Brainwaves – July 13, 2021 – Rip off or great indie pop?
Written by Brian Blum on 13/07/2021
Did Owl City rip off Marshall Crenshaw? You be the judge on this week’s show. Compare and contrast the theme song to the animated flick “Wreck it Ralph” with “Whenever You’re on My Mind” from 1983. Plus a “cloud” set with music from Cloud Cult, Cloud Room, A.C. Newman, Teenage Fanclub, the Rolling Stones and the Bangles.
| Band | Song |
| Owl City | When Will I See You Again? |
| Marshall Crenshaw | Whenever You’re on my Mind |
| The New Pornographers | Champions of Red Wine |
| The Handsome Family | Far From Any Road |
| Calexico | Cruel |
| It Bites | Still Too Young to Remember |
| Chris Mars | Don’t You See It |
| American Music Club | The Horseshoe Wreath in Bloom |
| The Bats | Simpletons |
| The Electrolites | Sunny Pasadena |
| Vampire Weekend | Oxford Comma |
| Nava Tehila Band | Hallelujah |
| Katamari Damacy | |
| Gary Numan | Cars |
| Grouplove | Tongue Tied |
| Neon Trees | Love in the 21st Century |
| Vance Joy | Riptide |
| Aviv Blum | Your Song (cover: Elton John) |
| Crosby Stills Nash and Young | Woodstock |
| Echo and the Bunnymen | Altamont |
| Counting Crows | Hangin’ Around |
| Matt Pond PA | The Hollows |
| Cloud Cult | Everybody Here is a Cloud |
| Cloud Room | We Sleep in the Ocean |
| A.C. Newman | The Cloud Prayer |
| Teenage Fan Club | Dark Clouds |
| The Rolling Stones | Get Off of My Cloud |
| The Bangles | Under a Cloud |
| Peter Gabriel | Red Rain |
| Keira Knightley | Tell Me if You Wanna Go Home |
| Glen Hansard | Trying to Pull Myself Away |
| New Models | Strangers in Disguise |
| Bow Wow Wow | I Want Candy |
| Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark | Electricity |
| Deaf School | What a Way to End it All |
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