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14 Apr 2010, 9:51 am

Post up songs you have heard that have a similar riff.

Here's two to start you off

Leo Sayer-"How Much Love"
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNioJJi_NLw[/youtube]

Michael Jackson-"Black Or White"
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjZwi_PJiio[/youtube]

HINT:Listen to the first two bars of "How Much Love" carefully.
Those same two bars repeat over & over on "Black Or White"



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14 Apr 2010, 12:36 pm

U2's song Angel of Harlem has the same intro as Bob Dylan's Like a Rolling Stone. So much so, I can't believe he didn't sue them over it. Every time the U2 song comes on I find myself singing:

WuUunce upon a time
You dressed so fine
Threw the bums a dime
In your prime
Didn' YyYyYeEeeEeewWww...

and it turns out to be the wrong song... :?



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14 Apr 2010, 2:54 pm

"Ninja Tattoo" by Shanadoo sounds completely identical to "I'm Over You" by E-Rotic, aside from the lyrics. After looking up Shanadoo on Wikipedia, it turns out that they've done lots of covers of E-Rotic's music for the Japanese market.



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14 Apr 2010, 5:45 pm

This CANNOT be a coincidence. The intro of bad romance is pretty much identical to greatest show unearthed.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2Yb5jzRTBI[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbPCtwIQ63I[/youtube]


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15 Apr 2010, 12:24 am

First pair...

Put a Little Love In Your Heart - Jackie DeShannon

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMj7UcjPZ0U[/youtube]

Polaroids - Shawn Colvin

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqYOR0BwAxA[/youtube]

Second pair...

Pump It Up - Elvis Costello

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpprOGsLWUo[/youtube]

Wild Wild West - Escape Club

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq0XZx_a7Y8[/youtube]



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17 Apr 2010, 1:59 pm

Weird Al Yankovic - :lol: