Songs That Sound Suspiciously Similar- Page 8
Songs That Sound Suspiciously Similar
re: Songs That Sound Suspiciously Similar#175
Posted: 7/21/09 at 12:51pm
As did I, taylor. I just think it's funny 
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
re: Songs That Sound Suspiciously Similar#176
Posted: 7/21/09 at 1:04pm"My Name" from OLIVER! has parts that sound exactly like "When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love" from FINIAN'S RAINBOW.
re: Songs That Sound Suspiciously Similar#177
Posted: 8/21/09 at 2:02amI'm starting to hear a slight resemblance between "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" from The Sound of Music and "Harry Houdini Master Escapist" from Ragtime. Mostly during "Better beware, be..." and "Holding his breath, he...".
re: Songs That Sound Suspiciously Similar#178
Posted: 8/21/09 at 5:31am
YES!
Oh, can anyone help me out with this-- I heard a showtune the other day that reminded me so much of "The Long And Winding Road." I think it sounded like the 'many times I've been alone' part of the song rather than the main melody, but I could be wrong. Can anyone think of soemthing that fits that description?
re: Songs That Sound Suspiciously Similar#179
Posted: 8/21/09 at 1:11pmOn the topic of ALW ripping himself off, bits of Sunset Boulevard's "With One Look" sound very similar to "All I Ask of You" from Phantom.
re: Songs That Sound Suspiciously Similar#180
Posted: 8/21/09 at 7:36pmI don't hear it. At what point do they sound similar?
re: Songs That Sound Suspiciously Similar#181
Posted: 8/21/09 at 8:39pm"When Mabel Comes in the Room" from Mack & Mabel has a section that's reminiscent of "A Certain Girl" from The Happy Time.
re: Songs That Sound Suspiciously Similar#182
Posted: 8/21/09 at 9:55pm
Come to me, Bend to me
and
Music of the Night?
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
re: Songs That Sound Suspiciously Similar#183
Posted: 8/21/09 at 10:08pm
Probably already been mentioned, but I found that "As If We've Never Said Goodbye" sounds similiar to "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again." You know during the: "I've come home at last?" it sounds exactly like "Why can't the past just die?"
Swing Joined: 5/14/09
re: Songs That Sound Suspiciously Similar#184
Posted: 8/21/09 at 10:14pmyessssss i always start singing this place is mine and end up yelling KILL THE BEAST!
re: Songs That Sound Suspiciously Similar#185
Posted: 8/21/09 at 10:31pmWhen I had my iPod on shuffle the other day, the opening of Time Warp from the Rocky Horror revival came on, and I thought it was Burning Love from All Shook Up. The introductions sound pretty similar musically.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
re: Songs That Sound Suspiciously Similar#186
Posted: 8/21/09 at 10:47pm
Come to me, Bend to me
and
Music of the Night?
Yup. I've always thought those two were very similar.
re: Songs That Sound Suspiciously Similar#187
Posted: 8/21/09 at 10:56pmNot sure if this really fits the thread, but The Telephone Hour from Bye Bye Birdie OLC came on I thought it was 9 to 5.
re: Songs That Sound Suspiciously Similar#188
Posted: 8/21/09 at 11:37pm'Without You' from RENT and 'On My Own' from Les Mis have similar structures...I play the piano but I'm not a musician so I couldn't really put what I mean into words :-/.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
re: Songs That Sound Suspiciously Similar#189
Posted: 8/22/09 at 9:34amCome to Me, Bend to Me/MOTN both sound like the old song "School Days".
re: Songs That Sound Suspiciously Similar#190
Posted: 8/22/09 at 7:24pmPachelbel's Canon in D and Burger King's old "Hold the pickle, hold the lettuce..." jingle.
re: Songs That Sound Suspiciously Similar#191
Posted: 8/22/09 at 8:41pmI think Electricity from Billy Elliot and Written in the Stars from Aida sound similar, but considering they're both Elton John, it's not too surprising.
re: Songs That Sound Suspiciously Similar#192
Posted: 8/22/09 at 8:42pmJon, I just looked up that song and I don't hear any similarities. Can you explain it to me (I'm not trying to be rude or snarky...I'm just curious).
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
re: Songs That Sound Suspiciously Similar#193
Posted: 8/22/09 at 10:22pm
I've always thought they sound similar...
"Whipped Into Shape" from Legally Blonde and that song from Little Shop of Horrors that begins, "He's got your nuuumber now..."
re: Songs That Sound Suspiciously Similar#194
Posted: 8/22/09 at 10:29pmWhat the heck is with all of these songs biting from Little Shop of Horrors?
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
re: Songs That Sound Suspiciously Similar#195
Posted: 8/22/09 at 11:05pmWell, this is NOT LSOH related, but: I can NEVER hear "Learning To Be Silent" from FOOTLOOSE without thinking about -- really -- ANYTHING by Stephen Sondheim (you could almost swear you could hear a direct quote from one of his songs in one line). No wonder I keep referring to the song as: "Trying to be Sondheim."
re: Songs That Sound Suspiciously Similar#196
Posted: 8/22/09 at 11:10pmI don't know if this was previously mentioned but the beginning of "In The Heights" sounds exactly like "America", although that very well might have been done purposely.
re: Songs That Sound Suspiciously Similar#197
Posted: 8/22/09 at 11:13pmIt has been and yes it is purposely.
re: Songs That Sound Suspiciously Similar#198
Posted: 8/22/09 at 11:15pmAhh, sorry about that. I only skimmed through the thread.
re: Songs That Sound Suspiciously Similar#199
Posted: 8/22/09 at 11:16pm
Speaking of Little Shop of Horrors has someone already mentioned "Somewhere That's Green" and "Part of Your World"? There's that little section at the very end of each song that basically matches up perfectly. Though, both were written by Menken so I guess he's allowed to steal his own stuff. It may have even been intentional. I don't know...
"Far from Skid Row
I dream we'll go
Somewhere that's green".
"Out of the sea
Wish I could be
Part of that world."
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