# what bands/singers so you mistake for others? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 11, 2009, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-singers-so-you-mistake-for-others/499432 "2009-06-11T09:46:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-singers-so-you-mistake-for-others/499432/41 "2009-06-12T19:54:12Z")
> [@pepperlandgirl](#): > > I eventually remembered that “I Want to Know What Love Is” is **REO Speedwagon** (God, I hope that’s right). Sometimes, if I’m paying attention, I can pick out Steve Perry’s voice, but I can’t always remember if he’s with **Journey**. “I Want to Know What Love Is” is a Foreigner track. I think Steve Perry’s voice is quite distinctive - high, like an alto (?) - is that right? Lou Gramm’s (Foreigner) voice is lower. Now the REO Speedwagon guy… as others have noted, he’s pretty nasal. None of the aforementioned guys really fit that categorization. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-singers-so-you-mistake-for-others/499432/42 "2009-06-12T20:09:28Z")
> [@pepperlandgirl](#): > > I eventually remembered that “I Want to Know What Love Is” is **REO Speedwagon** (God, I hope that’s right). No, that’s Foreigner 😃 [Foreigner before MTV](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSQm7kLKHCM) [Foreigner after MTV](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVjocvTg9vQ) [REO Speedwagon before MTV](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqG52NpKNdk) [REO Speedwagon after MTV](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYoh_sV35eA) ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-singers-so-you-mistake-for-others/499432/43 "2009-06-12T20:30:40Z")
You don’t wanna know how long I looked for which David Bowie album contained the song _Never Met A Girl Like You Before_. (It was some guy named Edwyn Collins:smack:) ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-singers-so-you-mistake-for-others/499432/44 "2009-06-12T21:06:57Z")
> [@Daddypants](#): > > I can’t tell Korn from Tool from Disturbed. This also hurts me a lot, as a Tool fan. And honestly, Tool sounds 100% different from Korn and Disturbed, and I’m really not sure how anyone could mistake them. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-singers-so-you-mistake-for-others/499432/45 "2009-06-12T21:51:47Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > The first time I heard Mark Knopfler singing “Sultans of Swing” with Dire Straits, I thought it was Bob Dylan. Weird! For years (like, when I was eight years old, when the song came out), I thought “Sultans of Swing” was by Eric Clapton. Mark Knoeplfler’s guitar style is similar to Clapton’s (and his voice to some extent), especially the laid-back-American period Clapton was going through during the same late-'70’s times. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-singers-so-you-mistake-for-others/499432/46 "2009-06-12T22:18:41Z")
> [@Hippy\_Hollow](#): > > “I Want to Know What Love Is” is a Foreigner track. > [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > No, that’s Foreigner 😃 Oh my god, the one piece of knowledge I thought I had was all wrong! Clearly I was thinking of “I Can’t Fight this Feeling” when I said “I Want to Know What Love Is.” Though I was digging “Riding the Storm Out.” Thanks for the link. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-singers-so-you-mistake-for-others/499432/47 "2009-06-13T19:13:06Z")
I was going to mention Coldplay sounds like U2. I heard “Poker Face” on the radio and thought it was Madonna till a thread here was discussing song lyrics, so I looked up the words to what was being discussed and a video showed me it was that song and Lady Ga Ga. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-singers-so-you-mistake-for-others/499432/48 "2009-06-13T19:46:58Z")
> [@myskepticsight](#): > > This also hurts me a lot, as a Tool fan. And honestly, Tool sounds 100% different from Korn and Disturbed, and I’m really not sure how anyone could mistake them. The singer from Chevelle sounds sort of like Maynard, but that’s about it. They both do the loud-soft thing. Korn and Disturbed mostly scream. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-singers-so-you-mistake-for-others/499432/49 "2009-06-13T20:27:52Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > The singer from Chevelle sounds sort of like Maynard, but that’s about it. They both do the loud-soft thing. Korn and Disturbed mostly scream. I don’t think Disturbed is very screamy. (Fan of Tool and Disturbed.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-singers-so-you-mistake-for-others/499432.md?page=2)