While listening to "Mayonaise" by the Smashing Pumpkins, I noticed that the song contains a guitar riff that is almost identical to a bass riff in "Red" by King Crimson. I did a quick google search and could not find anything noting the obvious similarity. Maybe this is because I am the only fan of both the Smashing Pumpkins and King Crimson. Or...maybe this is because the names of the songs are so dissimilar. Perhaps someone would have noted the similarity earlier if the Smashing Pumpkins had named their song "Ketchup" or if King Crimson had named their song "Lemon Chiffon." Just a thought.
Mayonaise (listen to the riff at 1:02 and 1:15)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-swlx9z2O0
Red (studio version is not online--live version below, listen at 1:09 and 1:19, but hard to hear in live version)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=313252524631448666&ei=buBCSY-dDYL8rAKama3uDA&q=king+crimson+red&hl=en&emb=1
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4 years ago
3 comments:
Hi I'm listening to Red by KC and thought that parts of the riff sounded like the riff to Cherub Rock by SP.. searched up to see if anyone had made the corrolation to you had in the same song by KC but different song by SP. At around 1:08-!:20 you hear that slide riff amongst the original. ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk-3nS9k2o0
I just started getting into KC. Got "Red" yesterday. When I heard the opening track I thought, "This sounds familiar". After about 5 listens, I thought "Smashing Pumpkins, that's it!!!". I googled "King Crimson Smashing Pumpkins" and this page was the first hit.
So I guess we'll wait for the other 4 or 5 more Smashing Pumpkins/King Crimson fans to chime in.
Hello. Just listening to Red on YouTube and was stuck by a similarity to Smashing Pumpkins. I think it's the bass riff as described above... Thanks for posting
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