Musical recycling

[SG]

Have you ever heard a song and realized it sounds like another song?alot of songs sound alike I know but sometimes an old song gets recycled into a new song,here`s some examples:
Pavement-In The Mouth A Desert-There was a pop song in the early 80`s that sounded like the guitar solo bit from that,I don`t remember what song it was,if anyone knows please tell me.
-Brinx Job-sounds like Blood,Sweat, and Tears-`Spinning Wheel`.
-Silent Kid-sounds like a Buddy Holly song.
Bif Naked-Jaron,maybe you can help me with this,I heard a song by her on the radio,don`t know the name but it`s a rip off of the Smashing Pumpkins-`Today`;she just changed the lyrics.
Sonic Youth-Little Trouble Girl-A Shangri la`s rip off,right down to quoting`Give him a great big kiss`-"close,very close"-that lyric was in both of those songs.
Derek And The Dominoes-Layla-pretty famous classic rock song;would you believe it`s a jazz tune rip off!There`s a jazz piece by Duke Ellington called `Pyramid`;the second part of `Layla` ,the instrumental part towards the end sounds suspiciously like `Pyramid`.
Nirvana-Smells Like Teen Spirit-the grunge anthem sounds alot like Boston`s ‘More Than A Feeling`;I think Kurt did this as a joke to poke fun at classic rock.

Anyone have any more songs to add?

[everyonelovesjaron]

Dunno if there are any radiohead fans amongst us but their current single Knives Out is remarkably similar to Paranoid Android…

*lists like 4,000,000,000 rap songs stolen from one another*

[SG]

Thought up another song comparison;
Shellac`s`The Admiral` and PJ Harvey`s `Victory` sound incredibly alike;the bass line is almost exact.
But since Shellac`s Steve Albini and PJ harvey dated around the same time of those tunes they knew each other was ripping each other off.
I wonder who wrote what first?
Harvey I think.

[everyonelovesjaron]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by salamiguy:
<STRONG>
I wonder who wrote what first?
Harvey I think.</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I thought Shellac at first but you’re smarter then me…

[SG]

The album that PJ Harvey song is from is from 1992;the Shellac single that song is from 1993 I think but maybe 92;so it`s pretty close time frame of what came first.
Shellac rerecorded that song in 94 on their debut album.

[everyonelovesjaron]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by salamiguy:
<STRONG>The album that PJ Harvey song is from is from 1992;the Shellac single that song is from 1993 I think but maybe 92;so it`s pretty close time frame of what came first.
Shellac rerecorded that song in 94 on their debut album.</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

See… I knew you were right…

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