Songs that sound like other artists but aren't

its_steve116 · 12-06-2019 12:56am #1

The Guess Who - American Woman
Not a Led Zeppelin song.

Broken English - Coming on Strong
No, it ain't the Rolling Stones.

Meredith Brooks - Bitch
Alanis Morissette had no involvement in this one.

The Princess Bride · 12-06-2019 4:59am

Apologies for posting a Christmas song, but this is often mistaken for Elvis, despite the fact that he never recorded a version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ6kJ7GWtv0

its_steve116 · 12-06-2019 12:26pm

You'd think this was The Police...

BOSTIK · 12-06-2019 2:41pm

The Hollies, doing a good Creedence Clearwater Revival impression

Long Cool Woman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIRHTBvZRzU

Blue850 · 12-06-2019 8:09pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7_7COXa1yQ

AC/DC should have hired Krokus lead singer Marc Storace instead of Axl

its_steve116 · 12-06-2019 9:03pm

Blue850 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7_7COXa1yQ

AC/DC should have hired Krokus lead singer Marc Storace instead of Axl

Or the guy from Accept.

its_steve116 · 13-06-2019 3:39pm

This one is extremely like the Jam.

Rothko · 13-06-2019 7:31pm

Sounds a lot like Bob Dylan. Even parts of it resemble Like A Rolling Stone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqmzLgoWl3w

odyssey06 · 13-06-2019 7:36pm

U2 Beautiful Day & Aha Sun Always Shines on TV.

Achasanai · 13-06-2019 7:39pm

Hozier's Take Me To Church

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVjiKRfKpPI

and Feist's How Come You Never Go There

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2uVRMBD5RY

its_steve116 · 13-06-2019 8:03pm

odyssey06 wrote: »

U2 Beautiful Day & Aha Sun Always Shines on TV.

I don't mean songs that sound alike. I mean songs that are in almost the exact same style as another artist: vocal, musical style etc. The key word here is artists.

wonderboysam · 05-07-2019 1:31am

Whooper tune, very Stone Roses-y

[Deleted User] · 05-07-2019 1:35am

This is not Neil Young singing nor one of his songs, but I thought that it was for way too long...

BloodBath · 05-07-2019 1:50am

A lot of people think this is a Hendrix song. It was inspired by him after the cream band members seen a live Hendrix gig. Hendrix even covered it himself.

pappyodaniel · 05-07-2019 2:03am

It's written by Bowie but it could well be Bowie performing it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfwVfEXJhQQ

buser2x · 06-07-2019 3:41pm

when I first heard it, I thought men without hats "safety dance was Bowie

grindle · 06-07-2019 3:50pm

The best Beatles song not written or sung by the Beatles:

edit:fúcking link shorteners

The Princess Bride · 10-07-2019 9:46pm

The band We Are The Fallen has been compared to Evanescence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzTZeeMCUBk

its_steve116 · 13-07-2019 12:18pm

The Princess Bride wrote: »

The band We Are The Fallen has been compared to Evanescence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzTZeeMCUBk

Some of the original evanescence line up are in the band

eviltimeban · 16-07-2019 12:07pm

If this isn't Led Zep I don't know what is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7ohom4tsuM

Conor Bourke · 16-07-2019 5:44pm

Sounds like Bob Dylan singing a Bruce Springsteen song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-oHBkikDBg

eviltimeban · 16-07-2019 6:22pm

Cornelius Crow wrote: »

Sounds like Bob Dylan singing a Bruce Springsteen song

If you add with Mark Knopfler on guitar, you've pretty much got the War on Drugs down.

Tammy! · 17-07-2019 3:03pm

Lily Allen and Kate Nash

NewbridgeIR · 18-07-2019 1:41pm

Not Depeche Mode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6s1-caKRtQ

its_steve116 · 19-07-2019 9:03pm

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Not Depeche Mode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6s1-caKRtQ

Neither is this one - it is in fact the band that became Scooter.

vektarman · 19-07-2019 11:59pm

When I first heard this song I thought it was Paul McCartney.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-MmzB-tnQE

John_Rambo · 20-07-2019 12:21am

Bell x1 I am the defector and most of The Talking Heads songs.

HeidiHeidi · 20-07-2019 12:24am

John_Rambo wrote: »

Bell x1 I am the defector and most of The Talking Heads songs.

This! I spent years thinking that was Talking Heads!

odyssey06 · 20-07-2019 10:13pm

If the whole album has the same 'sound' as another more familiar artist check who the producer is maybe they have left some fingerprints in the similarities.

Sheridan81 · 21-07-2019 6:01pm

Deleted User wrote: »

This is not Neil Young singing nor one of his songs, but I thought that it was for way too long...

Great pick. I've always thought that sounded ridiculously close to Neil Young. I can't think of anything better than that, but The Archies' Sugar sounds a bit like a Monkees song to my ears, even though there were females in The Archies.

Rothko · 21-07-2019 9:13pm

vektarman wrote: »

When I first heard this song I thought it was Paul McCartney.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-MmzB-tnQE

Another guy that sounds like Paul

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eysEjjbbYPw

Songs that sound like other artists but aren't

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