Sound-a-likes
2 Mar
Below are pairs of songs; I think they sound similar, or at least have parts that sound very similar. Tell me if you disagree. Feel free to suggest some of your own.
Wilco Vs. The Cure
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My Morning Jacket Vs. U2
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Oasis Vs. The Doors
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Pulp Vs. Laura Branigan
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There’s nothing wrong with any of this; indeed, lifting passages, either consciously or through musical osmosis, has a long and storied history. It’s not exactly breaking news that Noel Gallagher freely steals from all over the FM dial. If anything, it just goes to show how small a world we live in, where Jarvis Cocker is perhaps less intentionally tongue-in-cheek with his pop references then he lets on and Jeff Tweedy is as big a fan of Robert Smith as he is Gram Parsons. Of course, I guess the lesson from recent history is, if you’re going to lift your riff from someone else’s stuff, don’t go release it as the first single off your album (sorry Coldplay).
