Songs That Sound Like Other Songs: Part Tre
About two weeks ago, I sauntered over to the San Francisco Public Library and picked up the next book on my "to read" list - The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band. For those who don't know this book by the first two words of the title alone, this is the autobiography of Motley Crue. Now my commute, bathroom trips, and free time are filled with wondrous tales of irrational drug use, ridiculous sexual escapades, and a general disregard for any type of authority or social structure.
It was only a matter of time before this influence followed me to work, so I created a new "80's Metal" Pandora station this afternoon. After skipping the first song, "On With The Show" came on. Even though I'm becoming more learned in Motley Crue lore, I'm still unfamiliar with most of their discography. After hearing the first 30 seconds of the track, I realized that I recognized the tune, but I recognized it from a song that was definitely not Motley Crue. I pondered this for a few moments until I realized that I was hearing a tune from the 9-minute epic "Jesus Of Suburbia" by Green Day (on their album American Idiot).
Some quick Youtube sleuthing narrowed the melody down to the second part of the song, "City of the Damned". Listen for yourself:
This is the third time that Green Day has appeared on one of these installments of "Songs That Sound Like Other Songs". Now don't get me wrong - I really like Green Day and I think they're awesome and American Idiot is a really cool album. However, they need to turn off the radio at night to prevent the subliminal musical infestation that's apparently plaguing them. Or, maybe mankind has simply reached the mathematical limit on the number of melodies that could possibly be created?
It was only a matter of time before this influence followed me to work, so I created a new "80's Metal" Pandora station this afternoon. After skipping the first song, "On With The Show" came on. Even though I'm becoming more learned in Motley Crue lore, I'm still unfamiliar with most of their discography. After hearing the first 30 seconds of the track, I realized that I recognized the tune, but I recognized it from a song that was definitely not Motley Crue. I pondered this for a few moments until I realized that I was hearing a tune from the 9-minute epic "Jesus Of Suburbia" by Green Day (on their album American Idiot).
Some quick Youtube sleuthing narrowed the melody down to the second part of the song, "City of the Damned". Listen for yourself:
This is the third time that Green Day has appeared on one of these installments of "Songs That Sound Like Other Songs". Now don't get me wrong - I really like Green Day and I think they're awesome and American Idiot is a really cool album. However, they need to turn off the radio at night to prevent the subliminal musical infestation that's apparently plaguing them. Or, maybe mankind has simply reached the mathematical limit on the number of melodies that could possibly be created?
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12/8/2008 5:09 PM
Blogs N' Roses wrote:
A while back we ran the Blogs N Roses: "Songs That Sound Like Other Songs" Segments. Here are parts 1, 2, and 3. We should have put Joe Satriani's "If I Could Fly" and Coldplay's Viva La Vida on there. Well that was so similiar that Joe Satriani is now suing Coldplay for ripping him off. He has a great case because the melody and chords (as the video says) are exactly the same. The only way Coldplay doesn't have to pay up is if they can show that Joe ripped it off from somebody else. Does that mean Joe ...
I think AC/DC has reached the mathematical limit to the number of melodies they can possibly create.
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ok, I just listened to that and BJ Armstrong should be ashamed of himself. Motley Crue would sue if Billy Joe wasn't the love child of Vince Neil and a drunk Van Halen groupie.
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