OutByEaster? Posted August 27, 2023 Moderator Share Posted August 27, 2023 7 minutes ago, bickster said: Neu! Can, Popul Vuh, Cluster, Tangerine Dream and a whole bunch of others who have had an extremely influential effect on modern music. The influence started with Bowie, Eno and Iggy Pop when they buggered off to bohemian West Berlin in he 70s which is where Bowie Berlin trilogy came from and Eno went on a wild ambient trip that continues to this day. I would rather listen to a kettle boil than anyone on this list with the possible exception of Iggy Pop. It's the whole period of early eighties bleurgh that I spend happy hours avoiding! None of which helps with the thread, which is songs that sound like other songs, not songs that sound like obscure but influential genres! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 27, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 27, 2023 Even I know about Neu! But that's because they were around in the early 70s, before music turned shit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 Nirvana and Killing Joke the first one that always springs to my mind. Though apparently The Damned beat them both to the punch on that particular riff. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 27, 2023 Moderator Share Posted August 27, 2023 3 hours ago, OutByEaster? said: I would rather listen to a kettle boil than anyone on this list with the possible exception of Iggy Pop. It's the whole period of early eighties bleurgh that I spend happy hours avoiding! None of which helps with the thread, which is songs that sound like other songs, not songs that sound like obscure but influential genres! It really wasn’t a list the influence is far far far more widespread than my post suggests Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 ..been to Bute Town Carnival, back now, have I missed anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 1 minute ago, chrisp65 said: ..been to Bute Town Carnival, back now, have I missed anything? Mooney knows who Radiohead are. I don't know what to believe anymore. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted August 27, 2023 Moderator Share Posted August 27, 2023 3 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: ..been to Bute Town Carnival, back now, have I missed anything? Are Bute Town Carnival a band? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted August 27, 2023 Moderator Share Posted August 27, 2023 M.E.S wasn’t shy about nicking stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 8 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: Are Bute Town Carnival a band? Mohammad Al Hadari and his band were there, along with both premier South Wales samba bands, Barra Cwda, and Samba Gález. I was worried it would all kick off but it was still quite amicable when I left. Just hope neither band hits the Prosecco too hard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 27, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 27, 2023 34 minutes ago, Seat68 said: Mooney knows who Radiohead are. I don't know what to believe anymore. I've got an album by them. Never play it, mind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 7 hours ago, bickster said: I'd post that The Beatles ripped off the Jam's Start years before Paul Weller wrote it but you all know that one anyway surely. Then there was ELO ripping off Paul Weller's The Changingman years before he wrote that too I mean how unlucky can Weller be to have all these people writing his songs before he did For all their quoting of their reference bands being The Kinks, The Who, The Small Faces, there is a lot of Beatles stuff in The Jam’s work. I just wiki’d it up to see something and it actually references Start, To Be Someone, Liza Radley, and Dreams of Children all with ‘similarities’ to Taxman. But The Jam paid no royalties for it and were never challenged or sued. Then other bands sampled ‘Start’ because that absolutely wasn’t ‘Taxman’, and there was no way Weller would have the nerve to sue them for copying him and Apple couldn’t sue because it was a sample of Start and absolutely not Taxman. I lost track of Weller after The Style Council, I’ve heard bits n bobs but its sounded a bit generic midlife rock so its wafted past me without sticking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 27, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 27, 2023 1 hour ago, chrisp65 said: I lost track of Weller after The Style Council, I’ve heard bits n bobs but its sounded a bit generic midlife rock so its wafted past me without sticking. I bought (and still like) 'Wild Wood'. It is indeed generic midlife rock. But then I like generic midlife rock. Didn't bother after that one, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 Two pages in and no-one has said every Oasis song sounds like a rip off of someone else. You guys are slacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 7 minutes ago, Xela said: Two pages in and no-one has said every Oasis song sounds like a rip off of someone else. You guys are slacking. It's a given. Low hanging fruit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 15 minutes ago, Xela said: Two pages in and no-one has said every Oasis song sounds like a rip off of someone else. You guys are slacking. Funnily enough, bar the odd homage they didn't really rip off the Beatles. Lots and lots of other bands though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 7 hours ago, GarethRDR said: Nirvana and Killing Joke the first one that always springs to my mind. Though apparently The Damned beat them both to the punch on that particular riff. Thought the more obvious Nirvana one was Boston’s more than a feeling ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 Guns n Roses have never heard this song apparently and the original artist is also on record saying it’s unlikely they would have heard our song … but anyone think there is a lot of similarities in the two ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 Manchester 1979: Manchester 1983: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted August 28, 2023 Moderator Share Posted August 28, 2023 8 hours ago, chrisp65 said: Manchester 1979: Ohio 1976 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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