August 17, 2008
Musical Equations: Songs that sound the same
from Julie R.:The Clash "Straight to Hell" = M.I.A. "Paper Planes"from Tony:
opening of "Sunny Afternoon" = opening of "The Beast and Dragon, Adored"from Jack:
chorus of "Just What I Needed" = chorus of "Requiem for O.M.M. 2"From Chase:
The bassline to Radiohead's "All I Need" = the entire song of Boards of Canada's "ROYGBIV"
Intro to Wolf Parade's "Shine A Light" = The Beatles "Get Back"
Cat Stevens "Father and Son" = Flaming Lips "Fight Test"From Econ:
The Cure opening of "In Between Days" = opening of Wilco "Pot Kettle Black"
For sickening fun: Beach Boys "Sloop John B" = Glen Campbell "Rhinestone Cowboy"
intentional quoting: Belle & Sebastian, "I'm a Cuckoo" = Thin Lizzy, "The Boys Are Back in Town"more to come...e-mail more finds + links to gonzalezreports (at) gmail (dot) com
The Strokes, opening of "Last Nite" = Robert Pollard, opening of "Dancing Girls and Dancing Men"
Jens Lekman, "You Are the Light" ("It's so beautiful..." 2:30) = Of Montreal, "Disconnect the Dots" ("It's so beautiful..." 0:41)
(times above refer to actual song, not YouTube videos)
Labels: music
by Tony at 12:59 PM |
4 Comments:
Wow. Yep.
Nice Spoon video.
maybe this is obvious/not worth stating, but i have always marveled at vanilla ice's ripoff of queen's bassline from "under pressure". perhaps it was a tribute, perhaps not.
Ok. I need to set some things straight. Julie Ryan is the biggest liar ever. She lives off of taking advantage of others and using others. ie, that was my idea that she gave you. sean
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