#176
Posted: 7/21/09 at 12:51pm
As did I, taylor. I just think it's funny 
Songs That Sound Suspiciously Similar — Page 8
#177
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.
"It's Phantom meets Hamlet... Phamlet!"
#178
Posted: 8/21/09 at 2:02am
I'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...".
#179
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?
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?
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
#180
Posted: 8/21/09 at 1:11pm
On 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.
"You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" - Betty Parris to Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible
#181
Posted: 8/21/09 at 7:36pm
I don't hear it. At what point do they sound similar?
#182
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.
#183
Posted: 8/21/09 at 9:55pm
Come to me, Bend to me
and
Music of the Night?
and
Music of the Night?
"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas."
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
#184
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?"
#185
Posted: 8/21/09 at 10:14pm
yessssss i always start singing this place is mine and end up yelling KILL THE BEAST!
#186
Posted: 8/21/09 at 10:31pm
When 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.
#187
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.
and
Music of the Night?
Yup. I've always thought those two were very similar.
"It's Phantom meets Hamlet... Phamlet!"
#188
Posted: 8/21/09 at 10:56pm
Not 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.
#189
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 :-/.
#190
Posted: 8/22/09 at 9:34am
Come to Me, Bend to Me/MOTN both sound like the old song "School Days".
#191
Posted: 8/22/09 at 7:24pm
Pachelbel's Canon in D and Burger King's old "Hold the pickle, hold the lettuce..." jingle.
#192
Posted: 8/22/09 at 8:41pm
I 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.
#193
Posted: 8/22/09 at 8:42pm
Jon, 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).
"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas."
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
#194
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..."
"Whipped Into Shape" from Legally Blonde and that song from Little Shop of Horrors that begins, "He's got your nuuumber now..."
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
#195
Posted: 8/22/09 at 10:29pm
What the heck is with all of these songs biting from Little Shop of Horrors?
"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas."
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
#196
Posted: 8/22/09 at 11:05pm
Well, 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."
"How could she just suddenly, completely disappear into thin water?" - The Little Mermaid
#197
Posted: 8/22/09 at 11:10pm
I 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.
"It's about the Benjamins, not the Bernsteins."-CapnHook
#198
Posted: 8/22/09 at 11:13pm
It has been and yes it is purposely.
#199
Posted: 8/22/09 at 11:15pm
Ahh, sorry about that. I only skimmed through the thread.
"It's about the Benjamins, not the Bernsteins."-CapnHook
#200
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."
"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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