# What does this song sound like to you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 20, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-song-sound-like-to-you/518348 "2009-11-20T22:55:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-song-sound-like-to-you/518348/1 "2009-11-20T22:55:16Z")
[Bonfires on the Heath](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUfi5N1ypdU) by the Clientele. It sounds uncannily like something else…almost as if they cribbed the chord changes directly from a different song. Pink Floyd? Steely Dan? There’s something about those guitar chords especially at 0:38, which is highly reminiscent of some other distinctive song. Anyone have an opinion? ---
**Author:** ![koufax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ea924/32.png) [@koufax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koufax)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-song-sound-like-to-you/518348/2 "2009-11-20T23:08:17Z")
John Lennon I cant remember the name of the song. “avawa kowa fussy, fussy” I never knew what he was saying , either. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-song-sound-like-to-you/518348/3 "2009-11-20T23:14:12Z")
That damn electric piano sounds like it was taken straight off a Steely Dan track. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-song-sound-like-to-you/518348/4 "2009-11-20T23:15:19Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > It sounds uncannily like something else…almost as if they cribbed the chord changes directly from a different song. Pink Floyd? The slide guitar does remind me of “Speak to Me” at the beginning of Dark Side, fwiw. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-song-sound-like-to-you/518348/5 "2009-11-20T23:18:06Z")
Yes. It’s a combination of that, and [Razor Boy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpi77dn9mf4) by Steely Dan. Hear vibes solo at 0:34 especially. It’s like those two songs got together and had a child. ---
**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-song-sound-like-to-you/518348/6 "2009-11-20T23:33:35Z")
> [@koufax](#): > > John Lennon > > I cant remember the name of the song. “avawa kowa fussy, fussy” > > I never knew what he was saying , either. #9 dream ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4enJM5_nV14/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/4enJM5_nV14?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque The vocals were a bit like Lennon or possibly Oasis. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-song-sound-like-to-you/518348/7 "2009-11-20T23:56:36Z")
I’ve been working out the chords and it seems like the first 38 seconds are conventional V-ii in D major, i.e. A-Em-A-Em etc., but the chord at 0:38 is Dm, a brief modulation into another key, then back to the Em-A-Em. Reminds me of “Listen” by Tears For Fears, or Pink Floyd, as you say. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-song-sound-like-to-you/518348/8 "2009-11-21T01:04:42Z")
Oh yeah - and a lot like _Wicked Games_ by Chris Isaak, also. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-song-sound-like-to-you/518348/9 "2009-11-21T13:06:50Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > The slide guitar does remind me of “Speak to Me” at the beginning of Dark Side, fwiw. Seconded. The slide, not the song as such, reminds me also of [“Remember A Day”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeCyVmhvN8w). BTW, not a bad song (the song from the OP).