THIS SONG / THAT SONG » iggy pop http://thissongthatsong.com A Journal of Musical Sames and Opposites Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:21:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Stop Me if You Think You’ve Heard This One Before: Six Variations on the Same Bass Line http://thissongthatsong.com/2008/12/stop-me-if-you-think-youve-heard-this-one-before-six-variations-on-the-same-bass-line/ http://thissongthatsong.com/2008/12/stop-me-if-you-think-youve-heard-this-one-before-six-variations-on-the-same-bass-line/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:17:36 +0000 Daoud Tyler-Ameen http://thissongthatsong.com/?p=9 I may have gotten a little carried away with this one, but I’ve been counting these for years—in most cases, you get the idea just from the first few bars. A gold star to anybody who can name one from the nineties.

The Supremes, “You Can’t Hurry Love” (1966)

Iggy Pop, “Lust for Life” (1977)

The Smiths, “This Charming Man” (1983)

Jet, “Are You Gonna Be My Girl? (2003)

The Decemberists, “The Sporting Life” (2005)

Okkervil River, “Lost Coastlines” (2008)

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