WYEP’s Stretch or Catch
March 25, 2021
WYEP’s Stretch or Catch presents two popular songs that have a similar sound. You can decide if it’s a stretch or if it’s a catch and vote each week on Twitter. Hear the songs Friday mornings around 8:20 a.m. on the Morning Mix.
The nerds were certainly smart (and kinda creepy), but not very original.
— Joey Spehar (@MorningJoey) September 17, 2021
Doesn’t the theme to “Revenge Of The Nerds” sound like The Kinks’ “(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman?”
Hear them both this morning on @WYEP and vote now!
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Past Votes:
Do @thebeatles influence everything?
— Joey Spehar (@MorningJoey) September 10, 2021
When I heard @offspring singing a new song called “Why Don’t You Get A Job?” back in 1999, I thought it sounded kinda like “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.”
Hear them both around 8:20 on @WYEP (and thanks to @ShanLJoy for the suggestion).
I guess it’s time to throw @GretaVanFleet under the bus.
— Joey Spehar (@MorningJoey) August 27, 2021
Yeah, we’ve all thought they ooze the essence of @ledzeppelin in a generic way, but I’d argue that “Highway Tune” is pretty dang close to “The River.”
Can’t really feel too bad for Zep, though. They’re legendary stealers.
I'm filling in for @MorningJoey today, which means I get to play Stretch or Catch! I think I've got this one in the bag… take a listen to Jet's "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" and Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life."
— liz felix! (@minimumblues) August 20, 2021
Stretch = nope, two distinct songs
Catch = there's a lawsuit brewing here
Filling on on @WYEP's Morning Mix this morning, and we're playing Stretch or Catch. The Beatles reused the drum pattern from their 1964 song What You're Doing on 1966's Tomorrow Never Knows. Am I being nitpicky to call this out? Stretch=no big deal to recycle it, catch=nailed it
— Mike Sauter (@mike913) August 13, 2021
I was walking out of the studio after my show the other day and caught the end of “Smile” – a new song by @TheValerieJune – that kinda reminded me of an old one from The Noisettes.
— Joey Spehar (@MorningJoey) August 6, 2021
Hear em both around 8:20 on @WYEP and let me know if I’m just hearing things!
It felt like Joe Jackson punched me in the face last week when I played The Raconteurs’ “Steady, As She Goes.”
— Joey Spehar (@MorningJoey) July 30, 2021
That bass line is one Vanilla Ice note away from “Is She Really Going Out With Him?”
Hear em both at 8:20 on @WYEP and let me know what you think!
Nirvana got a ton of comparisons to the Pixies when Nevermind came out in 1991. It makes sense, but I also remember reading that Kurt Cobain said he essentially ripped off Boston for “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”
— Joey Spehar (@MorningJoey) July 23, 2021
Does it sound like “More Than a Feeling??” Let me know!
I was shuffling songs in the whip last week when I heard a @bellesglasgow song that really threw me off.
— Joey Spehar (@MorningJoey) July 16, 2021
I was convinced it was a cover of Edgar Winter’s “Free Ride!”
Lemme know what you think and hear the songs together on @WYEP this morning at 8:20.
I’ve been thinking about this one for a couple years now.
— Joey Spehar (@MorningJoey) July 9, 2021
Doesn’t the intro to The Raconteurs “Somedays (I Don’t Feel Like Trying)” sound kinda like Skynyrd’s “Tuesday’s Gone?”
Hear ‘em both around 8:20am on @WYEP. #WYEPStretchOrCatch
Gotta do it. Filling in for @MorningJoey for @WYEP's Stretch or Catch: Nirvana's Come As You Are and Killing Joke's Eighties. Similar enough to be a catch? Or am I stretching a bit?
— Mike Sauter (@mike913) July 2, 2021
Lots of people have lots of feelings about the music of @ledzeppelin – just ask the guys from Spirit.
— Joey Spehar (@MorningJoey) June 18, 2021
Did Zeppelin rip off their song “Taurus” when they made “Stairway to Heaven?” Maybe!
Hear both songs this morning at 8:20 on #WYEPStretchOrCatch!
There seems to be a lot of songs that use this one particular pattern of chords.
— Joey Spehar (@MorningJoey) June 11, 2021
Today we pair up “MJ’s Last Dance” from @tompetty with “Dani California” by @ChiliPeppers.
Hear the songs together this morning at 8:20 on @WYEP.#WYEPStretchOrCatch
I was flipping through songs in my car the other day and thought I was listening to The Band. Turns out it was just @RayLaMontagne 🤷♂️
— Joey Spehar (@MorningJoey) June 4, 2021
Does “The Weight” sound like “Hannah?” I think so. What about you??
Hear the songs around 8:20 this morning on @WYEP. #WYEPStretchOrCatch
This week on #WYEPStretchOrCatch we’re pairing up a song from a band that inspired a million other bands and a fun one-hit wonder.
— Joey Spehar (@MorningJoey) May 28, 2021
Is “Sweet Jane” by the Velvet Underground the same as OMC’s “How Bizarre?”
Kinda. Sorta. Let me know what you think and hear them both on @WYEP.
I already know the answer to this one, but I’ll ask anyway…
— Joey Spehar (@MorningJoey) May 21, 2021
Ever hear the Flaming Lips song “Fight Test” and think to yourself, dang I already know this?
You do. It’s called “Father & Son” by Cat Stevens.
Hear em both at 8:20 on @WYEP and vote now! #WYEPStretchOrCatch
Maybe it’s something in the foggy UK air, or maybe all modern musicians just a little bit of @thebeatles in their blood…
— Joey Spehar (@MorningJoey) May 14, 2021
There’s no denying that @radiohead are a groundbreaking band, but “Karma Police” is pretty close to “Sexy Sadie.”
Whatcha think?#WYEPStretchOrCatch
I bet @rodstewart is a fan of Clarence “Frogman” Henry. It’s the only way to explain the “wooo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo’s” on his song “Some Guys Have All The Luck.”
— Joey Spehar (@MorningJoey) May 7, 2021
Hear the songs on @WYEP at 8:20 and vote! #WYEPStretchOrCatch
When I first heard @daniellanois new tune “(Under The) Heavy Sun,” I immediately thought of the theme to The Wire – specifically the Blind Boys of Alabama version.
— Joey Spehar (@MorningJoey) April 30, 2021
They’re both great songs so lemme know what you think on #WYEPStretchOrCatch!
I think Ray Parker Jr. was on some new drugs when he came up with the theme song to “Ghostbusters.”
— Joey Spehar (@MorningJoey) April 23, 2021
That riff sounds eerily similar to @HueyLewisNews’s “I Want a New Drug” from the previous year.
Thanks to @ShanLJoy for this #WYEPStretchOrCatch suggestion! Happy Movie Day!
When I first head Zach Bryan’s “Heading South,” I loved it. I didn’t realize until the other day, though, that it kind of sounds like “My Sweet Annette” by @drivebytruckers.
— Joey Spehar (@MorningJoey) April 16, 2021
Thanks to @megan9874 for this week’s #WYEPStretchOrCatch selections!
Lemme know what you think!
When I first heard “Ghosts” by @springsteen, I knew I’d heard that riff before. He even starts the song with the line, “I hear the sound of your guitar…”
— Joey Spehar (@MorningJoey) April 9, 2021
The phrasing on that guitar part reminds me of “Free Fallin’” by the late, great @tompetty.
Right?#WYEPStretchOrCatch
You ever have the inexplicable urge to start singing “Born To Be Wild?”
— Joey Spehar (@MorningJoey) April 2, 2021
You will after hearing the title track to the excellent new record from @jeliofthebirds. At first you’ll call me an idiot and then you’ll be like, oh, he was right.
Hear em at 8:20 on #WYEPStretchOrCatch!
I became a big @HAIMtheband fan this past year, but I never really got into Lou Reed.
— Joey Spehar (@MorningJoey) March 26, 2021
I was struck when I first heard the HAIM song “Summer Girl.” It took about 30 seconds for me to realize it sounded kinda like Lou’s “Walk On The Wild Side.”
Whatcha think?#WYEPStretchOrCatch
Cornershop sounded otherworldly to me when I heard them as a kid back in 1997. “Brimful of Asha” had that kind of riff that I knew would just stick with me (plus bosoms 😂).
— Joey Spehar (@MorningJoey) March 19, 2021
When I first heard “Peach Fuzz” by @Caamp, I was instantly transported.
Am I crazy?#WYEPStretchOrCatch
I’ll never forget when I asked my guitar teacher to help me figure out “Brain Stew” by @GreenDay. He was outraged that they stole the riff from @chicagotheband’s “26 or 6 to 4.”
— Joey Spehar (@MorningJoey) February 19, 2021
I like em both a whole lot.
Vote now and hear them both on #WYEPStretchOrCatch.