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Post by doofus67 on Nov 11, 2017 20:29:32 GMT -5
Toto's 1982 hit "Make Believe" sounds like John O'Bannion's 1981 hit "Love You Like I've Never Loved Before". Funny -- I always thought the John O'Banion record sounded a lot like "Hold the Line"! |
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Post by Michael1973 on Nov 16, 2017 11:04:01 GMT -5
It recently occurred to me that Loverboy's "Turn Me Loose" and Aldo Nova's "Fantasy" are rather similar.
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Post by at40nut on Apr 7, 2018 20:27:48 GMT -5
I recently made a compilation of chart singles of my 45's visiting June 1973-It was unbelievable how many great songs were on the Top 40 at that time! I came across George Harrison's "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth). It sounded like Bob Dylan's 1966 hit "I Want You".
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Post by at40nut on Apr 10, 2018 2:21:09 GMT -5
The Moody Blues 1983 hit "Sitting At The Wheel" sounds like Jackson Browne's "Running On Empty"
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Post by Michael1973 on Apr 12, 2018 21:18:58 GMT -5
I recently realized that the male vocalist on Yarbrough & Peoples' "Don't Stop The Music" sounds a lot like Stevie Wonder.
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Post by trekkielo on Jul 21, 2019 17:15:54 GMT -5
Question
Does "Hold On Tight" (#10, 1981) by ELO sound like "Look What They've Done to My Song Ma" (#14, 1970) by The New Seekers or Melanie's original (#9 UK)?
First I've heard of it from the Steve Hoffman Music Forums recently, then via a Google search, found Straight Dope had this brought up back in 2015 as well.
But I don't think so, also my Mom who got me into music and knows both songs doesn't either!
They did overlap with corresponding chart dates for 7 weeks though, across time, 11 years apart...
9/19/70-9/19/81
9/26/70-9-26-81
10/3/70-10/3/81
10/10/70-10/10/81
10/17/70-10/17/81
10/24/70-10/24/81
10/31/70-10/31/81
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Post by at40nut on Jul 22, 2019 10:00:03 GMT -5
Journey's "Suzanne" sounds a little bit like Michael McDonald's 1985 hit "No Lookin' Back".
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Post by johnnywest on Jul 23, 2019 9:21:29 GMT -5
I think Khalid's voice sounds like Tracy Chapman's.
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Post by at40nut on Aug 20, 2019 10:20:36 GMT -5
Well, we will miss out on this track by one week , but Paul Anka and Peter Cetera's 1983 duet "Hold Me Til' The Morning Comes" sounds a little bit like KC- I & JoJo's #1 hit from 1998 titled "All My Life."
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Post by giannirubino on Aug 20, 2019 18:34:20 GMT -5
at40nut, don't you mean "All My Life" sounds a little bit like "Hole Me TIll The Morning Comes?" =op
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Post by at40nut on Aug 21, 2019 2:23:10 GMT -5
at40nut, don't you mean "All My Life" sounds a little bit like "Hole Me TIll The Morning Comes?" =op Yes. I just had an ultimate fail in this thing called "Phrasing".  |
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Post by matt on Aug 26, 2019 10:00:27 GMT -5
Don't know if anyone mentioned this one yet, but I always thought "The Politics Of Dancing" by Re-Flex sounded like Duran Duran. Not totally surprising--DD had a few imitators at the time.
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Post by matt on Sept 6, 2019 14:11:37 GMT -5
Tears for Fears sounded a bit like Naked Eyes too. In fact when I first heard "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" in April 1985 I thought it was Naked Eyes. Come to find out both bands originated from Bath, England, UK. Coincidence? Probably not totally if both groups came up through the pub scene there and heard each other's music, and/or were influenced by a certain new wave sound that may have been popular there at the time.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Sept 6, 2019 15:15:19 GMT -5
For decades I thought I Dig Rock and Roll Music was by Mamas and Papas.
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Post by giannirubino on Sept 7, 2019 8:50:22 GMT -5
lasvegaskid, wasn't the first section by PP&M mimicking TM&TPs? Pay tribute, ripping off, copying on purpose, however you say it, I thought that that was indeed the intention, the point. Same for Donavan and The Beatles, later in the song.
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