They do sound pretty similar, good catch. But a lot of SY leads and rhythms sound pretty identical, similar chords and voicings and all that. With how much they've written, I bet they sometimes forget how a song goes and rewrite it subconsciously.

Yeah, I think also Lee didn´t notice the similarity when making Rats. I think most of those same kind of songs in popular music culture are not intentional, of course some are.

I think there is nothing else same as rhythm.

I'm going out on a limb to say Green Day sounds like Belle and Sebastian.

"State That I am In" by Belle and Sebastian reminds me of...

.. agh! Some Bob Dylan song- a big one- that I can't recall the name of because my brain isn't functioning!! :mad: Anyway, they basically completely ripped it off.

I hate Belle and Sebastian.

The Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black" -> Lee Ranaldo's "Waiting On A Dream"

Come on, I can't be the only one who hears it, can I? Eh? Huh? Hmmm...

Another one:
Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven" -> R.E.M.'s "Endgame"

Boston "More Than a Feeling
Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit"

thats so obvious even Cobain knew it!

that was what I was thinking ; )

Alta and More Than A Feeling don't share anything aside from a 4-chord foundation. Not even the strumming position is the same, and the feeling of the songs is totally different. I've never agreed with this comparison.

Did anyone mention Yo La Tengo - Cherry Chapstick and Thurston Moore - Fri/end yet?

G n' R: "Civil War"
Dylan: "Knocking on Heaven's Door" (which GnR covered, right? Did they do that on purpose or were they fucking stupid?)

Both use a I-V-VI chord change with the same rhythm.

Try singing it:

"I don't need your heaven's door. (hey hey yeah yeah yeah)"

And "war" sounds like "door!"

Again, purposeful or stupid?

There's a fine line between homage and theft.

Joy Division - Transmission = SY - My Friend Goo
It sounds so much alike..

Really ?

To a hipster.

I'm not a hipster -.-

Yea the guitar bit. You don't hear it?

They both start with only the bass guitar, but i dont see how its similar beyond being an unaccompanied bass guitar?