OK. 20%. 
ETA: Sure, there’s some similarity, but tangentially.
Interesting. I’m pretty lax about these things, but that particular one just jumps out at me. Far more similar than that “Blurred Lines” vs Marvin Gaye lawsuit (which I thought was horseshit.)
I was unaware of this suit, and after listening back and forth between to the two, I agree.
Maybe the bass lines, but even then, aren’t there a lot of similar funk bass lines?
The Doors say Hello, I Love You to the Kinks, for All Day, And All Of The Night"
Just realising that god-forsaken Middle of the Road band (that I mentioned upthread) has managed to pull a double-meld. Just a couple seconds after my previous edit, you can sing along “Everybody’s doin’ it, a brand new dance now” to this.
(ok, not a perfect one - at the end - “and my momma was gone”* - her notes descend.)
*Hearing it, at first I thought it was “and my wallet was gone”.
DAMN YOU GOOGLE!
It’s basically the groove and feel of the song (which is what their appeal from a few months ago was based on, that you can’t copyright a groove or feel). I mean, “Blurred Lines” is reminiscent of the “Got to Give It Up” percussive groove, but, otherwise, it feels melodically and harmonically distinct to me (as opposed to the chorus of the Offspring song, which is similar melodically, harmonically, rhythmically, and even the lyrics echo the Beatles song with the syllables and how they’re placed.) I really don’t understand how “Blurred Lines” managed to lose the trial on that one. Hell, even Led Zeppelin won with Stairway vs Spirit’s Taurus (which I agree with, but I think those two songs are more reminiscent of each other than Thicke/Pharrell v Gaye).
Art Pepper? It’s Horace Silver, Song for my Father.
That song is the source of another famous song:
Stevie Wonder - Don’t you worry bout a thing
I am the only one who says this AFAIK, but it's there.Wikipedia mentions it without a citation, so you’re not the only one. (And there’s a few more hits if you Google.) The chord progression itself is generic/cliche Latin-South American bossa nova sounding stuff, but I guess it’s moret the similarity between the horn riff and the “Don’t You Worry About a Thing” part (At least that’s what I think some people are getting at–the cites I see say the horn part was the part borrowed, and that’s the closest I could fine). I guess I can see that being inspirational. It’s a bit far removed for me, but I can just about hear it.
:smack: Thanks.
Talking Heads take a page out of The Jackson Five’s book.
Back in the Eighties, there were two #1 hits that had VERY similar openings: Hall & Oates’ “Maneater” and Phil Collins’ “You Can’t Hurry Love.” "I suspect that the “Maneater” bass opening was intended as a Motown tribute, since Darryl and John are such huge Motown lovers.
Sly and The Family Stone’s Hot Fun in the Summertime, of course, always brings Genesis’ “Misunderstanding” to mind. (And Phil Collins very much names it as one of several inspirations for the song. And, if the time link doesn’t work properly for whatever reason, it’s 1:00 into the song, specifically the bass part.)
It’s not the whole of the songs. But the line where stevie takes it into multi-multi syllables, “Thi i- i- i- ing” seems identical to the horn part. This occurs elsewhere too in both songs. Every time it happens there are 23 beats/syllables timed and indentifiable occurring in both songs at the same time and in the same tempo, with the same number of bars. That’s close.
Ah, gotcha. Yeah, I hear that now. ETA: Oh, yes… definitely. I didn’t listen far enough into the song. Absolutely quoting “Song for my father.”
I used to think of that Stevie song as a contender for the most syllables used for one word ever. But I don’t know whether to give stevie credit for the fast triplets.
Thanks to Guest(…)Id who posted live version of Song For My Father. Great!
::hat-nod:: Normally I tend towards studio versions (in case a live performance is too improv-y or poorly recorded or looks dumb) but for this one - naw.
Sure, one of the more generic offerings, but still hard-pressed to find another one as close as those two particular riffs are. (other than the Devo one being faster)
A little bit of CPR on this thread, but at least it’s on a Tuesday, still qualifying this as a Tuesday Meld (pacific time).
Nice to be able to edit, back and forth, the "la"s in Yesterday Once More, Close to You, and Elvis Costello’s Element Within Her, and the Grass Roots’ Live For Today.
And then make a loop of that. Of course, the edits would have to be tightened up, like losing the awesome four-count in that last one.
There is a Mother Love Bone song that reminds me of the theme to Magnum, P.I.
Wait. I’ll look it up…
Come bite the apple
Ah - I finally thought of one that pops into my brain regularly:
- **Boogie Fever **by The Sylvers: The Sylvers - Boogie Fever (Midnight Special 1976) - YouTube (main riff 18 seconds in)
and
- Day Tripper by The Beatles: Day Tripper Lyrics - Beatles - YouTube
The two song lyrics slither past each other as the common riff plays out in my head.
I do this one all the time on acoustic with AC/DC’s You Shook Me All Night Long and Dixie Chicks’ Goodbye Earl, same chord progression. “Na na nanana nana nana na, She was a fast machine…”
Cool, yeah, as well as melding in with April Wine!* (This was a very intentional nod, though, given the topic of the song, and how they brilliantly weave the Satisfaction riff into the Day Tripper riff.)
*ok seriously, now - how can you not go all gaga over that table hockey action? INTENSE!!!
Yep. I avoided the April Wine song I Like to Rock just like I avoided All Summer Long by Kid Rock, which blends Sweet Home Alabama with Werewolves of London, etc…
The Sylvers and the Beatles connection is a lot more fun for me because they are very different pop subgenres yet using the same basic riff.