Sounds Just Like

Tag Archive: guitar

1. Nirvana: Come as You Are sounds like Killing Joke: Eighties

   December 4, 2012 1:04 am 2 Comments

   Geordie Walker of Killing Joke agrees:
   “We were very pissed off about that, but it’s obvious to everyone. We had two separate musicologists’ reports saying it was [similar]“

2. Smash Mouth: Then the morning comes sounds like The Animals: It’s my life

   December 1, 2012 3:45 am 10 Comments

3. Madonna: Some girls sounds like Lady Gaga: Born this way

   November 28, 2012 3:15 am 39 Comments

4. Steriogram: Walkie Talkie Man sounds like The Kinks: Picture Book

   November 25, 2012 4:55 pm 14 Comments

   This is a follow up to the post comparing Green Day’s Warning and The Kink’s Picture Book.

   Walkie Talkie Man is the song that brought Steriogram out of obscurity in New Zealand. Since its release, Walkie Talkie Man has been featured in a handful of movies, video games, and an early commercial for the iPod.

5. The Strokes: Last Nite sounds like Tom Petty: American Girl

   November 17, 2012 4:07 pm 18 Comments

6. Foo Fighters: Dear Rosemary sounds like The Raconteurs: Steady as She Goes

   November 15, 2012 8:00 am 138 Comments

7. Violent Femmes: Blister in the Sun sounds like The Shadows: Little B

   November 4, 2012 10:39 pm 38 Comments

8. The Civil War’s “Barton Hollow” sounds like Beck’s “Loser”

   November 8, 2011 9:57 am 56 Comments

   These two songs share a vague connection, not really heard until the chorus. Check out the samples below to hear the most similar sections.

9. The Beach Boys’ “Surfin’ USA” sounds like Chuck Berry’s “Sweet Little Sixteen”

   August 6, 2010 12:34 am 38 Comments

   Chuck Berry claimed that the melody to “Surfin’ USA” was his after it became a hit. According to Brian Wilson in his book Wouldn’t it be Nice: My Own Story, his brother Mury handed the copyright over to Chuck Berry without Brian’s knowledge.

   Although Brian has written defenses of the song’s originality, I find the the two clips below remarkably similar. The rhythm, structure, melody, lyrics & vocal cadence of Chuck Berry’s “Sweet Little Sixteen” is heard all over again in “Surfin’ USA”.

10. Tom Petty Mary Jane’s Last Dance sounds like the Jayhawks Waiting for the Sun

    October 23, 2009 8:07 pm 33 Comments

    Although the Jayhawks never brought plagiarism charges against Tom Petty for this soundalike, the similarities are unmistakable. Oh, and I should add the Jayhawks opened for Tom Petty during 1992, and Petty heard “Waiting for the Sun” every night.