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Title: That sounds just like...
Post by: 8-Ball on 09 August, 2014, 11:30:31 AM
What songs remind you of other songs? I'm not meaning deliberate parodies of bands or artists but songs that, when you first hear it, make you think - well they certainly had a few (insert band/artist) records in their collection growing up.

For example when I hear these songs on the radio -
http://youtu.be/e-fA-gBCkj0 (http://youtu.be/e-fA-gBCkj0)
http://youtu.be/PIh2xe4jnpk (http://youtu.be/PIh2xe4jnpk)
http://youtu.be/NmugSMBh_iI (http://youtu.be/NmugSMBh_iI)
http://youtu.be/bg1sT4ILG0w (http://youtu.be/bg1sT4ILG0w)

I think that those groups might have heard these at some point -
http://youtu.be/3T1c7GkzRQQ (http://youtu.be/3T1c7GkzRQQ)
http://youtu.be/MbXWrmQW-OE (http://youtu.be/MbXWrmQW-OE)

Any more for any more?
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Frank on 09 August, 2014, 03:02:02 PM

I see what you mean, but tricking me into clicking on links to Maroon 5 and Sting means I'm going to have to put you on ignore. The early eighties look grim as fuck, don't they? Totally ignoring the point of this thread, the monstrous Tyranny Rex hybrid musical entity created by gene splicing Pat Butcher impersonator Jessie J, Beyonce du jour Ariana Grande, and butt with a face Nicky Minaj sounds like something I know, but I can't put my finger on it (the bang bang chorus specifically)

Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj - Bang Bang ...: http://youtu.be/YswhUHH6Ufc

Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Dog Deever on 09 August, 2014, 06:30:46 PM
Guitar openers for...
David Bowie 'Queen Bitch' and Nirvana 'Been a Son'.
(not identical, but close enough)
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: 8-Ball on 09 August, 2014, 06:57:25 PM
Quote from: sauchie post office on 09 August, 2014, 03:02:02 PM

I'm going to have to put you on ignore.



Oh no, Sauchie, don't do that. :o
I suppose the point of this topic is for me to bitch about how there is a recent musical trend for ripping off The Police and their weedy watered-down sub-reggae sound.


Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Frank on 09 August, 2014, 07:09:11 PM

I'm not sure I even know how to use the ignore function, or where it is. Although, thanks to my tablet getting the jitters, I think I have accidentally reported everyone here to the moderator. Dog Deever's mention of Nirvana makes these comparisons inevitable; someone did a videos to save me posting lots of links:

NIRVANA VS KILLING JOKE: http://youtu.be/VRDu_ES1uXY

Nirvana - More than a feeling: http://youtu.be/vJx3dhrdPu4


Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Dog Deever on 09 August, 2014, 07:45:06 PM
Quote from: sauchie post office on 09 August, 2014, 07:09:11 PM

I'm not sure I even know how to use the ignore function, or where it is. Although, thanks to my tablet getting the jitters, I think I have accidentally reported everyone here to the moderator. Dog Deever's mention of Nirvana makes these comparisons inevitable; someone did a videos to save me posting lots of links:

NIRVANA VS KILLING JOKE: http://youtu.be/VRDu_ES1uXY

Nirvana - More than a feeling: http://youtu.be/vJx3dhrdPu4

haha, yup.
Guitar genius my arse.
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: 8-Ball on 09 August, 2014, 08:58:19 PM
Here's another example of wearing your influences on your sleeve before I go for a feed -

http://youtu.be/TF1jH6Cv0tk (http://youtu.be/TF1jH6Cv0tk)

might possibly have influenced -

http://youtu.be/TMbyWSGYUgc (http://youtu.be/TMbyWSGYUgc)

but definitely influenced -

http://youtu.be/ChQfoyQfDes (http://youtu.be/ChQfoyQfDes)
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: DaveGYNWA on 09 August, 2014, 10:14:12 PM
Avenged Sevenfold's This Means War (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DisTN-2x3EU)....you know it's sad but true. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8MO7fkZc5o)
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: 8-Ball on 09 August, 2014, 10:25:24 PM
Quote from: DaveGYNWA on 09 August, 2014, 10:14:12 PM
Avenged Sevenfold's This Means War (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DisTN-2x3EU)....you know it's sad but true. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8MO7fkZc5o)

Uncanny or incredibly cheeky. :o
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: DaveGYNWA on 09 August, 2014, 10:28:56 PM
Quote from: 8-Ball on 09 August, 2014, 10:25:24 PM
Uncanny or incredibly cheeky. :o

When I heard it for the first time, my instant thought was "Law suit incoming!!"
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: 8-Ball on 13 August, 2014, 06:49:12 PM
Quote from: sauchie post office on 09 August, 2014, 07:09:11 PM

I'm not sure I even know how to use the ignore function, or where it is. Although, thanks to my tablet getting the jitters, I think I have accidentally reported everyone here to the moderator. Dog Deever's mention of Nirvana makes these comparisons inevitable; someone did a videos to save me posting lots of links:

NIRVANA VS KILLING JOKE: http://youtu.be/VRDu_ES1uXY

Nirvana - More than a feeling: http://youtu.be/vJx3dhrdPu4

Could be worse. Could be Silverchair. Look like Nirvana. Sound like Stone Temple Pilots.
http://youtu.be/RZD982yrmx4 (http://youtu.be/RZD982yrmx4)
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Skullmo on 13 August, 2014, 06:55:27 PM
I love this game

http://vimeo.com/m/20639088  King Adorra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nm4xv3firw - smashing pumpkins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAbfPDZdEBU - fleetwood mac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olzz82oRCMI - metallica

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OwRp49x-FI - The Everly Brothers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMjDc8MJotU - Neil young
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: 8-Ball on 15 August, 2014, 06:57:11 PM
Some more to get off my chest -

BtVS Theme tune http://youtu.be/hmoU05_Fr5A (http://youtu.be/hmoU05_Fr5A)
The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright http://youtu.be/VrZ4sMRYimw (http://youtu.be/VrZ4sMRYimw)
Magazine - Shot By Both Sides http://youtu.be/gxahgaOQch0 (http://youtu.be/gxahgaOQch0)

Everybody used to say to me that Belle & Sebastian http://youtu.be/yS_DcqPkEYM (http://youtu.be/yS_DcqPkEYM) sounded like Nick Drake http://youtu.be/idcaRTg4-fM (http://youtu.be/idcaRTg4-fM) but I always thought that they were more like Donovan http://youtu.be/kCtcXDCxh7w (http://youtu.be/kCtcXDCxh7w).
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: zombemybabynow on 15 August, 2014, 07:52:03 PM
That rapey song that miley Cyrus did a dance at some award show to - sounds like gorillas dare
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: 8-Ball on 15 August, 2014, 08:16:59 PM
I couldn't listen to The Verve once I realised that Richard Ashcroft http://youtu.be/0ZIXxVvZrqM  (http://youtu.be/0ZIXxVvZrqM)was basically a Northern Neil Diamond http://youtu.be/NsLyI1_R01M (http://youtu.be/NsLyI1_R01M).
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Frank on 15 August, 2014, 08:46:11 PM

I was really pleased with myself for spotting the inspiration behind Radiohead's biggest hit when I was ripping all my Mum's music to iTunes for her almost a decade ago. Turns out everyone else had already noticed, including the original artists and their lawyers, earning them a co-writing credit and a share of the royalties:

http://youtu.be/Hzl0bfz2bd8

Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: IAMTHESYSTEM on 16 August, 2014, 10:32:49 AM

There's nothing new in Rock and Roll after all.
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: blackmocco on 16 August, 2014, 05:28:38 PM
The Cult managed to scam an AC/DC riff without anyone noticing...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpA3q0TQ-GA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvupX6ki79M
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Frank on 16 August, 2014, 05:57:45 PM

Some songs blatantly rip off others, some just use the past as inspiration. There are BLURRED LINES (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp7Q1OAzITM) between those two extremes, though.

Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: M.I.K. on 16 August, 2014, 06:04:28 PM
Quote from: 8-Ball on 15 August, 2014, 06:57:11 PM
BtVS Theme tune http://youtu.be/hmoU05_Fr5A (http://youtu.be/hmoU05_Fr5A)
The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright http://youtu.be/VrZ4sMRYimw (http://youtu.be/VrZ4sMRYimw)
Magazine - Shot By Both Sides http://youtu.be/gxahgaOQch0 (http://youtu.be/gxahgaOQch0)

There's also this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7woSjMPreA)
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: The Enigmatic Dr X on 16 August, 2014, 08:19:40 PM
I really liked The Verve's Bitter Sweet Symphony. Then that the Rolling Stones made an issue of a permitted sampling. Left a bad taste for me.
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: 8-Ball on 16 August, 2014, 08:34:10 PM
Quote from: M.I.K. on 16 August, 2014, 06:04:28 PM
Quote from: 8-Ball on 15 August, 2014, 06:57:11 PM
BtVS Theme tune http://youtu.be/hmoU05_Fr5A (http://youtu.be/hmoU05_Fr5A)
The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright http://youtu.be/VrZ4sMRYimw (http://youtu.be/VrZ4sMRYimw)
Magazine - Shot By Both Sides http://youtu.be/gxahgaOQch0 (http://youtu.be/gxahgaOQch0)

There's also this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7woSjMPreA)

You know, this is why I love this community. I have never heard that before. :thumbsup:

I would like to present this to the group...

Hanni El Khatib - Nobody Move http://youtu.be/MxcA5yyR5rc (http://youtu.be/MxcA5yyR5rc)
Electric Six - Gay Bar http://youtu.be/ulPgWVC08KI (http://youtu.be/ulPgWVC08KI)
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Skullmo on 25 August, 2014, 03:50:44 PM


Assassin by Trouble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqNR-_nHZwQ

Iron Maiden 2 Minutes to Midnight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sXPmz9b4lM


Assassin was first.
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Skullmo on 25 August, 2014, 03:54:30 PM
I always felt like the opening of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N8G8T-yAsU

Had been ripped off by these
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b91rSw4xuYY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-Bn_kD6QN4
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Frank on 25 August, 2014, 05:34:10 PM

The insanely catchy chorus of Taylor Swift's new earworm, Shake It Off (http://youtu.be/nfWlot6h_JM), sounds like it was built up from the baby, baby, baby weird bit (http://youtu.be/oG6lTQNW04I?t=42s) in Vampire Weekend's Diane Young. To me, anyway.

Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: I, Cosh on 25 August, 2014, 06:35:33 PM
I find it quite sweet that the first post in this thread is perfectly true but doesn't mention that The Police managed to stumble across the very same clipped guitar sound featured on every second record released in Jamaica since 1963.

On topic though, I don't think you'd be going out on a limb if you were to suggest that, prior to writing  Firestarter (http://youtu.be/wmin5WkOuPw), Liam Howlett may very well have heard Underground Resistance's The Fury (http://youtu.be/vGzLvvBr6JI) and felt it needed a little dilution for the Reading festival audience.
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: shaolin_monkey on 25 August, 2014, 06:44:03 PM
Music is very derivative, and has been for centuries.

Rob Paravonian does a great number about how so much popular music has been ripped off from Pachelbel's Canon.  It's very funny!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM

I was learning that piece of music at the time, and mentioned the skit above to my harp tutor. She then dug out some Welsh folk music that preceded Pachelbel's Canon some 300 years, and showed me how he had ripped it off to make the piece in question.

So in summary you can attribute a significant amount of popular music to 700 year old Welsh folk tunes.
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: 8-Ball on 25 August, 2014, 11:07:18 PM
Quote from: The Cosh on 25 August, 2014, 06:35:33 PM
I find it quite sweet that the first post in this thread is perfectly true but doesn't mention that The Police managed to stumble across the very same clipped guitar sound featured on every second record released in Jamaica since 1963.

That is true but what I hear (when I am forced to listen to those particular songs) is a bunch of greased up record executives sitting around a boardroom table deciding that the sound of the summer is going to be pastiches of The Police. It's like a photocopy of a photocopy of a photocopy. :'(

On a lighter note here is a modern day take on an old classic.

Naughty Boy - Home ft Sam Romans http://youtu.be/IXpxe9xL-sk (http://youtu.be/IXpxe9xL-sk)
U2 - One http://youtu.be/ftjEcrrf7r0 (http://youtu.be/ftjEcrrf7r0)
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: 8-Ball on 25 August, 2014, 11:12:33 PM
Quote from: sauchie post office on 25 August, 2014, 05:34:10 PM

The insanely catchy chorus of Taylor Swift's new earworm, Shake It Off (http://youtu.be/nfWlot6h_JM), sounds like it was built up from the baby, baby, baby weird bit (http://youtu.be/oG6lTQNW04I?t=42s) in Vampire Weekend's Diane Young. To me, anyway.

Which in itself is a rephrasing of George Michael's Faith. http://youtu.be/6Cs3Pvmmv0E (http://youtu.be/6Cs3Pvmmv0E)
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Frank on 26 August, 2014, 06:59:34 AM
Quote from: 8-Ball on 25 August, 2014, 11:12:33 PM
Quote from: sauchie post office on 25 August, 2014, 05:34:10 PM
The insanely catchy chorus of Taylor Swift's new earworm, Shake It Off (http://youtu.be/nfWlot6h_JM), sounds like it was built up from the baby, baby, baby weird bit (http://youtu.be/oG6lTQNW04I?t=42s) in Vampire Weekend's Diane Young. To me, anyway.

Which in itself is a rephrasing of George Michael's Faith. http://youtu.be/6Cs3Pvmmv0E (http://youtu.be/6Cs3Pvmmv0E)

I'd never realised before how much that boy band survivor going solo had served as a template for another teen heart throb reinvention (repetitive guitar strum, leather jacket and stubble):

Justin Timberlake - Like I Love You: http://youtu.be/FQ3slUz7Jo8

Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Skullmo on 26 August, 2014, 09:10:53 AM
Quote from: The Cosh on 25 August, 2014, 06:35:33 PM

On topic though, I don't think you'd be going out on a limb if you were to suggest that, prior to writing  Firestarter (http://youtu.be/wmin5WkOuPw), Liam Howlett may very well have heard Underground Resistance's The Fury (http://youtu.be/vGzLvvBr6JI) and felt it needed a little dilution for the Reading festival audience.

Love it!
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Skullmo on 26 August, 2014, 04:55:57 PM
Anyone pointed out this terrible Same Smith song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB-5XG-DbAA

is basically the same as this Tom Petty song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvlTJrNJ5lA but with more falsetto and less Jeff Lynne
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: 8-Ball on 26 August, 2014, 08:48:14 PM
Quote from: Skullmo on 26 August, 2014, 04:55:57 PM
less Jeff Lynne

Since he completely ruined The Beatles comeback singles back in the nineties less Jeff Lynne* would be music to my ears.

* I do have a soft spot for Sweet Talking Woman but that is as far as it goes. :thumbsdown:
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Skullmo on 26 August, 2014, 09:47:25 PM
Quote from: 8-Ball on 26 August, 2014, 08:48:14 PM
Quote from: Skullmo on 26 August, 2014, 04:55:57 PM
less Jeff Lynne

Since he completely ruined The Beatles comeback singles back in the nineties less Jeff Lynne* would be music to my ears.

* I do have a soft spot for Sweet Talking Woman but that is as far as it goes. :thumbsdown:

Jeff Lynne = 5th Beatle!  :lol:
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Skullmo on 27 August, 2014, 12:42:59 AM
Not technically a soundalike as Morrissey just takes Alain Whyte songs he likes and adds lyrics, but this is fun:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6vzS2hcxow The original

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKoS5X4SMrY Morrissey
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: 8-Ball on 27 August, 2014, 08:08:53 PM
I continue in my mission to spam my own topic with cheesy pop songs that sound like other cheesy pop songs-

The Script - Superheroes http://youtu.be/WIm1GgfRz6M (http://youtu.be/WIm1GgfRz6M)

Coldplay - Paradise http://youtu.be/1G4isv_Fylg (http://youtu.be/1G4isv_Fylg)
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Frank on 27 August, 2014, 08:39:31 PM

I'm embarrassed on your behalf that you even know those tunes, neebs. To provide a distraction which spares other boarders from clicking on those links out of curiosity, I'm going to note that most of the examples provided here are at least 20 years old. That's partly because we're all 35-45 and stopped paying close attention to music as soon as we finally fell in love with a girl, but it's also because the rise of hip-hop and dance music means folk sample other folks' tunes instead of copying other folks' tunes.

An essay I read recently pointed out that sampling's just making plain what has always been the case, that most hit songs start out as crude copies of existing songs. All the geniuses we think of as great original songwriters from the golden age of pop music were taking other folks' songs and disguising them just enough to avoid a lawsuit:

Yesterday (Lennon & McCartney) (http://youtu.be/mzA2RdapfKY?t=33s)

Stairway To Heaven (Paige & Plant) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=xd8AVbwB_6E#t=44)

Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: 8-Ball on 27 August, 2014, 08:58:07 PM
Quote from: sauchie post office on 27 August, 2014, 08:39:31 PM

I'm embarrassed on your behalf that you even know those tunes, neebs.


I embarrass myself sometimes, Sauchie. :D

Here's an oldie (but a favourite of mine) that rips off so many other things that it is pointless listing them.

Mouse In The Traps - A Public Execution http://youtu.be/XiA8FRH6nQc (http://youtu.be/XiA8FRH6nQc)


Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: shaolin_monkey on 28 August, 2014, 03:54:53 PM
Quote from: sauchie post office on 27 August, 2014, 08:39:31 PM


An essay I read recently pointed out that sampling's just making plain what has always been the case, that most hit songs start out as crude copies of existing songs. All the geniuses we think of as great original songwriters from the golden age of pop music were taking other folks' songs and disguising them just enough to avoid a lawsuit:

Yesterday (Lennon & McCartney) (http://youtu.be/mzA2RdapfKY?t=33s)

Stairway To Heaven (Paige & Plant) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=xd8AVbwB_6E#t=44)

See my previous point about 14th century Welsh folk -> Pachebel's Canon -> Modern pop music.
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: M.I.K. on 04 September, 2014, 09:13:35 PM
Blake's 7 theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y43FCDxu0QI)

Space Harrier theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_Tam9lv1KQ)
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Frank on 04 September, 2014, 09:23:08 PM

Arctic Monkeys, Snap Out Of It: http://youtu.be/H8tLS_NOWLs

Oasis, The importance Of Being Idle: http://youtu.be/jySfU10IQu4


... which is of course another way of saying that it sounds like The Small Faces, The Kinks, Steve Harley, and whoever else Noel Gallagher was ... paying homage to.


Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: M.I.K. on 05 September, 2014, 07:24:19 PM
Hammer House of Horror theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbgTWxCOPLo)

...sounds like...

Parisienne Walkways (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWZbWiIYuYc)

...but that's probably because both are apparently influenced by/based on...

Blue Bossa (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7eOs5lERww).
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: 8-Ball on 05 September, 2014, 08:46:57 PM
Once heard never unheard...

A spoonful of sugar http://youtu.be/vLkp_Dx6VdI?t=20s (http://youtu.be/vLkp_Dx6VdI?t=20s)

The Imperial March http://youtu.be/-bzWSJG93P8?t=17s (http://youtu.be/-bzWSJG93P8?t=17s)

>:D
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: M.I.K. on 05 September, 2014, 09:10:44 PM
Music from Braveheart by James Horner (1995) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk8323r577w)

Music from 3x3 Eyes by Kaoru Wada (1991) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uph2PK7ka1M)
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Devons Daddy on 16 September, 2014, 04:05:43 PM
was utterly dissapionted to be informed Childhood hero, Adam Ants PRINCE CHARMING was a rip off of WAR CANOE by the disgraced rolf harris.

not sure how to post links, but the similarities are to close to ignore.

Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Skullmo on 18 September, 2014, 01:41:33 AM
Time for some Gary Moore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsKpazeA5L8

Which sounds a lot like German Power Metal band Helloween's hit I Want Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjV8SHjHvHk

Especially the solos


What do you mean no one likes power metal!
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: shaolin_monkey on 18 September, 2014, 08:00:26 AM
Quote from: Skullmo on 18 September, 2014, 01:41:33 AM
Time for some Gary Moore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsKpazeA5L8

Which sounds a lot like German Power Metal band Helloween's hit I Want Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjV8SHjHvHk

Especially the solos


What do you mean no one likes power metal!

Wow, never noticed that before!  Out in the Fields was what?  84?  85?  So Helloween just strolled in and nicked it?!  Or just coincidence?
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: DaveGYNWA on 18 September, 2014, 10:22:42 AM
Got music on shuffle this week and Megadeth's "When" from "The world needs a hero" comes on.....nice tune, and then it goes all Diamond Head's "Am I evil?" about 4 minutes in.

The album was released in 2001, I bought it in 2001, I've never listened to the album in its entirety (it's mainly pants) and this song is the last on the album and I've never heard it before.

Outraged? Of course I was.....then I looked into it and it turns out Mustaine intended it that way. Git.

Am I evil? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMvSSLZPC9w)

Yes I am. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETeR_1061qc)
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Skullmo on 18 September, 2014, 10:38:30 AM
Quote from: shaolin_monkey on 18 September, 2014, 08:00:26 AM
Quote from: Skullmo on 18 September, 2014, 01:41:33 AM
Time for some Gary Moore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsKpazeA5L8

Which sounds a lot like German Power Metal band Helloween's hit I Want Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjV8SHjHvHk

Especially the solos


What do you mean no one likes power metal!

Wow, never noticed that before!  Out in the Fields was what?  84?  85?  So Helloween just strolled in and nicked it?!  Or just coincidence?

I am not sure - maybe they just loved that song. It does perfectly capture the sound of Keeper era Helloween.

I was a huge fan of them when I was 10 and I remember listening to the best of Thin Lizzy when I was 19 and hearing out in the fields and being totally shcked
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Skullmo on 19 September, 2014, 01:18:59 AM
Sounds just like

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lNbFBoouPk&t=3m51s

Every Noel Gallagher solo
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Skullmo on 19 September, 2014, 01:25:31 AM
Quote from: Skullmo on 18 September, 2014, 10:38:30 AM
Quote from: shaolin_monkey on 18 September, 2014, 08:00:26 AM
Quote from: Skullmo on 18 September, 2014, 01:41:33 AM
Time for some Gary Moore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsKpazeA5L8

Which sounds a lot like German Power Metal band Helloween's hit I Want Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjV8SHjHvHk

Especially the solos


What do you mean no one likes power metal!

Wow, never noticed that before!  Out in the Fields was what?  84?  85?  So Helloween just strolled in and nicked it?!  Or just coincidence?

I am not sure - maybe they just loved that song. It does perfectly capture the sound of Keeper era Helloween.

I was a huge fan of them when I was 10 and I remember listening to the best of Thin Lizzy when I was 19 and hearing out in the fields and being totally shcked

Oh, and what gets a 10 year old into Helloween you may ask!

This
(http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p599/skullmo2000/hel87a-2_zps5315a1ef.jpg)
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: 8-Ball on 19 September, 2014, 01:28:33 PM
Isn't that one of the IDW Dark Judges?  :lol:
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Skullmo on 19 September, 2014, 02:59:53 PM
 :lol:

Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: 8-Ball on 19 September, 2014, 09:05:43 PM
Am I going mad but are there elements of this -

The Postal Service - Such Great Heights http://youtu.be/0wrsZog8qXg (http://youtu.be/0wrsZog8qXg)

in this...

British Sea Power - Waving Flags http://youtu.be/w2n-7K0Ef6Y (http://youtu.be/w2n-7K0Ef6Y)?

However, I don't think that there is much doubt in this -

The Postal Service - We Will Become Silhouettes http://youtu.be/0rKC7ElkTUQ (http://youtu.be/0rKC7ElkTUQ)

Owl City - Fireflies http://youtu.be/psuRGfAaju4 (http://youtu.be/psuRGfAaju4)
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Skullmo on 20 September, 2014, 11:36:16 PM
Keeping the British Sea Power going

I always thought the main hook of this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6O_w7NIBKM

Sounded like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55v0pOZCsAk

Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Skullmo on 03 October, 2014, 09:42:58 PM
To keep the successful halloween theme

Klaus Nomi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFaZyHxQGYQ&t=0m50s

plus this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp0d330bbxs&t=02m36s

equals

Helloween
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuO3hHwQ-Sc&t=0m56s

Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: 8-Ball on 18 October, 2014, 11:59:20 AM
When I hear this song...

Alabama Shakes - Hang Loose
http://youtu.be/4sSl11GMkMI (http://youtu.be/4sSl11GMkMI)

I can't help but think of this...

http://youtu.be/byQIPdHMpjc (http://youtu.be/byQIPdHMpjc)

It's the same bloody song!
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Skullmo on 18 October, 2014, 12:14:08 PM

Don't know if iI posted this one yet - Come in Eileen!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwqMY079x8A&t=0m40s
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Skullmo on 18 October, 2014, 12:26:02 PM
One more for today - a 3 stage mutation

Humphrey Lyttleton's Bad Penny Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY1O8YYjY2A

Beatles' Lady Madonna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfthrizXKOM

Sublime's what I got
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUEAjS3urfA
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: 8-Ball on 10 January, 2015, 08:41:43 PM
The Xcerts - Shaking In The Water
http://youtu.be/Lq8s5evAfmc (http://youtu.be/Lq8s5evAfmc)

sounds just like every mid-noughties emo band that crashed and burned. ;)

Fall Out Boy - Dead On Arrival
http://youtu.be/qL02p9KhABo (http://youtu.be/qL02p9KhABo)
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Skullmo on 18 January, 2015, 10:44:46 PM
Katy Perry - Roar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9SeJIgWRPk


Sara Bareilles - Brave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUQsqBqxoR4
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: 8-Ball on 08 February, 2015, 03:29:15 PM
Cars - Drive
http://youtu.be/xuZA6qiJVfU
(http://youtu.be/xuZA6qiJVfU)
and

Embrace - Fireworks
http://youtu.be/GvnnH3Nfc-g (http://youtu.be/GvnnH3Nfc-g)
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Eric Plumrose on 08 February, 2015, 06:15:02 PM
'Here we go, way too fast, better slow down we're gonna

. . . Smile?' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBmNPmqQ_hY)
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: 8-Ball on 09 February, 2015, 10:29:20 PM
I can't believe that I didn't spot this before -

Sabres Of Paradise - Bubble And Slide http://youtu.be/2jGYdeDAzbo (http://youtu.be/2jGYdeDAzbo)

and

The Streets - Don't Mug Yourself http://youtu.be/2_TSMmwGylU (http://youtu.be/2_TSMmwGylU)
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: M.I.K. on 11 February, 2015, 04:18:27 PM
When I was at primary school, this was one of the rubbish religious songs we had to sing...

Water of Life (http://youtu.be/Mg7GPHFq-Ng) is the original title of the song.

It looks like it was only written in 1975, which means I was most likely correct when I assumed back then that the chorus was a complete rip-off of this...

There's a little bear, like you never seen before... (http://youtu.be/rY1aJ35sw98)
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: 8-Ball on 27 February, 2015, 09:08:55 PM
One that I have always wanted to call out -

Martha Reeves and the Vandellas- Nowhere to Run
http://youtu.be/RQRIOKvR2WM (http://youtu.be/RQRIOKvR2WM)

and

Ian Brown - Dolphins Were Monkeys
http://youtu.be/AwmBi_7nZUQ (http://youtu.be/AwmBi_7nZUQ)
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Keef Monkey on 12 May, 2015, 12:09:18 PM
The main riff to this -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqLRqzTp6Rk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqLRqzTp6Rk)

is reminding me a great deal of the riff to this -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgOisCX5b7g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgOisCX5b7g)

Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: hazy efc on 12 May, 2015, 02:01:17 PM
The main guitar riff on waiting for the rapture by oasis sound's embarrassingly like the main guitar riff on five to one by the doors.
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: DaveGYNWA on 12 May, 2015, 02:11:08 PM
Quote from: Keef Monkey on 12 May, 2015, 12:09:18 PM
The main riff to this -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqLRqzTp6Rk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqLRqzTp6Rk)

is reminding me a great deal of the riff to this -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgOisCX5b7g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgOisCX5b7g)

Thank you thank you thank you - it's been bugging me for weeks where I'd heard the riff before.
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: M.I.K. on 12 May, 2015, 04:33:09 PM
Quote from: DaveGYNWA on 12 May, 2015, 02:11:08 PM
Quote from: Keef Monkey on 12 May, 2015, 12:09:18 PM
The main riff to this -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqLRqzTp6Rk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqLRqzTp6Rk)

is reminding me a great deal of the riff to this -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgOisCX5b7g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgOisCX5b7g)

Thank you thank you thank you - it's been bugging me for weeks where I'd heard the riff before.

Well, you may have also been thinking of this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1xrNaTO1bI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1xrNaTO1bI)

or the Marilyn Manson cover (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl6fyhZ0G5E) of it.
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Keef Monkey on 12 May, 2015, 04:40:02 PM
Quote from: M.I.K. on 12 May, 2015, 04:33:09 PM
Quote from: DaveGYNWA on 12 May, 2015, 02:11:08 PM
Quote from: Keef Monkey on 12 May, 2015, 12:09:18 PM
The main riff to this -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqLRqzTp6Rk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqLRqzTp6Rk)

is reminding me a great deal of the riff to this -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgOisCX5b7g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgOisCX5b7g)

Thank you thank you thank you - it's been bugging me for weeks where I'd heard the riff before.

Well, you may have also been thinking of this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1xrNaTO1bI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1xrNaTO1bI)

or the Marilyn Manson cover (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl6fyhZ0G5E) of it.

Speaking of which, Gravity Kills rocked it up in an industrial style a couple of years before Manson, so when his cover came along it felt a bit 'done before' to me too. It's a great riff, guess it gets around a lot!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de6TRyiRv7g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de6TRyiRv7g)
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Jock Savage on 12 May, 2015, 06:47:31 PM
Surely the real scandal is that Muse are ripping off their own old records

https://youtu.be/w8KQmps-Sog

Although (like almost everything Marilyn Manson recorded in the nineties) those Muse songs are really just digitally distorted and compressed variations upon this:

https://youtu.be/LQkbfoUVPcY
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: M.I.K. on 12 May, 2015, 10:34:15 PM
No argument here.
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: DaveGYNWA on 13 May, 2015, 08:36:08 AM
Quote from: M.I.K. on 12 May, 2015, 04:33:09 PM
Well, you may have also been thinking of this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1xrNaTO1bI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1xrNaTO1bI)

or the Marilyn Manson cover (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl6fyhZ0G5E) of it.

Nah - I discounted that one quite early, but it's definitely the Rob Zombie track that I was thinking of.
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: 8-Ball on 29 August, 2015, 07:19:33 PM
Since this shit has been on the radio every morning as I do my commute to work-

Linkin Park - Crawling https://youtu.be/Gd9OhYroLN0 (https://youtu.be/Gd9OhYroLN0)

+ Calvin Harris - Outside https://youtu.be/J9NQFACZYEU?t=41s (https://youtu.be/J9NQFACZYEU?t=41s)

= Bring Me The Horizon - Throne https://youtu.be/Ow_qI_F2ZJI (https://youtu.be/Ow_qI_F2ZJI)
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: 8-Ball on 19 February, 2016, 08:11:07 PM
Is it just me or is this the same tune?

The Knife -Heartbeats https://youtu.be/pPD8Ja64mRU (https://youtu.be/pPD8Ja64mRU)

Birdy - Wings (Acoustic) https://youtu.be/KtBcwEphCZs (https://youtu.be/KtBcwEphCZs)
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: M.I.K. on 19 February, 2018, 03:25:47 PM
Sibelius : Symphony no.5 (3rd movement), 1915 (https://youtu.be/29Tyu9yZEbM?t=1m5s)

Strawberry Switchblade : Since Yesterday, 1984 (https://youtu.be/vJFuVhsemVs)

Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: Frank on 17 August, 2019, 02:25:35 PM
Quote from: M.I.K. on 19 February, 2018, 03:25:47 PM
Sibelius : Symphony no.5 (3rd movement), 1915 (https://youtu.be/29Tyu9yZEbM?t=1m5s)

Strawberry Switchblade : Since Yesterday, 1984 (https://youtu.be/vJFuVhsemVs)

Wins extra points for bathos.

The intro of Hush (https://youtu.be/NUFtUZykAKI?t=275) by Deep Purple - or, as I know it, Hush, by Kula Shaker* - and The Only One I Know (https://youtu.be/0RJwW77Lsj8) by Because The Stone Roses wasn't available, we've substituted The Charlatans on your order.


* The Dave Gibbons (https://i.pinimg.com/originals/09/02/70/0902700b2e5217317a595ca22afd0fb2.jpg)-endorsed Kula Shaker. The Phil Jimenez (https://cdn3.whatculture.com/images/2014/03/summer-sun-kula-shaker.jpg)-endorsed Kula Shaker.
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: M.I.K. on 23 April, 2020, 11:26:07 PM
Kung Fu Theme by Jim Helms (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2t-1CPJXYo) (1972)

For The Love of God by Steve Vai (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiTXGswyAls) (1990)
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: repoman on 14 May, 2020, 09:34:24 AM
Quote from: M.I.K. on 23 April, 2020, 11:26:07 PM
Kung Fu Theme by Jim Helms (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2t-1CPJXYo) (1972)

For The Love of God by Steve Vai (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiTXGswyAls) (1990)

I can hear it.  It's similar but different enough to be legit I'd say.
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: repoman on 14 May, 2020, 09:40:04 AM
Quote from: Frank on 09 August, 2014, 07:09:11 PM

NIRVANA VS KILLING JOKE: http://youtu.be/VRDu_ES1uXY

PLOT TWIST!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4J2aU6glt0

from 1982.  Eighties was 1984.

They are all great songs though and the riff is so comfortable to play that I imagine it's easy for a few people to do it without actively ripping anyone off.
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: sheridan on 14 May, 2020, 09:44:23 AM
Can I make a request that people include the name of the artist and song as well as the link?  There are plenty of threads already filled with 'this video has been deleted' or 'this video is not available in your country' already...
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: sheridan on 14 May, 2020, 09:44:58 AM
Having said that - there's two particular songs I always have to wait for so I know which one is which - I'll see if I can dig out links at lunchtime.
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: repoman on 14 May, 2020, 09:57:38 AM
Quote from: sheridan on 14 May, 2020, 09:44:23 AM
Can I make a request that people include the name of the artist and song as well as the link?  There are plenty of threads already filled with 'this video has been deleted' or 'this video is not available in your country' already...
will do.  Annoyingly I can't edit my existing posts.
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: sheridan on 14 May, 2020, 10:43:42 AM
p.s. that wasn't aimed at anybody in particular, just a general comment on youtube links in posts.  Ta!
Title: Re: That sounds just like...
Post by: M.I.K. on 22 May, 2020, 02:15:02 AM
You and Me original opening titles (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jyhfq8u8Xk)

She's Electric by Oasis (https://youtu.be/CsAsseo8Etg?t=80)