# Songs by one group/artist that sound like another group/artist **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 12, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794 "2005-08-12T22:37:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/21 "2005-08-13T13:35:27Z")
The Knickerbockers’ “Lies” sounds like the Beatles Klaatu’s “Sub Rosa Subway” (among others) sounds like the Beatles Mouse and the Traps’ “Public Execution” sounds like Bob Dylan Fontella Bass’s “Rescue Me” sounds like Aretha Franklin The Jags’ “Back of My Hand (I Got Your Number)” sounds like Elvis Costello Divine Sounds’ “What People Do For Money” sounds like Run DMC Ali Thompson’s “Take a Little Rhythm” sounds like Paul McCartney Eddie Holland’s “Jamie” sounds like Jackie Wilson Junior’s “Mama Used to Say” sounds like Stevie Wonder John Cafferty’s “On the Dark Side” sounds like Bruce Springsteen ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/22 "2005-08-13T15:36:45Z")
Oddly enough, the Rutles sound a lot like the Beatles (or is it the other way around?) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/23 "2005-08-13T15:47:42Z")
America’s “A Horse With No Name” sounds so much like Neil Young it’s scarey. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/24 "2005-08-13T16:38:30Z")
Rush’s “Working Man” sounds like Tony Iommi (from Black Sabbath) sat in on the sessions ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/25 "2005-08-13T16:48:56Z")
**Bonnie Tyler** sounds exactly like **Rod Stewart**. Occasionally, so does **Melissa Etheridge** **ELO** often sounds like **The Beatles** ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/26 "2005-08-13T17:05:53Z")
I’m sure there are still many people today who think that **The Hollies** ’ _Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)_ is by **Creedence Clearwater Revival**. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/27 "2005-08-13T17:42:48Z")
Most of 80s r&b band Ready For The World’s tunes sound like reworked Prince and the Revolution, whom the band idolized. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/28 "2005-08-13T17:49:54Z")
Sometimes, **The Violent Femmes** sounded quite a bit like **The Velvet Underground**. (Especially at the start.) ---
**Author:** ![sleeepy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sleeepy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeepy2)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/29 "2005-08-13T18:11:01Z")
Mott The Hoople’s _All The Young Dudes_ sounds like Bowie is singing it, which is weird, 'cause Bowie wrote it. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/30 "2005-08-13T18:58:49Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > Most of 80s r&b band Ready For The World’s tunes sound like reworked Prince and the Revolution, whom the band idolized. Almost _everything_ in the 80’s sounded like Prince, probably because Prince wrote almost all of it! ---
**Author:** ![Flipstrip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@Flipstrip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipstrip)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/31 "2005-08-13T19:03:51Z")
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ “American Girl” sounds like the Byrds. And the band Dirty Looks sounds a LOT like AC/DC. (At least back in the late 80’s/early 90’s – haven’t heard anything new by them in a long while.) ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/32 "2005-08-13T19:05:06Z")
> [@DarkSideoftheFloyd](#): > > That Jet Song “ **Look What You’ve Done** ” , and The Beatles. All the songs by Jet sound like The Black Crowes. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/33 "2005-08-13T19:16:27Z")
The first time I heard “Sultans of Swing” by Dire Straits I thought it was Dylan. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/34 "2005-08-13T22:04:48Z")
I forgot one – on the latest Billy Idol CD there is a song that sounds exactly like Neil Diamond. “Cherie” or something like that. I wish I was kidding. And I wish I was kidding when I said I liked it. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/35 "2005-08-13T23:39:02Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > The first time I heard “Sultans of Swing” by Dire Straits I thought it was Dylan. That reminds me of what ought to be the #1 example in this thread: _Stuck in the Middle With You_, by Stealer’s Wheel. I think most people think it _is_ Dylan. (I know some of you are here right now. How else could this not have been mentioned already? :D) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/36 "2005-08-14T00:56:46Z")
“Spill the Wine” by Eric Burdon sounds like a Rolling Stones song to me. Not a good Rolling Stones song, but nonetheless… ---
**Author:** ![liberty3701](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@liberty3701](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liberty3701)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/37 "2005-08-14T01:04:27Z")
I thought Coldplay was U2 for a couple months when they first got a lot of air time… ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/38 "2005-08-14T01:18:50Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Also, _A Favour House Atlantic_ by Coheed and Cambria sounds exactly like Rush. A lot of their stuff sounds similar, but I’d bet if you put it on a classic rock station most listeners would think it’s Rush. At The Drive-In reminds me even more of Rush. The lead singer of The Dirty Pictures sounds incredibly like the lead singer of Dada. And the lead singer of Prime Sth sounds much like the lead singer for Collapsis. I can’t count the number of people, me included, who thought “Why I’m Here” by Oleander was a previously unreleased Nirvana song. I’m pretty sure “Your Cover’s Blown” is the first and only Belle and Sebastian song I can stand because it reminds me of “The Way You Walk” by Papas Fritas. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/39 "2005-08-14T01:41:04Z")
One more. I haven’t heard anything else by these bands per se, but Just Like Hemingway by Blue Clocks Green actually _did_ made me think it was a Smiths song, as did Sound of Settling by Death Cab for Cutie. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/40 "2005-08-14T02:57:07Z")
> [@MrJackboots](#): > > Bowling for Soup sounds an awful lot like Jimmy Eat World on a regular basis. Bowling for Soup sounds like Weird Al Yankovic. Elvis’s “Blue Suede Shoes” sounds like Carl Perkins’s “Blue Suede Shoes.” Does that count? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794.md?page=3)