Sounds like...

Jafumega / The Police

This band reflects a common practice in Portugal during the 80's and early 90's. It pretty much consisted of writing songs under the heavy influence of a famous foreign band. The lyrics would almost always be in portuguese and rather often, they'd be quite good.

Like it or not, most of these bands are still frequently heard on the radios, and many of their songs still remains hits. Jafumega is a fine example.

Jafumega - Latin'America / The Police - Message in a Bottle


Jafumega - Nó Cego / The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me

Rádio Macau / The Cure

Again, the same logic I explained above with Portuguese bands from the 80's and 90's applies here.

I think I like the Portuguese version better, probably because I really like her voice.

Rádio Macau - Anzol / The Cure - Just Like Heaven

José Cid / Elvis Presley / Meat Loaf

"Um Rock dos Bons Velhos Tempos" pays quite a homage to both Jailhouse Rock and Dead Ringer For Love.

José Cid - Um Rock dos Bons Velhos Tempos / Meat Loaf & Cher - Dead Ringer For Love / Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock

Íris / The Animals / Bob Dylan

This one is a bit odd, because this Portuguese band is not supposed to be taken seriously, so their songs can be taken for parodies and therefore are funnier if they're similar to existent ones, right? I mean, no band with lyrics such as (translation:) "Jump into the sea and tell people you were pushed / Kiss me on the mouth and call me Tarzan" can be serious. Right?

Íris - Ó Mãe / The Animals


Íris - Atira-t'ó Mar / Bob Dylan - Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Jorge Palma / Bob Dylan

To be honest, I'd never heard this Bob Dylan song until recently and I was quite surprised to find out that this song, "Encosta-te a mim" (translation: "Lean on Me"), wasn't as original as everyone thought, even though it has great lyrics. Makes me wonder if any other famous songs by Jorge Palma are as incredibly similar to other songs as this one is.

Still, I like Jorge Palma's song better.

Jorge Palma - Encosta-te a mim / Bob Dylan- Most of the Time

Per7ume / Alanis Morissette

I have no idea who these guys are, but they're on the radio every 10 minutes, so I'm pretty much fed up with them. Besides, they write their name with a number, which annoys me even more. And their rhyming is atrocious. And like that wasn't enough, Rui Veloso - an artist I actually like - is also in it. So considering all this amounts to an Alanis Morissette
rip-off, I really hope the only reason Rui Veloso agreed to sing this song was because he was held at gunpoint.

I don't like the Alanis Morissete song as well.

Per7ume - Intervalo / Alanis Morissette - Your House

Os Golpes / Franz Ferdinand

There's a portuguese band around these days which is being praised as showing some promise and being awesome and whatnot. To me, it's not that they're bad (although the lyrics are); I just can't get past the fact they sound exactly like a mash-up of Franz Ferdinand and The Strokes. To make things worse, "Os Golpes", as they're called, is an acceptable translation for "The Strokes", so, unfortunately, this is not as innocent as it should be.

Os Golpes - Vá Lá Senhora / Franz Ferdinand - This Fire

Vila Nazca / Shout Out Louds

This song by Vila Nazca manages to remind myself of two different Shout Out Louds songs at the same time ("A Track and a Train" and more subtlety, "Tonight I Have to Leave It") so clearly the influence is there.

Vila Nazca - Com Uma Dança no Peito / Shout Out Louds - A Track and a Train / Shout Out Louds - Tonight I Have To Leave It

Bueno.sair.es / The Wombats

This is also a new band and I quite like them. But then again, The Wombats are one of my favourite bands of the moment, so I guess there's really no surprise there. Bueno.sair.es sounds more "adult", though. At least I think it does - not sure what the lyrics are really about, as I can't really hear the main singer throughout most of the song.

Bueno.sair.es - Osso / The Wombats - Kill the Director

Owl City / The Postal Service

I really thought "Fireflies" was by The Postal Service. I did! I mean, how can it not be? It sounds so much like them.

Owl City - Fireflies / The Postal Service - Such Great Heights

Noah & The Whale / The Who

It's just a few chords, but they sure ring a bell. It's almost impossible not be reminded of "Baba O'Riley" when listening to "Tonight's the Kind of Night".

Noah & The Whale - Tonight's the Kind of Night / The Who - Baba O'Riley

Cage The Elephant / Beck

To be honest, I'm actually more familiar with Cage The Elephant's than with Beck's songs (yeah, shame on me). In fact, I think I only properly know this song by Beck, so I can't really say if there are any other similar-sounding songs between these guys.

Cage the Elephant - Ain't No Rest For the Wicked / Beck - Loser