The Beatles "Taxman
The Chemical Brothers "Setting Sun" The Beatles "Tomorrow Never Knows"
Pink Floyd "Us and Them" The Beatles "Sun King"
The Beatles "Sun King" Fleetwood Mac "Albatross"
Radiohead "A Wolf At the Door" The Beatles "I Want You"
The Rolling Stones "Child of the Moon" The Beatles "Rain"
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Midas
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- Posted: 08/26/2009 21:41
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[quote="AngryAchilles"]I've been listening to Arcade Fire lately, and the first track on Funeral sounds like David Bowie from Heroes singing The Band. I'll have to go back to Music from Big Pink to figure out what song exactly. Right after I noticed this similarity, I found out that both The Band and Arcade Fire are Canadian, which may be more than mere coincidence.
And in the same vein as Norwegian Wood/4th Time Around, Jigsaw Puzzle by the Stones is a pretty good Dylan imitation.[/quote]
I think the Stones Stray Cat Blues or some other Rolling Stones song directly lifted a song from the Velvet Underground.
Last edited by Midas on 08/26/2009 21:50; edited 1 time in total
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Mr. Shankly
Gender: Male
Age: 51
Location: Auburn, Washington
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- #9
- Posted: 08/26/2009 21:45
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| Midas wrote: | The Jam "Start" The Beatles "Taxman
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Oh, yeah. They totally ripped off the bassline! The thing is, Paul Weller admitted it too.
This thread raises the question of how original and unique it is actually possible to be nowadays. And then there's this famous adage:
Good artists borrow. Great artists steal
If that adage is true, then as alluded to earlier, Noel Gallagher and Co. are some of the best ever.
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Midas
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- Posted: 08/26/2009 21:48
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[quote="Mr. Shankly"][quote="Midas"]The Jam "Start" The Beatles "Taxman
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Oh, yeah. They totally ripped off the bassline! The thing is, Paul Weller admitted it too.
This thread raises the question of how original and unique it is actually possible to be nowadays. And then there's this famous adage:
[i]Good artists borrow. Great artists steal. [/i][/quote]
The Jam also ripped off the clipped guitar part also that is on "Taxman" in which that guitar part supposedly influenced Hendrix to use later on "Purple Haze".
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