Three Dog Night’s “One” sounds like The Cowsill’s “I Love The Flower Girl”
I’ve had my car radio stuck on Cleveland’s oldies station 105.7 for, gosh, more than a decade now. So I’ve heard I Love the Flower Girl – aka The Rain, The Park And Other Things. So when a reader emailed me about this track, I was surprised that I hadn’t noticed it already myself. My first thought upon hearing the intro of I Love the Flower Girl was “They must not play this intro on the radio! I haven’t had a chance to confirm my suspicions, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was true.
The Three Dog Night breakout hit One was recorded in 1967, the year that The Cowsill’s (also breakout) hit was released. Although not nearly as world-changing as calculus or evolutionary theory, these two opening riffs were also probably created independently, by two different groups, in a very close window of time.
So here they are – snippets of both songs to satisfy your curiosity.
The Cowsills: “I Love the Flower Girl” (’67)
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Chemical Brothers: “Let Forever Be” (’68)
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Bonus points: The Cowsills were a family band, and the inspiration for the TV series The Partridge Family. Thanks, Wikipedia!
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Chemical Brother’s “Let Forever Be” sounds like the Beatles “Tomorrow Never Knows”
Checked the SoundsJustLike email today and found piles & piles of awesome suggestions from all of you. Thanks! I chased down most of the leads & have a long list of posts to push out.
This sound-a-like comes from Fernando; thanks, man! As soon as I heard these two songs next to each other I was excited to post this. The atmospheric effects, runaway bassline, and loopy drum beat of “Let Forever Be” definitely owes a lot to “Tomorrow Never Knows”. Sometimes my stomach turns over with disgust at these sound a likes, but that’s not the case with these two songs. The Chemical Brothers seem to be paying a beautiful tribute to the quirky Beatles tune, and to my ear, they did a great job.
The Beatles: “Tomorrow Never Knows” (’66)
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Chemical Brothers: “Let Forever Be” (’99)
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