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    Time for a mindless music list thread. Just heard the new Grandaddy tune The Boat is in the Barn, which (probably unwittingly) shares an intro with Slade's Coz I Luv You. This got me to thinking, etc etc.

    Which other tunes feature intros either identical to, or highly reminiscent of, those of others? These could be direct homages, unintentional copies, standard riffs or even blatant rip-offs. Here's a few to start ('copying' artist first/original second):

    Shot Shot – Gomez / 50 Foot Queenie – P J Harvey
    Show Me – Dexys Midnight Runners / Rag Mama Rag – The Band
    I’m On Fire – 5000 Volts / Black is Black – Los Bravos
    Groove is in the Heart – Deee-Lite / Blow Up – James Taylor Quartet/others
    Bohemian Like You - Dandy Warhols / Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones
    Connection - Elastica / Three Girl Rhumba - Wire
    Start - The Jam / Taxman - The Beatles

    Any more?

    #2
    Songs with the same intro

    Cigarettes & Alcohol - Oasis / Get it On - T-Rex

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      #3
      Songs with the same intro

      Blockbuster/ Jean Genie

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        #4
        Songs with the same intro

        Changingman by Paul Weller copies the intro from ELO's "10538 overture".

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          #5
          Songs with the same intro

          Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl? / Iggy Pop - Lust For Life

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            #6
            Songs with the same intro

            Madness - My Girl/The Shortwave Set - Casual Use

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              #7
              Songs with the same intro

              Always Have Always Will - Ace Of Base / Baby Love - Supremes

              Stop looking at me like that.

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                #8
                Songs with the same intro

                All You Need Is Love / La Marseillaise

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                  #9
                  Songs with the same intro

                  Haha...this is fun. Without exception, I know one of the songs but not the other. I'll just take everyone's word for it.

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                    #10
                    Songs with the same intro

                    You'll have to take my word for it, but I avoided The Jean Genie/Blockbuster to see whether anyone else would go for that one. I'd wager that while that particular case in point might blag a bonus gold star as both records were in the charts at the same time (January 1973), it likely falls in to the category of 'standard riff'.

                    In terms of similar, there's perhaps also a shout for the following:

                    Woman - John Lennon / Brass in Pocket - Pretenders / Hold Your Head Up - Argent

                    3 Colours Red wrote: All You Need Is Love / La Marseillaise
                    Very good.

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                      #11
                      Songs with the same intro

                      Another:

                      Requiem - Slik (ie, Midge Ure) / Rodrigo's Guitar Concerto d'Aranjuez - Manuel & His Music of the Mountains (ie, Geoff Love)

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                        #12
                        Songs with the same intro

                        Yeah, there must be masses of these. Here's two, which even WOM will remember,

                        Led Zeppelin — Communication Breakdown

                        Pat Benatar — Heartbreaker

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                          #13
                          Songs with the same intro

                          Not sure whether this should count given its history, but:

                          Lipstick - Buzzcocks / Shot By Both Sides - Magazine

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                            #14
                            Songs with the same intro

                            Okay - another bona fide example to compensate:

                            Rock 'n Me - Steve Miller Band / All Right Now - Free

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                              #15
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                              Jah Womble wrote: Not sure whether this should count given its history, but:

                              Lipstick - Buzzcocks / Shot By Both Sides - Magazine
                              On the same premise John Foxx took Touch & Go while Ultravox were left with Mr X.

                              I've always thought FYC Johnny Come Home used Stranglers Dead Loss Angeles.

                              Then of course theres Clash & Beats International

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                                #16
                                Songs with the same intro

                                Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry/Fun Fun Fun - Beach Boys

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                                  #17
                                  Songs with the same intro

                                  10cc — I'm Not in Love

                                  Hall & Oates — She's Gone

                                  Fairly close together timewise too.

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                                    #18
                                    Songs with the same intro

                                    Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes — If You Don't Know Me By Now

                                    Eagles — Take it to the Limit

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                                      #19
                                      Songs with the same intro

                                      S Club 7 - Natural / Fauré - Pavane in F-sharp minor

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                                        #20
                                        Songs with the same intro

                                        Doesn't strictly qualify as there's a beats/claps bit at the start of the latter but I'll throw it in anyway

                                        Grouplove - Tongue Tied / Martin Solveig & Dragonette - Hello

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                                          #21
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                                          And to extent,

                                          Sugar - A Good Idea / Pixies - Debaser

                                          There's a wiring diagram to be had of New Order and the Cure trading similar bits too.

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                                            #22
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                                            WOM wrote: Haha...this is fun. Without exception, I know one of the songs but not the other. I'll just take everyone's word for it.
                                            Surely you know both of the ones in the post immediately above yours?

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                                              #23
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                                              Well, if he didn't a year or two back, he certainly knows 10cc's I'm Not in Love by now...

                                              A couple more:

                                              Come As You Are - Nirvana / Eighties - Killing Joke
                                              Love Removal Machine - The Cult / Start Me Up - Rolling Stones

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                                                #24
                                                Songs with the same intro

                                                Tush inspires others

                                                Tush - ZZ Top
                                                Yank Me Crank Me - Ted Dickhead Nugent
                                                No Class - Motorhead
                                                Stand Up and Be Counted - Saxon

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                                                  #25
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                                                  Cal Alamein wrote: Ted Dickhead Nugent
                                                  Good spot. And Kid Rock, apparently.

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