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Post by freakyflybry on Feb 26, 2013 1:12:26 GMT -5
Michael McDonald was a busy man back in the early 80's. Singing for the Doobies. And backup for Robbie Dupree, Christopher Cross and Nicolette Larson. And i'm sure he probably did more. Thats just the ones I know. He also teamed up with Kenny Loggins, particularly on "This Is It". Player's "Baby Come Back" and Dan Hartman's "I Can Dream About You" could easily pass for Hall & Oates hits of their respective eras (1977-78 and 1984). I guess it's appropriate then that Hall & Oates would eventually cover "I Can Dream About You".  New Radicals: You Get What You Give >Santana: Game of Love There's good reason for that - Gregg Alexander a.k.a. New Radicals wrote both. |
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Post by rgmike on Feb 26, 2013 11:20:49 GMT -5
Michael McDonald was a busy man back in the early 80's. Singing for the Doobies. And backup for Robbie Dupree, Christopher Cross and Nicolette Larson. And i'm sure he probably did more. Thats just the ones I know. I guess it's appropriate then that Hall & Oates would eventually cover "I Can Dream About You". Hartman actually wrote the song with H&O in mind; they had just finished recording an LP when he showed it to them, and since their next album was probaly a year or more away... he did it himself. |
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Post by vto66 on Feb 26, 2013 22:07:23 GMT -5
When I was young, I always thought that Nilsson's "Eveybody's Talkin" was Glen Campbell. Even today, to me it still sounds like the Rhinestone Cowboy! That's exactly what I thought, too. One other one that comes to my mind is Brewer and Shipley's "One Toke Over the Line", which I could have sworn was by The Beatles the first time I heard it all those many years ago. Even all these years later, it still sounds to me as if it could have passed for a track from one of their later albums such as "The Beatles White Album" or "Let it Be." Also, Robert John's "Sad Eyes" sounds, to me, a lot like a Bee Gees ballad from around the late 70s. |
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Post by Michael on Feb 26, 2013 22:25:31 GMT -5
When I was young, I always thought that Nilsson's "Eveybody's Talkin" was Glen Campbell. Even today, to me it still sounds like the Rhinestone Cowboy! That's exactly what I thought, too. One other one that comes to my mind is Brewer and Shipley's "One Toke Over the Line", which I could have sworn was by The Beatles the first time I heard it all those many years ago. Even all these years later, it still sounds to me as if it could have passed for a track from one of their later albums such as "The Beatles White Album" or "Let it Be." Also, Robert John's "Sad Eyes" sounds, to me, a lot like a Bee Gees ballad from around the late 70s. I always thought that about with Andy Kims "Rock Me Gently". I always thought it was Neil Diamond who did that. |
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Post by davewollenberg on Feb 27, 2013 20:27:57 GMT -5
Actually, 'Who do you think you are'was a cover of a Jigsaw song, which Jigsaw themselves had in the same beat with 'Sky high', the next year.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Feb 27, 2013 22:36:15 GMT -5
Ronstadt: Just One Look> Warren Zevon: Werewolves of London
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Post by Ponderous Man on Feb 28, 2013 7:44:20 GMT -5
Here are 2 examples I believe no one has mentioned yet: 1. The chorus on Robbie Patten's "Don't Give It Up" sounds like "Everlasting Love" (the Robert Knight/Carl Carlton/Rex Smith & Rachel Sweet/Gloria Estefan/probably a version by Ray Conniff  song). 2. The most infamous example: "Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker Jr. sounding like "I Wanna New Drug" by Huey Lewis & The News. |
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Post by freakyflybry on Feb 28, 2013 23:01:01 GMT -5
Alanis Morissette "You Learn" sounds like a slowed-down version of Meredith Brooks "B*tch".
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Post by giannirubino on Mar 1, 2013 10:23:40 GMT -5
Lady Madonna • Beatles, sounding like Fats Domino. Wow. I never thought that before, and now I can't stop noticing it. That's a good one. Thank you.
Most of those mentioned here I did think of at one moment or another.
A friend told me the following, and now I can't unhear it. "I Saw The Light" was not by Todd Rundgren. It was really Carole King.
Now I am wondering who channeled another artist the BEST. I'm thinking Billy Joel as the Four Seasons with Uptown Girl and The Hollies as CCR with LCWIABD.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Mar 2, 2013 10:53:46 GMT -5
Harold Melvin: If You Don't Know Me By Now> Eagles: Take It To The Limit
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2013 11:26:52 GMT -5
A friend told me the following, and now I can't unhear it. "I Saw The Light" was not by Todd Rundgren. It was really Carole King. A co-worker once told me that he sounded like a woman, also Smokey Robinson does on "Being With You". |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2013 11:39:06 GMT -5
Now I am wondering who channeled another artist the BEST. I'm thinking Billy Joel as the Four Seasons with Uptown Girl and The Hollies as CCR with LCWIABD. Always knew that about Billy Joel, but never thought about The Hollies until now. Also, Casey Kasem said Billy Joel sounded like Harry Chapin on "Piano Man" from February 20th, 1974!  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2013 11:43:08 GMT -5
Here are 2 examples I believe no one has mentioned yet: 2. The most infamous example: "Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker Jr. sounding like "I Wanna New Drug" by Huey Lewis & The News. Indeed. Another infamous one, "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison sounding like "He's So Fine" by The Chiffons. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2013 11:45:43 GMT -5
"Sussudio" by Phil Collins sounding like "1999" by Prince.
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Post by blackbowl68 on Mar 2, 2013 13:25:42 GMT -5
"Sideshow" by Blue Magic sounds alot like "Break Up To Make Up" by the Stylistics. Since both group are from Philadelphia, I wouldn't be surprised if the respective lead singers had the same music teacher.
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