More than a feelin’
It’s the power of love.
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Crows.
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:smack: I knew I was dumb.
The Violent Femmes in “Gone Daddy Gone” had the last verse start off with:
“I can see by the way that you switch and walk,
I can tell by the way that you baby talk,
I can know by the way that you treat your man,
But I could love you baby, it’s a cryin’…”
Which is directly from a Willie Dixon song “I Just Want to Make Love to You” that’s been recorded by a ton of people, Muddy Waters, Foghat, the Stones, etc.
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I stand corrected. Sublight, has given the correct citation that I was trying to come up with yesterday.
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Actually, I think Love is the Seventh Wave also uses the same line.
Aerosmith’s “Living on the Edge” contains a few lines from a song by their idols, the Yardbirds.
Aerosmith’s song says, “If you can judge a wise man
By the color of his skin
Then mister you’re a better man than I.”
The Yardbirds’ hit “You’re a Better Man Than I” contained the lines:
"Could you tell a wise man,
By the way he speaks or spells…
Say the colour of his skin,
Is the colour of his soul?
Well, Mr, you’re a better man than I."
Crowded House, Weather with you
More recently, SOS by Rihanna not only samples musically part of Soft Cell’s 1981 version of Tainted Love, but also includes a line clearly derived from the other song: “You got me tossin’ and turnin’ and can’t sleep at night”.
Dead Can Dance’s *The Carnival Is Over * contains the lines “[the] procession moves on, the shouting is over.” These are the opening lines of Joy Division’s The Eternal
Steely Dan’s “Pretzel Logic” cites Genesis’ "Squonk:
I’ve got two from Neil Young’s Greendale:
from Bandit:
and from Devil’s Sidewalk:
Not sure of the Lennon song being quoted though.
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Steely Dan’s “Pretzel Logic” cites Genesis’ "Squonk:
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Actually, the Steely Dan song predates the Genesis one by two years–they’re both referring to the story of the squonk.
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“One thing i can tell you, Is you got to be free, John Lennon said that.”
Not sure of the Lennon song being quoted though.
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The Beatles’ “Come Together.”
Pretty obvious, I guess. I was thinking of Lennon tunes and I forgot those other guys he used to play with.