Sunday Bloody Sunday and Modest Mouse's "Float On"

[theu2fly]

Does anyone hear a similiarity?

It may not be lyrically equal, but I think 'Float On' borrows heavily from Sunday Bloody Sunday.

 

[XHendrix24]

Does anyone hear a similiarity?

It may not be lyrically equal, but I think 'Float On' borrows heavily from Sunday Bloody Sunday.

Being a big Modest Mouse fan myself, as well as being very familiar with both songs, I think that you think wrong.

However, I guess the intros are KIND OF similar. But, even that's a little bit of a stretch.

 

[neutral]

I'm a big Modest Mouse fan too and I'd never thought about that before, but I can see it a little. Especially in the intro.

 

[LyricalDrug]

First time I heard it, I ran to play SBS next to it. They sound soooo similar to me.

 

[bsp77]

Somebody has been smoking the crack pipe again.

 

[thrillme]

I thought the same thing, there's a guitar part in Float On, that sounds similar to Sunday Bloody Sunday.

And no, no crack pipe was involved.

*It is possible I've been listening to U2 a lot, so maybe that has something to do with it.*

 

[isabelle_guns]

totally wrong in my opinion

 

[Judah]

I think the first four notes of the main guitar line may be similar (somebody should transcribe and compare), but that's about all...

 

[ADecentMelody]

Come on!

I even listened to the live studio version. It's nothing like SBS. It's in the key of D also, but so is a million other songs.

 

[in the tempest]

Crapola.

 

[Catman]

YES! Even my brother (who's not as big on U2 as he is some other bands) said so (he's the one that actually brought it to my attention!).

 

[popshopper]

There's a shakira song on her last album which is a blatant rip off of sunday bloody sundays intro.