Have a listen to the verse of Steely Dan‘s “Barrytown” (1974) next to XTC‘s “Standing in for Joe” (2000).
Update 8/2012: Added Bob Dylan “Positively 4th Street” (1965) and The Beatles – “Tell Me What You See” (1965)
https://www.thatsongsoundslike.com/2012/08/06/steely-dan-vs-xtc-vs-bob-dylan-vs-the-beatles/
Steely Dan - "Barrytown" (1974)
XTC - "Standing in for Joe" (2000)
Submitted by Travis
By the way, Green Day has done a fair amount of “tributing” on their “Uno!,” “Dos!,” and “Tre!” albums. Perhaps the most obvious being “Brutal Love,” which sounds a whole lot like Sam Cooke’s “Bring It On Home to Me,” IMO.
What about Neil Young’s most iconic recent song “Harvest Moon” owing a great deal of its appeal to the Everly Brothers “Walk Right Back”? Since America had their biggest hit with a Neil Young soundalike and all.