http://songsalike.com Music Blog: Similar Sounding Songs in Pop Music, Mash Ups, Samples, Sound Alike Melodies Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:41:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lady Gaga, whose name is inspired by Radio Gaga by Queen in case you were wondering, has moved pretty swiftly from dance clubs in New York to the mainstream. Apparently she's also the creative director for Polaroid, which seems like a snub towards Andre 3000. Anyway, Paparazzi was ... http://songsalike.com/similar-songs/red-hot-chili-peppers-by-the-way-vs-lady-gaga-paparazzi/ I guess the true dogfather as far as the courts are concerned is George Clinton, who now legally owns Bow Wow Wow Yippie Yo Yippie Yay. The phrase, which he originally wrote in the Parliament song Atomic Dog in 1982, has become part of the pop culture vernacular since Snoop ... http://songsalike.com/similar-songs/george-clinton-owns-bow-wow-wow-yippie-yo-yippie-yay/ Weezer has been doing a fun, live mash up of Kids by MGMT and Poker Face by Lady Gaga. The band seems to enjoy playing with this idea, especially the crowd's reaction when those all too familiar keyboard riff of Kids takes form. This footage is from the ... http://songsalike.com/mash-ups/weezer-does-live-mash-up-of-mgmt-kids-and-gagas-poker-face/ Yikes, this one might for the courts. Lifehouse released a song called Whatever it Takes from the 2007 album Who We Are that pretty much uses the same exact melody for it’s chorus as Don’t Go Away by Oasis from 1995's What’s the Story Morning Glory. I guess ... http://songsalike.com/similar-songs/oasis-vs-lifehouse/ Former child star and Rilo Kiley member Jenny Lewis released Acid Tongue in 2008, which was inferior to 2006's more country tinged Rabbit Fur Coat. The first single was Carpetbaggers, featuring an unnecessary guest spot from professional collaborator Elvis Costello. Seriously, does he ever say no? The ... http://songsalike.com/similar-songs/neil-young-vs-jenny-lewis/ This one is certainly hard to ignore. Jules De Martino and Katie White of the English Pop Due The Ting Tings must have been checking out some classic rock stations in Manchester when they formed in December 2004 because their song Great DJ lifts the "money riff" from Eddie ... http://songsalike.com/mash-ups/the-ting-tings-vs-eddie-money-mash-up/ Kimya Dawson recently brushed elbows with lady mainstream with the soundtrack to Juno (screenplay written by Diablo Cody in a Target Starbucks in Crystal, Minnesota) and the standout track is Anyone Else But You , which is a song by her band the Moldy Peaches. It's a catchy melody, ... http://songsalike.com/songs-alike/kimya-dawson-vs-guns-n-roses-vs-frank-sinatra/ Finger Eleven is back with vengeance, and a ripoff. The Canadian alt metal band came into the world in Burlington, Ontario as The Rainbow Butt Monkeys. Which name is better? It's kind of a wash. How about the Finger Eleven Butt Monkeys? Is that ... http://songsalike.com/mash-ups/franz-ferdinand-vs-finger-eleven-or-take-me-out-paralyzer/ Mason Jennings played a sold out show at First Avenue in Minneapolis on December 27th, 2007. He usually plays First Ave every December, and this concert came closely after the soundtrack to I'm Not There was released, in which he provided two excellent Bob Dylan covers - Times ... http://songsalike.com/minneapolis-concert-reviews/mason-jennings-recruits-the-family-for-a-first-avenue-minneapolis-show/ Tegan and Sara, my favorite lesbian identical twin sister Canadian band, came to the Pantages Theatre in Minneapolis on November 30th, 2007, in support of their phenomenal record The Con. The album is on my best of 2007 list. They played a nice mix of this record and ... http://songsalike.com/minneapolis-concert-reviews/tegan-and-sara-bring-the-noise-and-shutterbugs-to-minneapolis/