Songs that sound like a different band made them

[President Merkin]

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]

A Glass of Champagne by Sailor - Roxy Music

[PomBstard]

Gabrielle by Ween is really Thin Lizzy….

[abzmike]

Crazy Horses - The Osmonds.

[AC43]

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]

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

[anonymous-user]

'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]

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]

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]

Jump into the Fire; Harry Nilsson:

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

[Riley Blue]

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]

abzmike said:

Crazy Horses - The Osmonds.

Also One Bad Apple. I just think it’s by the Jackson 5

[Lotobear]

'Hey Little Girl' by Ice House - Japan

[Condi]

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

[egor110]

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

[mikees]

EVO575 said:

A Glass of Champagne by Sailor - Roxy Music

Almost a parady

[mikees]

Lotobear said:

'Hey Little Girl' by Ice House - Japan

Very. Enjoying these pls keep them coming

[Super Sonic]

'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' by Queen sounds like Elvis Presley.

[Super Sonic]

abzmike said:

Crazy Horses - The Osmonds.

Sounds like Motörhead?

[Super Sonic]

'Dupont' by Liasonnes Dangereuses sounds like Autechre.