Heard It On The XM Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 One notable subset of one-hit wonders is bands who are (intentionally or not) stylistically nearly identical to another band popular at that time, and whose one hit is sometimes misattributed to that band. I know there have a number of these "copycat" one-hit wonders throughout rock history, but only two come to mind right now: "Vehicle" by Ides of March (a Blood, Sweat & Tears copycat), and "Call To The Heart" by Giuffria (a mid-'80s Journey copycat whose lead singer even sounded remarkably like Steve Perry). Can anyone else here think of the other one-hit (or even more-than-one-hit) copycats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 All the super-groups who copied "Band-Aid" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheval Noir Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 There was that time when The Rolling Stones and Rod Steward thought they were Disco groups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 Lies by The Knickerbockers is the counterfeit Beatles prize winner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheval Noir Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 If we're talking counterfeit... and if y'all don't mind me mentioning famous groups, then I'd say Duran Duran wins some kind of prize for looking and sounding just like Japan. Coincidentally, Japan's frontman, David Sylvian, has a knack of sounding kind of like Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music, especially during Japan's last album, Tin Drum. How about Steve Augeri and Steve Perry, both lead singers of Journey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 I had gotten America and Neil Young bass-ackwards often, and for the longest time thought "On The Darkside" (John Cafferty and Beaver Brown) was Bruce Springsteen. Jackyl suspiciously sounded exactly like a Brian Johnson-era AC/DC. People swore "The Lumberjack" was AC/DC. The Foo-Fighters "Monkey Wrench" has an undeniable Ramones influence with that impenetrable 'wall of guitar' sound and 4-on-the-floor tempo. Ken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheval Noir Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 Strangest sound-alike: "Send Me An Angel" by Real Life sounds a bit like The Scorpions. This is strange because one is a SynthPop band and the other is Hard Rock. Yet another coincidence is that The Scorpions also have a song called "Send Me Angel" that sounds nothing like Real Life's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 My friends and I had a name for this "Toto Syndrome". For a period, all new bands sounded like Toto...or maybe they sounded like somebodye....it certainly wasn't a sound worthy of copying. There have been 100 bands trying to sound like Nirvana.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheval Noir Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 ... and Nirvana pulled a riff from Killing Joke in an attempt to sound awesome. Hey, how about Silverchair looking like Nirvana and sounding like Pearl Jam?! Hahaha! Yeah! Or Bush, which also sounded a lot like Pearl Jam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 Andy Kim with Rock Me Gently was a Neil Diamond soundalike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 What about those punks Jan & Dean sounding like the Beach Boys... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheval Noir Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 I could go on for hours! Coldplay and Aqualung sounding like Radiohead and Travis. I do like Aqualung, though. The stalker in me and all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 the one that always got me messed up back when I was a wee lass was "Stuck In The Middle With You" by Steeler's Wheel and "Claire" by Gilbert O'Sullivan. They sounded remarkably like the Beatles to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewYorkMets9 Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 People always think "Stuck in the MIiddle With You" is by Bob Dylan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 People always think "Stuck in the Middle With You" is by Bob Dylan. First time I heard it I didn´t know if it was Dylan or Dire Straits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 Thin Lizzy is the only band who have succeeded in their atempts to be cheesier than Bruce Springsteen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanAm Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 When Larry Gowan released the single "A Criminal Mind", I thought it was a song by Styx because the vocalist sounded so much like Dennis DeYoung. Ironically, in 1999, Gowan joined Styx as the group's lead vocalist and keyboard player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtstuff Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 "Beach Baby" by the one hit wonder group First Class trying to sound like the "The Beach Boys". rtstuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 "Beach Baby" by the one hit wonder group First Class trying to sound like the "The Beach Boys". Oh, but GAWD I loved that song! I can remember, 7th grade, be-bopping around my friend's living room like the pre-teens we were... what a great memory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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