Similar sounding bands.


Television. "Marquee Moon" vs. Talking Heads.

Your call...
slaw

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Onhwy61:

To each his own. For me, listening to this lp, especially side two, even more specifically "Elevation", sounds almost exactly like Talking Heads. Here TV's voice is almost a perfect match for David Byrnes' IMO, it is eerily similar. I was pointing out "Marquee Moon" as the lp to make this judgement.
Rcprince:

I've often thought about Tom Petty, his vocals. I came to the conclusion the Bob Dylan had to have been his mentor in some form or fashion. As you know, they have worked together often.
Check out Chuck Prophet, especially "Soap & Water" and tell me you don't hear Tom Petty? The vocal styling, the familiar tempo of the guitar? The basic driving beat/undertone of the songs here. Huh?

Onhwy61: I've listened quite a lot to my comparison of Television vs. Talking Heads, The 1st @ 3rd songs on side two of "Marquee Moon" make (me) scratch my head and say, "which came first"? There has to be a correlation here? As far as the overall output of the bands are concerned, you may be correct. My point here is, how can two bands sound so eerily similar and not have some kind of connection? Maybe It's Divine Intervention?
Dido "No Angel" vs. Beth Orton "Central Reservation"?

To me, the similarities are striking.