||“Suite de pièce Vol. 2 No. 1, Minuet in G Minor (HWV 434-4)”|
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|Artist|George Frideric Handel|
|Album|1733|
||“Happy Together”|
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|Artist|The Turtles|
|Album|Happy Together, 1967|
~Max
Which parts of these pieces are similar?
The first time I heard the opening line of Dan Fogelberg’s “Another Auld Lang Syne”, I thought the melody was similar to Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” (the part where the cannons sound). When I later read the album cover, I saw that it had a line in the credits, “Inspiration: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky”.
I’ve started seeing this on social media recently but evidently Chariots of Fire theme is just a slowed down version of On Top of Spaghetti.
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star sounds a lot like the ABC Song.
If addressed to me, the verse of “Happy Together” has the same melody as Handel’s piece, albeit different keys and different tempos (try playing Handel at 2x speed). Both step down in a minor harmonic scale, two bars per step: mediant, supertonic, tonic, leading tone, then quickly back up again. (hope I used the right terminology there)
~Max
I’m sitting here reading this thread listening to Sirius. A song by Charlatans is playing and I swear I thought it was Deep Purple’s Hush.
It’s the same tune (for which Mozart composed a set of variations).
It’s not at all uncommon for lyrics of a “new” song to be set to the tune of a pre-existing song. This is what happened with “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “My Country 'Tis of Thee,” and some Christian hymns.
“American movie makers have always held a deep reverence for composers whose works lie in the public domain.” – Cecil Adams
Who composed the score for the old Flash Gordon serial? - The Straight Dope
Hehehe, I would never have confused them, but I immediately knew exactly what song you meant.
One of my fave bands, and one of their best songs:
And the last winter I was going through Neil Young’s back catalog, and I found this, which predates A Song For Europe by about a year (IIRC).
All I’ll say is: hmmm…
j
And speaking of favorite songs, I have read that this is (somewhat) based on My Way (a song I loathe).
This is kind of a tangent, but A Little Soul by Pulp sounds just like Tracks Of My Tears by Smokey Robinson; but then again it doesn’t. (The fact that the cover was a portrait of Smokey sorta identifies it as homage),
j
The similarity is obvious, but I want to point out that the riff both songs share probably is the most common riff in soul music. It appears in tons of songs. Here’s Van Morrison’s take on it:
I still think José Feliciano “borrowed” the theme of this Bach fugue (starting at 1:46) for “Feliz Navidad”:
Hmmm. I’m not hearing it. But it’s late and I’m tired - I’ll listen to all three on the bounce tomorrow.
j
We’ll never know how many people told George that My Sweet Lord sounded familiar. No way it was none.
I always thought “Pump it Up” sounds a lot like Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues”.
Also:
The Eagles’ “The Greeks Don’t Want No Freaks” sounds a lot like the Beatles’ “Birthday”.
“Since I’ve Been Loving You” on Led Zep III is a shameless copy of Black Cat Bones’ “Death Valley Blues” put to new lyrics.
“Hotel California” sounds like Jethro Tull’s “We Used to Know”.
Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” uses the bass line from Deep Purple’s “Space Trucking”.
“The Word” by the Beatles (verses, not chorus) sounds like “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” by the Supremes.
Yep. Nailed it.
OK, I think I got it now - not so near the surface with Van.
Back to the thread. Here’s one that I remembered while watching a documentary last night.
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j
I’m not going to ETA that - YouTube videos and all - but just to add that I have half a memory that the riff they have in common is ancient, and there are many more instances of it.
j