Talking Heads vs. Datarock

Fear of Music Datarock Datarock

Talking Heads – ‘Cities’

[audio:4_Cities.mp3]

Datarock – ‘Fa Fa Fa’ (edit)

[audio:01-datarock-fa_fa_fa_.mp3]

Honestly I don’t know much about the band Datarock, but when I heard this tune ‘Fa Fa Fa’ all I could hear was ‘Cities’. ‘Fa Fa Fa’ has all the trademark Talking Heads styles like the jangly funk guitars chunking away against a driving disco rhythm, but what really grabbed me was the similarities of the chorus.

Fear of Music
Datarock Datarock

Led Zeppelin vs. Lindstrøm

In Through the Out Door Where You Go I Go Too

Led Zeppelin – ‘Carouselambra’

[audio:Carouselambra.mp3]

Lindstrøm – ‘Grand Ideas’ (edit)

[audio:lindstrom.mp3]

There’s been a lot comparisons to past artists written about this record. Mostly referenced are Tangerine Dream, Cluster and even Steve Reich. To me it’s seems very Equinoxe-era Jean-Michel Jarre. I thought about posting some Jarre, but I couldn’t resist this awesome rip-off of Zepplin’s classic so-bad-it’s-great tune Carouselambra.

In Through the Out Door
Where You Go I Go Too

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