redhouse_ca
Tele-Holic
Sometimes I notice (whether real or imagined) two different songs that are essentially the same template, both musically and in theme, but done in different eras so that to me, it's like looking at different eras through the same lens.
An example is Mississippi John Hurts Stag 'o lee (however that's spelled) and Bob Dillon's Buckets of Rain.
I may be imagining all this, if I stare at a cloud long enough I'll see the bunny rabbit I'm looking for, but this is what I hear.
I was listening to "Go Straight To Hell Boy" by the Clash, one of the most profoundly descriptive takes on the world in that era (unemployment, Thatcherism, drying up of manufacturing jobs, a lost and drug addicted American soldier in Vietnam getting a local girl pregnant and than abandoning the kid, destitute immigrants, street riots, etc,..). It's really a remarkable song, but I had a feeling that I had heard something like this before (kinda like the feeling I shared in an earlier post about Another Brick in the Wall, pt 2 and Stayin' Alive). So I played around with the chords on my guitar and realized the intro and refrain are the same two chords as Walk On the Wild Side by Lou Reed, which is a similar panoramic and an incredible song, but like Straight to Hell or Buckets of Rain, kinda unique for the songwriter.
Of course, there is so much influence and continuity in music, and so much music, that it may be complete coincidence, or I may be seeing bunny rabbits, or a bit bitty, so no need to share those possibilities, I already know all that. But I like learning new songs on this forum and I figured I'd post and see if you all can think of similar examples.
An example is Mississippi John Hurts Stag 'o lee (however that's spelled) and Bob Dillon's Buckets of Rain.
I may be imagining all this, if I stare at a cloud long enough I'll see the bunny rabbit I'm looking for, but this is what I hear.
I was listening to "Go Straight To Hell Boy" by the Clash, one of the most profoundly descriptive takes on the world in that era (unemployment, Thatcherism, drying up of manufacturing jobs, a lost and drug addicted American soldier in Vietnam getting a local girl pregnant and than abandoning the kid, destitute immigrants, street riots, etc,..). It's really a remarkable song, but I had a feeling that I had heard something like this before (kinda like the feeling I shared in an earlier post about Another Brick in the Wall, pt 2 and Stayin' Alive). So I played around with the chords on my guitar and realized the intro and refrain are the same two chords as Walk On the Wild Side by Lou Reed, which is a similar panoramic and an incredible song, but like Straight to Hell or Buckets of Rain, kinda unique for the songwriter.
Of course, there is so much influence and continuity in music, and so much music, that it may be complete coincidence, or I may be seeing bunny rabbits, or a bit bitty, so no need to share those possibilities, I already know all that. But I like learning new songs on this forum and I figured I'd post and see if you all can think of similar examples.
