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Songs that don't sound like the artist that made them

Posted on 1/19/16 at 10:26 am
Posted by Dire Wolf
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Posted on 1/19/16 at 10:26 am
I couldn't really figure out who to word that title.

What inspired this thread, I was listening to a Paul McCartney interview on the nerdiest and one of the guys mentioned the Temporary Secretary as a song that he was surprised McCartney would make.

What are some other good songs that do not fit an artist typical sound?
Posted by Huck Finn
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Posted on 1/19/16 at 10:37 am to
I always thought "Rocky Racoon" didn't fit the typical Beatles catalogue...

Posted by SUB
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Posted on 1/19/16 at 10:47 am to
David Bowie...too many to name. When I first heard Changes, I would have never thought it was Bowie. Same with Rebel Rebel, which sounds like a classic southern rock tune to me.
Posted by musick
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Posted on 1/19/16 at 10:54 am to
Bowie: Fame

got him on soul train

Bowie on Soul Train
This post was edited on 1/19/16 at 10:56 am
Posted by Dire Wolf
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Posted on 1/19/16 at 11:00 am to
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David Bowie


should almost be excluded from this conversation
Posted by 225bred
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Posted on 1/19/16 at 12:55 pm to
Layla.. Clapton's vocals at that young of age sound almost unrecognizable to his later stuff.
Posted by Placebeaux
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Posted on 1/19/16 at 4:19 pm to
quote:

soul train


Brother at the 2:35 mark
Posted by DyeHardDylan
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Posted on 1/19/16 at 4:24 pm to
Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen
Changes - Black Sabbath
This post was edited on 1/19/16 at 4:31 pm
Posted by Morgan56
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Posted on 1/19/16 at 6:54 pm to
Van Halen: Feels so good
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 1/19/16 at 7:05 pm to
I don't agree with any of the previous suggestions (aside from the BS, which I've never heard), however I do nominate the following (a top 10 pop hit), which I heard for decades without knowing who did it:

LINK
Posted by 91TIGER
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Posted on 1/19/16 at 7:11 pm to
Danke Schoen

WAYNE NEWTON
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 1/19/16 at 7:26 pm to
quote:

Danke Schoen

WAYNE NEWTON


How does that not sound like Wayne Newton?

80% of this sounds like somebody else (aside from the solo vocal on the verse)

Wayne Newton - "Comin' On Too Strong"

Posted by 91TIGER
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Posted on 1/19/16 at 7:30 pm to
B/C he was so young and sounded like a 16 year old girl.
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 1/19/16 at 7:32 pm to
quote:

B/C he was so young and sounded like a 16 year old girl
he's always sounded like a 16 year old girl
Posted by OldTigahFot
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Posted on 1/19/16 at 9:08 pm to
quote:

Kafka


I always knew it was Grand Funk but I thought it was a cover of someone else's song. It was totally out of character for them at the time.

Posted by MorbidTheClown
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Posted on 1/20/16 at 7:20 am to
cult of personality
Posted by Delacroix
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Posted on 1/20/16 at 7:49 am to
Posted by AlxTgr
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Posted on 1/20/16 at 10:47 am to
Posted by saint amant steve
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Posted on 1/20/16 at 10:55 am to
AC/DC - "Ride On"

In a sense it sounds distinctly AC/DC with Bon's sinister voice and Angus' guitar work, but the idea of the Thunder from Down Under playing a ballad seems odd when juxtaposed to the rest of their 19-album catalog.
Posted by Deke
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Posted on 1/20/16 at 11:04 am to
"Beth" by Kiss is one of the more glaring examples
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