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Thread started 01/15/11 8:47pm

Wham2011

Oak Ridge Boys "Elvira" rips off the Coaster's "searchin"?

i was skimming through the oldies music channels on cable and was listening to the Coasters "Searchin" and realized how much it sounds like The Oak Ridge Boys Elvira!

check it out

The Coasters-"Searchin"

Oak Ridge Boys "Elvira"

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Reply #1 posted 01/15/11 9:09pm

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Lots of songs sound alike. All of these have the same basic rhythm:

I Can't Go For That ~ Hall & Oates

Billie Jean ~ Michael Jackson

Superstar ~ Lydia Murdock

Night Rider ~ Midnight Star

Like A Virgin ~ Madonna

Carribean Queen ~ Billy Ocean

Addicted To Love ~ Robert Palmer

Good Times ~ Chic

Christmas Rappin' ~ Kurtis Blow

Another One Bites The Dust ~ Queen

Rapper's Delight ~ Sugarhill Gang

Rock Skate Roll Bounce ~ Vaughn Mason and Crew

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #2 posted 01/17/11 3:21pm

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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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