Fuck me you can get easily mixed up in this music malarkey.
Steely Span or Steeleye Dan. Thurston Moore or Scott Thurston. Bryan Adams or Ryan Adams.
Michael Chapman or Mike Chapman (Chinn and Chapman).
Its a positive minefield I tell you.
Any more mix ups out there?
Boy George Michael Jackson Browne
I was once offered free tickets to a Paul Young gig, and declined,then found out later they were for Neil………ooops!
Yeah, but it could have genuinely been between Paul Young or, y’know….Paul Young!
Sonny Boy Williamsons I and II
Albert Lee and Alvin Lee
Guy Clark and Gene Clark
Galarrwuy Yunupingu and Dr G Yunupingu
Re the third example: And Gary Clark, Jr.
…who used to front Danny Wilson?
Didn’t be used to be the manager of Barnsley
@Unce Mick is that Danny Wilson the band or Danny Wilson the leader of Grand Drive and now Danny and the Champions of the World?
And speaking of the Sonny Boys
Richard and Danny Thomspon and the Thompson Twins.
I always get them mixed up.
Paul Young – do you mean the no talking man or the one who runs a miserable restaurant?
Dave Murray or Dee Murray
Shakatak and Shalamar
Michael Jackson and Mick Jackson.
They both blamed it on the boogie, but Mick copped the writers royalties
Fairport Attraction or Fairground Convention?
Mick Jones and Mick Jones. The way I remember which is which is Mick was in the Clash and Jones was in Foreigner.
which one played for Leeds United?
Ha! I always thought the young Gary McAllister looked a lot like Joe Strummer.
Nikki Sixx /. Nikki Sudden
Nick Cave and Nick Cage. Nick Inhospitablelivingenvironment I say.
I have a blind spot re Nick Cave and Nick Drake. When either of them comes up in conversation, I have to think really hard for a moment but then I’m OK.
Not just me then?
Lemmy and Lulu.
And their lovechild Limmy
Mick Ronson and Mark Ronson (absolutely no relation).
Johnny Cash and Johnny Nash.
This seller has his Cales confused: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/J-J-CALE-8-1983-UK-VINYL-LP-Ex-VELVET-UNDERGROUND-/201994829189?hash=item2f07d47d85:g:yZcAAOSwAnJZc6bK
further confusion may be caused by John CaGe
(silent confusion, perhaps)
Yup took a friend to see John Cale and he left when the scary one started screaming fear ! Turned out he was expecting the laid back guitar boogie man
Nirvana and Nirvana (UK)
I was doing a DJ thing at a party in the early 90s.
“Have you got any Nirvana?” I was asked.
“Yes”
And so I played Rainbow Chaser – I thought it was both very clever and very funny. No-one else did.
They still weren’t smiling when I played More Than A Feeling.
Well it’s damn near the same riff, what more do you want?
The Larks and The Larks
The Beat and The English Beat.
I just read an amusing retweet where someone really thought JJ Cale was the ex-Velvets maestro. Oh the shame!
see Breakfast, M above
Phil Ramone and any of the other Ramones.
Bobby Charles and Ray Charles.
Chris Wood
One a folkie and one in folkie band Traffic
Confused me for years
The Kelly Jones who is a Stereophonic and the one who has just released a lovely little album of duets with Teddy Thompson.
I saw them preview that album at SXSW and Teddy was a right miserable fuck. The album is great though.
Slade and Sade, I’m always getting them mixed up.
Don’t forget Suede.