Similar Songs

I’ve talked previously about the strange abilities I’ve developed.  Over the past few years it seems like another “chip” in my brain has activated.  This particular circuit will process a bit of music and instantly match it with a similar sounding song, even from decades prior.  I’d put links to each song, but as time goes on a vast majority of them would become broken so I won’t bother.  You shouldn’t have too much trouble finding most of these, although a few took some hunting.

First up, the one that started it all:

Intro Guitar Riff
Audioslave – Show Me How To Live (0:00)
Simple Minds – Don’t You Forget About Me (0:00)

Usually it’s just a very small snippet that sets off the “detector” but occasionally I’ll hear it as a lyric replacement or a different speed of something, or sometimes even just the overall general feel of the song(s).  Sometimes it’s even a fairly obscure song or riff that’s heavily buried in the middle of the piece.  Some of these matches are admittedly not as close as other pairings, but some have a serious WOW factor.  So here’s the list I’ve been keeping for a little while now…

General overall feel
Airbourne – Runnin’ Wild
AC/DC -  It’s A Long Way To The Top
Sammy Hagar -  Heavy Metal

Vocals
Five Finger Death Punch – Never Enough (0:49)
Depeche Mode – Policy Of Truth (1:58)

Bass Line
O.D.B. – Got Your Money (0:18)
Michael Jackson – Billie Jean  (0:05)

Intro
Korn – Politics (0:00)
Yes – Owner of a Lonely Heart (0:00)

Damn
Dio – Hungry For Heaven (0:00)
The Who -  Teenage Wasteland (0:42)

Guitar sound and “chug”
Volbeat – Pool Of Booze (0:00)
Rammstein – Zwitter (0:00)

Guitar
Volbeat – Another Day, Another Way (0:04)
No Doubt – HellaGood (0:21)

Guitar Sound & Progression
Sierra Swan – You Got Away (0:00)
Metallica – Fade To Black (0:06)

Vocal melody
Rob Zombie – Death Of It All (0:20)
Megadeth – Back In The Day (1:55)

Bass Line
Offspring – Hammerhead (2:37)
Nirvana – Stay Away (0:03)

Horns vs. Guitar
Robin’s Guatemala Song
Soundgarden – The Day I Tried To Live (0:00)

Just feels like one’s lyrics would fit in the other’s (phrasing very similar)
Def Leppard – Comin’ Under Fire
The Scorpions – Rock You Like A Hurricane

Guitar Riff
Metallica – Mercyful Fate (10:27)
Survivor – Eye of the Tiger (0:10)

Vocals
Stone Temple Pilots – Between The Lines (1:33)
Nirvana – Stay Away (0:27)

Vocals
Underworld – Pearls Girl (Saint Soundtrack) (2:37)
She Wants Revenge – Tear You Apart (0:38)

General overall feel, guitar “chugging” rhythm and tone
Jace Everett – Bad Things (True Blood Intro) (0:00)
Stone Temple Pilots – Vasoline (0:20 / 0:30)

Melody (not exact)
Stone Sour – Say You’ll Haunt Me (0:44)
Polkadot Cadaver – Wolf In Jesus Skin (0:52)

Synth
Pieces – It’s Alive (0:09)
Journey -  Separate Ways (0:00)

Everything (drums, vocal delivery, etc)
Atom Smash – Do Her Wrong (0:06)
Def Leppard – Pour Some Sugar On Me (0:06)

Progression, Phrasing
Taddy Porter – Big Enough (0:23)
Aerosmith – Rag Doll (0:24)

Intro
Linkin Park – Bleed It Out (0:00)
Halloween Theme Song (0:00)

Drums
Silbermond – 1,2,3 (0:09)
Blur – Woo Hoo (0:00)

Whole overall sound, especially at (time)
Sister Sin – Outrage (0:45)
Motley Crue – Too Young To Fall In Love (0:51)

Melody
Avenged Sevenfold – Welcome To The Family (0:46)
Toto – Rains Down In Africa (1:16)

Guitar Riff vs Whistle
Megadeth – The Scorpion (0:41)
PitBull – Bojangles (0:10)

Intro
Killswitch Engage – Life To Lifeless (0:00)
A Day to Remember – The Downfall of Us All (0:10)

Vocals
STP – Where The River Goes (0:38)
Blue Man Group – I Feel Love (0:47)

Intro
Megadeth – Wrecker (0:00)
Anthrax – The Devil You Know (0:00)

Lead Guitar Riff (high) vs Chorus Melody
My Darkest Days – Move Your Body (0:10)
Aldo Nova – Fantasy (3:09)

Guitar Riff
Avenged Sevenfold – Buried Alive (5:00)
Slipknot – Psychosocial (0:24)

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Well Known

Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby
Queen – Under Pressure

Rihanna – SOS (Rescue Me)
Soft Cell – Tainted Love

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Still Researching

Madonna – ???
The B-52′s – The World’s Green Laughter

Gary Jules – Mad World
Sarah Mclachlan – ???

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