# THIS song sound just like THAT song. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 24, 2013, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sound-just-like-that-song/672106 "2013-10-24T13:16:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sound-just-like-that-song/672106/21 "2013-10-24T20:08:53Z")
Oh, I thought of another. The bass line in Tame Impala’s “Elephant” sounds just like (to me) the bass line in Pink Floyd’s Money. Maybe only in parts, but every time I hear the Tame Impala song, I start singing the Pink Floyd song and it still works. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sound-just-like-that-song/672106/22 "2013-10-24T20:13:57Z")
The Beatles’ “Norwegian Wood” and Bob Dylan’s “Fourth Time Around.” ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sound-just-like-that-song/672106/23 "2013-10-24T20:15:13Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > Oh, I thought of another. The bass line in Tame Impala’s “Elephant” sounds just like (to me) the bass line in Pink Floyd’s Money. Maybe only in parts, but every time I hear the Tame Impala song, I start singing the Pink Floyd song and it still works. That’s funny, “Elephant” always reminds me of a Queens of the Stone Age song, “No One Knows”, except played slowly. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sound-just-like-that-song/672106/24 "2013-10-24T21:13:39Z")
My favorite example- 1970: Shocking Blue: **“Venus”** \*[Shocking Blue - Venus (Video) - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LhkyyCvUHk) \* 1963: The Big Three (including pre-Mama’s and Papa’s Cass Elliot): **“The Banjo Song”** _[The Banjo Song - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uqnN3ek2vI)_ ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sound-just-like-that-song/672106/25 "2013-10-24T21:41:54Z")
Also, “La Bamba” and “Twist and Shout” sound very similar to my ears. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sound-just-like-that-song/672106/26 "2013-10-24T21:45:57Z")
Free’s “All Right Now” and the Steve Miller Band’s “Rock ‘n’ Me.” The Stones’ “Jumping Jack Flash” and the Kinks’ “Catch Me Now, I’m Falling” and Dire Straits’ “Money for Nothing.” The Stones’ “Satisfaction” and Neil Young’s “Mr. Soul.” ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sound-just-like-that-song/672106/27 "2013-10-24T22:16:07Z")
An example I saw on [Cracked.com](http://Cracked.com) the other day: Franz Ferdinand’s [Take Me Out](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijk4j-r7qPA) (especially once you get past the first minute or so) sounds a lot like Ringo Starr’s [Back Off Boogaloo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXg1AxBXN5g), as well as Led Zeppelin’s [Trampled Underfoot](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBku3rJ0Xe0). ---
**Author:** ![AgProv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@AgProv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AgProv)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sound-just-like-that-song/672106/28 "2013-10-24T22:58:33Z")
I like this game! There’s a passage in Black Sabbath’s [- YouTube](http://youtu.be/1n-ELw-1lrk***National) Acrobat\*\*\* that sounds just like the Tremolos’ [- YouTube](http://youtu.be/bVz0-tD5d44***Even) the Bad Times Are Good\*\*\* - it begins at 4:43. Also, Black Sab’s [- YouTube](http://youtu.be/6PV1tlEm2uI) _ **Killing Yourself To Live** _ has an opening that sounds as if Judas Priest borrowed it and built it into the song [- YouTube](http://youtu.be/DxsSVNhyiKk***Living) After Midnight. \*\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sound-just-like-that-song/672106/29 "2013-10-24T23:35:11Z")
The Doors’ [“Hello, I Love You”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzM71scYw0M) and the Kinks’ [“All Day and All of the Night.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yQRiEtxA5A) I heard somewhere that Jim wrote his version just to piss off Ray and Dave. ---
**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:** [October 25, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sound-just-like-that-song/672106/30 "2013-10-25T02:04:10Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > The Stones’ “Satisfaction” and Neil Young’s “Mr. Soul.” Several years later, Neil acknowledged this link in a song lyric. Can’t recall the song at the moment. Anyway…one of my favorites for these threads is the end of the middle section of the Beatles’ “A Day in the Life,” and Deep Purple’s “Hush.” Both are from 1967 – I’m pretty sure they were independent inventions. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sound-just-like-that-song/672106/31 "2013-10-25T02:34:20Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I just noticed this yesterday, actually. Ray Charles’ “Look What They’ve Done To My Song” and ELO’s “Hold On Tight” are remarkably similar, right down to a 3rd verse in French. OMG…I just listened to the Ray Charles song, and you’re absolutely right. I’m a big ELO fan, and I never knew about this, either. I’m really surprised that there was never a lawsuit over it. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sound-just-like-that-song/672106/32 "2013-10-25T02:48:31Z")
I’ve always maintained that the **X-Files Theme** sounds like the music to the old 60’s TV series **The Mothers-in-Law** , but played more slowly and “spookily”. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sound-just-like-that-song/672106/33 "2013-10-25T03:51:38Z")
Guadalcanal Diary-“Always Saturday” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/EPwtNm5pfqE/hqdefault.jpg "Guadalcanal Diary "Always Saturday"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPwtNm5pfqE) Alabama-“I’m in a Hurry” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CICwZ01bT3w/hqdefault.jpg "I'm In A Hurry - Alabama - Lyric Video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CICwZ01bT3w) * * * Lynne Hamilton-“On The Inside” [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ3TAAV4Z70) Alabama-“Christmas in Dixie” [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nOrNQfQnZo) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sound-just-like-that-song/672106/34 "2013-10-25T04:00:31Z")
Stairway to Heaven and While My Guitar Gently Weeps ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sound-just-like-that-song/672106/35 "2013-10-25T05:49:16Z")
[Home](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoRkntoHkIE) by Phillip Phillips and [I Will Wait](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NPNcRuaGQI) by Mumford and Sons. I really love this [mashup](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKvepzu_kqk)! [Some Nights](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ho0y4en95Y) by Fun and [Cecilia](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5_QV97eYqM) by Simon and Garfunkel. ---
**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:** [October 25, 2013, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sound-just-like-that-song/672106/36 "2013-10-25T06:17:18Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Anyway…one of my favorites for these threads is the end of the middle section of the Beatles’ “A Day in the Life,” and Deep Purple’s “Hush.” Both are from 1967 – I’m pretty sure they were independent inventions. That’s pretty good, I never noticed that. Actually, “Hush” was written and originally recorded in 1967 by Joe South, but the original version also has that part that resembles “A Day in the Life.” (Deep Purple’s is from 1968). ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sound-just-like-that-song/672106/37 "2013-10-25T06:22:04Z")
Sorry not to link, but I forgot how. Anyway, Webber and (not Lorenz) Hart’s “Music of the Night” is spookily reminiscent of Lerner and Loewe’s “Come to Me, Bend to Me”. And if I can remember the name of the Korean song the first six notes of whose “la, la” chorus are identical to those of J. Geils Band’s (later) “Centerfold” chorus, I’ll post it here. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sound-just-like-that-song/672106/38 "2013-10-25T10:10:28Z")
Lata Mangeshkar’s “Gumnaam Hai Koi” sounds like Henry Mancini’s “Charade.” Yoko Ono’s “I’m Your Angel” sounds like Walter Donaldson’s “Makin’ Whoopee.” (I like Yoko, but in all honesty she screwed the pooch on that one.) > [@Tethered\_Kite](#): > > Part of Bob Dylan’s “Girl from the North Country” borrows identical tune and words from “Scarborough Fair” sung by Simon and Garfunkel. > > “She once was a true love of mine.” > > Edited for clarity: I’m not sure if he borrowed it from them. But they adapted it from a nineteenth century English folk song. Dylan’s song predated S&G’s version by 3 or 4 years. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sound-just-like-that-song/672106/39 "2013-10-25T10:38:53Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane;16787035Greg Ham is reported to have been despondent at the decision, saying that the lawsuit is the only thing he would be remembered for.[/QUOTE] More than just despondent, I’d say. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sound-just-like-that-song/672106/40 "2013-10-25T10:49:01Z")
Henry Thomas, Bulldoze Blues: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YJy-8JPoOc0/maxresdefault.jpg "Bulldoze blues, Henry Thomas") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJy-8JPoOc0) Canned Heat, I’m Goin’ Up The Country: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/p0PjECSyJ7w/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGH8gIygUMA8=&rs=AOn4CLB-5jS8XJ5IujhEyAbGngVXMI2Stg "Canned Heat - Going Up The Country") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0PjECSyJ7w) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sound-just-like-that-song/672106.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-song-sound-just-like-that-song/672106.md?page=3)