way back i heard a mashup of the drums from each. was kind of interesting.
Is that second song on some rare version of *Magical Mystery Tour *or something? 
!!! That’s fantastic.
Also, Chopin’s e minor Prelude and Radiohead’s Exit Music (For a Film).
And, just for that one arpeggiated chord (but it’s memorable), the Beatles’ Sexy Sadie and Radiohead’s Karma Police.
(Thanks to Dai Griffith’s book from the wonderful 33 1/3 series.)
“Crystal Blue Persuasion” by Tommy James & the Shondells; “These Eyes” by the Guess Who (not so much the melodies, but the background music)
“Bell Bottom Blues” by Derek & the Dominoes; “Hole in My Soul” by Aerosmith
“Deeez Nuuuts” by Dr. Dre; “Paralyzer” by Finger Eleven - I’m surprised that nobody else has ever seemed to notice this one. A Google search doesn’t come up with any results saying they sound alike.
Not quite exactly what the op was asking, but…
The Toys “A Lovers Concerto” and J.S. Bach’s “Minuet in G major”.
The Star Spangled Banner and The “The Anacreontic Song”.
Just compare “Hail, Columbia” with “Down by the Station Early in the Morning” and “Eensy Weensy Spider.” It’s positively uncanny!
My mistake. I forgot to use the sarcasm font.
OK so I’m freakin’ ooooooooooooooooooooold! BUT… the Car 54 Theme and the Beverly Hillbillies theme melodies were almost identical up until the last part, where they diverged.
There’s a holdup in the Bronx,/ Brooklyn’s broken out in fights;
Let me tell you all a story / 'bout a man named Jed,
There’s a traffic jam in Harlem / That’s backed up to Jackson Heights;
Poor Mountaineer, / barely kept his family fed.
There’s a scout troop short a child, / Khrushchev’s due at Idlewild!
Then one day, / he was shootin’ at some food
Car 54, Where Are You?
And up from the ground came a bubblin’ crude…
Same melody for both, but different tempo.
Are you serious or kidding? Because they sound nothing alike. Now, Car 54 and There Is Nothing Like A Dame from South Pacific, that’s a different story.
Nah, my mistake. I should have seen it anyway.
Everything sounds like Pachelbel’s Canon.
The Shire theme from The Lord of the Rings sounds a lot like the hymn “This Is My Father’s World”.
“Was reported”. He died soon after. And he did “lift” the “Kookaburra” riff into “Down Under”, but that was never in dispute: the question was if it was a musical reference or if it was a “substantial” re-publication. The judgement was that Larrikin Music had established joint authership, giving them a share in royalties.
Whichever side you come down on, it wasn’t a sounds-like song: it was a quotation.
??? I don’t hear it either, please explain? I used to play these songs with one of my band in the 80’s and they’re not similar at all.
While the riff from “Love Theme From KISS” may be slightly similar, the music for “Alive” was written long before Eddie was in the band.
In fact, Stone Gossard’s original recording was entitled “Dollar Short” and was on the Demo tape that ended up with Vedder.
The dispute really boiled down to who owned the rights to the song. Marion Sinclair’s estate, Larriken Music, the Girl Guides Association, or the public domain?
I actually spoke to Colin Hay in 2012 and he commented on the case and Ham’s death. He was deeply affected and called Ham’s death a sad and unecessary tragedy.
FTR the band only had to pay 5% on the song’s royalties from 2002 on.
Hay has released several different recordings of the song, with and without the flute part, or altered enough to avoid the copyright infringement i.e. the re-release for the 1021 Summer Olympics.
That’s 2012.
Wow. Just wow.
Hotel California and We Used to Know
Ian Anderson said in an interview he didn’t mind, there’s only so many chord progressions.
The Grateful Dead’s “Friend of the Devil” and the Grateful Dead’s “Friend of the Devil” … wait a minute, that’s the same song played two completely different ways … my bad.
"Evil Ways"by Santana and “Love Potion Number 9” by The Clovers
“Crazy” by Gnarls Barkely and “Rolling in the Deep” by Adele.