MAYHEM: Similarities with other songs

[FutureIllusion 728]

We can all agree that MAYHEM feels nostalgic for all of us because it references some classics (like David Bowie, Prince or even herself ) In order to list all those references together, I've created a thread on Twitter which includes some of the references I could think of:

 

https://x.com/ladygagastems/status/1898771446026895549?t=CUM6IuydJacxo7WUHRsSTQ&s=19

 

I'm probably still missing many more samples/similarities, so if you can think of a specific one, please comment below!

 

[Nano 3,652]

IMO The Beast and Phil Collins "In the Air Tonight" are very similar

 

https://youtu.be/YkADj0TPrJA?si=Yvg4WqzrDs7oSoHt

[GypsyVida 5,907]

"Vanish Into You" doesn't sound like a specific song to me, but it sure reminds me a lot of a Panic! at the Disco song. The sweeping vocals are amazing!

"Killah" is obviously very Bowie inspired, almost sounds like "I'm Afraid of Americans".

The "Zombieboy" intro sounds like the "Hollaback Girl" intro but the rest of the song reminds me so much of "Disco Heaven" and "Retro Physical".

And once again, not an exact song, but "Shadow Of A Man" has heavy Michael Jackson vibes.

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2 minutes ago, GypsyVida said:

"Vanish Into You" doesn't sound like a specific song to me, but it sure reminds me a lot of a Panic! at the Disco song. The sweeping vocals are amazing!

"Killah" is obviously very Bowie inspired, almost sounds like "I'm Afraid of Americans".

The "Zombieboy" intro sounds like the "Hollaback Girl" intro but the rest of the song reminds me so much of "Disco Heaven" and "Retro Physical".

And once again, not an exact song, but "Shadow Of A Man" has heavy Michael Jackson vibes.

Very good point! Didn't catch Disco Heaven and Zombieboy. I've also seen some people say the verses on Shadow of a Man sounds like Telephone and I can kinda hear it as well

[Controversiaga 9,942]

Blade of grass - viva la vida and so am I 

Vanish chorus reminds me of summer boy vibes

abracadabra sounds sound like Jesus 

Edited 6 hours ago by Controversiaga

[robboadam 2,081]

A couple others I noticed:

ZombieBoy - the bridge is very similar to the chorus of:

Also The Beast verses sound a bit like:

 

[AcidWashBoys 137]

someone on twitter pointed out VIY has a similar outro to Wonderful

[KooKoo 1,008]

In Garden Of Eden, the background piano reminds me of "Afraid" by Nelly Furtado. 

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[NotNightwing 1,617]

Zombieboy (besides the hollaback girl bit) sounds to me like Fancy Pants but if Gorillaz sung it.

 

Blade of grass also shares some melodies with Night Changes tbh.

[AyeshaErotica 1,561]

1 hour ago, robboadam said:

Also The Beast verses sound significantly like:

I was about to post that video - you already did, so I quote.

The beast sounds 60% like Leonas Bleeding Love and 40% like a Michael Jackson Song to me.

Edited 4 hours ago by AyeshaErotica

[NotNightwing 1,617]

24 minutes ago, KooKoo said:

In Garden Of Eden, the background piano reminds me of "Afraid" by Nelly Furtado. 

Oooh Garden of Eden reminded me of Maneater! I think they’re the same album?

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9 minutes ago, NotNightwing said:

Zombieboy (besides the hollaback girl bit) sounds to me like Fancy Pants but if Gorillaz sung it.

 

Blade of grass also shares some melodies with Night Changes tbh.

Blade Of Grass includes that one chord progression that 80% the industry has already used, so I didn't include it in the thread 😭

[Monster2015 1,115]

Maybe it’s me but is she reusing the same melody in the chorus from Bad Romance in Vanish Into You? The “Ahh” part?

never mind think that’s what you highlighted. Also think Zombieboy interpolates the guitar from Let’s Dance by Bowie

Edited 3 hours ago by Monster2015

[huttont 5,117]

Blade of Grass sounds just like Lie To Me  by 5 seconds of summer