Thanks to William for this one
There is a Dutch singer-songwriter duo called Nick & Simon and they wrote a song called Julia. Then they made 154 versions of the song. I don’t have time to listen to any more than the one that William sent my way but it sounds just like Green Day‘s “When I Come Around”. Do the other 153 versions sound like other songs as well??
“Nick & Simon released many different versions of the song, each with another female given name as title. Eight versions were released on CD, but on iTunes 154 versions were released (see different versions). Nick & Simon established a record in the Guinness Book of Records with this song, because they released 155 singles on one day. This has never been done before.
The single debuted at the peak position in both the Dutch Top 40 and the Mega Single Top 100.The song became the first number-one single for Nick & Simon in the Dutch Top 40 and the first number-one debut in that chart since Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” in 2011. “Julia” was the tenth number-one single for the duo in the Mega Single Top 100.” – Wikipedia
Check out some other Green Day posts on this site:
Green Day vs. ELO vs. Scott McKenzie
funny ya should bring this green day one up..
check out these openings
just for the heck heres greenday
From what I can tell, the other versions are just with alternate names instead of Julia, like Daphne and Maria. They still have yet to make a Brunhilda version, though.
Ha. Weird.
Eh, artists like to do that these days. I remember when Lady Gaga released her song “Yoü and I,” with a line about her “cool Nebraska guy.” When I hear it on the radio, it’s “cool Virginia guy.” And she did one for all 50 states. Strange.
I can’t complain, because you posted one of my Green Day submissions, but if you’re interested, I have plenty more. I posted comments under the three other posts mentioned except for Green Day vs Blink-182 I just reiterated what someone else had said. I also suggested more comparisons under Green Day vs Jawbreaker, Green Day vs Motley Crue vs Bryan Adams (no relation as far as I’m aware, but I sometimes refer to him Uncle Bryan just for fun), Green Day vs Steve Earle, Green Day vs The Kinks, Update: Green Day vs ELO vs Mott the Hoople, Green Day vs Full House, Led Zeppelin vs The World, Cat Stevens vs Tears for Fears and The Flaming Lips vs Cat Stevens. Just remember that when you see a song listed as being from ’92, I think it’s actually ’91, according to Green Day’s official website. Anyway, if you want to trace this melody back a little further, have a listen to their own 80 (1991).
And Who Wrote Holden Caulfield? (1991) sounds kind of like Gardening at Night by R.E.M. (1982).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9WMncHTtEI
And I’ve just realised Julia bridges the gap between When I Come Around and X-Kid (2012), which sounds like Green Day’s Basketcase. That makes When I Come Around a follow-up sound-alike, to an extent.
As far as release years I’ve messed those up a few times basing it on the release of the single and not the album which could be the year before.
5 Seconds of Summer – Amnesia vs. Plain White T’s – Hey there Deliah
Hey There Delilah also sounds like Thorn Tree in the Garden by Derek & the Dominoes (1970).
Thanks guys, just posted this one!
https://www.thatsongsoundslike.com/2014/08/28/5-seconds-of-summer-vs-plain-white-ts-vs-derek-and-the-dominos/
Yay!
I stated before that iViva La Gloria! sounds like Love Minus Zero/No Limit and the Jazz standard All of Me, but it also sounds like their own Letterbomb (2004). When you have some spare time you might want to check out Dean Gray presents American Edit. Some of the mash-ups you already know would work, but some you mightn’t.
And Billboard.com states that Letterbomb sounds like their own 86 (1995). It also in part sounds like Drive by The Cars, maybe more than Jesus of Suburbia V. Tales of Another Broken Home does. Also, iViva La Gloria! sounds like the chorus of their own Deadbeat Holiday (2000).
And kind of like the verse of Don’t Look Back in Anger by Oasis (1995).
I’ve just realised that Letterbomb is essentially a rewrite of Basket Case (Dookie demo 1993, final version 1994, which may be why you have two dates).
My mother pointed out that the chorus Deadbeat Holiday also sounds kind of like the verse of A World of Our Own by The Seekers (1968) and I think that in turn sounds kind of like When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (published 1912 and recorded by John McCormack in 1916). As The Seekers were from the ’60s and Warning was a ’60s-style album, that could have been where Green Day got it from, but it’s still closer to Love Minus Zero/No Limit (1965) and Bob Dylan was of course from the ’60s. Considering apparently Billie Joe Armstrong was listening to Bob Dylan when he was working on the Warning album, that is probably where it came from.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFjhScTpm8E#t=51s