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Post by Hervard on Oct 1, 2016 12:41:20 GMT -5
It's kind of hard to explain, so let me give you a few examples:
For years, I thought the song "Wildflower" by Skylark was "She's A Lady" by Tom Jones, which I had never heard before (that I knew of), so was unfamiliar with it, and the lead singer of Skylark sounded a little to me like Tom Jones singing a slow song. It wasn't until I heard the DJ identified Skylark song after playing it that I realized my mistake.
Also, I had only heard "Don't Ask Me Why" by the Eurythmics once before, and IIRC, on a bad day, so I didn't remember it. Then, a few years later, when hearing "Happy Ever After" by Julia Fordham, which opens with the lyrics "Don't Ask Me Why", I thought it was the Eurythmics song, since Fordham has a deep voice similar to that of Annie Lennox.
Has this ever happened to you?
(Sorry if this is confusing - I just couldn't think of any other ways to phrase it).
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Post by pb on Oct 1, 2016 15:49:53 GMT -5
I used to think "Dancing In The Moonlight" was "Afternoon Delight." Doesn't make much sense now that I think about it, but I did.
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Post by slf on Oct 1, 2016 17:21:51 GMT -5
I was not aware of the existence of the Kingsmen's classic "Louis, Louis" until I was in my teens and several years went by before I actually heard the song for the first time. However, I was familiar with the Stories' "Brother Louis" from the time it was a hit in 1973. Subsequently, there was a period of time in which I thought "Louis, Louis" (which I had never heard) was actually the real title of "Brother Louis", which I had heard. (Hey, in the latter you DO hear them sing "Louis, Lou-AY-AY-AY".)
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Post by Michael1973 on Oct 7, 2016 7:57:16 GMT -5
When I first got into music as a child in the 1980s, my knowledge of pre-1983 music was extremely limited. So, while I was aware of the Fleetwood Mac song "Dreams," I had no idea what it was called. Looking through a list of the band's hits, I saw the title "Rhiannon" and somehow decided that was the song I kept hearing. Nope.
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Post by at40nut on Oct 7, 2016 9:38:49 GMT -5
Not knowing my instrumentals well, I used to think Herb Alpert's "Rise" was Chuck Mangione's "Feels So Good". It must have been the A&M label thing, or just one year separated the two singles. Since Herb Alpert was a co founder of A&M records, I would assume that he might have been close friends with Chuck Mangione.
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Post by Hervard on Aug 25, 2019 11:14:08 GMT -5
Back in the fall of 1988, Livingston Taylor had a Top 20 AC hit called "Loving Arms". I thought it was called "If You Could (Only) See Me Now" and also thought it was by Seals & Crofts, as there was a female artist (Leah Kunkel) singing along with him.
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Post by JMW on Aug 25, 2019 13:37:31 GMT -5
When Whitesnake's "Is This Love" was on the charts in late 1987, the intro made me think it was "Living On A Prayer" until the drum part would start. Also, for the longest time, I thought that Lionel Richie's "Truly" was The Commodore's "Still" (and vice versa). AKA Mama Cass's younger sister. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leah_Kunkel
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Post by pb on Aug 25, 2019 15:31:03 GMT -5
In the early 80's Melissa Manchester had an album called Hey Ricky (including her hit "You Should Hear How She Talks About You") and I remember overhearing some people looking at it thinking she did the Toni Basil song "Hey Mickey."
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Post by jlthorpe on Aug 25, 2019 16:49:32 GMT -5
Sometimes I think Queen and David Bowie's "Under Pressure" is Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby", and vice versa. Seriously, though, I remember hearing Demi Lovato's "Sorry Not Sorry" and thinking she was singing "Baby I'm starving" instead of "Baby I'm sorry", so I assumed it was Hailee Steinfeld's "Starving" (which I probably did hear before, but forgot how it went). I also used to confuse the beginnings of Steve Miller Band's "Take the Money and Run" and U2's "Mysterious Ways".
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Post by at40nut on Aug 26, 2019 3:11:48 GMT -5
Here's one that fools me from time to time. Whenever I hear the beginning to Madonna's "Borderline", sometimes I confuse it with Stephanie Mills' "Never Knew Love Like This Before". The chimes sound the same, but are arranged differently.
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Aug 26, 2019 10:03:43 GMT -5
I know John Cougar Mellencamp's "Ain't Even Done with the Night", I thought it sounded similar to "Beautiful Girl" by INXS, even though the latter never made it to AT40 while John Cougar's song likely did in late 1979 or 1980.
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Post by burcjm on Aug 27, 2019 16:53:19 GMT -5
^It was in 1981 and it got to #17.
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Post by woolebull on Aug 28, 2019 14:39:01 GMT -5
OK, this isn't two songs...it is two artists. And it is weird, but hey I guess it can happen when you are nine. I started listening to AT 40 in July of 1982. For some reason, I don't remember "Empty Garden" at all around that time. And because of my age, and lack of presence of Elton John in 1981, the name had never caught my attention when I started listening to pop music or paying attention to pop stars in 1981 into 1982. So in August of 1982, I think Casey introduced "Blue Eyes" in its first week and didn't say who it was. He wanted us to guess the artist. I was on pins and needles because I had no idea who it was. When he came in during the outro and said it was Elton John I was absolutely floored. My 9 year old brain assumed that "Elton John" was a nickname for "Olivia Newton-John". My mom had to explain to me who Elton John was and that indeed Elton and Olivia were two different people!
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Post by seminolefan on Aug 28, 2019 20:03:55 GMT -5
When Whitesnake's "Is This Love" was on the charts in late 1987, the intro made me think it was "Living On A Prayer" until the drum part would start. Also, for the longest time, I thought that Lionel Richie's "Truly" was The Commodore's "Still" (and vice versa). On a similar note, Lionel's "My Love" could easily be mistaken for The Commodores' "Easy".
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Post by mkarns on Aug 29, 2019 0:48:21 GMT -5
I know John Cougar Mellencamp's "Ain't Even Done with the Night", I thought it sounded similar to "Beautiful Girl" by INXS, even though the latter never made it to AT40 while John Cougar's song likely did in late 1979 or 1980. "Beautiful Girl" actually did get to #24 on AT40 in 1993, using the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 monitor. It peaked at #19 on CT40/Radio & Records.
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