Sounds like them but not by them.

See the phrase “the best … song not by the …” Quite a lot, so let’s make a thread. Here’s a few to kick it off.

Pixies

Weezer

The Wedding Present

an ivory hand is a complete rip off of suzanne (by weezer).

god favourite is SO PERFECT tho.

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This sounds like a Rival Schools song

Not the Weddoes, they didn’t do guitars in the same way. It’s kind of in the middle of about six bands, I could see it having coming out on Sarah Records in 1991.

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Jenny Lewis

Would it be very controversial to say Mclusky?

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I can hear that and Idles did once support FOTL back in their early days.

Tom Petty. When the big outro chords come in around the 4 minute mark especially

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Sounds like Nick Cave.

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Obvious one but 1967 Beatles

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Was convinced for years that this was Neil Young

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this ^

also, that this was Bob Dylan:

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System Of A Down - The Legend Of Zelda

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Pixies

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Sounds a bit like me

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Time to make everyone angry again

Blink 182

Jesu - Star

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Stone Temple Pilots

Elliott Smith - L.A.

Janes Addiction

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311

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