Songs with identical beginnings..

[monthefish]

You now the ones - you hear the first few notes/bars on the radio and you are convinced is one thing, but turns out to be another.

for example:

Bachman Turner Overdrive - You Aint Seen Nothin' Yet
and
Roy Orbison - You Got It


Any more?

[jesta1865]

one of the robbie williams one and chorlton and the wheelies

[ShadownINja]

A hundred and one trance tunes.

[HereBeMonsters]

B.L.U.R.E.M.I. by Blur
Don't Leave Me by Green Day

When we saw Blur at Reading about ten years ago they began to play their tune (we had never heard it before, being connoisseurs of their earlier work, natch) we started to sing along to the Green Day song. When ol' Damon launched into his lyrics we were most confused, as was the one other person in the 100,000 or so people there who also knew the Green Day tune.

[Size Nine Elm]

Coldplay - 'Talk' and Kraftwerk, 'Computer Love'.

Oh. Maybe the order should be reversed...

[Yelly]

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and

Baa Baa Black Sheep.

Almost.

Yes, I do have a baby and have to hear these songs on a daily basis.

[KB_S1]

Oasis "Don't Look back in Anger".

John Lennon "Imagine".

Used to be caught out with that a lot when it was on the radio.

I am sure there was a Dandy Warhols track that was very similar to a Stones song. Can't remember the details though.

[monthefish]

What was the one in the charts recently?

I think it was Take That song, and the other by a female artist...

[CraigW]

Yelly said:

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and

Baa Baa Black Sheep.

Almost.

Yes, I do have a baby and have to hear these songs on a daily basis.

i always thought that, total scam!!

[useyourdellusion]

monthefish said:

What was the one in the charts recently?

I think it was Take That song, and the other by a female artist...

Wasn't it 'Shine' and the female artist being Lily Allen? Can't remember what her tune was called though.

[useyourdellusion]

KB_S1 said:

I am sure there was a Dandy Warhols track that was very similar to a Stones song. Can't remember the details though.

Think that would be 'Bohemion like you' by the Dandys and 'Jumping Jack Flash' by the Stones.

[monthefish]

useyourdellusion said:

monthefish said:

What was the one in the charts recently?

I think it was Take That song, and the other by a female artist...

Wasn't it 'Shine' and the female artist being Lily Allen? Can't remember what her tune was called though.

That sounds right...

[timbob]

Some modern song (can't remember which) has nicked the beginning of Horace Silver's "Song For My Father":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLdm1yuoU_Q

[TheEnd]

timbob said:

Some modern song (can't remember which) has nicked the beginning of Horace Silver's "Song For My Father":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLdm1yuoU_Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqwmDNPegnM
not modern though

I also think that Kesha and Toyo Cruise (he might have a different name, but my version has a small element of sensibility) seems to have ripped off the MASH/ suicide is painless bit.

Edited by TheEnd on Wednesday 28th April 21:46

[kiteless]

Bach's Cello Suite No.1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZn_VBgkPNY

and

Horizons by Steve Hackett:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUZcHZEficE

Also Streets of Harlem and Pretty Flamingo.

[Mr Will]

Yelly said:

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and

Baa Baa Black Sheep.

Almost.

Yes, I do have a baby and have to hear these songs on a daily basis.

Old MacDonald had a dog, bingo was his name-o...

[WestYorkie]

Mr Will said:

Yelly said:

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and

Baa Baa Black Sheep.

Almost.

Yes, I do have a baby and have to hear these songs on a daily basis.

Old MacDonald had a dog, bingo was his name-o...

Twinkle twinkle little star and the Alphabet song is the same tune.

The Take that song and Lilly Allen's song It's not alright (I think) use the same tune.

[Meeja]

The Popinjays - Monster Mouth and Lightning Seeds - Life of Riley are not dissimilar!

[KB_S1]

Just remebered the whole 'Brimful of Asha' and the 'Same jeans on' scenario.

More than a similar beginning there though.

[Yelly]

Mr Will said:

Yelly said:

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and

Baa Baa Black Sheep.

Almost.

Yes, I do have a baby and have to hear these songs on a daily basis.

Old MacDonald had a dog, bingo was his name-o...

Aaragh! Another almost identical one! Our kids only know one tune!