Green Day “Warning” sounds like The Kinks “Picture Book” Posted on October 20, 2010 by keith — 18 Comments ↓ Has Green Day been sued for this? Check out Green Day‘s 2000 hit single “Warning” and The Kinks‘ 1968 classic “Picture Book”. Submitted by Mike Try a Random Soundalike Related
dxman October 28, 2010 at 4:05 am “Warning” sounds so much more like “On the Dark Side” by John Cafferty or “R.O.C.K. in the USA” by John Mellencamp than “Picture Book.” Reply ↓
Travis January 17, 2012 at 4:36 pm not the first time green day went back to the 60s….check out green days “waiting” and petula clark “downtown” you cant miss it even some of the lyric is the same Reply ↓
Keith Post authorJanuary 18, 2012 at 4:19 am Thanks Travis. I thought I had “Downtown” on the site already. Guess I’ll have to add it! Reply ↓
Travis January 17, 2012 at 4:37 pm also for these 2 theres 2 others as well..one was already mentioned “walkie talkie man” the other is big and rich “love train” Reply ↓
Adam March 14, 2012 at 10:23 pm The Kinks’ song sounds more like Twist and Shout by The Beatles but that’s probably just me. Reply ↓
“Warning” sounds so much more like “On the Dark Side” by John Cafferty or “R.O.C.K. in the USA” by John Mellencamp than “Picture Book.”
Steriogram’s “Walkie Talkie Man” also uses that riff
not the first time green day went back to the 60s….check out green days “waiting” and petula clark “downtown” you cant miss it even some of the lyric is the same
Thanks Travis. I thought I had “Downtown” on the site already. Guess I’ll have to add it!
also for these 2 theres 2 others as well..one was already mentioned “walkie talkie man” the other is big and rich “love train”
The Kinks’ song sounds more like Twist and Shout by The Beatles but that’s probably just me.