Question of the Week: That Sounds Familiar!

[jrham]

Happy Friday to you all!

I was browsing some social media the other day and a few songs were brought to my attention. One was from long ago, and the other from less long ago, but the newer was clearly inspired by the old.

Sometimes we forget that artists, from every realm, will draw inspiration from somewhere else. This could be a fellow musician or painter, or something as obscure as sounds heard in nature.

For todays question, I'm asking you to share a few songs that you know are tied together, whether the newer song was imagined from a sample of another song, or if something like a voice recording from a movie slapped onto a track is the new song. I'll post two examples below!

Roberta Flack - Gone Away

https://open.spotify.com/track/3M9GwnAh39jVKrcDx8iGNf?si=0b8ff6351b0b4169

T.I. - What You Know

https://open.spotify.com/track/0CAJdthKDdRjB2h8YOguN6?si=5bb41f28713d4122

Edwin Birdsong - Cola Bottle Baby

https://open.spotify.com/track/7EVDIXEOFAAvzwu6xk0nUz?si=11caa92fbc0745b6

Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Strong 

https://open.spotify.com/track/5W3cjX2J3tjhG8zb6u0qHn?si=bce6cedc03044aa7

HAPPY FRIDAY AND HAPPY SONG HUNTING!

[John_Rhyman]

Here's my view of 2 songs very similar... 

https://open.spotify.com/track/3bWGaqVeYKMlLss40mPgNn?si=746410fa4cd3467f
https://open.spotify.com/track/78JmElAFmrPNhLjovDR9Jm?si=cbab06fec33540e3

[John_Rhyman]

One more ... a total ripoff! 🙂 

https://open.spotify.com/track/7a53HqqArd4b9NF4XAmlbI?si=16f6fab08e024bc3

https://open.spotify.com/track/0rmGAIH9LNJewFw7nKzZnc?si=df9019ee9c044167

[unseenlarks]

Joan Armatrading's "The Weakness in Me" not-so-subtly inspired Morrissey's "Suedehead".

https://open.spotify.com/track/6oQFgTIK0EUnR7tzimN4Xn 

https://open.spotify.com/track/0kA5scXMiaO5Ms2GQ4pRWa 

[Soundofus]

1958 : Bo Diddley creates the song I'm a Man

spotify:track:760clbeDBWmBsBLbszWuNZ:small 

1965 : Eric Clapton & the Yardbirds record their own version with a faster tempo.

spotify:track:0hIuZ0A7mlWQvSAoqYBbRn:small

1966 : French singer Jacques Dutronc creates the song La Fille du Père Noël based on the same guitar riff.

spotify:track:3fIoE5Z7VT8PQbNgZdBeuN:small

1972 : David Bowie creates the song The Jean Genie based on the similar guitar riff.

spotify:track:6uZtMNTfU5u8w6fsnXeOdb:small 

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[MadmanOnWheels]

Here's what I have. The newer songs are first, in the pairs. There's one song on the playlist, twice, on purpose. Play the songs in order, to hear the similarities.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6ZSXGNFvUmeYZx1x8624r2?si=oyD4dkmvSnuuTE_CEtRN2g&utm_source=copy-l...