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Post by seminolefan on Feb 23, 2013 23:58:26 GMT -5
Roxette: The Look > Joyride
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Post by tpanther775 on Feb 24, 2013 8:15:20 GMT -5
Pre AT40 example: Classics IV 'Spooky'='Stormy' BTO's 'You ain't seen nothin' yet, and , 'Hey, you.' Babys 'Isn't it time'=Every time I think of you'. Spooky, Stormy and another song they recorded Everyday with you Girl they all sounded the same. You would think they were joined at the hip. They were all great songs though. |
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Post by Hervard on Feb 24, 2013 9:00:04 GMT -5
Roxette: The Look > Joyride Also Dressed For Success > Dangerous Church Of Your Heart > How Do You Do Listen To Your Heart > It Must Have Been Love > Spending My Time Actually, "Fading Like A Flower" and "Spending My Time" also sound somewhat alike, but the beats are different. |
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Post by mga707 on Feb 24, 2013 10:04:30 GMT -5
Spooky, Stormy and another song they recorded Everyday with you Girl they all sounded the same. You would think they were joined at the hip. They were all great songs though. You left out "Traces". "Spooky" sounds less similar than do the other three. |
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Post by tpanther775 on Feb 24, 2013 19:32:29 GMT -5
You are correct. I did leave out Traces. And Spooky does sound different than the other three. Those three songs are almost identical. Just a few slight differences.
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Feb 24, 2013 19:39:15 GMT -5
"The Joker" and "Dance, Dance, Dance" by Steve Miller Band. They both have similar sounding voices. Same goes for all of their stuff except for "Abracadabra".
I am not sure if there is a comparison in any of Earth, Wind & Fire's material. I am not sure if I can compare "Let's Groove" with any of their earlier upbeat stuff.
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Post by michaelcasselman on Feb 24, 2013 19:46:38 GMT -5
Level 42's "Something About You' and "Lessons In Love'.
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Post by doomsdaymachine on Feb 24, 2013 21:26:33 GMT -5
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On >> Mercy Mercy Me >> Inner City Blues
Al Green: Let's Stay Together >> I'm Still In Love With You >> You Ought To Be With Me
The Hues Corporation: Rock The Boat >> Rockin' Soul
Olivia Newton-John: If You Love Me (Let Me Know) >> Let Me Be There
Smokey Robinson: Cruisin' >> Let Me Be The Clock
From the pre-AT40 era:
The Music Explosion: Expressway To Your Heart >> Explosion In Your Soul
The Skyliners: Since I Don't Have You >> This I Swear
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Post by doomsdaymachine on Feb 24, 2013 21:27:34 GMT -5
James Brown>any other James Brown That's a load of crap! |
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Post by lasvegaskid on Feb 24, 2013 21:46:55 GMT -5
James Brown>any other James Brown That's a load of crap! From Durkee’s book… One of Watermark’s early problems with selling AT40 to stations was crossover R&B hits, particularly James Brown’s songs. Watermark workers insisted that in AT40’s early years, one might have heard Tom Rounds muttering something like this: “it seems every week AT40 has a James Brown record in the first hour.” Specifically TR recalled, “The problem was the James Brown records got into the 30s on the chart, sat there for a couple weeks, and disappeared. James Brown was definitely the ‘Godfather of Rock and Roll,’ but his records sounded pretty much the same.” |
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Post by mkarns on Feb 25, 2013 0:44:18 GMT -5
From this week's 1983 AT40, I think that ABC's "Poison Arrow" is somewhat similar to "The Look of Love" in terms of beat and dynamics; Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" is a continuation, in theme and sound, of "Let's Get It On"; and Kenny Loggins' "Heart to Heart" feels like a retread of "This Is It", complete with Michael McDonald's backup vocals.
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Post by giannirubino on Feb 25, 2013 7:00:32 GMT -5
I always thought Air Supply's 1981 #1 "The One That You Love" was borrowing too liberally from 1980's #2 "All Out Of Love."
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Post by giannirubino on Feb 25, 2013 7:06:46 GMT -5
How about H&O's Fall 1981 #1 Private Eyes sounding too much like their Spring 1981 #1 Kiss On My List?
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Post by lasvegaskid on Feb 25, 2013 11:02:20 GMT -5
Mariah; Fantasy>Heartbreaker
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Post by johnnywest on Feb 25, 2013 14:06:28 GMT -5
Babe/Best of Tmes - Styx
Love For Love/Show Me Love - Robin S
Jessie's Girl/Get Excited - Rick Springfield
My Sharona/Baby Talk Dirty - The Knack
Superstition/You Haven't Done Nothin' - Stevie Wonder
Two of Hearts/We Connect - Stacy Q
What Is Love/Life (Everybody Needs Somebody To Love) - Haddaway
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