Blink-182 vs. Green Day

Submitted by Adrian

I know, it’s a fairly common pop punk riff but here’s Blink-182 and Green Day. And there’s a lot of Green Day on this site.

Blink-182 - "What's My Age Again?" (1999)
Green Day - "Basket Case" (1993)
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10 Replies to “Blink-182 vs. Green Day”

  1. Bryan

    It’s a simple chord progression. Maybe you should instead compare Basket Case to Pachelbel’s Canon, whose chord progression was quite distinct.

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  2. Mo Kopstick

    Yea, Pachelbel’s Canon has not just been done by Green Day but you should also check out Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton and Hook by Blues Traveler

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    1. Iggy Ferguson

      I think I screwed up with the links but just go to about the 50s mark on No Rain and the 1min mark on Basket Case and you’ll hear it.

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    2. Mark Adams

      Yes, but Basket Case is said to be based on Pachelbel’s Canon. Anyway, Beautiful by Christina Aguilera (2002) is also similar.

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      1. Mark Adams

        While I’m on the subject, the verse of The Voice Within (2002) sounds like a combination of From This Moment On by Shania Twain (1997) and I Know Him So Well from Chess, performed by Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson and written by Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of ABBA fame, and lyrics by Tim Rice (1984).

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  3. Chewy

    Yeh I was trying to sing No Rain to my girlfriend and she kept insisting I was singing Basket Case. Hadn’t noticed the similarity until then!

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  4. Travis

    how about where blink was ripped off(unless of course its like something else older)

    30 seconds to mars: r evolve

    blink 182:adams song

    sum 41:dear father

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