DJ Compilation Of The Month: The Great Copycat Contest

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then popular music is ready for induction into the Sincerity Hall of Fame. This month's DJ-produced compilation is Bill Zurat's 2005 marathon collection, Copycats, Imitators and Soundalikes.

See if you can identify which well known band is, ahem, being paid homage to in each track below. The first correct listing in the comments section to this post wins the WFMU T-shirt of your choice. Since some tracks rip off more than one band at a time, the final arbiter will be Bill Z himself. Keep your guesses in the right order please!

Luv - Shoes Off (Boots On)   |   Primitive Romance - The Spirit's Still There   |   Neu Elektrik - Cover Girl

Scott Wilk and The Walls - Radioactive   |   Marc Eric - California Home

Sidney Joe Quails - How Can You Say Goodbye   |   Sleepy Hollow - Am I Talking Out of Turn

Blue Things - It Ain't No Thing Babe   |   Redeye - Games   |   Repetition - A Still Rephlex

The Divorce - Family   |   Edgar Broughton Band - It's Falling Away

Steve Tilston - Simplicity   |   Tin Tin - Lady In Blue   |   Jobriath - Blow Away

Comments

[Lee R.]

Here's my best guess:

1. ABBA
2. The Stooges
3. Velvet Underground
4. Elvis Costello
5. The Beach Boys
6. Al Green
7. Badfinger
8. The Byrds
9. The Hollies
10. Siouxie and the Banshees
11. Gary Numan
12. The Doors
13. Nick Drake
14. Donovan
15. David Bowie

[Kevin]

ABBA
Joy Division
Roxy Music
Elvis Costello
Beach Boys
Al Green
Badfinger, Allman Brothers
Byrds
CSNY
Siouxsie & the Banshees
Gary Numan
Captain Beefheart
Nick Drake
Donovan
Cat Stevens, Queen

[h Grape Minkoff]

1 ABBA
2 Buffalo Springfield
3 Bauhous
4 Elvis Costello
5 Brian Wilson/Beach Boys
6 Al Green
7 Badfinger/Tommy James/Boston
8 Byrds/Youngbloods
9 CSNY
10 Siouxie
11 Roxy Music
12 Capt Beefheart/Doors
13 Donovan
14 Bee Gees
15 Bowie/Elton John

[Rich]

1: ABBA
2: Joy Division
3: The Pop Group
4: Elvis Costello
5: The Beach Boys
6: Al Green
7: CSNY
8: The Byrds
9: The Beatles
10: Siouxsie
11: Gary Numan
12: Captain Beefheart
13: Nick Drake
14: Bee Gees
15: David Bowie

[Webster Hubble Telescope]

1 Ween
2 Ween
3 Ween
4 Ween
5 Ween
6 Ween
7 Ween
8 Ween
9 Ween
10 Ween
11 Ween
12 Ween
13 Ween
14 Ween
15 Petula Clark

[lounge]

1. ABBA
2. Joy Division
3. Bauhaus
4. Elvis Costello
5. The Beach Boys
6. Al green
7. badfinger
8. The Byrds
9. Crosby, Still and Nash
10. Siouxsie & the Banshees
11. Gary Numan
12. Birthday party / nick cave & bad seeds
13. Nick drake
14. donovan
15. Elton John

[maarten van hooft]

Listen up: LUV is original in it's own. Not a pastiche, tirbute or whatsoever. Big in the Netherlands, the three girls scored several top 10 hits. After lots of internal fights they made a reunion this year, which was also the basis for a reality soap called 'Back in LUV'. In other ways: don't mess with Dutch heritage. This is serious shit...

[Scott]

1. ABBA
2. Mission of Burma
3. Devo
4. Elvis Costello
5. Mamas & the Papas/Fifth Dimension
6. Al Green
7. John Lennon
8. Byrds
9. CSNY
10. Gary Numan
11. Bowie
12. Captain Beefheart
13. Nick Drake
14. Harry Nilsson
15. Elton John

[metropop]

1 Boney M
2 Joy Division
3 Bowie
4 Elvis Costello
5 Beach Boys
6 Al Green
7 Peter Frampton
8 Byrds
9 Beatles
10 Siouxie
11 Gary Numan
12 Beefheart
13 Nick Drake
14 Bee Gees
15 Elton John

[Thierry]

1. ABBA
2. Joy Division/Mission of Burma
3. Velvet Underground/Bauhaus
4. Elvis Costello
5. The Beach Boys
6. Al Green
7. Badfinger
8. Gene Clark/Byrds
9. CSNY
10. Siouxie & the Banshees
11. Eno-era Roxy Music/Brian Eno
12. Captain Beefheart
13. Nick Drake
14. The Bee Gees
15. Elton John (with a touch of Bowie on the vocals)

[dub ewell]

1. Abba
2. Joy Division
3. James Chance
4. Elvis Costello/Attractions
5. Beach Boys
6. Al Green
7. John Lennon
8. The Byrds
9. CSN
10. Human League
11. Talking Heads
12. Captain Beefheart
13. Nick Drake
14. Zombies
15. David Bowie

[ryan]

1 - ABBA
2 - Echo and the Bunnymen
3 - Bauhaus
4 - Elvis Costello
5 - The Beach Boys
6 - Al Green
7 - Boston
8 - The Byrds
9 - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
10 - Siouxsie and the Banshees
11 - Gary Numan
12 - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
13 - Nick Drake
14 - The Zombies
15 - David Bowie

[Lance]

1 ABBA
2 Sonic Youth
3 Dead Kennedys
4 Elzis Costello
5 Beach Boys
6 Al Greene
7 John Lennon
8 The Byrds
9 C,S & N
10 Siouxsie and the Banshees
11 Bowie
12 Zeplin
13 Nick Drake
14 The Zombies
15 Elton John

[K]

1. ABBA
2. Joy Division
3. Roxy Music w/ Eno
4. Elvis Costello
5. Beach Boys
6. Al Green
7. Badfinger
8. Byrds
9. Crosby, Stills, Nash
10. Siouxsie & the Banshees
11. Gary Numan
12. Captain Beefheart
13. Nick Drake
14. Scott Walker
15. Elton John, Queen

[Brian C]

1. Abba
2. new order (circa 1st LP)
3. Joy Division
4. Clash
5. 5th Dimension
6. Al Green
7. John Lennon
8. Byrds
9. Mamas & Papas
10.Siouxie & Banshees
11. Gary Numan
12. Cap'n Beefheart
13. Donovan
14. BeeGees
15. Elton John

[krud]

1. abba
2. joy division
3. roxy music
4. elvis c.
5. beach boys
6. al green
7. john lennon
8. byrds
9. CSNY
10. Siouxsie
11. Brian Eno
12. Capt. Beefheart
13. Nick Drake
14. Zombies
15. Elton John

[Albgardis Ungvarsky]

LUV is neither a copy of ABBA nor Boney M. (as some readers/posters have suggested here), instead they are one of the biggest dutch pop acts of late 70s / early 80s. They were not only huge in the Netherlands, but also in other european countries. I am german, and I was a disco-going chick aged 15 when they scored high, so I know what I am talking about.

Being in the same compilation with these other unknown wannabees is really uncalled for and completely undeserved and just such a shame! Aaarrgghh

[Phil]

(sorry for the capitals...done for clarity)

1. ABBA
2. TELEVISION (intro/syncopation) OR GANG OF FOUR (guitar sound & production)
3. JOY DIVISION
4. THE CLASH (for the intro) OR ELVIS COSTELLO (for the lyrics/vocal cadence)
5. BEACH BOYS (1966 Carl Wilson-style lead vocal & harmonies)
6. AL GREEN
7. DAVID BOWIE (lead gtr, bass & vocal circa Ziggy Stardust) OR STEELY DAN (production circa Can't Buy A Thrill)
8. BOB DYLAN (circa 1966-67, but there is a BYRDS-style Rickenbacker on the track)
9. CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG (circa Déjà Vu)
10. SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES (circa Kaleidoscope)
11. GARY NUMAN & TUBEWAY ARMY (circa Replicas)
12. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART
13. NICK DRAKE
14. BEE GEES (1967-1969 era)
15. ELTON JOHN (circa Goodbye Yellow Brick Road)

[Albgardis Ungvarsky]

Hey you, last poster "Phil" !

Did you not read the two comments about LUV??? You still post your guess that they are a tribute for ABBA?

Are you american, or what?

LUV are not any tribute or copy group, Luv are LUV. Or would you say The Rolling Stones were the tribute to the Beatles, or what? Or The Who were a tribute to The Kinks?

Oh, Americans, you should not post about european music, you don't even try to learn our pop history.

This is really harmful for your image, wfmu, you seem to be less professional as I thought. This is a mistake that only schoolboys do. Not profesional DJs.

[Krud]

Abbagardis yr BONKERS.

[Luv McLuv]

1. Luv
2. Luv
3. Luv
4. Luv
5. Luv
6. Luv
7. Luv
8. Luv
9. Luv
10. Luv
11. Luv
12. Luv
13. Luv
14. Luv
15. Luv

[pmoney]

1-ABBA!
2-The Damned
3-Bowie/Bauhaus
4-Elvis Costello & Attractions
5-Beach Boys/5th Dimension/Burt Bacharach
6-Al Green
7-Todd Rundgren
8-Buffalo Springfield/Jefferson Airplane
9-CSNY/Monkees
10-Broadcast/United States of America/Siouxsie
11-Joy Division
12-Nick Cave
13-Incredible String Band/Nick Drake
14-Bee Gees
15-Elton John

[tovah f.]

1. Ace of Base
2. Run On
3. Yo La Tengo
4. Grauzone
5. Venom
6. Jamie Lidell
7. Milk n' Cookies
8. Boredoms
9. Kid Creole & the Cocoanuts
10. Lene Lovich & Lydia Lunch ft. Jarboe
11. Beck
12. Lothar & the Hand People
13. Jackson C. Frank
14. Slint
15. Ryan Adams

[topsyjane]

Me best guesses -

1. ABBA
2. Joy Division
3. Roxy Music
4. Elvis Costello
5. Beach Boys
6. Al Green
7. Eagles
8. Bob Dylan
9. The Byrds
10. Siouxsie and the Banshees
11. Gary Newman
12. The Doors
13. Cat Stevens
14. The Bee Gees
15. Elton John

[topsyjane]

Ooops!
11. Gary Numan
Forgot the NU wave spelling. Now I can sleep at night.