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Old 03.14.2012, 06:02 AM   #241
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They do sound pretty similar, good catch. But a lot of SY leads and rhythms sound pretty identical, similar chords and voicings and all that. With how much they've written, I bet they sometimes forget how a song goes and rewrite it subconsciously.
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Old 03.14.2012, 06:55 AM   #242
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They do sound pretty similar, good catch. But a lot of SY leads and rhythms sound pretty identical, similar chords and voicings and all that. With how much they've written, I bet they sometimes forget how a song goes and rewrite it subconsciously.
Yeah, I think also Lee didn´t notice the similarity when making Rats. I think most of those same kind of songs in popular music culture are not intentional, of course some are.
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Old 03.14.2012, 07:02 AM   #243
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Listen and you'll see why

I think there is nothing else same as rhythm.
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Old 03.24.2012, 11:16 PM   #244
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I'm going out on a limb to say Green Day sounds like Belle and Sebastian.
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Old 03.25.2012, 04:55 PM   #245
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"State That I am In" by Belle and Sebastian reminds me of...

.. agh! Some Bob Dylan song- a big one- that I can't recall the name of because my brain isn't functioning!! Anyway, they basically completely ripped it off.

I hate Belle and Sebastian.
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Old 05.03.2012, 05:25 PM   #246
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The Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black" -> Lee Ranaldo's "Waiting On A Dream"
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Old 06.03.2012, 07:43 PM   #247
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The Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black" -> Lee Ranaldo's "Waiting On A Dream"
Come on, I can't be the only one who hears it, can I? Eh? Huh? Hmmm...

Another one:
Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven" -> R.E.M.'s "Endgame"
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Old 06.03.2012, 07:51 PM   #248
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Boston "More Than a Feeling
Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
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Old 06.03.2012, 07:52 PM   #249
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thats so obvious even Cobain knew it!
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Old 06.03.2012, 08:00 PM   #250
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thats so obvious even Cobain knew it!

that was what I was thinking ; )
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Old 06.04.2012, 10:51 AM   #251
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Alta and More Than A Feeling don't share anything aside from a 4-chord foundation. Not even the strumming position is the same, and the feeling of the songs is totally different. I've never agreed with this comparison.
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Old 06.08.2012, 06:27 AM   #252
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Old 10.02.2012, 10:51 AM   #253
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Did anyone mention Yo La Tengo - Cherry Chapstick and Thurston Moore - Fri/end yet?
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Old 10.02.2012, 05:05 PM   #254
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G n' R: "Civil War"
Dylan: "Knocking on Heaven's Door" (which GnR covered, right? Did they do that on purpose or were they fucking stupid?)

Both use a I-V-VI chord change with the same rhythm.

Try singing it:

"I don't need your heaven's door. (hey hey yeah yeah yeah)"

And "war" sounds like "door!"

Again, purposeful or stupid?

There's a fine line between homage and theft.
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Old 10.07.2012, 09:27 PM   #255
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Joy Division - Transmission = SY - My Friend Goo
It sounds so much alike..
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Old 10.08.2012, 04:31 PM   #256
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Joy Division - Transmission = SY - My Friend Goo
It sounds so much alike..
Really ?
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Old 10.08.2012, 04:34 PM   #257
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Really ?
To a hipster.
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I'm not a hipster -.-
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Old 10.08.2012, 05:20 PM   #259
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Really ?
Yea the guitar bit. You don't hear it?
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Yea the guitar bit. You don't hear it?

They both start with only the bass guitar, but i dont see how its similar beyond being an unaccompanied bass guitar?
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