Song I thought was U2 at first

[Popmart Shopper]

I remember when i first heard Is It Any Wonder by Keane I thought it was U2 until I really listened closely to the voice and realised it wasnt Bono.I was kind of dissapointed actually I was hoping it would be a new single for a new album of theirs,but it wasnt.If you listen to the effect on the beginning of Mercy it kind of sounds like the beginning effect on Is It Any Wonder too.Too bad Vida La Vida wasnt a U2 song also.

 

[Rosebud]

I've pointed this out before, but if you listen closely to Is It Any Wonder, you will hear effects straight of from EBTTRT.

 

[Y2K]

"All I Want" - Thomas Jefferson's Aeroplane

Seriously. I still think it's U2 sometimes. It's ridiculous. It's not just the singer's voice. But the type of guitar playing and the way the song explodes in the chorus.

 

[Chizip]

the beginning sounds like zoo station

 

[AtomicBono]

.I was kind of dissapointed actually I was hoping it would be a new single for a new album of theirs,but it wasnt.Too bad Vida La Vida wasnt a U2 song also.

 

[popacrobat]

"I kissed a girl" by katy perry. i could have sworn when I heard that beat it was Larry Mullen pounding the drums away, and thought Bono may have been doing a slightly different double vocal take. i was disappointed to hear it wasn't the new track from no line on the horizon.

 

[waynetravis]

I've pointed this out before, but if you listen closely to Is It Any Wonder, you will hear effects straight of from EBTTRT.

I thought it was EBTTRT remix when it played at work once

 

[CrashedCarDriver]

a couple

under a milky way - by australian band the church

a more recent song that sounds a lot like u2 - sweet disposition by the temper trap, it thrives on the guitar echoey effects

YouTube - Sweet Disposition

 

[CrashedCarDriver]

Knocked up by Kings of Leon

YouTube - Kings Of Leon - Knocked Up @ Lollapalooza

 

[chocky]

"Move to Memphis" by A-ha. Came out in '92 and sounded nothing like A-ha but very much Achtung Baby.

"See the Lights" from Simple Minds also tricked me the first time I heard that on the radio

"Burst Wide Open" by Enation. When heard from another room, sounds very U2

 

[Zoo_Fly]

'Anger as Beauty' by Hawksley Workman... it got me back in 2004 before HTDAAB came out...

 

[johndarling]

"I kissed a girl" by katy perry. i could have sworn when I heard that beat it was Larry Mullen pounding the drums away, and thought Bono may have been doing a slightly different double vocal take. i was disappointed to hear it wasn't the new track from no line on the horizon.

Like HELL!!!!!!!!

 

[shart1780]

Magick by Ryan Adams really sounds like U2.

 

[BVS]

Magick by Ryan Adams really sounds like U2.

Really?

The only song of his that I think sounds like U2 is 'So Alive'... even he admits that.

 

[SpaceBoy]

I do hear some shades of Zoo Station in Is It Any Wonder...the former being much more well executed.

 

[U2387]

I am perfectly ok with Viva La Vida not being a U2 song! It has kind of, emphasize kind of, grown on me, but its certainly a poor attempt at Unforgettable Fire ambience, which Martin said they were going for.

Is it any wonder threw me at first, as did shadow of the day by Linkin Park. That is a clear take off of WOWY.

 

[The Sad Punk]

I am perfectly ok with Viva La Vida not being a U2 song! It has kind of, emphasize kind of, grown on me, but its certainly a poor attempt at Unforgettable Fire ambience, which Martin said they were going for.

Wow, they really fucking missed the point.

 

[shart1780]

Really?

The only song of his that I think sounds like U2 is 'So Alive'... even he admits that.

It sounds like a Elevation-ish song to me.

 

[shart1780]

Really?

The only song of his that I think sounds like U2 is 'So Alive'... even he admits that.

When I heard Magick I thought it sounded like an Elevation-ish song.

 

[The Sad Punk]

It sounds like a Elevation-ish song to me.

Okay.

When I heard Magick I thought it sounded like an Elevation-ish song.

Okay.

 

[Galeongirl]

"I kissed a girl" by katy perry. i could have sworn when I heard that beat it was Larry Mullen pounding the drums away, and thought Bono may have been doing a slightly different double vocal take. i was disappointed to hear it wasn't the new track from no line on the horizon.

 

[johndarling]

I am perfectly ok with Viva La Vida not being a U2 song! It has kind of, emphasize kind of, grown on me, but its certainly a poor attempt at Unforgettable Fire ambience, which Martin said they were going for.


But the lyrics are so much better. All that poetic imagery. GREAT song

But then of course, Bono is so much better looking than Chris Martin so........ it kind of evens out.

 

[xtrmx]

when we were young - the killers guitar solo is the same one as miracle drug

 

[BVS]

It sounds like a Elevation-ish song to me.

When I heard Magick I thought it sounded like an Elevation-ish song.

Dude, you're like the Edge using your delay effect.

Well they both have silly lyrics, but the comparisons end there...

 

[Sergiodino]

UFO Song resembling All i want is you

The other day my brother was listening a 1976 album of the British band UFO, and, for my surprise he show me a song named "I´m a Loser" that start in a very similar way to All I Want is You!!

Here is a youtube link to the song:

YouTube - ufo

What do you think??.... Sorry for my bad english!

 

[BVS]

It's not a coincedence the album is called Ufo2

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

omg, they invented a time machine, traveled to 1989 and stole the opening of AIWIY from U2!!!11!!

 

[Dani California]

I did this the other day, had the music channel on in the background.......and I was like 'oooh more new u2 stuff'..........then I realised it was Kings of Leon.........I'm liking them, they do remind me a bit of u2.

Also people are saying snow patrol's 'if there's a rocket tie me to it' is a bit u2 like

 

[GibsonGirl]

The other day my brother was listening a 1976 album of the British band UFO, and, for my surprise he show me a song named "I´m a Loser" that start in a very similar way to All I Want is You!!

Here is a youtube link to the song:

YouTube - ufo

What do you think??.... Sorry for my bad english!

Oh, awesome. Next time I see someone claiming that Coldplay stole Viva La Vida from Joe Satriani (OMG THE CHORDS AND THE TEMPO ARE EXACTLY THE SAME!!!111!), I'm going to post this video...because if THIS isn't proof that musical coincidences can occur, I don't know what is.

 

[Purplereign]

Oh, awesome. Next time I see someone claiming that Coldplay stole Viva La Vida from Joe Satriani (OMG THE CHORDS AND THE TEMPO ARE EXACTLY THE SAME!!!111!), I'm going to post this video...because if THIS isn't proof that musical coincidences can occur, I don't know what is.

wowsies . . . that was fun