# Singers You Felt Sound Similar but Others May/ May Not Agree With? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 17, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428 "2016-04-17T00:34:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/21 "2016-04-20T23:38:06Z")
Ian Hunter and Mick Jagger Meat Loaf and the singer from the Killers Lou Reed and the singer from Cake ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/22 "2016-04-21T00:01:53Z")
Hozier and Eric Burdon ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/23 "2016-04-21T00:40:59Z")
Sting and Tony Lewis of the Outfield. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/24 "2016-04-21T00:45:39Z")
The first few times I heard “Eye of the Tiger,” I assumed it was Journey, because Jimmy Jamison sounded very close to Steve Perry. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/25 "2016-04-21T01:57:30Z")
I always think this song [Cough Syrup](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAsTlnjvetI) by Young the Giant is by Coldplay. I also think this guy and Chris Martin sound like Sting. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/26 "2016-04-21T02:57:41Z")
Peter Murphy is a cross between David Bowie and Neil Diamond Ian McCulloch of Echo and the Bunnymen is a cross between Neil Diamond and Michael Hutchence of INXS. Jack White and the guy from Cage the Elephant Adam Levine of Maroon 5 and Jay Kay of Jamiroquai. ---
**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/27 "2016-04-21T03:07:30Z")
> [@Nema98](#): > > Ian McCulloch of Echo and the Bunnymen is a cross between Neil Diamond and Michael Hutchence of INXS. I always heard the Neil Diamond part of this too! ---
**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/28 "2016-04-21T03:18:44Z")
To me, Janis Joplin sounds a bit like Roky Erickson of The 13th Floor Elevators, which is kind of interesting because they were friends in real life. ---
**Author:** ![john\_b\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9a28c/32.png) [@john\_b\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/john_b_2)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/29 "2016-04-21T07:49:08Z")
B.J. Thomas, Jay and the Americans, J. Frank Wilson and The Righteous Brothers sound rather alike to me. A 60s thing: intense, operatic white male, always seeming to be verging on either self-pity, self-parody or both. Richard Harris deserves honorable mention for his one off MacArthur Park, which channels similar feelings as the aforementioned. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2016, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/30 "2016-04-21T09:17:21Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Sting and Tony Lewis of the Outfield. Ha! Upthread I mentioned Sting and the singer from Maná. I was planning to to add to that post “…_and_ the singer from the band with that one 80s hit ‘Tonight’,” but I decided not to, because I couldn’t remember the name of the act. Turns out I couldn’t remember the nane of the song either. It’s actually ‘Your Love.’ ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/31 "2016-04-21T15:07:11Z")
> [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](#): > > Bowie and Iggy Pop sound very similar in their lower “crooning” registers. But they worked together so much that I think their voices sorta grew together like when two trees are planted next to each other. When I heard Iggy’s new tune “Gardenia” I thought “Wow, he sounds a lot like Bowie”. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/32 "2016-04-21T15:14:41Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > Hozier and Eric Burdon Hozier and Elton John! ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428/33 "2016-04-21T22:13:50Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Ha! Upthread I mentioned Sting and the singer from Maná. I was planning to to add to that post “…_and_ the singer from the band with that one 80s hit ‘Tonight’,” but I decided not to, because I couldn’t remember the name of the act. > > Turns out I couldn’t remember the nane of the song either. It’s actually ‘Your Love.’ I was going to say “Sting and Maroon5”. Every time I hear the opening of “Map that leads to you” I want to start singing “Walking on the Moon”… Apparently, everyone sounds like Sting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428.md?page=1)