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”.
Motley 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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Keith that post on that site bout green day is a little off.youve got 2 different years for basket case.
Thanks Travis! I’ll update that.
Kosciusko by Midnight Oil (1984) also sounds kind of like Summer of ’69, but with a different rhythm.
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And Green Day’s American Eulogy Mass Hysteria (2009) starts with a reprise of Song of the Century then goes into a rewrite of Jesus of Suburbia. Also from 21st Century Breakdown: the title track sounds maybe a little like Summer of ’69, but more like Jesus of Suburbia; the first part of Before the Lobotomy sounds like a cross between First of May by the Bee Gees and the verse of Come On Eileen by Dexy’s Midnight Runners, the next part sounds like Manic Monday; Last Night on Earth sounds kind of like In My Life by The Beatles and Murder City (strange names) sounds like Creep by Radiohead (1992). There may be others, but I’m not sure what they sound like.
Carpe Diem (2012) sounds like the pre-chorus of whatever of When by Shania Twain (1998) and Rusty James (2012) also sounds like First of May by The Bee Gees and When it’s Time (2010) sounds like A Whiter Shade of Pale (1967).
Extraordinary Girl (2004) also sounds like Homeward Bound, etc, but more like Even the Nights Are Better by Air Supply (1982) and some Arabic music. I don’t know how big Air Supply was in America, maybe someone could tell me, but this, as with most of the songs Green Day songs are similar to fit within a time frame of late ’70s and ’80s. I suppose it’s a generational thing, but they do also sound like their contempories.
Here are the links.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZAaA0Z-c-I&feature=kp
I think Even the Nights Are Better also has the CatrianiPlay melody. The problem with a lot of these cases is there are too many dishonest people in this world and it’s hard to tell who’s who, but considering Foreigner Suite wasn’t released as a single, what are the chances anyone but a real fan (and users of this website and similar sites) would know it?
The chorus of Even the Nights Are Better sounds like the verse of Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do) by Christopher Cross (1981), but it’s hard to know which came first as they were both recorded in the same year, ’81.
The former part of Jesus of Suburbia also sounds kind of like To Be With You by Mr Big, but not as much as it sounds like On With the Show. Green Day have been known to steal tunes, but they really went mad on that one, like they were trying to tell someone’s story through every melody they ever heard.
And part of A Perfect Love by Trisha Yearwood (1997). Also, 21 Guns sounds kind of like Closer to the Sun by Guy Sebastian (2006).