Banal fanboy list no 475: Elvis songs that sound a bit like other Elvis songs
Banal fanboy list no 475: Elvis songs that sound a bit like other Elvis songs
Top of my head...
Green Shirt + Little Atoms
My Little Blue Window + Crimes of Paris
Motel Matches + Little Triggers
National Ransom + You Belong To Me
Green Shirt + Little Atoms
My Little Blue Window + Crimes of Paris
Motel Matches + Little Triggers
National Ransom + You Belong To Me
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Re: Banal fanboy list no 475: Elvis songs that sound a bit like other Elvis songs
Only the way you sing them, Neil
So what are the other 474 lists then ? I’m not admitting to any OCD behaviour, just look on certain torrent sites !
So what are the other 474 lists then ? I’m not admitting to any OCD behaviour, just look on certain torrent sites !
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sulky lad wrote:Only the way you sing them, Neil
The London meet ups are always worth it to see how long it takes before Neil. breaks into song!
The mini-VGs would say all of his songs sound the same and are boring. Except Rockinghorse Road - they like that one.
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And there's me deluding myself that it's like being in the presence of the great man himself!!!
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You aren’t/weren’t fooling anyone else. But it’s one of the many reasons I love you!
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Re: Banal fanboy list no 475: Elvis songs that sound a bit like other Elvis songs
Although they don't necessarily sound that similar, I always thought Alibi reiterated the dark mood of I Want You. The both utilise repetitive chord structures as well.
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Re: Banal fanboy list no 475: Elvis songs that sound a bit like other Elvis songs
"Secondary Modern" and "Watch Your Step" are nearly identical chord-for-chord.
I always thought "Harry Worth" from Momofuku sounded a lot like "The Long Honeymoon."
I always thought "Harry Worth" from Momofuku sounded a lot like "The Long Honeymoon."
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Elvis played Secondary Modern segueing into Watch Your Step and vice versa on the Return of the Spinning Songbook tour if my memory serves me correctly.rightbrain wrote:"Secondary Modern" and "Watch Your Step" are nearly identical chord-for-chord.[/i]."
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Re: Banal fanboy list no 475: Elvis songs that sound a bit like other Elvis songs
Same album shenanigans: The Big Light + Gliiter Gulch (love 'em both!)
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Re: Banal fanboy list no 475: Elvis songs that sound a bit like other Elvis songs
The intro to Waiting For The End of The World and the intro to Big Tears have a very similar structure. In a good way, of course.
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Doc wrote
Before the Roundhouse gig in 2016 a few of us forum members were predicting what the first song would be - I boldly stated it would be WFTEOW and when the band started I cheered madly only to be deflated as they veered into Big Tears ( as you can hear on my recording !)The intro to Waiting For The End of The World and the intro to Big Tears have a very similar structure. In a good way, of course.
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I remember that so well - we were really pleased and then really surprised. Our laughs were in disbelief that we were wrong!
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"That's Not The Part of Him You're Leaving" always reminds me of "The Poisoned Rose".
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Just to chip in that 'That's Not The Part Of Him You're Leaving' is better than 'Poisoned Rose' (and 'Poisoned Rose' is already pretty damn good to start with).
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Though the recording of Poisoned Rose on KoA is such a classic. Ray Brown & Earl Palmer!! Plus such a terrific vocal.
The recording of TNTPOHYL sounds a little muted/muffled to me. T-Bone and his engineers got a lot of praise for NR, but I found some of the songs sounding too "compressed". Great song though!
The recording of TNTPOHYL sounds a little muted/muffled to me. T-Bone and his engineers got a lot of praise for NR, but I found some of the songs sounding too "compressed". Great song though!
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Totally marvellous recording, defo. I just prefer the melody of TNTP...
In other news - TNTP is a bit like Motel Matches - which I've already mentioned is a relative of Little Triggers... which are all cousins of Country Darkness.
In other news - TNTP is a bit like Motel Matches - which I've already mentioned is a relative of Little Triggers... which are all cousins of Country Darkness.
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Re: Banal fanboy list no 475: Elvis songs that sound a bit like other Elvis songs
Big Tears and Tiny Steps are the two most obvious from his early repertoire - plus the above, of course.
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New album update: Photographs Can Lie echoes This House Is Empty Now - both melodically and lyrically.
"Recall my father" v "Filled with laughter".
Both Bacharach and Costello songs, of course - and both great songs.
"Recall my father" v "Filled with laughter".
Both Bacharach and Costello songs, of course - and both great songs.
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Re: Banal fanboy list no 475: Elvis songs that sound a bit like other Elvis songs
Agreed - and Mr & Mrs Hush is a mix of Skin & Bone and My Mood Swings.
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For reasons I can't quite qualify; "I Let The Sun Go Down" reminds me of "This is Hell", and "Stripping Paper" reminds me of "Nothing Clings Like Ivy". Maybe I'm crazy!
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Re: Banal fanboy list no 475: Elvis songs that sound a bit like other Elvis songs
Coincidentally I was thinking about this subject just a few hours ago:
The Sharpest Thorn always reminds me of Any King's Shilling.
A song like International Echo more than something else by Elvis reminds me something by Bob Dylan, like Neighborhood Bully.
Also, I've always perceived a connection between Tiny Steps and Big Tears.
The Sharpest Thorn always reminds me of Any King's Shilling.
A song like International Echo more than something else by Elvis reminds me something by Bob Dylan, like Neighborhood Bully.
Also, I've always perceived a connection between Tiny Steps and Big Tears.
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'Why wont heaven help me' reminds me a bit of 'do you know the way to San Jose?'
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I'm hearing that too.Miclewis wrote:"Stripping Paper" reminds me of "Nothing Clings Like Ivy". Maybe I'm crazy!
And another one that was tormenting me, from the last album, now I've understood what is echoing to my ears: the hook of Mr and Mrs Hush ---> the hook of Deep Dark Truthful Mirror.