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| darkoutsider |
Posted - 04/27/2004 : 18:47:45
Ever noticed that in Lust for Life, Iggy Pop sounds like Frank Black (FB & TCs era)? If you close your eyes and listen, and you'll think it's Frank. From the vocal style to the phrasing. I can hear the influence he had on Mr. Thompson.
Does anyone else have artist that you swear sound alike (aside from all the pop-punk, nu-metal, emo bands out there that goes without saying).
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| slaveish |
Posted - 05/08/2004 : 15:36:05
When I was a kid and I used to hear Stevie Wonder sing "You are the Sunshine of My Life" I used to think he was doing a duet with a woman. Then, when I heard the Elton John duet he did with Kiki Dee ("Don't Go Breakin My Heart") I thought Elton John was doing both parts.
A little off topic, I know, but related in the sense that you're mistaking one person's voice for someone else's. Also, when John Cougar broke on the scene, I was dying for the new Springsteen album to come out. So when I heard "Jack and Diane," I wishfully thought it was a Springsteen song.
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| IceCream |
Posted - 05/06/2004 : 22:45:47
Frank's "I'm Goin' Down" almost reminds me of Bruce's voice. |
| The lemur |
Posted - 05/06/2004 : 12:02:05
Ha ha..just imagining Frank covering that "Whey aye man" song Mark Knopfler did for "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet?"... |
| TheCroutonFuton |
Posted - 05/06/2004 : 11:46:06
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Originally posted by VoVat
Along the lines of your example, I think Frank sounds kind of like Mark Knopfler in "Calistan." Some reviewer pointed out "The Creature Crawling" as another example of this, although I can't see that one as much. Not THAT close in either case, but close enough that people made the comparison.
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That's creepy. When I got that CD I was listening to it in the car with my dad and he said "He sounds like Mark Knopfler in this song." hehe, I also share the same birthday with Mr. Knopfler...oh if only I could sing... |
| whoreatthedoor |
Posted - 05/06/2004 : 01:44:42
Don't hate me for this, but R.E.M.'s "We walk" sounds like an early Frank solo song.
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| darkoutsider |
Posted - 05/05/2004 : 17:05:49
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Originally posted by charlesthompson
i love "everything is new"!!! i listen to that song again and again.
joey santiagos solo rocks!!!
Really? This sounds more like a post for the Pixies section. I love Joey Santiago as much as the next Pixies fanatic, but no one's talkin about Joey here...
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| whoreatthedoor |
Posted - 05/05/2004 : 08:48:05
Some Lou Reed songs. It's easy, he wants to be a singer like Lou Reed.
"Join the Cult of the whore at the door / And You'll find no answers, but real fun" |
| soundofataris |
Posted - 05/04/2004 : 16:52:57
My friend Tara sounds like Annie Potts. I'm always trying to get her to say "Ghostbusters, whaddaya want?"
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| Adnan_le_Terrible |
Posted - 05/04/2004 : 16:00:11
The Iggy Pop influence is very obvious in Los Angeles, when he says 'i met a man...'
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| The Calistanian |
Posted - 05/04/2004 : 14:26:01
If I had DJ equipment, I could transition the beginning of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" into "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred.
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| charlesthompson |
Posted - 05/04/2004 : 12:59:56
i love "everything is new"!!! i listen to that song again and again.
joey santiagos solo rocks!!! |
| Itchload |
Posted - 05/03/2004 : 20:16:32
HEA we go.
Frank Black/Iggy Pop--I especially think this on the song Massif Centrale, which even has Iggy Pop style lyrics (the rhyming) and bass
Ade Blackburne of Clinic sounds like a mix of COP Frank, Perry Farrel, and young Gordan Gano
Tom Waites sounds like Captain Beefheart
Kim Gordan when she's screaming sounds Jarboe when she's screaming
Connor Obrst from Bright Eyes sounds like Lou Barlow
The guy from the Decemberists sounds exactly like Jeff Mangum and Eugene Kelley
Bob Pollard sounds like Paul Mcartney mixed with Roger Daltry
Elliot Smith sounds like Nick Drake
David Byrne sounds like ROBIN WILLIAMS! especially on "Animals"
The guy from Suicide sounds like a coked out Elvis
the guy from Sigur Ros recently sounds exactly like Thom Yorke
the guy from Vines tries to sound like Kurt Cobain
the guy from the Liars sounds like the guy from Gang of Four
Every shitty emo band sounds like Mac from Superchunk
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| sultanbigpants |
Posted - 05/02/2004 : 23:15:09
I've definitely thought he sounded like Knopfler on Calistan. Damien from the band OKGO sounds a lot like Frank sometimes. |
| jackelope |
Posted - 04/30/2004 : 22:09:55
Agree with johndietzel about the Mick Jagger thing on "I've Seen Your Picture."
Also the vocals in "Suffering" have always struck me as an obvious tribute to Roger Daltrey. |
| johndietzel |
Posted - 04/29/2004 : 23:26:38
I always thought the following "artists" were the same person:
Taylor Dayne
Anita Baker
Cher
Michael Bolton
Rick Astley
Michael McDonald
To understand this, you might have to hear my evidentiary morph-singing routine, with each of these people singing each other's songs.
Another thing that's fun is to sing any song as if you're Eddie Vedder or Morrissey. Try swapping the vocals on songs.
Others:
Frank IS Mick J in stuff like "Heloise" and "Bartholomew" and "I've Seen Your Picture."
Chuck D and Marv Albert.
Gordon Gano sounds like young Lou Reed.
Jimi Hendrix sang a lot like John Lee Hooker.
The Housemartins/Beautiful South guy and Morrissey.
J Mascis and William Hung.
Billy Joel (seemed to try to sound like) Paul McArtney, in the olden times.
Then there's that band called _________ whose singer sounded just like Eddie Vedder.
Neil Young and a whipoorwhil (how you spell?) sound the same. ;)
Tommy the Cat in "Tommy the Cat" sounds like Tom Waits.
88 Keys in Dick Tracy sounds like Mandy Patinkin.
Mel Blanc and his son don't sound the same.
I was among those Billy Idol fans back when the Breakfast Club came out, and I thought that song was his at first.
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| hec |
Posted - 04/29/2004 : 15:32:32
frank admits the iggy influence alot.i read a article i think it was in Q (i may be wrong) frank named him as his all time idol..hec |
| Ziggy |
Posted - 04/29/2004 : 14:44:40
Darkoutsider, that's very true. I was listening to Lust for Life today and thought the same thing. Although I was somewhat distracted by Frank's anecdote about him dancing naked to that song. Yep. Hmmm. Right...
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| The Calistanian |
Posted - 04/29/2004 : 14:26:59
The guy from Poison sounds like the guy from Motley Crue.
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| El Barto |
Posted - 04/29/2004 : 14:13:27
There's a lot of times when Jack White sounds like Frank Black. Frank Black has a very obvious Mick Jagger influence...listen to the Stones' "Angie."
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| Coldheartofstone |
Posted - 04/29/2004 : 13:28:53
I knew that was coming eventually.
But it had to be said.
That weren't no D.J. that was hazy cosmic jive. |
| NimrodsSon |
Posted - 04/29/2004 : 13:25:07
Frank Black sounds amazingly similar to Black Francis of the Pixies.
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| VoVat |
Posted - 04/28/2004 : 15:29:00
Along the lines of your example, I think Frank sounds kind of like Mark Knopfler in "Calistan." Some reviewer pointed out "The Creature Crawling" as another example of this, although I can't see that one as much. Not THAT close in either case, but close enough that people made the comparison.
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