A slow night at work allows my mind to wonder and this is driving me crazy.
Hear Any Similarities?
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I kept pausing between them and playing snippets, yes very similar melody/chord progression! What you puffing on at work Duane?
2017 Grasmere Flake for the 89th smoke in the meerschaum owl.
I've even been singing opposite lyrics to the music of the different songs and it works.
Alan Parsons Project "Eye in the Sky"
Lady Antebellum "Need You Now"
Lady Antebellum "Need You Now"
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Glad to see my connection wasn't listed. I searched for results of the comparison of the two above and didn't find anything. I haven't fed my brain any useless information in some time so I think it's taken it upon itself to find some.The Alan Parsons Project - Samples, Covers and Remixes
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Yep.
Sometimes it’s the same artist.
Bob Seger’s Kathmandu and Old Time Rock and Roll have a lot in common at their core.
Sometimes it’s the same artist.
Bob Seger’s Kathmandu and Old Time Rock and Roll have a lot in common at their core.
I love Alan Parsons Project and that's a simply great track ... and a pretty funny video to boot!
But yeah, those two tracks are pretty similar. I've been on a 90s kick lately, and I somehow haven't listened to "Runaway Train" in a while. It's a pretty solid 90s tearjerker. Someone needs to do mashup of those two songs.
But yeah, those two tracks are pretty similar. I've been on a 90s kick lately, and I somehow haven't listened to "Runaway Train" in a while. It's a pretty solid 90s tearjerker. Someone needs to do mashup of those two songs.
Interesting find. Playing in cover bands for years I run into this pretty often. We've actually had to cut songs from our setlist because they sound too similar to each other, or sometimes we do a medley such cases and run directly from one song to the other. We are currently considering doing such a medley with R.O.C.K. in the USA, by John Mellencamp, and What I Like About You, by the Romantics, both similar sounding songs.
A big problem putting similar songs in a set list is that it's easy to get them mixed up and play the wrong song.
A big problem putting similar songs in a set list is that it's easy to get them mixed up and play the wrong song.
Alan Parsons was the audio engineer for one of my favorite albums, Pink Floyd’s DSOTM, which reminded me of this odd comparison between the beginning of Let There Be More Light (A Saucerful of Secrets- 1968) and Block Rockin' Beats (The Chemical Brothers- 1997):
… and probably one of the most notorious comparisons that involved a decades long copyright law suit: Led Zeppelin Wins Long ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Copyright Case (Published 2020) - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/05/arts/music/stairway-to-heaven-led-zeppelin-lawsuit.html