HTRMOS: Karen O, "Strange Love" (from Frankenweenie)

The obvious predecessor for Karen O's song comes from Mickey & Sylvia's "Love is Strange"... 



...but I also picked up some cribbing from the space-age harmonizing of Dallas' own Steve Miller. You be the judge: 

HTRMOS: America, "Sister Golden Hair"

and this?

HTRMOS: Silversun Pickups, "Make Believe"

Make a leap with me... does this:


Not sound like the love child of this:


And this?

HTRMOS: LCD Soundsystem, "Daft Punk Is Playing at My House"

HTRMOS: Berlin, "Take My Breath Away"

HTRMOS: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Dudley"

Yes, more Yeah Yeah Yeahs. What can I say? And the "reminds me of" tag probably suggests a more subtle connection than what's actually there. None of that's gonna hold it back. Enjoy!

HTRMOS: Kasabian, "Cutt Off"

Shades of Radiohead?

HTRMOS: The Beta Band, "She's the One"

Anyone else in the echo chamber hear strains of this and this in the beginning of this one from The Three E.P.'s?

HTRMOS: Cansei de Ser Sexy, "Music Is My Hot Hot Sex"

OK, so maybe this connection is a little tenuous, but if a couple of notes went down instead of up in that opening line... couldn't you splice it with this?  

"Hey, that reminds me of..." SATURDAY: The xx, "Islands"

We've got our Open Request Sunday, and we just wrapped up a month of cover songs.  Now--just when you thought the Tuna Supercommittee couldn't introduce any more gimmicks--may we present a weekly (?) dose of songs that kind of remind us of other songs.  The inaugural selection comes from the Londoners of The xx, whose "Islands" makes us imagine what would result if "Tape Song" and "L.E.S. Artistes" had a baby, then slipped it some Ritalin.  Enjoy!