Looking for a way to find songs with similar metrical lines
August 19, 2015 9:10 PM Subscribe
Is there a service or way to find songs with similar metrical lines or lyrical rhythms... specifically, I'm trying to find songs that match the speech/lyric patterns from "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel.
The verse is also similar to "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" by REM (starting around 0:14).
posted by John Cohen at 9:45 PM on August 19, 2015
posted by John Cohen at 9:45 PM on August 19, 2015
I can hear a similarity to Eighties by Killing Joke, Hurry Up Harry by Sham 69,Tony Basil's version of Mickey and Ca Plane Pour Moi by Plastic Betrand and On a Rope by Rocket from the Crypt. There is a similarity to the "umpa umpa/stick it up your jumper" chant that we get at the end of The Beatles' I am the Walrus (which the Beatles nicked from here apparently).
posted by rongorongo at 1:34 AM on August 20, 2015
posted by rongorongo at 1:34 AM on August 20, 2015
Youtube's algorithm also suggests Bon Jovi's Living on a Prayer, Starship's We Built this City, I can't Dance by Genesis and A Ha's Take on Me as compatible varieties of cheese.
posted by rongorongo at 1:49 AM on August 20, 2015
posted by rongorongo at 1:49 AM on August 20, 2015
And finally (I promise) Elvis Costello's Pump it up.
And regarding your question about an automated service for this: I don't think one exists. I use BeaTunes which is able to generate a playlist from a seed song based on tempo, key and various other metrics - Elvis Costello is one of its suggestions but many of the others don't match of lyrical metric.
posted by rongorongo at 2:15 AM on August 20, 2015
And regarding your question about an automated service for this: I don't think one exists. I use BeaTunes which is able to generate a playlist from a seed song based on tempo, key and various other metrics - Elvis Costello is one of its suggestions but many of the others don't match of lyrical metric.
posted by rongorongo at 2:15 AM on August 20, 2015
There was a song from way back in 1974 by an amalgum group called Reunion, called "Life is a Rock", which lists various musicians, DJs, record labels, etc. from the 50s, 60s and 70s.
posted by Samarium at 4:27 AM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Samarium at 4:27 AM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
OK - inspired a little by "Life is a Rock": Ball of Confusion by the Temptations (for the listed items), and My Sharona - The Knack - for the feel.
Wikipedia also provides a huge list of - well - songs with lists in them - "We didn't start the fire" is on there of course - and there are a few others which you might think of as a match.
posted by rongorongo at 7:41 AM on August 20, 2015
Wikipedia also provides a huge list of - well - songs with lists in them - "We didn't start the fire" is on there of course - and there are a few others which you might think of as a match.
posted by rongorongo at 7:41 AM on August 20, 2015
I'm not sure, but the first part of this song sounds like might work.
GO!GO! 7188 - A.M.7:30, in Japanese
posted by Ms. Moonlight at 8:03 AM on August 20, 2015
GO!GO! 7188 - A.M.7:30, in Japanese
posted by Ms. Moonlight at 8:03 AM on August 20, 2015
Again, not similar to your song suggestion, but several of the White Stripes songs are sort of like that -- Seven Nation Army and maybe The Hardest Button to Button.
posted by Ms. Moonlight at 10:19 AM on August 20, 2015
posted by Ms. Moonlight at 10:19 AM on August 20, 2015
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The chorus is similar to "Dancing in the Dark" by Bruce Springsteen, although without the accent on beat 1 that you get on the word "We" in "We Didn't Start the Fire."
posted by John Cohen at 9:34 PM on August 19, 2015 [1 favorite]