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Bands you have mistakened for other bands

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Bands you have mistakened for other bands

Postby British » Fri Aug 15, 2003 2:47 am

Spandau Ballet's "Gold" - When i heard this while driving in Vice City I swore this was ABC. They sound alike in some ways. Ironically, they toured together recently

"Fantasy" by Aldo Nova - I'm sorry, but this sounds like the all-female butt rock band Vixen.

anything by Nick Gilder - sounds like Cheryl Crow.

"Don't put another Dime" by The Flirts - sounds like Kim Wilde sung it


Can anyone think of any other mistakened listenings?
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Postby MikeP » Fri Aug 15, 2003 3:00 am

Well, I can't think of an 80's example right off hand, but when I first heard "You Get What You Give" from New Radicals, I swore it had to be a new World Party (Karl Wallinger) song! Too bad ... could have helped jump start Karl's career, although he scor
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Postby Frau_Blucher » Fri Aug 15, 2003 4:18 am

Blur's "She's so high" - as someone else pointed out, they varied so much anyway, but this sounded like neo-psychelic revival stuff like Jesus Jones or Charlatans.

New Order's "Shellshock" - before Sumner's distinctive vocal starts, I always think it's
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Postby Luna Lure » Fri Aug 15, 2003 6:04 am

I always think Elektric Music's "Kissing The Machine" is an OMD song, but it is not. Great song though -- it's on my mp3 player that I run to.

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Postby randy » Fri Aug 15, 2003 8:45 am

In speaking of THE THE'S Kingdom Of Rain , I believe the b-side was Jealous Of Youth. If you do not know it you should check it out. Awesome tune.
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Postby tglopez » Fri Aug 15, 2003 12:10 pm

Speaking of The The, "Mind Bomb (1989)" is pretty much a masterpiece. It won an engineering award shortly after it was released (not sure if it was a grammy). It was recently remastered and reissued. I highly recommend it.
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Postby Luna Lure » Fri Aug 15, 2003 2:08 pm

I always think Camouflage's "The Great Commandment" is similar sounding to Depeche Mode -- it would be great to hear a DM rendition of it. Great song and it's also on my mp3 player that I run to.

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Postby Jay242 » Sat Aug 16, 2003 8:58 am

Cause and Effect and Red Flag sound a lot like Depeche Mode,.
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Postby proufo » Sun Aug 17, 2003 5:00 am

Blue Emotion by Fiat Lux- isn't this really the Human League? I thought so for years.
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Postby thefxc » Thu Aug 28, 2003 2:56 pm

I simply can't tell SSQ from Berlin.

I once swore that Breathe's "Don't Tell Me Lies" was by Glass Tiger.

Boy are they a couple of sorry examples.
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Postby siouxmoux » Fri Sep 05, 2003 8:30 pm

I see this all the time on kazaa lite.

Relax is NOT by Duran Duran. ITS Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Everyone should know this by now.

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Postby Frau_Blucher » Fri Sep 05, 2003 10:40 pm

Yeah, P2P does create a lot of confusion. Even close friends who should know better have thought Mexican Radio (Wall of Voodoo) or Pop Music (M) were Devo. I was so ashamed...I thought I raised them better than that.
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Postby stillcool » Sat Sep 06, 2003 4:37 am

On P2P programs Real Life's 'Send Me An Angel' has been mistaken for the metal band The Scorpions as the vocals are so similar. Modern Piano-Pop band Color Theory have had entire albums mistaken for unreleased Depeche Mode Exciter tracks and the lead sin
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Postby lisstrat » Tue Sep 09, 2003 11:58 am

Actually, The Scorpions did release a song called "Send Me An Angel", around 1991, two years after the re-release of Real Life's hit. The Scorps' song is an insipid guitar ballad. But I can see the similarities in both bands' vocals.

I've also mistak
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Postby DJ UNO » Thu Sep 11, 2003 10:50 am

This goes back to the 60's but for years I thought the single "Lazy Day" was by "The Fifth Dimension" instead of "Spanky And Our Gang" Anyone else ever make that mistake?
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