sound-alike songs

[skippercollector]

An unusual list: Songs that I think sound alike. And the one has nothing to do with the other.

Samuel Barber "Adagio for Strings" from 1936

Jesus Christ SuperStar "John 19:41" from 1969
http://www.myspace.com/music/player?sid=12795&ac=now

Dave Brubeck "Take Five" from 1959

Jesus Christ SuperStar "Everything's Alright" from 1969

Ernest Sands "Sing of the Lord's Goodness" from 1981

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang "Me Ole Bamboo" from 1967

J. Geils Band "Centerfold" from 1981
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcta88_j-geils-band-centerfold_music


Bobby Vinton "My Melody of Love" from 1974

George Baker Selection "Una Paloma Blanca" from 1975

Of course, the most notorious sound-alike songs of the 20th Century are these two:
The Chiffons "He's So Fine" from 1962

George Harrison "My Sweet Lord" from 1970

Are there any others?

[mkultra321]

1. Skip to minute 2:00 for how these two songs have nothing at all in common

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Still makes me laugh.

[skippercollector]

3. to mkultra321

Which two songs are you referring to?

[Doc_Technical]

2. There are dozens that sound similar

steve miller- Keep on rocking me baby

Free- All right now

[limpyhobbler]

4. Holiday by Green Day vs. The Passenger by The Stooges

[TroubleMan]

5. Sort of off-topic, but this reminds me of how good Carl Anderson was as Judas.

He made that movie.

Edited to say Ted Neeley was excellent in that movie, as well.

[1monster]

6. George Harrison was sued for plagiarism for My Sweet Lord (He's So fine).

http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/mysweet.htm

With all the evidence pointing out the similarities between the two songs, the judge said it was "perfectly obvious . . . the two songs are virtually identical". The judge was convinced that neither Harrison nor Preston consciously set out to appropriate the melody of HSF for their own use, but such was not a defense.

The case with on for over twelve years, due to many factors, and was further complicted by a former manager of Harrison's seeking personal profit (and perhaps revenge) using knowledge gained as Harrison's manager to advise the plaintiff, purchasing the company that owned the rights to He's So Fine.

Harrison admitted to "unconscious plagiarism ."

[Glorfindel]

7. What an interesting collection! Thank you for posting these

Offhand, I can't think of any to add to the list, but I'm sure I will.

[skippercollector]

8. I found two more pairs

Bobbie Gentry "Ode to Billie Joe" from 1967

Jeanie C. Riley "Harper Valley PTA" from 1968

Both of these songs were made into movies in the 1970s.


The second of these two was partly a parody of the first.
The Beach Boys "Surfin' USA" from 1963

James Darren "Surfin' Craze"; the song was written in 1964 and Darren recorded it in 1965

[AllenVanAllen]

9. Yeah, I got one. It has always bugged me too.

This....

sounds like this...

am I wrong?