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OK Go vs. New Order (And Damian Kulash is in that “First Kiss” video)

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OK Go vs. New Order

OK Go has an awesome new video but I still can’t recall a single OK Go hook except for their first big radio hit  “Get Over It” (2002). But that’s besides the point. As soon as “The Writing’s On the Wall” kicked in I thought it was a New Order song. Then I got a message from a guy named Doug who said it sounded like New Order’s “Temptation”. Well, have a listen!

OK Go - "The Writing's On the Wall (Intro)" (2014)

New Order - "Temptation (Intro)" (1982)

OK Go - "The Writing's On the Wall (Verse)" (2014)

New Order - "Temptation (Verse)" (1982)

Here’s the OK Go video for “The Writing’s On the Wall”

OK Go - The Writing's On the Wall - Official Video

What??!
I just discovered that OK Go front man  Damian Kulash is in that viral “First Kiss” video. He first appears at :32

The Killers vs. U2 and David Bowie

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I didn’t realize The Killers were such fans of U2. I’m actually a little disappointed because I really love this Killers guitar solo. Now I can only think of  “Miracle Drug” when I hear it. After doing some more research I actually found out that Flowers was in fact influenced by U2 when writing “All These Things That I’ve Done” and then admits to lifting the bass line from David Bowie‘s “Slow Burn”. Check it out!

The Killers - "When You Were Young" (2006)

U2 - "Miracle Drug" (2004)

“When that one was cooking I was really into U2’s ‘All That You Can’t Leave Behind’. I thought that was an amazing comeback for them, and I was blown away by how many great songs were on that record. There’s an earnestness, spirit soul to U2, and I was trying to channel that. I wanted a song that stood up to those songs. We also took the bassline from a David Bowie song called ‘Slow Burn’, from ‘Heathen’, although enough time has probably passed now that I think he probably won’t sue us!”  – from NME

David Bowie - "Slow Burn" (2002)

The Killers - "All These Things That I've Done" (2004)

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Anggun vs.Shreya Ghoshal vs. Bjork vs. Sunny Day Real Estate

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Anggun, Shreya Ghoshal

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Update: As Abhijit Shylanath points out in the comments, the writing credit for “Yeh Ishq Hai” should be Pritam Chakraborty. Shreya Ghoshal is just the singer.

Eleanor sent me Bollywood track “Yeh Ishq Hai” (sung by Shreya Ghoshal) from the film “Jab We Met” and “Être une femme (“Being a Woman”)” by Indonesian/French singer Anggun .  Both with pretty similar vocal melodies.  I decided to add on Björk’s “Human Behaviour” simply for the timpani sounding beat. I also couldn’t help hearing the melody of Sunny Day Real Estate‘s “Two Promises”.

Anggun - "Être une femme ('Being a Woman')" (2004)

Shreya Ghoshal - "Yeh Ishq Hai" (2007)

Björk - "Human Behaviour" (1993)

Sunny Day Real Estate - "Two Promises" (1998)

Anggun also recorded an English version if you’re interested:

Anggun - "All in Your Mind" (2004)

Side note: I once set up a show with a band I was in and called it “Indie Rock Night”.  A journalist showed up and thought we were going to play Indian music.

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