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MrThompsonWooft
No but have you considered the similarity between U2s When Love Comes To Town (1988) and the Stones You Got Me Rocking (1994)? Have a listen and tell us what you think.
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71Tele
Stray Cat actually has the same chords in the intro/verse as Sweet Home Alabama.
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MrThompsonWooft
No but have you considered the similarity between U2s When Love Comes To Town (1988) and the Stones You Got Me Rocking (1994)? Have a listen and tell us what you think.
My friend's wife is a Director of Music and a very accomplished multi-instrumentalist. She came along with us to the Sheffield show of the Voodoo Lounge tour, 20 years ago this week. She made this very same comparison between the same 2 songs and gave YGMR a real slating, saying it was a blatant rip-off. It was a brand new song then, and unbeknown to us at the time it went on to become a semi warhorse. Good job they were friends with BB King and U2 because they really could have challenged the Stones about that if they wanted to.
On a related matter, remember how they pre-emptied potential bother by giving KD Lang s song-writing credit for 'Anybody Seen My Baby' on BtB? KD Lang was as surprised as anyone and spparently was very flattered!
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matxil
Yes, but I still don't hear what it's got to do with You Got Me Rocking. The drums maybe.
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71Tele
Stray Cat actually has the same chords in the intro/verse as Sweet Home Alabama.
If so, completely different inversions. They of course sound nothing like each other rhythmically. Many other songs though use that D, C, G (Em passing) structure with much similarity. Sweet Home Alabama, Dear Mr Fantasy, Your Time is Gonna Come, Main Street just to name a few.
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71Tele
Stray Cat actually has the same chords in the intro/verse as Sweet Home Alabama.
If so, completely different inversions. They of course sound nothing like each other rhythmically. Many other songs though use that D, C, G (Em passing) structure with much similarity. Sweet Home Alabama, Dear Mr Fantasy, Your Time is Gonna Come, Main Street just to name a few.
Yeah. Stray Cat Blues - 1968.
Sweet Home Alabama - 1974.
So... no, Stray Cat does not have the same chords as Sweet Home Alabama.
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GasLightStreet
Yeah. Stray Cat Blues - 1968.
Sweet Home Alabama - 1974.
So... no, Stray Cat does not have the same chords as Sweet Home Alabama.
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pricepittsburgh
I posted last week that Street Fighting Man and Rocks Off sound similar on the chorus. I think the build up to the chorus of Stray Cat Blues and Soul Survivor sound very similar as well.