We All Together
― Brakhage, Friday, 15 June 2007 13:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Early Spinal Tap.
― Bill Magill, Friday, 15 June 2007 13:44 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't really get the Pete Townshend guitar/Roger Daltrey vocals thing with Raspberries so much.
― Tim Ellison, Friday, 15 June 2007 14:26 (sixteen years ago) link
The guy from Jellyfish wrote it I think (not the famous one, the other guy).
I thought the guy from Jellyfish (Andy Sturmer) wrote most of Puffy's songs. Jellyfish did a really great Beatles impression when they weren't doing Beach Boys or Queen impressions.
"...and I cried, cried, cried all the way home."
Definitely wouldn't sound out of place on the first disc of Anthology.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 15 June 2007 14:27 (sixteen years ago) link
I was thinking more of "Go All the Way" for the power chording. Eric Carmen sounds nothing like Daltrey. He's a better singer than Daltrey too. Why I am I arguing with Hongro?
― leavethecapital, Friday, 15 June 2007 15:13 (sixteen years ago) link
If you cannot picture McCartney singing "Let's Pretend," U MADD.
― Phil D., Friday, 15 June 2007 15:45 (sixteen years ago) link
billy joel's "don't ask me why" is a damn good mccartney/beatles clone song.
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 15 June 2007 17:41 (sixteen years ago) link
the theme song to "that thing you do" is a damn good yeah-yeah-yeah-era beatles clone.
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 15 June 2007 17:46 (sixteen years ago) link
I should have been clearer.
I'm looking for songs from that era that sound like the beatles:
J.K. and Co. - FlyThe Bonzo Dog Band - What Do You Do?The Bee Gees - Red Chair, Fade AwayThe Kinks - DrivinThe Idle Race - The BirthdayThe Pretty Things - The Good Mr. Square / Whe Was Tall, She Was HighThe Monkees - Porpoise SongThe Hollies - Stop Right ThereJuly - Hallo To MeSRC - DaystarThe Chocolate Watchband - In The Past
All of these are spot on Beatles songs imo. And they're contemporaries of The Beatles. I might even go through Rutles songs. This is for a mix btw.
― PublicRadio, Friday, 18 September 2009 14:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh and we're talking late Beatle, not the Dave Clark 5 sounding stuff.
― PublicRadio, Friday, 18 September 2009 14:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Knickerbockers "Lies"
― Trip Maker, Friday, 18 September 2009 14:51 (fourteen years ago) link
J.K. and Co. - Fly
^^^ one of my all time favourites
The Aerovons album is all very Beatles-y
― vain_bowers, Friday, 18 September 2009 14:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Badfinger, "Flying"
― Pancakes Batman (Pancakes Hackman), Friday, 18 September 2009 15:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh and we're talking late Beatle, not the Dave Clark 5 sounding stuff. Oh, woops. Scratch the Knickerbockers, then.There are other Pretty Things songs that fit, I think. "Defecting Gray" works, at least the mellow parts.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 18 September 2009 15:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Smokie - "It's your life"
The middle bit is basically "Baby you're a rich man" verse 1.
― Mark G, Friday, 18 September 2009 15:08 (fourteen years ago) link
I second The Olivia Tremor Control! If you can't take the strictly experimental bits, I can recommend a nice little best-of (taken from both of their lps) track list I came up with to make them accessible to all of my friends.
― Evan, Friday, 18 September 2009 15:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Bobb Trimble C or D?
― Garnet Memes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 18 September 2009 15:22 (fourteen years ago) link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aNTsUIQhmf0/SJg-rsuXFAI/AAAAAAAAAy0/fA9EAfBGXyY/s320/Frisbie%2B-%2BSubversive%2BSounds%2Bof%2BLove%2B-%2B2000.jpg
― Squash weather (Eazy), Friday, 18 September 2009 16:21 (fourteen years ago) link
This one is pretty good, and occasionally a dead-ringer:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1fqgjFADHpc/R6Yu4sCT2tI/AAAAAAAAAPY/HUnL_Ltss00/s1600-h/fargo.jpg
― dlp9001, Friday, 18 September 2009 17:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Damn. Maybe this will work?
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hUbjyM_iV5A/Sm8PmzGtaEI/AAAAAAAACeU/4Y4DZUi1WXs/s400/FARGO+PORTADA.JPG
― dlp9001, Friday, 18 September 2009 17:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Wow you guys are really coming through! Aerovons is pretty perfect -- maybe too much so. I blushed at Resurrection -- its one thing to nick one part of 'across the universe', but every part of the song?
― PublicRadio, Friday, 18 September 2009 21:19 (fourteen years ago) link
the who - the kids are alright . the lead+ back vocals, general arrangement tricks... i find it odd there is no trace of the word "Beatles" right now on it's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kids_Are_Alright_%28song%29
the monkees - last train to clarksville at least got something about it:"The song has been compared to The Beatles' "Paperback Writer", particularly the "jangly" guitar sound, the chord structure and the vocal harmonies."
anyone know what the beatles thought of their clones when they were still together?
― Sébastien, Monday, 5 August 2013 15:48 (ten years ago) link