This is an update to Aztec Camera vs. Gwen Stefani vs. Weezer vs. Lita Ford
I heard “Cough Syrup” by Young the Giant the other day and started thinking about the descending vocal melody heard in these other tracks. Enjoy.
Young the Giant - "Cough Syrup" (2011)
Gwen Stefani - "What You Waiting For?" (2004)
Weezer - "Hash Pipe" (2001)
Lita Ford - "Kiss Me Deadly" (1988)
Aztec Camera - "Somewhere In My Heart" (1987)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHKlMq2WSwk another on.. ghetto latin song from the 90’s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5uQMwRMHcs
Daft Punk – Instant Crush
https://youtu.be/mXoZB9btV8I?t=108
Mecano – Cruz de Navajas
Hi! This melody also reminds me to Pearl Jam’s “Given to fly”, from 1997…
Good work, man!
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Great addition!
Which was said to be taken from Going to California by Led Zeppelin (1971). I consider these to have a ‘church bell’ melody while the Gwen Stefani one uses the Andalusian Cadence, starting off from an octave jump.
I think the vocal melody of those two songs is also in “Meant To Live” by Switchfoot
My first thought was “Jingle bell rock”. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itcMLwMEeMQ&feature=youtu.be&t=8s
Ha! Good one! I never even thought of that.
0:16 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i64yXSPqxJw sounds similar.
I can’t see this video in the US. What is it?
I was also reminded of Tori Amos’s “Silent All These Years”:
Which in turn reminds me of Ozzy Osbourne’s “Mama I’m Coming Home”:
(According to Wikipedia, both of these songs and their respective albums came out around the same time, so there’s no way they were directly copying each other.)