The beginning of "Cinnamon Girl" sounds like the beginning of "Our lips are sealed" by the gogos. I swear to god. ask gooey!

Natsume said:

i agree....also if you listen hard the end of temptation sounds like a toilet flush.

Christopher said:

right the wrong sounds like the doors "w.a.s.p. texas radio and the big beat

Christopher said:

"listen hard"?
Your time is well spent.

blusapphire said:

well i cant help it

Christopher said:

Oh did I mention I plan to do what you suggested?

ThataintFunky said:

And Phil Collins’ Sussudio? is an unfunky reincarnation of Prince’s 1999
[Edited 7/20/05 23:03pm]

blusapphire said:

lol listen Realllll hard

Ok is it just me or doesn't the Pussycat Doll's (or Tori Amalaze's) song

"Don't cha?" sound kinda like Prince's "Vavoom" from The Chocolate Invasion?

Maybe it's just that "squishy" sound effect?

thekidsgirl said:

It does sound kind of P influenced but still wack as hell.

Hotlegs said:

I kinda like it

eyewishuheaven said:

so true! i LOVE that song, but that verse..... henny rogers rip off!


Illusion coma pimp circumstance sounds like Sex, (the 80's are over)the background music almost exact.

Vicki calling steals the motif from The Dopamine Rush

Some examples that come to my mind:

The Cross - Sweet Jane by The Velvet Underground
Automatic - Cars by Gary Numan
Sometimes it snows in april - a mixture of various song on the records Blue and Court and Spark by Joni Mitchell
Cream - Get it on by T-rex
Peach - some Iggy Pop track
Alphabet Street - You can make it if you try by Sly and the family Stone (especially the second part of the song)
Three chains of gold - Queens' Bohemian rapsody (and one verse that sounds influenced by Barbara Streisand)

Oh, i forgot one:

Daddy Pop reminds me of Daddy Cool by german disco / lip-synch act Boney M

There are many. Here's just a few:

Miss You/The Stones = Uptown/Prince
"It's Hell"/The Ohio Players = Computer Blue/Prince
"Little Miss Lover"/Hendrix = "Tick Tick Bang"
Get It On (Bang A Gong)/T-Rex = "Cream"/Prince
"Let's Go"/The Cars = "Gotta Stop Messin About"
"Vietnamese Baby"/New York Dolls = "Ronnie Talk To Russia"
"Devotion"/E,W &F = "Anna Stesia"

Some more:

"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"/The Police = "Private Joy"
"Cars"/Gary Numan = "Automatic"
Maybe Your Baby"/Stevie Wonder = "Shockadelica"
"It's Your Night (Words of Love) = "International Lover"
"Monday Monday"/Mama's and the Papas = "1999" and again for "Manic Monday"!

Songs wrote for other artists:

"Fool To Cry"/The Stones = "Girl"/The Time
"Whip It"/Devo = "Bite The Beat"/Vanity 6

Sound alike titles:

"International Feel" Todd Rundgren = "International Lover"
"Back In The U.S.S.R"/The Beatles = "D.M.S.R"

blackguitaristz said:

"Oh yeah,:
"Get Off Of My Cloud"/The Stones = "After Hi School" The Time

blackguitaristz said:

hmmmm, never thought about Maybe Your Baby and Shockadelica, which is ironic considering how many time I've referenced that song as a major inspiration for Camille. I guess I just never put two and two together. I kinda disagree with the USSR and International comparisons, other than the titles I don't see much similarities

jacktheimprovident said:

Regarding USSR and International, I was strictly talking about the titles. Other than that, hell nah, the music is nothing alike on those two songs. That's why above that, I wrote "Sound alike titles".

B...You hit the nail on the head with those Prince tunes!! I thought I was the only one who thought "Automatic" sounded like Numan's "Cars" (lol). Good call..I'm sure P checked out some of Numan's stuff out back then. He was funky with the Linn drums too.

I always thought that Girls N Boy's sounded a bit like Sheena Easton's "Strut".


Also, I always thought that Arms of Orion was in the same vein as Michael Jackson's Human Nature.

blackguitaristz said:

thats interesting as I read somewhere once a critic saying that Little red
Corvette sounded like "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" , does that means that Corvette and Private Joy sound similar

'Jughead' sounds like something I heard on the toilet this morning....

violator said:

ROTF

wow...your toilet makes music!
I have GOT to get me one of those!

The most obvious to me has always been "my name is prince" completely inspired by ll cool j's "momma said knock you out"

infact a lot of his raps on that album kind of sound like C&C music factory.

you can sing the words to "the Bird" by the Time to the music of "America" without missing a beat.

manonearth said:

Truer words have never been spoken. Unfortunately.

Wasted Kisses/ Lullaby- The Cure

The chorus of "my medallion" is a complete ripoff of "spill the wine" by eric burdon and the animals. No doubt about that. It's a very obvious copy, and because of that it was probably left off the chocolate invasion/slaughterhouse release.