# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/41 "2005-08-14T03:26:20Z")
“Days Gone Down” by Gerry Rafferty sounds like it could be a George Harrison song. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/42 "2005-08-14T03:57:05Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > One world: Queensryche. Can you elaborate? I’m a huge Ryche fan, and have never heard of this song. They DID do a song called “Real World,” which was on the _Last Action Hero_ soundtrack. Is One World a band? A google search doesn’t give any band called One World. ---
**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, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/43 "2005-08-14T05:47:20Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Can you elaborate? I’m a huge Ryche fan, and have never heard of this song. It was a typo: > [@myself](#): > > One world: Queensryche. > [@myself](#): > > While I’m certain that they would do a passable cover of “Dogs of War” which contains the phrase I mentioned, I meant to drop only one _word_. In other words, I was trying to be the first with the obvious comparison between Queensryche and the band mentioned in my correction. Which I’m still not gonna mention due to it’s obviousnessesitocity 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/44 "2005-08-14T11:28:45Z")
**DarkSideoftheFloyd** , I totally agree on the Jet/Beatles thing. But I hate that Jet song. Gah! I think that the song Stars by Hum sounds like Smashing Pumpkins, but without Billy Corgan. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/45 "2005-08-14T11:38:11Z")
> [@rinni](#): > > **DarkSideoftheFloyd** , I totally agree on the Jet/Beatles thing. > > But I hate that Jet song. Gah! > > I think that the song Stars by Hum sounds like Smashing Pumpkins, but without Billy Corgan. I do too. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/46 "2005-08-14T14:37:29Z")
It took me a good bit to realize that Creed was (thankfully) not Pearl Jam. ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/47 "2005-08-14T17:33:45Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > America’s “A Horse With No Name” sounds so much like Neil Young it’s scarey. When America’s songs were first played on the radio I called them the band that had no sound of their own… Every one of their records sounded like it was played by another group. One song sounded like the Hollies. Another like the Bee Gees, pre-Saturday Night Fever. I liked the songs but thought it was a little cheesy that the band didn’t have its own musical identity. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/48 "2005-08-14T17:58:39Z")
**The New Radicals’** lead singer sounds a lot like the lead singer from **James**. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/49 "2005-08-14T20:10:39Z")
> [@parthenokinesis](#): > > _Fell in Love With a Girl_ by the White Stripes sounds exactly like the Buzzcocks to me. When I first heard it on the radio I was stunned that Pete Shelly was working and getting airplay, assumed it was a sign of the apocalypse, sacrifaced a street persn to Ba’al, then started the ceremony of… oh, I’ve said too much. 😛 Speaking of the Buzzcocks and Pete Shelley: a band called [The Adored](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE4781ED84AA97320C2933945CFB575F30FDF45FB881F264B53DDB33068850262EC5DFC85D3E2A528F811D9B959ED0974B686E649FDD8793F3D8DEBEA64323E4D0C082255E0B5&sql=11:vyevadskq8w5) recently put out a self-titled EP. I’ve only heard the song “TV Riot,” but it sounds exactly like the Buzzcocks. Lyrically, it’s like a heavy-handed version of a Buzzcocks song (something like “Airwaves Dream”). The [cover of the EP](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE4781ED84AA97320C2933945CFB575F30FDF45FB881F264B53DDB33068850262EC5DFC85D3E2A528F811D9B959ED0974B686E649FDD8793F3D8DEBEA64323E4E0C0D2455E0B5&sql=10:5nkku3isandk) looks like a stylized Buzzcocks album cover. And, on top of this, Pete Shelley sings on the track! It’s mindblowing. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/50 "2005-08-14T21:17:25Z")
> [@vibrotronica](#): > > Almost _everything_ in the 80’s sounded like Prince, probably because Prince wrote almost all of it! You have a point… but Ready For the World as a band, almost down to the man, were openly aping that Minneapolis sound. Check out “Oh, Sheila,” “Digital Display” and “Deep Inside Your Love.” ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/51 "2005-08-15T00:29:17Z")
For at least a decade in my youth I thought ‘Brown Eyed Girl’ was the Rolling Stones. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/52 "2005-08-15T00:46:36Z")
[22 people think Spike Jones recorded “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh”](http://www.last.fm/music/Spike+Jones/_/Hello+Mudda%2C+Hello+Fadda). ---
**Author:** ![whatmove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecc23a/32.png) [@whatmove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatmove)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/53 "2005-08-15T03:27:05Z")
Though bluegrassy, new favorite **Blue Merle** sounds like **Coldplay** , especially on their single _Burning in the Sun_. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/54 "2005-08-15T11:49:15Z")
_Seven Bridges Road_ by The Eagles sounds a lot like Crosby Stills and Nash. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/55 "2005-08-19T23:33:48Z")
I only discovered this the other day, but the ending of Led Zeppelin’s _Babe I’m Gonna Leave You_ is the same as _25 or 6 to 4_ by Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/56 "2005-08-19T23:45:33Z")
> [@honeydewgrrl](#): > > It took me a good bit to realize that Creed was (thankfully) not Pearl Jam. Or SoundgardenOr Alice in Chains Or Stone Temple Pilots 😛 For my part, I have always felt that Crowded House’s “Don’t Dream it’s Over” sounds just like Billy Joel. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/57 "2005-08-20T01:14:38Z")
Rush did a song called _Available Light_ back around 1987; the whole feel of the song through the guitar solo is remarkably like Journey. In 1993 they did a song called _Between Sun and Moon_ in which Alex Lifeson’s guitar parts sound (intentionally, as I understand it) like a strange blending of Mark Knopfler, Keith Richards and Angus Young. I’ll be the third person here to admit to thinking _Brown Eyed Girl_ was The Rolling Stones. > [@JohnBckWLD](#): > > Rush’s “Working Man” sounds like Tony Iommi (from Black Sabbath) sat in on the sessions Really? The story I’ve always heard is that when Rush’s first album started getting airplay back in '74, everybody thought it was a new Led Zepplin album! Granted, I’ve never been able to hear the similarity. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794/58 "2005-08-20T02:19:09Z")
> [@Phase42](#): > > Really? The story I’ve always heard is that when Rush’s first album started getting airplay back in '74, everybody thought it was a new Led Zepplin album! Granted, I’ve never been able to hear the similarity. Was their first one the one with “Finding my Way”? If so I totally see the similarity to Zeppelin. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-by-one-group-artist-that-sound-like-another-group-artist/316794.md?page=2)