Does the beginning of this Oreo ad song sound like a certain song on Friends...?

[Mayoman]

Weird.....I was hearing Wake The World....but it could be Busy Doin' Nothin'.....God, I need to get a life 

I thought they were hearing Wake The World for a little while too. I don't really think it sounds too much like Busy Doin' Nothing too much really.

[Quzi]

Could pick it after two seconds. I'm unsure if the performers (Tegan and Sara) wrote the jingle, but I know they're at the least casual fans of the band.

[bluesno1fann]

It only slightly resembles Busy Doin' Nothin'. But for the most part, I agree with AGD

[SurfRiderHawaii]

The first six seconds of the jingle sounds like a direct lift from BDN. The rest, no.

[Jay]

I heard this on tv about a week ago, and instantly thought that it sounded like Busy Doin' Nothin'. I wasn't even in the same room, and it still caught my attention.

[Disney Boy (1985)]

It sounds vaguely similar, but I certainly would never have made any connection had someone not pointed it out...

And it's Tegan and Sara - awful female duo. So I doubt I'll be giving it any more listens.

[Gabo]

It's the exact same melody. Who knows if it's lifted.

[SurfRiderHawaii]

It's the exact same melody. Who knows if it's lifted.

Exactly!

[shelter]

OK, looks like it's just me then, but seriously, I DO NOT HEAR IT.

It's funny how these things can work, I guess. More than once I read about how you noticed H&V or Shortenin' Bread riffs in certain other BW compositions, and that I just could not hear them... (can't think of which specific songs right now, but it's happened a few times).

[runnersdialzero]

The song on the ad was originally by Owl City, but I doubt it's an Owl City song or something like that. It was ten times the dreadful that this version is. One Ben Gibbard was slightly more than enough for the world, we didn't need all these fucking soundalikes.

Should be noted that the rhythm of the original is quite a bit different than this.

[runnersdialzero]

It's pretty easy to believe the person who wrote that song is a fan of the "Friends" album

...and it's always a possibility that the jingle writer hadn't heard Friends in a long time and unintentionally lifted that melody line thinking it was something completely original, but it was actually something he pulled out of his subconscious....

I'm sure it happens all the time.  It's happened to me a time or two, but fortunately I catch them before they get published!


So far......

It's also pretty easy to believe that, among the billions of songwriters out there, two people can write a very similar melody without ever having heard the other song prior. I'm sure it happens all the time, really.

[chrs_mrgn]

I can vaguely hear the resemblance but I don't think it was intentional.

Especially considering it was the guy from Owl City who wrote that jingle.

[RangeRoverA1]

And we call Beatles fans crazy? This thread is evidence of opposite. The rhythm may be similar, yet it falls short of 2 notes in-between, suddenly starts with the BDN "...lovely place"/"...do it right" pattern. So yep, we're being too obsessive with our BBs fandom here.

Btw, I never heard of this "Oreo" chocolate biscuit, they look very nyam-nyam.

[shelter]

And we call Beatles fans crazy? This thread is evidence of opposite. The rhythm may be similar, yet it falls short of 2 notes in-between, suddenly starts with the BDN "...lovely place"/"...do it right" pattern. So yep, we're being too obsessive with our BBs fandom here.

Nobody claimed that it was exactly the same. Somebody noted a similarity and it seems that the majority here (at least kind of) agrees with the original poster. How does that make us all "crazy" or "obsessive"?

[RangeRoverA1]

Nobody claimed that it was exactly the same. Somebody noted a similarity and it seems that the majority here (at least kind of) agrees with the original poster. How does that make us all "crazy" or "obsessive"?

That phrase was said in jest, actually. I'm as obsessive as the next Smiler & also like analyzing things but come on, making a thread out of noting a similarity with a Friends song which is really not much? Either way, the original poster himself agreed that he's "nuts" when talking with wife, so not a big deal. 

[shelter]

Nobody claimed that it was exactly the same. Somebody noted a similarity and it seems that the majority here (at least kind of) agrees with the original poster. How does that make us all "crazy" or "obsessive"?

That phrase was said in jest, actually. I'm as obsessive as the next Smiler & also like analyzing things but come on, making a thread out of noting a similarity with a Friends song which is really not much?

This is a Beach Boys forum. Discussing completely unimportant Beach Boys-related issues is what we're supposed to do here.

If I want to discuss serious, important issues, I go somewhere else. If I want to talk about matrix numbers of a Brazilian pressing of a Beach Boys single, Brian Wilson's socks or a vague resemblance between 'Busy Doin' Nothing' and an Oreo jingle, I go here.

But maybe that does make us all a little bit crazy. 

[Mendota Heights]

A lot of people are addicted to Oreos and when Brian wrote Busy Doin' Nothing he was addicted to drugs.

A mere coincidence? I think not.

[sockittome]

Oreos go great with Redi-Whip!

[Joel Goldenberg]

I definitely hear Busy Doin' Nothing. Part of the vocal arrangement (low, high, low, high notes) , about 15 seconds in, also reminds me of Johnny Carson from Love You, as in:

It's (nice) to (have) you (on) the (show) tonight
I've seen (your) act (in) Vegas out of sight

[Menace Wilson]

Yep, I hear it. 

[mikeddonn]

I hear BDN too.

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

I hear it in the first few lines

[RangeRoverA1]

This is a Beach Boys forum. Discussing completely unimportant Beach Boys-related issues is what we're supposed to do here.

If I want to discuss serious, important issues, I go somewhere else. If I want to talk about matrix numbers of a Brazilian pressing of a Beach Boys single, Brian Wilson's socks or a vague resemblance between 'Busy Doin' Nothing' and an Oreo jingle, I go here.

But maybe that does make us all a little bit crazy.  

Once again, I'm not sure what you found insulting about my calling The BBs fans (which I am too, btw) crazy. Yes, this is a place for discussing the BBs, I'm aware of it. But the thing is, I'm not the 1st who jumped on the trivial thread & questioned the point of its creation, and anyway most people agreed on the opinion that it's a coincidence (& right they are!). So we win. [jk]

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Should do a mashup....

[Lowbacca]

Should do a mashup....

Somebody should photoshop a box of Oreo cookies into this photo to accompany the mash-up: