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Conference marvin::uk_music

Title:	The UK Music Conference
Notice:	Welcome (back) to UK_MUSIC on node MARVIN.
Moderator:	RDGENG::CROOK

Created:	Mon Mar 28 1988
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1381
Total number of notes:	39269

326.0. "Soundalikes (pap from the Beeb)" by MVSUPP::SYSTEM (Dave Carr 845-2317) Thu Jan 26 1989 17:56

I jumped in the car to go home for lunch today, and Radio 1 sprang to life (?)
as usual (at my age I ought to know better).

A record came on which initially sounded very familiar...

"Ah", I thought, "Joan Armatrading's 'Me Myself I'".

This moment of anticipated pleasure was then shattered as the drums and the
rest of the band came in, and there followed a rough approximation of the
Harmonica solo from (gulp) "Kharma Chameleon".

But no, it wasn't Culture Club either. Three minutes of the usual musical
wallpaper stuff followed, called something like "Liberty Town",  artistes
unknown.

On arriving home I switched-on the TV ready for the lunchtime news, and
the same track was being played simultaneously on this-weeks-Pebble-Mill
low-budget-TV-show (whatever it's now called). The singer had the sort of
hairstyle that you get for nothing prior to cranial surgery.

Looks like the BBC are plugging this one...a shame it's so derivative/mediocre!
Probably ideal for tonight's "Wogan"!

Anyone else got any examples of bits of records that sound like others
(as distinct from "sampled" from others)..?

*DC

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
326.1	Freiheit	LARVAE::BRIGGS	They use computers don't they?	`Mon Jan 30 1989 12:01`	6
	That thing by Freiheit (?). You know that vocal thing that sounds just like Paul Mcartney but isn't. Well, the record sounds identical to a track out a few years ago that was a hit. But I can't place it. Anyone else had that sense of deja vu on this one? Richard
326.2	But I can think of worse people to copy	MARVIN::MACHIN		`Mon Jan 30 1989 13:05`	5
	It reminded me of Paul M's tune with the cartoon of Ruper Bear or something. Frog Chorus? Anyway, maybe not the same tune, but close enought for a court-case. Richard
326.3		WARDER::KAYD	Certainly uncontaminated by cheese	`Mon Jan 30 1989 16:57`	8
	Freiheit = Cindy Lauper's 'All through the night' Try singing the words from one over the other - perfect fit ! Cheers, Derek
326.4	Where Will This End ?	WARMTH::ENGINEERS	we came we saw we went....	`Wed Feb 01 1989 13:29`	3
	I thought it sounded like Maccas "Pipes of Peace". Yes? Phil.
326.5	Enya	STP::ANDERSON	Where's the snow?	`Wed Feb 15 1989 17:56`	5
	OK, this has been bothering me for a while. What does the opening of Enya's Oronoco Flow sound like? I think it reminds me of a terrible '60's song but... Paul
326.6	Storm in a teacup ??	WARDER::KAYD	Certainly uncontaminated by cheese	`Thu Feb 16 1989 18:12`	4
	Carol Decker claims it sounds like 'China in your hand' by T'Pau. I don't agree - but they do both open with pizzicato strings. Derek
326.7	Raining in My Heart	LESLIE::LESLIE	Introducing Ho Chi Minh on Harmonica	`Thu Feb 16 1989 21:27`	1
	A bit of Buddy holly there too...
326.8	The wombles should sue	AYOU08::BELL		`Tue Sep 26 1989 15:21`	33
	Some good soundalikes for you all. RED LORRY YELLOW LORRY's "Only Dreaming" has a bass line just like LED ZEPPELIN's "When The Leeve Breaks". GEORGE MICHEALS's "Faith" is a direct rip-off of THE CURE's "Close To Me". A very early SIMPLE MINDS song called "Changeling" was inspired (I'm sure of this) by the theme tune for that old kiddies programme The Wombles, you can sing The Womble theme perfectly to the first verse of "Changeling". All together now ..... "Underground, overground wombleing free the wombles of Wimbledon common are we making good use of the things that we find things that the everyday folks leave behind" Huh! Well saying I can remember the words. I remember when I was a boy ....... Stuart B...