lots of similarity??....organ n rhythm

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I think I remember hearing that Eddie Van Halen told Daryl Hall that he bit the synth line from "Jump" directly from "Kiss On My List" Daryl was cool about the whole thing, and even kind of stoked. One of the greats!

Van Halen -Jump? Now there's a nightmareu!!
Urgg, vile in my opinion.
Give me Dirty mind any day.
Similarities? None whatsoever.

Yes there are similarities. I've played both on a piano. There are some similarities in the arrangement of the keyboards/synth parts. Nothing vocallyy though.

Of course there r! I think I remember David Lee Roth mentioning how Eddie bit that 1 from P years ago. I mean let's face it. Back then in the early to mid 80's, almost all the top rock acts were influenced by P in 1 form or another. Stevie Nicks heard LRC for the 1st time in her car and nearly got in2 a car wreck
because she got in2 the groove. Then it inspired her 2 write a song and called in P 2 help compose and arrange it. Next thing "Stand Back" became 1 of her biggest solo hits. Phil Collins' "Sussudio" admittedly was taken directly fron "1999." In fact, on some of the earlier takes, Phil had to re-arrange certain parts because it sounded too much like P's song. I'm sure Ernest already knows this (sorry 2 insult ur intelligence). Just a little Princey fact 4 the younger and newer P fans who don't. Peace.

Thanks for enlightening me. I didn't even bother to sing the melody to jump. Now I realise that similarity.

I hated that song from the moment I heard/saw it and avoided it like the plague.
I find it SO simple! I could never compare it to the lyrics or funk in Dirty mind. Plus dirty mind has a much gentler approach to the ears. That van Halen guy is the epitome of bad noise to me. But then I am not, have never been and will never be a rocker.

both songs are good
but different
one is funk punk
one is pop

apples and oranges now...

Jump totally used dirty mind but a great classic tune nonetheless.

OMG I never even thought about it.

Once more...bad fan.

toots said:

Not really, there ARE similarities.

Just because my prior comment seemed to be overlooked :

thebanishedone said:

Surely Jump is pure rock???? Where on earth is the funk in that one?
But I refuse to go and listen nonetheless to find out.

no jump isn't rock
it's pure pop
if it was rock it would never be as big hit

Nikademus said:

Nik alot of 80's songs sounded the same back then Now technology has further advanced that. I remember when practically every song had a synth sound to it. That was only the beginning IMHO.

toots said:

The flat out rhythm and chord patterns are damn near identical in the synth hooks. The vocals are totally different and the overall arrangement is different, but if you did a mashup of those synth parts, it'd be an almost-mirror image.

ernestsewell said:

I agree with you both Nik and ernest but Im only saying it from my memory and that was 25 years ago on how music sounded the same (from a kids view/point). hell Im doing good to keep up with todays music at times im getting

If u can play keyboards as good as me
here

http://www.youtube.com/wa...annel_page

u will be able to hear the similarities
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