# Similar Sounding Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [July 21, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-sounding-songs/946986 "2021-07-21T16:22:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-sounding-songs/946986/142 "2026-01-22T15:42:34Z")
Every George Thorogood song sounds like every George Thorogood song. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-sounding-songs/946986/143 "2026-01-22T16:52:47Z")
And the first line (and chorus) of _Hush_ is pretty much a faster version of the Beatles’ _A Day in the Life_ (the part just after Paul sings “somebody spoke and I went into a dream”). ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-sounding-songs/946986/144 "2026-01-22T17:08:04Z")
I came here to say that! I posted about this on a Dope thread, about seven years ago. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-sounding-songs/946986/145 "2026-01-22T17:11:06Z")
This one? [Songs you didn’t realize were covers - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-realize-were-covers/927496/121) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-sounding-songs/946986/146 "2026-01-22T17:12:51Z")
Ha! Well, the one I referenced there. So, my original post on this was more like _ten_ years ago. Now I feel really old. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-sounding-songs/946986/147 "2026-01-22T17:39:08Z")
By the way, pianist John Bayless did a kind of mash-up album in the 80s called _Bach on Abbey Road_. For his take on “A Day in the Life,” he devised a lovely Bach-like prelude based just on that four-chord melody/harmony segment. I can’t find a link to the piece online, but I strongly recommend the whole album, especially if you like both Bach _and_ the Beatles. My kid, when he was maybe nine, enjoyed trying to sleuth out which Beatles song each track was referencing. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-sounding-songs/946986/148 "2026-01-22T18:17:27Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > I can’t find a link to the piece online, but I strongly recommend the whole album, especially if you like both Bach _and_ the Beatles. Seconded - and I’ll make the same recommendation for Joshua Rifkin’s album _The Baroque Beatles Book_. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-sounding-songs/946986/149 "2026-01-22T23:48:39Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star sounds a lot like the ABC Song. And Baa Baa Black Sheep, all written by Mozart. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-sounding-songs/946986/150 "2026-01-23T00:21:12Z")
And one of his variations thereupon sounds like “Hatikvah” (and “The Moldau”). ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-sounding-songs/946986/151 "2026-01-23T03:33:33Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > just to add that I have half a memory that the riff they have in common is ancient “I’m a man” by Bo Diddley [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jTRx5diic0c/maxresdefault.jpg "I'm a Man") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTRx5diic0c) Or specifically the Yardbirds cover [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JAdCePtwoW4/hqdefault.jpg "The yardbirds - I'm A Man") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAdCePtwoW4) ~Max ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-sounding-songs/946986/152 "2026-01-23T11:55:04Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > Or specifically the Yardbirds cover Bang on! Good call. j [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-sounding-songs/946986.md?page=7)