This is a little bit of a stretch but every time I hear a new Gaga song I hear about two hooks that I’ve heard before. There are definitely more sound-alike hooks in “Judas” but since I have the Super NES “Top Gear” theme (1992) around for Muse vs. Top Gear here ya go.
Submitted by Max
If you discover Muse on this site for the first time you can be assured of at least two things: They like Dr. Who and Super Nintendo game music. Have a listen to this music from Super Nintendo’s 1992 high speed car race game “Top Gear” and the ethereal synth line in Muse’s 2001 “Bliss”.
While we’re here I can’t help notice the lead melody in the intro of “Top Gear”. In this sample below it starts after the first run of the arpeggio. It sounds like a rather popular song with a female vocal. Help!
Update 9/16/2014: H.D. Bruton made a great addition to this post in the comments below. According to Muse fan site InMuseWorld.net Matt Bellamy of Muse recalls when writing “Bliss”:
“…it´s got all these 80s arpeggios and keyboards on it which remind me of some music I heard on some children’s music programme when I was five. I think I ripped it off that. And that reminds me of when I was a bit simpler, a bit more of a pleasant state.”
Perhaps it was Top Gear he was hearing all along!
Oh, and check this out! Lady Gaga’s”Judas” sounds just like the Top Gear melody that comes in later. Check it out!
And for more Muse on this site:
Muse vs. Doctor Who
Muse vs. Maroon 5
Muse vs. Erasure vs. Jason Mraz
I love the video game submissions that come in. You’ve probably heard Zombie Nation‘s “Kernkraft 400” (2000) in one remixed form or another but did you realize the synth riff was lifted right from a 1984 Commodore 64 game called “Lazy Jones“? In addition to the sound clip below, you really need to see the game clip here on youtube to get the full effect. According to this NME article from 2000 “Mr Zombie, aka Splank, has had to pay an undisclosed amount to David Whittaker, the programmer who wrote the original.”
Submitted by Kim