Sounds Like....

[ForeverAutumn]

What songs sound the same to you...or similar. Maybe the introduction reminds you of something else...or the melody...or there's a guitar riff that sounds more like a guitar rip-off.

Here's a few to get things started.

An obvious one is the introduction to Kenny Loggins Footloose and John Cougar's The Authority Song.

Flaming Lips Fight Test sounds just like Cat Steven's Father and Son to me. I can sing Father and Son almost word for word to Fight Test's music.

There's a song by Blue Rodeo called Know Where You Go. The intro to this song always reminds me of Pink Floyd's A Pillow Of Winds.

Wanna play? Name some other similar duos. Direct rip-offs and remixes like the rappers use don't count.

[kexodusc]

Direct Rip-offs:

(this one's funny) The Rolling Stones ripped-off K.D. Lang's Constant Craving (and were successfully sued) with Anybody Seen My Baby

Hmmm, I think Iced Earth sounds like Iron Maiden meets Pantera...pick any two songs and mix them. Still, their fun to listen too if your in the mood for some retro-cheesy 80's heavy metal.

[tentoze]

There's a song on the latest Stan Ridgway cd (can't cite the name of the tune, only listened to the cd once so far) that has a synth going in the background that I swear is playing the chorus line from Paul Simon's 59th Street Bridge Song, the da-da-da-da-da, da-da, feeling groovy one.

[Stone]

The guitar part of Green Day's "Warning" is the same as the Kinks' "Picture Book."

And of course there's the Elastica "Connection" rip off of Wire - Elastica lost in court about that one.

[Slosh]

Lucinda Williams' "Essence" sounds like ZZ Top's "I Need You Tonight". And LW's "Drunken Angel" reminds me of Counting Crows' "'Round Here". Don't believe me? Listen for yourself.

And it goes without saying that Dream Theater sounds like shit!

[Dusty Chalk]

The instrumental break in Matthew Parmenter's "Dirty Mind" sounds like Beatles' "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" played on piano. Sort of.

[Worf101]

1. "My Sweet Lord" George Harrision - "He's so Fine" , The Chiffons (?) Harrison successfuly sued.

2. "Fallin", Alicia Keys - "It's a man's world", James Brown. Talk about a note for note rip of a vastly superior song. Saw her play it live on TV one night I was so incensed.

3. "Surfin' USA" The Beach Boys - "Sweet Little Sixteen" Chuck Berry - Another notable rip-off butl it was pre "Pet Sounds" so whadda ya want?

4. "Rock n Roll Girls" John Fogarty - "Downtown", Petula Clark. Same chords same changes same song, different words.

5. "I want a new drug", Huey Lewis and the News - "Ghostbusters" - Ray Parker Jr. They asked him to rip off the song, he did rip off the song, they sued him for ripping off the song, he paid them for ripping off the song.

Well, that's all I can get off the top of my head without going to "rap" rip off's like Vanilla Ice etc...

Da Worfster

[kexodusc]

And it goes without saying that Dream Theater sounds like shit!

Only to the spoonfed

[topspeed]

An obvious one:

Romantics "What I Like About You." and John Cougar Mellencamp "R.O.C.K in the USA".

[KEXPMF]

here are 3 that have a similar riff:

Swervedriver - Harry and Maggie
Jeff Buckley - The Last Goodbye
Stone Temple Pilots - Vaseline

[ForeverAutumn]

here are 3 that have a similar riff:

Swervedriver - Harry and Maggie
Jeff Buckley - The Last Goodbye
Stone Temple Pilots - Vaseline

Oooh, a triplet! Good one.

[3-LockBox]

1. "My Sweet Lord" George Harrision - "He's so Fine" , The Chiffons (?) Harrison successfuly sued. Da Worfster

George Harrison was successfully sued by the members of the girl-group The Chiffons for ripping off 'He's So Fine'.

[3-LockBox]

Both Phil Collins and the lead singer of Toto admitted to using the music of Sly And the Family Stone's 'Hot Fun In The Summer Time' for the songs, 'Misundestanding' and 'Hold The Line', respectively.

It was suspected by freinds of mine the Eddie Van Halen's keyboard intro to 'Jump' was a rip-off of Prince's '1999' opening keyboard riff.

ZZ-Top rips themselves off by recycling the song 'La Grange' in the form of 'My Head's In Mississippi'

John Fogerty is accused ripping CCR off when ex-bandmates sued him for the song 'Old Man Down The Road', insisting that it was a note for note copy of 'Run Through The Jungle'. Fogerty won.

[Slosh]

Only to the spoonfed

Ah, Spoon. Good idea

NP: Spoon - A Series Of Sneaks

[Dusty Chalk]

The main riff in Black Sabbath's "Heaven and Hell" sounds a little bit like Heart's "Barracuda", slowed down. There's a Blondie song, too, but can't think of it right now. So there's another triplet for you if you can name that song.

(At least, I think it's Blondie -- it's something "new wave"...perhaps Duran^2...)

Or maybe it's "Children of the Grave"...

[ForeverAutumn]

The main riff in Black Sabbath's "Heaven and Hell" sounds a little bit like Heart's "Barracuda", slowed down. There's a Blondie song, too, but can't think of it right now. So there's another triplet for you if you can name that song.

(At least, I think it's Blondie -- it's something "new wave"...perhaps Duran^2...)

Or maybe it's "Children of the Grave"...

Thanks for narrowing that down for us.

[Dusty Chalk]

I think the Blondie song is "Heart of Glass".

[Ex Lion Tamer]

You're right about that Flaming Lips song...don't know how they don't get sued. And...

The Jam's "Start" / The Beatles' "Taxman"

[ForeverAutumn]

You're right about that Flaming Lips song...don't know how they don't get sued.

I guess when you give up all personal posessions of wealth, you open the doors for people to take your stuff.

[3-LockBox]

[QUOTE=Dusty Chalk it's Blondie -- it's something "new wave"...perhaps Duran^2...)
Or maybe it's "Children of the Grave"...[/QUOTE]

Now that you mention it!!!

Blondie's 'Call Me' does have a riff in common with 'Children Of The Grave'.