I was just watching a new Rick Beato video Papa Roach “Last Resort” Just Blew Up AGAIN… Why? Rick Beato on YouTube and he looks at some streaming numbers that point to recent TikTok usage. Then he goes on to break down some of the key elements of the song. I’ve heard this song a million times and as soon as it kicked in I was reminded of Green Day’s “Brain Stew” from 1995. “Last Resort” came out 5 years after “Brain Stew”. Have a listen to the main riffs below!
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The Killers vs. Placebo vs. Blondie
I think this is the laziest artwork for this site I’ve ever posted.
Allow me to introduce to you my new favorite podcast One Song where hosts Diallo Riddle and LUXXURY dissect a single song and sometimes take me back to my own early days in music. I was recently listening to one of their podcasts when LUXXURY pulled up these …. interpolations I suppose. I’ve always wondered what that line in “Mr. Brightside” reminded me of and never put together the Blondie similarity in my head. The Placebo one is pretty interesting as well. Enjoy!
The Killers – “Mr. Brightside” (2003)
Placebo – “Special K” (2002)
Blondie – “Dreaming” (1979)
Here’s a clip of LUXXURY breaking it down on One Song
LUXXURY: TikTok | IG
Diallo Riddle: TikTok | IG
See Also
The Killers vs. U2 and David Bowie
Linkin Park “New Divide” and Offspring both sound like Mad World
Given the history of The Offspring on this site Travis and I were both a little surprised to see a band sounding LIKE The Offspring rather than the other way around. Check out the main riff on Linkin Park’s 2009 “New Divide” and The Offspring’s 1997 “Gone Away”. After listening to the both of these I also certainly hear Tears for Fears “Mad World” especially in “New Divide”. Maybe that’s what the guy on the turntable in the band is actually playing 🙂
And overall “New Divide” and “Gone Away” have very similar verse instrumentation.
Submitted by Travis.
Very important 2026 update. I asked ChatGPT to make me a new image for this post based on the “Songs from the Big Chair”. Here you go:
SEE ALSO
Muse vs. The Offspring (Again)
Belle & Sebastian vs. The Offspring