http://songsalike.com Similar Sounding Songs in Pop Music, Mash Ups, Samples, Sound Alike Melodies Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:34:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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/ Young Folks by Sweden's Peter Bjorn and John was to 2007, as Crazy by Gnarls Barkley was to 2006 in the United States. The instantly recognizeable drumbeat, vocal stylings of guest performer Victoria Bergsman (formerly of The Concretes), and the infectious whistle used in the verse make ... http://songsalike.com/similar-songs/peter-bjorn-and-john-vs-the-turtles-or-you-baby-young-folks/ Ryan Adams is arguably one of the most talented singer/songwriters of his generation, and Easy Tiger will be at the top of my best albums of 2007 list. I guess with high expectations comes the greater probability of disappointment. He is prolific, averaging an album per year, with ... http://songsalike.com/minneapolis-concert-reviews/ryan-adams-redefines-lackluster-in-another-minneapolis-meltdown/ The Arcade Fire have quietly become one of the most vital bands in current music, spearheading the Canadian Invasion (trademark). In one of these quiet moments, I believe they watched Eddie and the Cruisers in the comfort of their tour bus. The melody verse of Keep the Car ... http://songsalike.com/similar-songs/arcade-fire-vs-eddie-and-the-cruisers-or-keep-the-car-running-on-the-darkside/ It's true. The Damon Albarn-fronted uber hip animated band Gorillaz lifted a tune from the Canadian Troubadour Gordon Lightfoot. This is a case of verse sounds like verse. If You Could Read my Mind appeared on the 1970 album Sit Down Young Stranger and rose to ... http://songsalike.com/similar-songs/gordon-lightfoot-vs-gorillaz-or-i-dare-you-to-read-my-mind/ OK. Let's start this blog off with the quintessentiel example of songs being alike. The Chiffons were an all girl r&b group that came out of the Bronx in 1960. The group hit number one in the U.S. with the song He's So Fine as their first ... http://songsalike.com/similar-songs/george-harrison-vs-the-chiffons-or-my-sweet-lord-is-so-fine/