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Post by djjoe1960 on Aug 13, 2020 7:33:46 GMT -5
Chris, Back in 1976--I thought, the intro for Theme from SWAT by Rhythm Heritage sounded like a #1 hit from 5 years earlier, Theme from Shaft by Isaac Hayes.
Speaking of Black Water by the Doobie Brothers--it was originally the B-side to Another Park, Another Sunday--a similar sounding song that was a top 30 hit from the summer of 1974. Of course, Black Water would be released as an A-side 6 months later and reach #1 during February 1975.
Wow Joe you're right about Shaft and SWAT. I was just listening yesterday to one of your 1965 shows and I noticed how Sitting In The Park by Billy Stewart sounded so much like Summer by War (speaking of '76). It might even have been the inspiration for the War song it sounds so similar. And since Love Shack came out I can't listen to Reach Out Of The Darkness without thinking Friend and Lover sound like the B-52s. Also, Joe, what was the deal with all the classical stuff beginning in late 65? There was Yesterday and A Lover's Concerto and I Hear A Symphony and Opus 17 and My Heart's Symphony and I'm probably forgetting one or two. Did Paul start all that by going on Ed Sullivan with a string quartet, or was it all just a coincidence, or what? Good catch, Chris.
Maybe the classical influence came about after music critics started comparing some of the Beatles tunes to certain classical pieces.
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Post by Michael1973 on Aug 14, 2020 9:08:00 GMT -5
Here's a funny one I just remembered when I saw this thread.
I never heard the Earth Wind & Fire song "Fantasy" until around 1996 when a local AC station began playing it regularly. Initially I had no idea what it was (this was pre-Google after all), but my brain latched onto the line "And we will be together until the 12th of never." Thus, I decided the song was "The Twelfth of Never" by Donny Osmond. Uh, nope...
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Post by at40nut on Aug 14, 2020 23:06:08 GMT -5
I just heard "Don't Just Stand There" by Patty Duke on the 8-15-70 show (8-8-70?) as one of the extras that Casey had played. At first I thought I was hearing "You Don't Own Me" by Leslie Gore.
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Post by chrislc on Aug 15, 2020 19:33:13 GMT -5
I just heard "Don't Just Stand There" by Patty Duke on the 8-15-70 show (8-8-70?) as one of the extras that Casey had played. At first I thought I was hearing "You Don't Own Me" by Leslie Gore. OMG Whhhat Whhhat Whhhat What was on your mind???
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Post by djjoe1960 on Aug 16, 2020 7:01:27 GMT -5
I just heard "Don't Just Stand There" by Patty Duke on the 8-15-70 show (8-8-70?) as one of the extras that Casey had played. At first I thought I was hearing "You Don't Own Me" by Leslie Gore. They do have a similar sounding opening--so I could see the confusion!
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Post by chrislc on Aug 24, 2020 22:21:06 GMT -5
The Search Is Over sounds like those David Foster/Chicago hits, especially the beginning which sounds like Hard To Say I'm Sorry.
I must have played that song every day for six months back then (including the dreaded Recurrent category) and I don't remember thinking about that.
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Post by johnnywest on Aug 25, 2020 11:45:03 GMT -5
Once I thought I was listening to "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder and he never got to the chorus, or at least the chorus I was expecting, so it turned out to be another one of his hits that sounded very similar.
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Post by jlthorpe on Sept 6, 2020 15:12:44 GMT -5
When I first heard "Obsession" by Animotion years after it was a hit, I thought it was a song by the Human League. So I looked up the Human League in one of Joel Whitburn's books and saw they had a hit called "(Keep Feeling) Fascination". To me, fascination was similar to obsession, so I assumed that was the song.
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Post by Michael1973 on Sept 11, 2020 13:36:19 GMT -5
When I first heard "Obsession" by Animotion years after it was a hit, I thought it was a song by the Human League. So I looked up the Human League in one of Joel Whitburn's books and saw they had a hit called "(Keep Feeling) Fascination". To me, fascination was similar to obsession, so I assumed that was the song. Likewise, when I first heard Too Shy in 1983 I thought it was Culture Club. Hearing it today, it's very obvious to me that it's not, but hey I was a child! Even more bizarre, when I first heard Amy Grant's "That's What Love Is For," I actually thought it was Tiffany. One more -- when I first heard Pumped Up Kicks in 2011, I somehow thought it was Prince (the chorus, anyway)!
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Post by jlthorpe on Sept 11, 2020 17:48:11 GMT -5
When I first heard "Obsession" by Animotion years after it was a hit, I thought it was a song by the Human League. So I looked up the Human League in one of Joel Whitburn's books and saw they had a hit called "(Keep Feeling) Fascination". To me, fascination was similar to obsession, so I assumed that was the song. Likewise, when I first heard Too Shy in 1983 I thought it was Culture Club. Hearing it today, it's very obvious to me that it's not, but hey I was a child! Even more bizarre, when I first heard Amy Grant's "That's What Love Is For," I actually thought it was Tiffany. One more -- when I first heard Pumped Up Kicks in 2011, I somehow thought it was Prince (the chorus, anyway)! Speaking of Prince, I thought "I Can't Dance" was a Prince song based on the instrumental opening. Then I'd hear Phil Collins and realize it wasn't. And for some reason, I thought "Tainted Love" was by Rod Stewart (again, years after it was a hit). Much like your "Too Shy" example, it's obvious to me now that Marc Almond sounds nothing like Rod Stewart.
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Post by at40nut on Nov 30, 2020 10:15:51 GMT -5
What is really driving me nuts this time of year is when radio stations play "Please Come Home For Christmas" by The Eagles. I keep thinking that they are going to play "Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad" by Meat Loaf when I hear the first couple of the piano notes of the song.
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Post by Hervard on Nov 30, 2020 10:25:39 GMT -5
Once I thought I was listening to "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder and he never got to the chorus, or at least the chorus I was expecting, so it turned out to be another one of his hits that sounded very similar. Was that song "I Wish", by any chance? Speaking of Stevie Wonder, I always thought "More Today Than Yesterday" by Spiral Staircase was a Stevie Wonder song (called "Everyday's A New Day") that hadn't been released as a single, but got heavy airplay (like "Isn't She Lovely").
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Post by chrislc on Dec 2, 2020 20:03:52 GMT -5
Once I thought I was listening to "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder and he never got to the chorus, or at least the chorus I was expecting, so it turned out to be another one of his hits that sounded very similar. I'm guessing it was You Haven't Done Nothin'. That reminds me of Superstition.
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Post by Hervard on Dec 3, 2020 15:28:13 GMT -5
Once I thought I was listening to "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder and he never got to the chorus, or at least the chorus I was expecting, so it turned out to be another one of his hits that sounded very similar. I'm guessing it was You Haven't Done Nothin'. That reminds me of Superstition. Yep - that definitely sounds very much like "Superstition" - has the same beat, in the same key, and the same acoustic guitar - even the horns sound much like the well-known horn line (the one that Peter Gabriel used in "Sledgehammer") in "Superstition". Definitely easy to see how one would mistake one song for the other.
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Post by chrislc on Dec 3, 2020 20:55:52 GMT -5
I'm guessing it was You Haven't Done Nothin'. That reminds me of Superstition. Yep - that definitely sounds very much like "Superstition" - has the same beat, in the same key, and the same acoustic guitar - even the horns sound much like the well-known horn line (the one that Peter Gabriel used in "Sledgehammer") in "Superstition". Definitely easy to see how one would mistake one song for the other. You Haven't Done Nothin' also missed out on being a Top 40 hit criticizing the current President - by two days. Meanwhile in that same week Odia Coates reached the Top Ten and would go on to become the only artist with as many as three Top Ten hits during the Ford Presidency but no Top Ten hits before or after his Presidency.
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