After all these years Green Day is still churning out hits. Armstrong must be a big ELO fan.
Shane submitted the Scott McKenzie “San Francisco” comparison and Jeff sent in the Electric Light Orchestra similarity in the chorus. Nonetheless, the Green Day track is super catchy and I can’t get it out of my head. Now I have three songs stuck in my head.
“21 Guns” chorus:
“21 Guns” verse:
I always love a good TV theme comparison. Fans of the early nineties television series Twin Peaks might have had “The Loco-Motion” stuck in their head for the next day or two. Have a listen.
This was submitted by Sonny
Here’s the second Red Hot Chili Peppers post on the site (the first). This time it’s a fishy borrowing of a Budgie riff from 1973. RHCP’s 1999 song “Around The World” opens with a nearly identical riff played on bass.
This was sent in by Blaire.