Who does this group sound like??

[catlover25]

I was in the car with my teenage son and this song came on the radio. It sounds just like a 70's song to me. But I asked him and it is by a group today called "Fun" Evidently they are really popular.

Here is the youtube video of them:



I love the video. You have to listen for a few minutes before it gets to the chorus and sounds like it. Someone in the comments suggested Queen but that just doesn't seem to fit.

Anyone have any suggestions. I woke up too early this morning with this song "going" in my head. LOL

 

[ILoveJimmyPage]

Well, I'm not sure if you have checked out the Fun. thread yet but Queen has been mentioned several times in connection with this group. If you listen to a couple of the songs posted there the similarities become more evident.

This is the song that really sold me on the Queen influences:

Some Nights

 

[Lavender10]

reminds me of abba a little, strange as that seems :x

 

[catlover25]

Yea, with that Queen song you posted I see more of the Queen influence. Especially with the heavy rhythm of the drums in both the Fun song and that Queen song. Thanks I appreciate that. I had a long group of bands I have been listening too. I only listened to a few Queen song's and not that one.

Oh, on the subject of Queen--Did you see the video of the drunk guy in the back of the police car doing Bohemian Rhapsody.? It was so epic.

Here is the link:
msnbc.com Entertainment - Man belts out 'Bohemian Rhapsody' from back of cop car

I played about 5 min of them simultaneously and it is amazing how in sync he is!! LOL

 

[ILoveJimmyPage]

Yes, we had a thread about that in the OT Abyss. It was quite funny!

 

[Tray73]

To my ears there's a small hint of Fleetwood Mac (with Lindsey Buckingham singing) in the chorus.

 

[TheSound]

Sounds to me like Joan Armatrading meets The Killers.

 

[Vehicle]

I hear Tracey Chapman singing the verses.

I hear a tinge of Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon) in the chorus.

The chorus also reminds me of a song from the EdTV soundtrack, 'Been Hurt', by Muzzle