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Post by acebackwords on Jun 27, 2011 15:43:53 GMT -5
1,) Monkees 2.) Bad Finger 3.) Electric Light Orchestra 4.) Cheap Trick 5.) Raspberries 6.) Bee Gees 7.) Wings (ha ha) 8.) Todd Rundgren 9.) Hermin's Hermits 10.) Tom Petty
HONORABLE MENTION: Green Day, Rolling Stones, Turtles, Dave Clark 5, Oasis, Bay City Rollers
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Post by John S. Damm on Jun 27, 2011 15:57:58 GMT -5
I suspect that this Thread will cause some controversy.
Good list ace! ;D
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Post by secretfriend on Jun 27, 2011 16:14:27 GMT -5
Klattu, The Knack, XTC
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Post by Steve Marinucci on Jun 27, 2011 18:43:05 GMT -5
I'm probably one of the few people here old enough to remember the Knickerbockers and "Lies." It was released in 1964 at the height of Beatlemania. One of the best (and brazen) Beatle imitations of all time. When they sing "Lies" and scream before the instrumental break, there's no doubt what they were trying to do.
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Post by theman on Jun 27, 2011 19:26:56 GMT -5
Squezze and Barenaked Ladies.
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Post by scousette on Jun 27, 2011 19:50:48 GMT -5
I'm probably one of the few people here old enough to remember the Knickerbockers and "Lies." It was released in 1964 at the height of Beatlemania. One of the best (and brazen) Beatle imitations of all time. When they sing "Lies" and scream before the instrumental break, there's no doubt what they were trying to do. Nah, I'm old too, Steve. I remember thinking they were the Beatles when this came on the radio.
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Post by joshferrell on Jun 27, 2011 20:07:48 GMT -5
no Rutles?
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Post by John S. Damm on Jun 27, 2011 20:16:32 GMT -5
I'm probably one of the few people here old enough to remember the Knickerbockers and "Lies." It was released in 1964 at the height of Beatlemania. One of the best (and brazen) Beatle imitations of all time. When they sing "Lies" and scream before the instrumental break, there's no doubt what they were trying to do. Nah, I'm old too, Steve. I remember thinking they were the Beatles when this came on the radio. Wow, I've never heard that song and I play a lot of Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 6 on the Sixties. By the way, Steve and scousette, what did Abraham Lincoln's voice really sound like?
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Post by Steve Marinucci on Jun 27, 2011 22:13:53 GMT -5
Nah, I'm old too, Steve. I remember thinking they were the Beatles when this came on the radio. Wow, I've never heard that song and I play a lot of Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 6 on the Sixties. By the way, Steve and scousette, what did Abraham Lincoln's voice really sound like?
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Post by OldFred on Jun 28, 2011 8:51:03 GMT -5
If you're qualifying bands that "sound" like the Beatles, I wouldn't put the Monkees in there. Their music had it's own sound to it. 'Last Train To Clarksville' is perhaps the closest to the Beatles sound. Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart who wrote the song have said that they based 'Clarksville' on the closing fade-out of 'Paperback Writer'.
For the first season of their TV, The Monkees was definitely based on the film style of Dick Lester's Beatles movies, but for the whole second season the Monkees developed their own surreal style to the series.
And I agree with secretfriend, Klaatu should have been on the list.
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Post by mikev on Jun 28, 2011 10:18:53 GMT -5
The Beau Brummels, who once appeared on the Flintstones sound Beatlesque with "Laugh Laugh".
The Hollies captured the Abbey Road era with "Air that I Breathe'.
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Post by scousette on Jun 28, 2011 10:43:34 GMT -5
Oooh, Beau Brummels, good one, mikev.
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Post by OldFred on Jun 28, 2011 10:48:20 GMT -5
The Beau Brummels, who once appeared on the Flintstones sound Beatlesque with "Laugh Laugh". And here they are:
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Post by secretfriend on Jun 28, 2011 11:00:15 GMT -5
...and don't forget The Mosquitoes from a Gilligan's Island episode (how'd they power those amps?)
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Post by coachbk on Jun 28, 2011 11:05:59 GMT -5
In making such a list, there are some groups that are unquestionably trying to sound exactly like the Beatles (The Rutles being the best). Then there are groups like the Bee Gees, who sound very much like the Fabs early on, then nothing like them later on. Here's my list: 1. Rutles 2. Badfinger 3. The Raspberries 4. ELO 5. Squeeze 6. The Remains 7. The Beau Brummels 8. Klaatu 9. Todd Rundgren/Utopia 10. The Zombies
In addition to the great "Lies" by the Knickerbockers, two other great early Beatles sounding songs are "It's Cold Outside" by the Choir (featuring 3/4 of the Raspberries), "Just Two Days Ago" by The Blue Things and "Words Enough To Tell You" by the Mascots, a Swedish group.
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Post by mikev on Jun 28, 2011 13:42:18 GMT -5
In making such a list, there are some groups that are unquestionably trying to sound exactly like the Beatles (The Rutles being the best). Then there are groups like the Bee Gees, who sound very much like the Fabs early on, then nothing like them later on. Here's my list: 1. Rutles 2. Badfinger 3. The Raspberries 4. ELO 5. Squeeze 6. The Remains 7. The Beau Brummels 8. Klaatu 9. Todd Rundgren/Utopia 10. The Zombies In addition to the great "Lies" by the Knickerbockers, two other great early Beatles sounding songs are "It's Cold Outside" by the Choir (featuring 3/4 of the Raspberries), "Just Two Days Ago" by The Blue Things and "Words Enough To Tell You" by the Mascots, a Swedish group. I was going to mention Utopia, but they really only sounded Beatlesque on Deface the Music, which I once dubbed the alternate Rutles album.
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Post by stavros on Jun 28, 2011 13:57:12 GMT -5
Whilst not imitating the Beatles you can certainly feel the heavy influence in this lot of Brit bands. From the late 80s,90s and 00s. Long after the Beatles had split.
Tears for Fears
Oasis
Take That
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Post by OldFred on Jun 28, 2011 14:11:37 GMT -5
...and don't forget The Mosquitoes from a Gilligan's Island episode (how'd they power those amps?) Don't sound a bit like Cagney!
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Post by John S. Damm on Jun 28, 2011 14:30:53 GMT -5
The Standells although they actually did a famous cover of a Beatles song on The Munsters:
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Post by anyoneanyhow on Jun 28, 2011 16:06:52 GMT -5
If you're qualifying bands that "sound" like the Beatles, I wouldn't put the Monkees in there. Their music had it's own sound to it. 'Last Train To Clarksville' is perhaps the closest to the Beatles sound. Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart who wrote the song have said that they based 'Clarksville' on the closing fade-out of 'Paperback Writer'. For the first season of their TV, The Monkees was definitely based on the film style of Dick Lester's Beatles movies, but for the whole second season the Monkees developed their own surreal style to the series. And I agree with secretfriend, Klaatu should have been on the list. Everyone's music has its own sound, but I'd put the Monkees way up there for bands with a significant Beatles "influence". For Pete's sake (heh) they even drafted a mini-McCartney for the group. Their "way-out" stuff from the second season seems to mirror the Beatles pretty well, don't you think?
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Post by anyoneanyhow on Jun 28, 2011 16:10:13 GMT -5
[quote author=jsd board=general thread=2834 post=34228 time=1309223792 Wow, I've never heard that song and I play a lot of Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 6 on the Sixties. [/quote] I am shocked...isn't this one of the standard mid-sixties pop soongs that we've all heard a million times? Wow. I always wonder if one day I'll rediscover some songs from my very early days of the sixties but nothing "new" from those days ever seems to pop up.
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Post by sayne on Jun 28, 2011 20:48:31 GMT -5
...and don't forget The Mosquitoes from a Gilligan's Island episode (how'd they power those amps?) I'm more of a Honey Bees fan.
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Post by Panther on Jun 30, 2011 19:14:54 GMT -5
The Monkees are not accurately described as being Beatle influenced. They were musicians and actors chosen by a TV network to portray a fictional group that would imitate the Beatles. Their early singles and hits were expressly written to order -- the order being: write some bouncy guitar-pop that sounds like The Beatles.
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Post by sayne on Jul 1, 2011 0:11:05 GMT -5
The Monkees are not accurately described as being Beatle influenced. They were musicians and actors chosen by a TV network to portray a fictional group that would imitate the Beatles. Their early singles and hits were expressly written to order -- the order being: write some bouncy guitar-pop that sounds like The Beatles. Oh my gosh! Every "white guitar guy band" that came out between Love Me Do and Help was some record company's "next Beatles." The suits, the haircuts, the "yeah, yeah, yeahs", the Rickenbakers/Hofners/Gretches/Ludwigs etc that just about every band had makes it easy to understand how the parents back then couldn't tell a Beatle from a Hermit.
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Post by Panther on Jul 1, 2011 2:50:28 GMT -5
Oh my gosh! Every "white guitar guy band" that came out between Love Me Do and Help was some record company's "next Beatles." The suits, the haircuts, the "yeah, yeah, yeahs", the Rickenbakers/Hofners/Gretches/Ludwigs etc that just about every band had makes it easy to understand how the parents back then couldn't tell a Beatle from a Hermit. Yes, I (almost) agree. And those kind of groups you mention were influenced by The Beatles. I'm sure that the one or two musicians in The Monkees were Beatle-influenced, too, but there's a difference between being influenced when you're already in a band and joining a make-believe band for the express purpose of imitation. It's a bit like the difference between all those bands that were influenced by Nirvana and a Nirvana tribute band.
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Post by RockoRoll on Jul 2, 2011 20:45:12 GMT -5
More examples.....
The Twilights (Successful Australian band from the 60's, with Glenn Shorrock from Little River Band on vocals)
Cathy Come Home
Emitt Rhodes (McCartney the 2nd)
Considered by many as "the one man Beatles," his solo recordings of the early 1970s show a clear Paul McCartney influence in both vocals and musicianship
The Cyrkle
Red Rubber Ball
"Red Rubber Ball" is a pop song which became a hit (going to #2 in the Billboard Hot 100) in the 1966 version recorded by The Cyrkle.
It was co-written by Paul Simon (of Simon and Garfunkel) and Bruce Woodley (of The Seekers).
John Lennon came up with the bands name, and was managed by Brian Epstein.
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Post by Steve Marinucci on Jul 2, 2011 23:23:36 GMT -5
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Post by vectisfabber on Jul 3, 2011 4:10:58 GMT -5
What about whatever they were called in that Tom Hanks movie That Thing You Do or whatever it was?
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Post by vectisfabber on Jul 3, 2011 4:14:40 GMT -5
And I suppose there's these guys... Although "greatest" is probably stretching a point...
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Post by winstonoboogie on Jul 3, 2011 9:32:13 GMT -5
What about whatever they were called in that Tom Hanks movie That Thing You Do or whatever it was? Do you mean the Oneders (renamed the Wonders)?
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