Songs that sound like a different band made them

Songs that sound like a different band made them

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President Merkin

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3,171 posts

20 months

Thursday 2nd May
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Mirrorball by Elbow could easily be an Orb tune until Guy Garvey opens his mouth. I just needed to get that off my chest.

Horse with no name is definitely Neil Young, Fight me.

EVO575

223 posts

208 months

Thursday 2nd May
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A Glass of Champagne by Sailor - Roxy Music

PomBstard

6,808 posts

243 months

Friday 3rd May
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Gabrielle by Ween is really Thin Lizzy….


abzmike

8,472 posts

107 months

Friday 3rd May
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Crazy Horses - The Osmonds.

AC43

11,508 posts

209 months

Friday 3rd May
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I only found out that Owner of a Lonely Heart was by Yes when I read Trevor Horn's autobiography last year.

I had no clue who it was actually by but I wouldn't have guessed it was Yes in a million years.

paulmakin

665 posts

142 months

Friday 3rd May
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to be fair, quite a bit of Sailor's output sounds a lot Roxy Music-ish


LR90

84 posts

4 months

Friday 3rd May
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'How Soon Is Now' by The Smiths.

The vocals are a giveaway, of course, but it doesn't sound like anything else they ever did.

bigpriest

1,609 posts

131 months

Friday 3rd May
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LR90 said:
'How Soon Is Now' by The Smiths.

The vocals are a giveaway, of course, but it doesn't sound like anything else they ever did.
On a related note, there's a Morrissey outtake "Striptease With A Difference" that was produced by Langer/Winstanley and is basically a Madness soundtrack complete with plonky-plonk piano. Shows how much a producer influences the sound of a track.

Yahonza

1,662 posts

31 months

Friday 3rd May
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Silent Lucidity - Queensriche. Very similar to late on Pink Floyd with Dave Gilmour - great track as well.

https://youtu.be/jhat-xUQ6dw?si=p8QbJzvIuJuq9NYJ

Edited by Yahonza on Friday 3rd May 22:01

StevieBee

12,961 posts

256 months

Saturday 4th May
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Jump into the Fire; Harry Nilsson:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=era7iVv2WPE


Riley Blue

21,031 posts

227 months

Saturday 4th May
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StevieBee said:
Jump into the Fire; Harry Nilsson:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=era7iVv2WPE
Not surprising, that was remastered 10 years after he died.

balise

1,871 posts

211 months

Saturday 4th May
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abzmike said:
Crazy Horses - The Osmonds.
Also One Bad Apple. I just think it’s by the Jackson 5

Lotobear

6,434 posts

129 months

Saturday 4th May
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'Hey Little Girl' by Ice House - Japan

Condi

17,300 posts

172 months

Sunday 5th May
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If you didn't know who sung Taylor Swift's new album you would put money on it being Lana Del Rey.

egor110

16,918 posts

204 months

Sunday 5th May
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Letterman by the story so far - American pop punk band finally morph into a oasis cover band

mikees

2,752 posts

173 months

Sunday 5th May
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EVO575 said:
A Glass of Champagne by Sailor - Roxy Music
Almost a parady

mikees

2,752 posts

173 months

Sunday 5th May
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Lotobear said:
'Hey Little Girl' by Ice House - Japan
Very. Enjoying these pls keep them coming

Super Sonic

5,001 posts

55 months

Sunday 5th May
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'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' by Queen sounds like Elvis Presley.

Super Sonic

5,001 posts

55 months

Sunday 5th May
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abzmike said:
Crazy Horses - The Osmonds.
Sounds like Motörhead?

Super Sonic

5,001 posts

55 months

Sunday 5th May
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'Dupont' by Liasonnes Dangereuses sounds like Autechre.