This is an update to Katy Perry vs. Kesha
I think we need to create a new genre of music called “lazy-girl-rap-dance”.
Jonathan and Kelly pointed out this Justice track a few months back and not that this Miley Cyrus track was brought to my attention I give you the following:
With the beat:
This is an update to Dinosaur Jr. vs. Stereophonics
casi comments about Brendan Benson’s 2005 track “Spit it Out”:
these riffs, especially the Dinosaur Jr riff, are also very similar to a guitar line that came up a few years later in a song off of Brendan Benson’s 2005 release “Spit It Out Now”. it sounds very similar to the opening riff and also at 1:59 into the song. A homage to one of the preeminent indie bands of the 90s maybe??
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”
This is an update to Nirvana vs. Killing Joke
Melanie brings up the 1982 track “Life Goes On” by English punk band The Damned.
This is an update to this post
Submitted by Jim
Any more of these out there??
Jim points out the hook in Survivor’s 1984 hit “I Can’t Hold Back”. I included the beginning of the guitar solo at the end of the sample because it also incorporates the melody. Here’s all of them again!
Another great one from Dave
This is an update for Green Day vs. Elo vs. Scott McKenzie
Check out the chorus of Green Day’s “21 Guns” next to the 1972 Mott the Hoople track “All the Young Dudes” (written by David Bowie)
Update for Dr. Dre vs. Phoenix
A while back Haji brought to my attention Grizzly Bear’s 2009 track “Two Weeks” and somebody else just posted a comment pointing out Lauryn Hill’s 1998 Track “Doo Wop (That Thing)”. All with that familiar piano jingle.
