Sounds Just Like

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

   December 4, 2012 1:04 am 1 Comment

   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 38 Comments

4. The Strokes: Gratisfaction sounds like Steely Dan: Reelin’ in the Years

   November 26, 2012 12:10 pm 8 Comments

5. 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.

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

   November 17, 2012 4:07 pm 18 Comments

7. Sublime: What I got sounds like The Beatles: Lady Madonna

   November 13, 2012 7:32 am 74 Comments

   These songs share a loose connection between their descending vocal melodies & cadence.

8. FUN: Some Nights sounds like Simon & Garfunkel: Cecilia

   November 10, 2012 8:19 pm 180 Comments

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

   November 4, 2012 10:39 pm 38 Comments

10. Radiohead: Karma Police sounds like The Beatles: Sexy Sadie

    October 21, 2012 5:21 pm 44 Comments

    Here’s a Radiohead song that sounds like the Beatles. The similarities are subtle. Listen for the vocal melody and piano in Karma Police to sound a lot like the piano line in Sexy Sadie.
    This soundalike was suggested by Andrew Gallacher.