The Official "This Song Sounds Like That Song" Thread

[AlexEnglish]

Think two bands stole parts from eachother? Post about it here.

Two ive noticed:

Cute Without The E- Taking Back Sunday
and
The Patron Saint Of Liars and Fakes- Fall Out Boy. Very similar vocal melody

Bleed American- Jimmy Eat World
and
Im Made Of Wax, Larry, What Are You Made Of? - A Day To Remember- similar vocal melody as well

[SwiftSilentDead]

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They start to sound very similar after both of the intros.

[bowl of oranges]

The bass line to "Cat Like Thief" by Box Car Racer is identical to Alkaline Trio's "You've Got So Far To Go"

[Chromefox]

Punk Rock Princess sounds like Drastic Actions by Bad Religion.

Dance Dance sounds like a Cure song.

[lonelysuperstar]

Oh, and the obvious "Ice Ice Baby" [sounds like Bowie/Queen's "Under Pressure"]
That doesn't count - the song samples Under Pressure. Lots of hip-hop songs do that.

[bowl of oranges]

That doesn't count - the song samples Under Pressure. Lots of hip-hop songs do that.Ah sorry, didn't know that.

[Chromefox]

That doesn't count - the song samples Under Pressure. Lots of hip-hop songs do that. The bassline is different by one note.

[CollectiveConfusion]

this is kind of obscure/out there, but i'm listening to it right now. the instrumentals/piano of the ace enders song "why do you run" fit the exact vocal melody of the chorus in a starting line song.

edit: "bedroom talk"

[lonelysuperstar]

Every Nickelback song sounds like the one before it.

[whataclush]

Every Nickelback song sounds like the one before it.
o god.

[whataclush]

theres a Nickelback vs. Nickelback at around 1:40

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[AlexEnglish]

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intros sound very similar to me.

[theguy77]

Every Nickelback song sounds like the one before it.

hahaha yeah i know all of their singles sound the same

[SwiftSilentDead]

Nickelback have more than one song?

[michelle182]

Beginnings of Coffee is for Closers by FOB and Night Drive by All American Rejects

Also, I hate to make this comparison, but in the choruses of Moment by Aiden and Wait & Watch by Straylight Run, when they say WAAAAIT, it sounds the same and carries on the same and I always sing the wrong words after. Just me though.

[lonelysuperstar]

Nickelback have more than one song?
lol good call.

[G apostrophe Ra]

Beginnings of Coffee is for Closers by FOB and Night Drive by All American Rejects

Also, I hate to make this comparison, but in the choruses of Moment by Aiden and Wait & Watch by Straylight Run, when they say WAAAAIT, it sounds the same and carries on the same and I always sing the wrong words after. Just me though.

Coffe to Night Drive comparison is dead on. I have that thought every time I listen to Coffee.

Also, the bridge of Cartel's "Luckie St" and the bridge on AAR's "My Paper Heart" are irritatingly similar. The chorus melody to FOB'S "Dead on Arrival" is sorta reminiscent of the chorus melody to NFG's "Better Off Dead".

"It's your own life; live for yourself!"
"This is side one. Flip me over." etc.

[cirerelleum]

Lovedrunk by Boys like girls WISHES it sounded like Somebody Told Me by the Killers

[muttley]

This Time Next Year - The Wise Are Always Better
Motion City Soundtrack - When You're Around

The intro riffs are pretty similar.

[xJesusFreakx]

Best song ever:

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[SwiftSilentDead]

The intro to Cardellini by Fireworks sounds kind of familiar to Honestly by Cartel.

[oddwithoutend]

How about this thread sounds like someone made a shitty thread?

[xJesusFreakx]

How about this thread sounds like someone made a shitty thread?

Listen to the video I posted. I love how this one separates the songs so that there's one playing in each earphone/speaker, just to really drive the point home.

(Also, I actually think that sounds cool, lol. I'd love to write two full rock songs that similar, with lyrics that are from two points of view, put one in each ear, and put it on an album.)

[oddwithoutend]

Listen to the video I posted. I love how this one separates the songs so that there's one playing in each earphone/speaker, just to really drive the point home.

(Also, I actually think that sounds cool, lol. I'd love to write two full rock songs that similar, with lyrics that are from two points of view, put one in each ear, and put it on an album.)

haha That was pretty funny.

[fallingheart]

Lovedrunk by Boys like girls WISHES it sounded like Somebody Told Me by the Killers

omg that's exactly what i think everytime i hear that song

[Yellowcard2006]

New Beginnings by Finch and Concealer by Thursday. Listen to the intro riff.

[dancelukedance]

'Big Bang' and 'You' by bad religion sound so similar


and

'Permanent rain' by dangerous summer and 'Hair of the dog' by Senses Fail

[brentywat]

broken lungs by thrice vs. let down by radiohead. the guitar parts have always seemed really similar to me.

[boxingwithstars]

i'm sure everyone's heard this one before...

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[mkohler]

Cobra Starship- Nice Guys Finish Last
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uIw0IMOGPo&feature=channel
Brittany Spears- Womanizer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbvadq2hY0s
maybe it's just me.

[Jaimehere]

ADTR-Mr. Highway's breakdown and even the extra sound parts sounds exactly like Recon's Thirteen

AILD, though they are still my fave band i think kinda ripped of Blackened by Metallica with Nothing Left, sounds VERY similar

oh and Blink's Anthem Pt.2 and AVA's Everythings Magic

[tcemoo]

ADTR-Mr. Highway's breakdown and even the extra sound parts sounds exactly like Recon's Thirteen

AILD, though they are still my fave band i think kinda ripped of Blackened by Metallica with Nothing Left, sounds VERY similar

oh and Blink's Anthem Pt.2 and AVA's Everythings Magic

Stop using abbreviations for obscure bands. ADTR? AILD?

[Broclee]

Stop using abbreviations for obscure bands. ADTR? AILD?
ADTR - A Day to Remember.

[dancelukedance]

Sum 41 - fat lip and underclass hero

[makeshiftmind]

Nirvana - Come As You Are
Killing Joke - Eighties

sounds very similar

[duhpunk]

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[Jaimehere]

Stop using abbreviations for obscure bands. ADTR? AILD?

many people know them, AILD=As I Lay Dying

[on a frequency]

Nickelback have more than one song?
nice one.

[alis21]

david jordan - a place in my heart
gym class heroes - scandalous scholastics

pretty damn similar

[kazuma_ootaro28]

Say Anything "Died a Jew"
Coldplay "Viva la Vida"

/shot

[galvangalvan]

Cobra Starship- Nice Guys Finish Last
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uIw0IMOGPo&feature=channel
Brittany Spears- Womanizer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbvadq2hY0s
maybe it's just me.

i was in the middle of posting this
its absolutely the same
:S

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[lonelysuperstar]

Say Anything "Died a Jew"
Coldplay "Viva la Vida"

/shot

Actually Coldplay got sued by Joe Satriani (I think?) over the melody of Viva La Vida.

[xxmannequin]

Lovedrunk by Boys like girls WISHES it sounded like Somebody Told Me by the Killers

Haha this is what I came to post.

Punk Rock Princess sounds like Drastic Actions by Bad Religion.


Wow, the first few seconds sound exact.




There was also that lawsuit with Viva la Vida, I can't remember the name of the other song but it was extremely close.

[reesa]

ummm...

'Obstacle 1' by interpol ...the intro reminds me of red hot chili pep's 'By The Way'

but i love both though (:

[saveferris]

Playing for keeps by Matchbook Romance and Cute without the e by TBS have the same sounding chorus

[amplifire]

Over The hills and Far Away by Led Zep and
Wet Sand by RHCP have like the same opening chords.

[Nourez]

Green Day - 21 Guns

sounds like

The Full House Theme song.

[mkohler]

i was in the middle of posting this
its absolutely the same
:S
Exactly. (maybe they ran out of ideas) :shrug:

[Lirr168]

The intro to TSL's "A Goodnight's Sleep" (0:00 to 0:44) is nearly identical to the bridge of JEW's "If You Don't, Don't" (2:22 to ~3:13).

[mar_]

Two of the ones I thought of from the thread title have been mentioned.

But the intro to the Goo Goo Dolls' Better Days makes me think of Death Cab For Cutie's The Passenger Seat. The first time I heard Better Days on the radio, I thought they were playing a death cab song, well until twenty seconds into it.

[Nadene7x]

Lady Madonna by the Beatles sounds somewhat simialr to the beginning to What I Got by Sublime
maybe it's just me though.

[amped513]

the chorus of this time next year's father, son, and holy hoax is similar to grand theft autumn by fall out boy.

[Chop[chop]]

Anybody said:
The Pros and Cons of Breathing - Fall Out Boy
The Shower Scene - Brand New
yet?

[mattmatumbo]

Cap'n Jazz- Flashpoint: Catheter
and
Ghosts and Vodka- Conversational All-Star

5:40- to the end of the song
Same guitarist so i think it's just a throw back to Cap'n Jazz

[flks511]

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Both are terrible songs, but a couple years ago I noticed the intros are almost exactly the same.

[whataclush]

“They should have the decency to wait until I am dead [before stealing my songs].” - Neil Gallagher

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[Genuma]

huh. I just read an article on this a few days ago.

[flks511]

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[Genuma]

http://www.creators.com/lifestylefeatures/books-and-music/pop-talk/rock-artists-find-it-s-a-fine-line-between-borrowing-and-stealing.html

[aerofan11]

Cobra Starship- Nice Guys Finish Last
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uIw0IMOGPo&feature=channel
Brittany Spears- Womanizer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbvadq2hY0s
maybe it's just me.
You can hear some similarities. I think "Living in the Sky With Diamonds" by Cobra Starship sounds a lot like "See You Again" by Miley Cyrus at the beginning, am I the only one who can hear that? I'm so embarrassed that I know a Miley Cyrus song. :-(

[Yellowcard2006]

The intro of "Something Left To Give"-The Starting Line and "New Guitar"- Ace Enders

[J Me]

Brand New- At the Bottom sounds like every Modest Mouse song :-d

[Lirr168]

The intro of "Something Left To Give"-The Starting Line and "New Guitar"- Ace Enders

I'm not hearing it. Both good songs, but I'm just not hearing the similarity.

[jndrsn]

A few MxPx and Blink-182 songs sound similar, I've noticed over the years but can't really recall any atm.

One just recently discovered is how the weird "ooh" part of The Shins' "Saint Simon" is quite reminiscent of the Big Star song "Jesus Christ" and the "oooohh" part towards the end.

Hope somebody understood that.

[jndrsn]

"We Are All on Drugs" has verses very similar to "The Diarrhea Song," but somebody's had to have said that already.

[Yellowcard2006]

I'm not hearing it. Both good songs, but I'm just not hearing the similarity.
Just in the guitar picking at the beginning.

[Yellowcard2006]

Brand New- At the Bottom sounds like every Modest Mouse song :-d
This is WIN. For the verse at least.

[jndrsn]

This is WIN. For the verse at least.

No dice IMO.
Perhaps the most unsubstantially perceived musical similarity I've heard in a long time.

[lorenamazing]

At The Drive In - One Armed Scissor vs. Billy Talent - Try Honesty

[MarkAndros]

broken lungs by thrice vs. let down by radiohead. the guitar parts have always seemed really similar to me.

I noticed that too awhile ago.

[Yellowcard2006]

No dice IMO.
Perhaps the most unsubstantially perceived musical similarity I've heard in a long time.
Maybe just a little bit? In just the vocals?

[boxingwithstars]

There was also that lawsuit with Viva la Vida, I can't remember the name of the other song but it was extremely close.

it was Foreigner Suite by Cat Stevens. they sound similar, but i don't think they sound enough alike to say they ripped him off...

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[Charles777]

Think two bands stole parts from eachother? Post about it here.

Two ive noticed:

Cute Without The E- Taking Back Sunday
and
The Patron Saint Of Liars and Fakes- Fall Out Boy. Very similar vocal melody

Bleed American- Jimmy Eat World
and
Im Made Of Wax, Larry, What Are You Made Of? - A Day To Remember- similar vocal melody as well
Cute has the same opening chords as Crash Into Me by DMB.

[mkohler]

You can hear some similarities. I think "Living in the Sky With Diamonds" by Cobra Starship sounds a lot like "See You Again" by Miley Cyrus at the beginning, am I the only one who can hear that? I'm so embarrassed that I know a Miley Cyrus song. :-(
I hear it too. :-|

[jndrsn]

Maybe just a little bit? In just the vocals?

I personally don't think so, because Issac Brock has never sung a song in the way Jesse Lacey sings ATB.

And some people are saying the jangly guitar of ATB sounds MM-ish as well, but I couldn't see MM writing a song like that. It's a different style.

[J Me]

No dice IMO.
Perhaps the most unsubstantially perceived musical similarity I've heard in a long time. buddy, it was a joke.

[boxingwithstars]

Ace Enders - When I Hit The Ground
Days Away - Stay The Same

of course, he did that on purpose which is a little different.

[jndrsn]

buddy, it was a joke.

I realize that (i saw the smiley), but that's just my two cents, lol;

[J Me]

I realize that (i saw the smiley), but that's just my two cents, lol;oh haha alright. i mean his voice has some twangy in it during the beginning of the song . thats the only thing i can somewhat compare to modest mouse

[abandonship]

manchester orchestra - i was a lid, colour revolt - blood in your mouth

[Broclee]

Cute has the same opening chords as Crash Into Me by DMB.
:-0:music::stars:

[xxmannequin]

it was Foreigner Suite by Cat Stevens. they sound similar, but i don't think they sound enough alike to say they ripped him off...



I remember that one, but there was another guy I can't remember the name of that sounded extremely similar.

Edit: Found it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUhFLiw6h6s&feature=channel_page

[_thisisme*]

Does anyone know what band I'm thinking of when listening to this song.

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Especially the sentence/melodie @ 0:52 'I guess I didnt know'

It sounds so familiar how the vocals sound style wise. I'm not saying they sound completely the same or they rip some other band off but I just noticed that. Farewell Fighter is an awesome band. Please check em out if you have the time!

[DJWildefire]

Blue October - Into the Ocean
PMtoday - Composing a Commercial Product

[Jaimehere]

A Day To Remember's Sticks and Bricks and Throwdown's Walk Away

almost the exact same fucking song

[Alex Djaferis]

the verses are so similar. funny as they seem to ripping themselves off.

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[Polay]

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