That sounds just like ...
You ever hear a song on the radio and swear up and down it's one of your favorite bands -- until the DJ comes on and says it's somebody else?
There are more than a few bands with big hits that sound exactly like another band. I mean, almost identical.
A couple songs like this immediately come to mind. The first one that always confuses me is "Lonely is the Night" by Billy Squire. This tune -- from the high pitched vocals to the fuzzy guitar riffs and booming drums -- has Led Zeppelin (pictured) written all over it.
I'm a big fan of the Zep. The first time I heard "Lonely is the Night," I was stunned. Was this a Zeppelin song I'd never heard before? Where did it come from? I own all their albums. But did I miss something?
Nope. It was Billy Squire, who I'd never heard of at the time.
But wait, there's more ...
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That H & O video has to be one of the cheesiest ever made. It is embarrassingly bad!
This is a good question to ponder...
Posted by: Susan WSNAJ | September 22, 2008 2:41 PM
I embarassed my hubby by saying that the Beatles sang Satisfaction. But he sings just like them!!
Posted by: Sue Hopper | September 22, 2008 4:21 PM
Awesomely Bad Music Videos???
Can I nominate "Mystery" by Dio?
Best/Worst video ever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXCofh5hU0Q&feature=related
(Make sure you watch the whole thing.)
Posted by: BA | September 22, 2008 5:11 PM
DIO!?! Holy Diver. Nough said.
Posted by: Anon | September 22, 2008 7:37 PM
Hall & Oates - She's Gone, give them a break, it was 1976 before MTV came on and upped the ante.
Sue Hopper, How about The Rolling Stones sing a Beatle song?
Their second single, I Wanna Be your Man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5X8cpKsGUw&feature=related
The Beatles vs. Rolling Stones (first 40 seconds) - I Wanna Be your Man 1963: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLivVEg_D-o
This not an official video, but I find this amusing.
Kraftwerk - The Robots (using footage from "Lost in Space"): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11ca4AF9qog
Posted by: GDA | September 22, 2008 11:02 PM
GDA, you're making my mind hurt! Those videos were confusing!!! They looked the same??
Posted by: Sue Hopper | September 23, 2008 10:15 AM
Sue Hopper,
The first is just the Rolling Stones performace.
The second is 40 seconds of The Rolling Stones performance, then The Beatles (looks like a lip sync) performance with Ringo sing lead.
Posted by: GDA | September 23, 2008 11:15 AM
badfinger (i think it was on their "straight up" album) had a song not real sure of the title ("no matter where you are" or " no matter where you go" ) or something like that, i remember when it came out i thought that the beatles had come out with a new song and slipped it in on us!
Posted by: SS2 | September 23, 2008 12:13 PM
The Badfinger song is titled "No Matter What". It appears originally on the album "No Dice" and was produced by late Beatle Roadie/companion Mal Evans.
The album was issued on The Beatle's Apple Records.
Their first single as Badfinger, previously The Iveys, was written and produced by Paul McCartney and part of their album "Straight Up" was produced George Harrison.
Little wonder that they were then regarded as the New Beatles.
If they was ever a band that was truly and completely f**ked over by the managers, it was them.
NO MATTER WHAT (lead vocal by the late Pete Ham): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsVPThOPlX4
Without You (lead vocal by Pete Ham with the late Tom Evan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyBS_1vGwpU&feature=related
(Harry Nilsson was the first to have a hit with this)
Posted by: GDA | September 23, 2008 2:43 PM
nice, thanks GDA!
Posted by: ss2 | September 23, 2008 9:14 PM