"Maneater" by Hall & Oates and "Modern Love" by David Bowie were on the radio at the same time, and have some similarities in their musical devices...

any other completely different songs by artists seem similar?

The opening keyboard chord of "Too Much Rain" on McCartney's new album sounds like the first keyboard chord on Lennon's "Jealous Guy"

I quite like both those songs, although I prefer "Modern Love". Sure, its not Bowie's best period, but the cut is decent.

I don't know about the similarities, but now I fucken have this in my head:

M-E-T-H-O-D-O-F-L-O-V-E
It's the method of modern looove

Don't Maneater and Part-time lover (stevie wonder) sound very similar?

ufoclub said:

I always catch myself drifting into "Maneater" when I hear Stevies's "Parttime Lover"

Dancelot said:

"Town Called Malice".. "You Can't Hurry Love"...

actually, stevie got in trouble for that one...

coolcat said:

ufoclub said:

Really????

Dang!!! Now that its been mention, they do sound similiar...

Can't forget about "I Want A New Drug" and "Ghostbusters"

I think someone got into trouble for that one, too!

AsianConnection said:

"Ghostbusters" was just corny.....you know it I like "I Want a New Drug" though

Wasn't there kind of big dispute over Ghostbusters and New Drug sounding alike.....I don't hear it to be honest.

BOOMshockaLockaBOOM said:

Yeah, Ray Parker Jr. was sued by H.L. & The News for stealing part of "I Want a New Drug". I think they won.

AsianConnection said:

Ray was known for grabbin' other peoples sounds....

George Clinton should've sued him for 'For Those Who Like To Groove'...

Sounds just like 'One Nation Under A Groove'

In the mid-80s,there were alot of New Wave-styled songs that sounded similiar...


"Part-Time Lover" by Stevie Wonder
"Maneater" by Hall and Oates
"Modern Love" by David Bowie
"Million Dollar Babe" by Stacy Lattisaw


the beats and song structure are similiar.

AsianConnection said:

Yes, Lewis sued Parker and won. You can sing "I Want A New Drug" to "Ghostbusters". The melodies are identical.

there are SEVERAL songs I think sound similar- most of them escape me at the moment but I do remember thinking that

"something about you" (I think that was the title) by 'Ebonee Web' sounds A LOT like Prince's classic "Head"..

that (somehow) O'Bryan's "I'm freaky" reminded me a lot of Prince's "soft & wet" (the synths??)
& O'Bryan's "I'm freaky" influenced "body talk" by The Deele

a song by Everything But The Girl - in fact, the song that got me into them - called "apron strings" has almost the same melody as the Beatles' "day in the life" (I think that's the title)..


per songs already mentioned, I do hear a similarity between Huey L & the News "wanna new drug" & Parker Jr's "ghostbusters"

"maneater" & "part-time lover" have what I call the "Supreme's 'I hear a symphony' beat".. but of course the Supremes had more than 1 song that had that same rhythm/beat..


interesting thread..

"Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)" by Billy Ocean sounds alot like Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean".

DavidEye said:

yup.....


And the intro. to 'My First Love' by Rene & Angela,

sounds like Micheal Jackson's 'She's Out Of My Life'.....

funkpill said:

and Janet's "Funny How Time Flies" borrows its melody from Mike's own "The Lady In My Life"