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Post by mrjukebox on Mar 2, 2013 15:23:55 GMT -5
Chris Isaak's 1991 hit "Wicked Game" sounds like something Roy Orbison might've recorded.
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Post by giannirubino on Mar 3, 2013 13:18:47 GMT -5
Did someone already post this? Gerry Rafferty purposely sounding like Bob Dylan on the chorus of "Stuck In The Middle With You" (by Steeler's Wheel) which seems like it was reincarnated, production / instruments at least with Sheryl Crow's "All I Wanna Do Is Have Some Fun."
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Post by Caseyfan4everRyanfanNever on Mar 10, 2013 20:31:47 GMT -5
I always thought "Livin It Up" by Bell and James (one of the songs from the 3/17/79 show played by Premiere this week) sounded like a Kool and the Gang song. That was further underscored when I found that one of the members of Kool and the Gang was Robert "Kool" Bell, leading me to believe that he was part of Bell and James or was related to the Bell.
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Post by tarobe on Mar 10, 2013 22:42:23 GMT -5
I think "Long Cool Woman (in a Black Dress)" by the Hollies sounds like Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Signs" by the Five Man Electrical Band sounds like Alice Cooper, and "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" by the Four Tops sounds like Tom Jones.
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Post by chrislc on Mar 11, 2013 11:36:56 GMT -5
It's not a Top 40 hit, but Treat Her Gently off Venus And Mars sounds more like a Billy Joel song than a Billy Joel song.
Usually it's more Billy sounding like Paul. Not to be confused with Billy Paul, who sounds like neither.
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Post by pgfromwp on Mar 11, 2013 11:49:54 GMT -5
"Hey There Lonely Girl" by Eddie Holman (1970) sounds a tad like Michael Jackson.
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Post by tarobe on Mar 11, 2013 15:45:30 GMT -5
"On The Dark Side" by John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band sounds like Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
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Post by Michael on Mar 11, 2013 18:12:41 GMT -5
I always thought "It Ain't Over Till Its Over" was done Smokey Robinson. It wasn't till a co-worker of mine told me it was Lenny Kravitz.
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Post by canat40fan on Mar 12, 2013 18:02:32 GMT -5
In the mid eighties, the British trio "The Police" broke up and were seemingly replaced by another British trio, "The Outfield"who had exactly the same sound and lead vocals. "Your Love" and "All The Love"were very good "Police" sounding singles.
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Post by tarobe on Mar 12, 2013 21:44:35 GMT -5
I thought the Outfield sounded more like Men at Work.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Apr 27, 2013 17:09:16 GMT -5
I thought at the time Motortown by Kane Gang was the new one Barry Manilow!
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Post by chrislc on Apr 28, 2013 7:44:12 GMT -5
I thought at the time Motortown by Kane Gang was the new one Barry Manilow! It does sound just like something from Barry's Pretzel Logic or Katy Lied albums. Or maybe from Manilow Live. |
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Post by rgmike on Apr 30, 2013 10:54:08 GMT -5
I think "Long Cool Woman (in a Black Dress)" by the Hollies sounds like Creedence Clearwater Revival. It also has elements of "Bang a Gong"; I often refer to LCW as "Long Cool Creedence in a T-Tex". I've always thought that Phil Seymour's "Precious To Me" sounds like it would've fit right in on Frampton Comes Alive. |
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Post by Hervard on Apr 30, 2013 15:56:15 GMT -5
Harold Melvin: If You Don't Know Me By Now> Eagles: Take It To The Limit Eagles: Take It To The Limit> Poco: Nothing To Hide |
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Post by canat40fan on May 2, 2013 23:33:16 GMT -5
"On The Dark Side" by John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band sounds like Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Agree with that totally. For the first couple of weeks after the single was released back in '84, I did indeed think that it was the Boss. |
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