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Update: Weezer vs. Metallica vs. Midnight Oil vs. The Strokes vs. Peter Gunn

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

I had a few comments on the Weezer vs.  Midnight Oil post relating to the guitar riffage. Here are a few more. They’re all really just along the lines of the Peter Gunn theme by Henry Mancini. Some of you might also recognize this as the theme song to the 1983 arcade game Spy Hunter.  Weezer’s “Hash Pipe” is much closer to Metallica’s “For Whom The Bell Tolls”

Weezer – “Hash Pipe” (2001)
Metallica – “For Whom The Bell Tolls” (1985)
The Strokes – “Juicebox” (2005)
Henry Mancini & His Orchestra – “Peter Gunn” (1958)
Midnight Oil – “Beds Are Burning” (1987)

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Surfer Blood vs. Arcade Fire vs. Twin Peaks

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

Florida’s Surfer Blood put out a great debut album this year. There are a few parts on there that I just can’t shake. The following is for their track “Harmonix”.

The guitar harmonics part reminds me so much of Arcade Fire’s 2005 track “Neighborhood #2 (Laïka)”. Check it out:

Surfer Blood – “Harmonix” (2010)
Arcade Fire – “Neighborhood #2 (Laïka)” (2005)

I probably wouldn’t have posted this one but since one of Surfer Blood’s tracks is entitled “Twin Peaks” I figured there was something there. Here’s the ending half of “Harmonix” with a great part in the Twin Peaks theme. This is also the second time the Twin Peaks theme has made it to the site.

Surfer Blood – “Harmonix” (2010)
Angelo Badalamenti – “Falling (Twin Peaks Theme)” (1990)

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Angels & Airwaves vs. Screeching Weasel

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Submitted by Cameron

I think just about every Blink 182 or Angels & Airwaves song sounds similar to a Screeching Weasel song. The following is an excellent example. Pretty spot on!

Angels & Airwaves – “The Adventure” (2005)
Screeching Weasel – “Guest List” (1991)

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Dinosaur Jr. vs. Stereophonics

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Adam points out the similarity of the main riff in Stereophonic’s 1998 “Pick a Part That’s New” and the interlude speed up riff in Dinosaur Jr.’s 1994 “Feel the Pain”. Check it out!

Dinosaur Jr. – “Feel the Pain” (1994)
Stereophonics – “Pick a Part That’s New” (1998)

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Nightwish vs. Paul McCartney

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Submitted by Marc-André

Check out the intro to  Nightwish’s  2008 metal track “Bye Bye Beautiful”. Sounds a bit like Paul McCartney’s 1973 Bond theme song “Live and Let Die”. (Here’s some  interesting info about “Live and Let Die” on Wikipedia if you’re interested).

Nightwish – “Bye Bye Beautiful”  (2008)
Paul McCartney – “Live and Let Die” (1973)

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Kesha vs. Kylie Minogue

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Great find by Caroline.

You’ve probably heard Kesha’s (aka Ke$ha) “Tik Tok” at least once a day for the past six months in a shopping mall, on the radio, at the gym or on your iPod. You might have thought to yourself, “Hm. This sounds like a song from like seven or eight years ago” and you’re right! Check out Kylie Minogue’s 2002 track “Love At First Sight”.

Ke$ha – “Tik Tok”  (2009)
Kylie Minogue – “Love At First Site” (2002)

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Coldplay vs. Killing Joke

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

This one is for all of you lovers out there. Koen submitted this and pointed out the similarity of the bridge in Coldplay’s 2005 “Talk” and Killing Joke’s 1985 “Love Like Blood”. Enjoy!

Killing Joke – “Love Like Blood” (1985)
Coldplay – “Talk” (2005)

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