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PJ songs sounding like other bands/artists' songs

Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
edited April 2012 in The Porch
Has anyone noticed any PJ songs that sound similar to other songs by bands and artists? I was listening to The Rolling Stones' song "Bitch" and noticed a similarity with "Satan's Bed". I know Mike is a huge Stones and Keith Richards fan and I noticed a similarity between them. The guitar work is a clear sign to me, from the riff to the solo, sounds very similar.

Is it just me or does anyone else hear this similarity? Any other PJ songs that sound similar to bands and artists that the band was influenced?
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  • Tom KTom K Posts: 842
    Parachutes reminds me of a Beatles song..
    I'm gone ..Long gone..This time I'm letting go of it all...So long...Cause this time I'm gone
  • love-boat-captainlove-boat-captain Essex. UK Posts: 476
    It's mildly beatlesque I guess, but not directly like any particular Beatles song.

    the most obvious by far has to be Given to Fly for the melody - Led Zeps Going to California.

    Yellow ledbetter guitar is clearly influenced by Hendrix's Little Wing but again pretty obvious.
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  • cbrunelle783cbrunelle783 Posts: 1,025
    I never thought of Bitch and Satan's Bed but I agree with you. As for other examples, obviously The Who. Ed's always been a big Who fan. I've been listening to the Uke album and the beginning of Your True is lifted from Pinball Wizard. I seem to remember watching something about him getting a Who bootleg in the PJ20 movie and how that was really important. There's the Given to Fly/Going to California thing too. There's always going to be homage and stylistic similarities between new things and those that have come before, very rarely are any truly new ideas produced. In fact some people think that all of the songs that are worth anything have already been written. I am not one of those people but I can understand that mentality.

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  • ceskaceska New York Posts: 1,129
    I seem to remember hearing something in my buddy's car, by Firehouse I believe, that sounded like the opening riff to Immortality. Can't remember which song though. I still don't hear the GTF/GTC similarity - one song rocks and one song is quiet. Apples and oranges....
  • magga1976magga1976 Albury NSW Australia Posts: 522
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Tom K wrote:
    Parachutes reminds me of a Beatles song..

    I've always thought that too.

    I think that "Gonna See My Friend" sounds like a song that could be by The Who... but, I can't really draw a particular comparison to any exact Who song.
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  • CallawayCallaway Posts: 635
    edited April 2012
    People have said they can hear some Devo influences on "Got Some" (Gut Feeling)
  • StillHereStillHere Posts: 7,795
    This may be stating the obvious
    but Smile..Neil Young
    and several others in that same tone

    I love that..not complaining in the least though :D
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  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    "Soon Forget" is very similar to The Who's "Blue, Red, and Grey".
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Newch91 wrote:
    "Soon Forget" is very similar to The Who's "Blue, Red, and Grey".

    Definitely!
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  • iammine16iammine16 Vancouver, BC Posts: 851
    The beginning of "Breakerfall" is the pretty close to the Who's "I can see for miles"...
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  • joely_91joely_91 Posts: 795
    apart from the lyrics, ole is pretty much a carbon copy of oasis meaning of soul.
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  • rpech'erpech'e Posts: 1,106
    Yes :?
  • thefin190thefin190 Posts: 918
    joely_91 wrote:
    apart from the lyrics, ole is pretty much a carbon copy of oasis meaning of soul.

    I was going to say this one.

    I don't see the Given to Fly/Going to California resemblance either. I tried listening to them back to back and I still don't get it. I can see how maybe the tempo of the verses might be similar, but not enough to where I'd relate the two.
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  • KatyzKatyz Posts: 838
    Thank goodness they were influenced by the 'greats' :D Love all their songs for what they are though (except Foxy.....that one was more Spinal Tap! :lol:
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  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    Katyz wrote:
    Thank goodness they were influenced by the 'greats' :D Love all their songs for what they are though (except Foxy.....that one was more Spinal Tap! :lol:
    Or "Revolution 9".
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  • TroubledSoulTroubledSoul Posts: 1,369
    Unemployable is a rip off of shania twain.
    Yeh I've seen Pearl Jam, too. But I can't remember the dates.
  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    TroubledSoul wrote:
    Unemployable is a rip off of shania twain.
    Really? It's definitely a blend of The Who and Bruce Springsteen.
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  • papa_pearls_jam.pj20papa_pearls_jam.pj20 Chicago USA Posts: 2,142
    Tom K wrote:
    Parachutes reminds me of a Beatles song..

    The Beatles immediately came to mind when I first heard All Those Yesterdays.
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  • YieldToNothingYieldToNothing Posts: 3,667
    given to fly/going to california

    alive solo/5 to one solo (first few notes)
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  • StillHereStillHere Posts: 7,795
    papa_pearls_jam.pj20 wrote:
    Tom K wrote:
    Parachutes reminds me of a Beatles song..

    The Beatles immediately came to mind when I first heard All Those Yesterdays.

    + yes!
    peace,
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  • i_lov_iti_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007
    "Even Flow" sounds similar to SoundGarden's "Hands all Over"...
  • MissJam81MissJam81 Posts: 1,878
    Tomorrow by Silverchair reminds me of 'Dissident' :thumbup:
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  • LamentLament Posts: 294
    Newch91 wrote:
    TroubledSoul wrote:
    Unemployable is a rip off of shania twain.
    Really? It's definitely a blend of The Who and Bruce Springsteen.

    Unemployable seems to lift a chunk of its main riff from Driver's Seat by Sniff 'n' the Tears.
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