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UPDATE: Katy Perry vs. Kesha vs. Miley Cyrus vs. Justice

Keith — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:20:44 +0000

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:

Justice – “The Party” (2009)

With the beat:

Justice – “The Party” (2009)

Ke$ha – “Tik Tok” (2009)

Miley Cyrus – “Permanent December” (2010)

Ke$ha – “Tik Tok” (2009)

Katy Perry- “California Gurls” (2010)

Update: Dinosaur Jr. vs. Stereophonics vs. Brendan Benson

Keith — Fri, 14 May 2010 15:56:26 +0000

This is an update to Dinosaur Jr. vs. Stereophonics

casi comments:

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??

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??

Brendan Benson – “Spit it Out” (2005)

Dinosaur Jr. – “Feel the Pain” (1994)

Stereophonics – “Pick a Part That’s New” (1998)

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

Keith — Tue, 11 May 2010 14:37:16 +0000

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)

UPDATE: The Damned vs. Nirvana vs. Killing Joke

Keith — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:39:41 +0000

This is an update to Nirvana vs. Killing Joke

Melanie brings up the 1982 track “Life Goes On” by English punk band The Damned.

The Damned – “Life Goes On” (1982)

Killing Joke – “Eighties” (1984)

Nirvana – “Come as You Are” (1992)

UPDATE: Survivor vs. Coldplay vs. Joe Satriani vs. Cat Stevens vs. Creaky Boards

Keith — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:09:43 +0000

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!

Survivor – “I Can’t Hold Back” (1984)

Cat Stevens – “Foreigner Suite” (1973)

Joe Satriani – “If I Could Fly” (2004)

Coldplay – “Viva la Vida” (2008)

Creaky Boards – “The Songs I Didn’t Write” (2008)