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Day 7
Footstompin - not sure how David did not get sued for this song when Fame became a #1 in the US.
Play something that reminds you of a different song or artist

Pretty sure Kurt had this in his subconscious (or on the stereo) when he cranked out Come As You Are...



Killing Joke - The Singles Collection 1878 - 2012

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Yer Ol' Uncle D said:
Day 7
Footstompin - not sure how David did not get sued for this song when Fame became a #1 in the US.
Play something that reminds you of a different song or artist

Pretty sure Kurt had this in his subconscious (or on the stereo) when he cranked out Come As You Are...



Killing Joke - The Singles Collection 1878 - 2012

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Did not expect this one to get served up so quickly
 
Day 7
Footstompin - not sure how David did not get sued for this song when Fame became a #1 in the US.
Play something that reminds you of a different song or artist

Elvis Costello & The Attractions "This Year's Model" (1978 Radar; 2010 MOFI reissue)
The riff in "Pump It Up" is so catchy that everyone seems to want in on the action. I'm not even going to post "Pump It Up" for comparison, the similarities are so obvious.

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Here's a track from the late 80's that's a pretty obvious copy:



And another more recent one that clearly enjoyed Elvis's riff:

 
Day 7
Footstompin - not sure how David did not get sued for this song when Fame became a #1 in the US.
Play something that reminds you of a different song or artist

The guitar solo in "What I Am" cops the effect filter from the Grateful Dead's Estimated Prophet exactly.

Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians ~ Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars

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Day 7
Footstompin - not sure how David did not get sued for this song when Fame became a #1 in the US.
Play something that reminds you of a different song or artist

I'll never forget the first time I heard The Hindu Times by Oasis... it took me a few minutes, but then I realized there was a part of it that sounded exactly like Stereophonics' song, Same Size Feet, from their debut album, Word Gets Around.

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ETA: Apparently, I'm not the only one who thinks so!

 
Day 05: Drive-in Saturday Night - Play a song that name drops

LCD Soundsystem - “Losing My Edge” 12”
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Here is a list of artists referenced on “Losing My Edge”: Can, Suicide, Captain Beefheart, Daft Punk, Larry Levan, Beach Boys, Modern Lovers, Niagara, Yaz, This Heat, Pere Ubu, Outsiders, Nation of Ulysses, Mars,Trojans, Black Dice, Todd Terry, The Germs, Section 25, Althea & Donna, Sexual Harassment, a-ha, Dorothy Ashby, PIL,The Fania All-Stars, The Bar-Kays, The Human League, The Normal, Lou Reed, Scott Walker, Monks, Niagara, Joy Division, Laurent Garnier, The Creation, Manuel Göttsching, Rammelzee, Sun Ra, Scientist, Royal Trux, 10cc, Eric B. and Rakim, Index, Basic Channel, Soulsonic Force, Juan Atkins, David Axelrod, Electric Prunes, GIL! SCOTT! HERON!, The Slits, Faust, Mantronix, Pharoah Sanders, The Fire Engines, Swans, Soft Cell, The Sonics.


 
Day 7
Footstompin - not sure how David did not get sued for this song when Fame became a #1 in the US.
Play something that reminds you of a different song or artist
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Grandaddy "The Sophtware Slump" - I'll let my wife have this one, according to her Grandaddy and Mercury Rev are interchangeable!
 
4080 said:
Footstompin - not sure how David did not get sued for this song when Fame became a #1 in the US.
Play something that reminds you of a different song or artist
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Grandaddy "The Sophtware Slump" - I'll let my wife have this one, according to her Grandaddy and Mercury Rev are interchangeable!
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See, I've always thought of them as the love child of Pavement, Radiohead, and ELO.
 
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