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Bill Maher vs. Legend of Zelda

Keith — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:37:28 +0000

Here’s a funny one submitted by Doug Bresler

Have a listen to The Legend of Zelda 3‘s theme song and the Real Time With Bill Maher theme written by Christopher “Kid” Reid. Reid (now 47) might have played a lot of Zelda in his late 20s. I’m not entirely sure when the Maher theme first aired but it looks like maybe 2006.

Real Time with Bill Maher - "Theme" (2006)

Legend of Zelda - "Theme" (1991)

Whitney Houston vs. X-Men Theme

Keith — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:54:28 +0000

Submitted by Patrick

Here’s another great Theme Song comparison. Check out the intro and chorus of Whitney Houston‘s 1990 “I’m Your Baby” and the theme song from the X-Men cartoon theme written by Ron Wasserman. I’m not entirely sure if this is the 1992 version of the theme or not.

Whitney Houston – “I’m Your Baby Tonight” Intro (1990)

Whitney Houston – “I’m Your Baby Tonight” Chorus (1990)

X-Men Theme (1992)

Lady Gaga vs. Top Gear

Keith — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:48:32 +0000

This is a little bit of a stretch but every time I hear a new Gaga song I hear about two hooks that I’ve heard before. There are definitely more sound-alike hooks in “Judas” but since I have the Super NES “Top Gear” theme (1992) around for Muse vs. Top Gear here ya go.

Super NES “Top Gear” (1992)

Lady Gaga – “Judas” (2011)

Muse vs. Top Gear (Super NES)

Keith — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 20:47:14 +0000

Submitted by Max

If you discover Muse on this site for the first time you can be assured of at least two things: They like Dr. Who and Super Nintendo game music. Have a listen to this music from Super Nintendo’s 1992 high speed car race game “Top Gear” and the etherial synth line in Muse’s 2001 “Bliss”.

While we’re here I can’t help notice the lead melody in the intro of “Top Gear”. In this sample below it starts after the first run of the arpeggiation. It sounds like a rather popular song with a female vocal. Help!

Super NES Top Gear (1992)

Muse – “Bliss” (2001)

UPDATE: R.E.M. vs. Cheap Trick vs. Mega Man vs. Journey

Keith — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 23:04:56 +0000

This is an update to R.E.M. vs. Cheap Trick

Mike says

The Elec Man theme from the video game Mega Man sounds freakishly similar to both of these. You should check it out.

Brilliant find Mike! Mega Man! And in my travels I also discovered a bit of talk about Journey‘s 1983 power ballad “Faithfully”. Here is all of them:

Mega Man – “Elec Man Theme” (1987)

Journey – “Faithfully” (1983)

R.E.M. – “All the Right Friends” (1983)

Cheap Trick – “Way of the World” (1979)