This one was suggested by Phil who points out Green Day’s epic track “Jesus of Suburbia” and its similarity to Motley Crue’s 1983 “On With the Show”.
Montley Crue – “On With the Show” (1983)
Green Day- “Jesus of Suburbia” (2004)
After giving a listen to “Jesus” I couldn’t help notice the similarity to Bryan Adams‘ classic jam “Summer of ‘69″.
Green Day- “Jesus of Suburbia” (2004)
Bryan Adams – “Summer of 69″ (1984)
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eerier similarity to bryan adams than the crue, but just enough different that they wouldn’t have to pay him?
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The first Green Day clip is based on Pachelbel’s Canon. Green Day uses way, WAY too much Pachelbel in their work (Basket Case, anyone?)
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Pachebel is nice if you want to come across as sophisticated, the rest of us just know that some chord progressions work. There is only so much you can do with them, so one is bound to find a lot of them that follow a specific progression. Recognising this one is just perception bias. Why should I really care that this is a popular chord progression?
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I agree, only so many chords, eventually somebody is going to come up with something that sounds like something else.
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They did. It’s called Aphex Twin.
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There’s also a bit in the beginning of the song that sounds exactly like “Moonage Daydream” by Bowie. I work in a karaoke bar, and whenever someone chooses to sing this song first we groan at the length, and then we sing the “original” lyrics and melodies as loud as we can. So far this, and the two you have here are what we’ve come up with.
“Boulevard of broken Dreams” also bears a striking resemblance to “Wonderwall” by Oasis.
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Keith Reply:
February 27th, 2010 at 2:59 am
Awesome! I’ll add that Bowie track soon.
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