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Re: Most Beatle-esque songs by other artists
« Reply #40 on: February 25, 2012, 01:41:49 AM »
Quote from: Hello Goodbye on February 24, 2012, 09:12:28 PM
7 of 13, I am curious as to how Right Place, Wrong Time and On The Cover Of The Rolling Stone sound Beatle-esque to you.
i really don't have a good answer for you, or can i say anything that would make the barest amount of sense to you. i guess it's an eye of the beholder thing basically. and it depends on how one defines what is beat music, what makes a beatles song tick, things like that, etc.  i guess the melting R&B motif more than anything else. the beatles changed the face of music forever, and i guess realistically one could spend a completely inordinate amount of time and energy actually trying to define what is and is not a song, what is and what is not a melody, etc. i don't like limits anyway, i'm sure you understand.

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Re: Most Beatle-esque songs by other artists
« Reply #41 on: February 25, 2012, 02:15:23 AM »
Yes, I understand.
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Re: Most Beatle-esque songs by other artists
« Reply #42 on: February 25, 2012, 03:35:45 AM »
I think "Lies" by the Knickerbockers is hands-down the best Beatles sound-alike track I've ever heard.  IMO, those guys captured not only the sound of the Beatles but the essence of the group as well (around the 1965 timeframe).

Of course, the Rutles did a fantastic job as well - in fact, I think they did the Beatles even better than the Beatles!!! - Don't you think? (wink, wink)

Another track that always sounds Beatle-esque to me is "Wonderful World" (Sam Cooke's song, not Satchmo's) by Hermin's Hermits - not as much Peter Noone's vocals but the music sounds like it came straight off one of the Fabs early Lps.

As for a Lennon-esque tune, I thought "Pop Muzik" by M was John when it was first released in the late '70s. The mystery performer known only as "M", the irreverent wordplay, the cryptic references to his former bandmates' songs "try some, buy some" and "Get Back", the female backing vocalist whose voice sounds like it could be Yoko, etc., had me convinced it was John's anonymous tongue-in-cheek attempt at a comeback. NOTE: I never saw the video for this song until Youtube. If you listen without seeing the video even you might think it could be John!

 
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Re: Most Beatle-esque songs by other artists
« Reply #43 on: February 25, 2012, 04:30:57 AM »
Quote from: Fab4Fan on February 25, 2012, 03:35:45 AM
Of course, the Rutles did a fantastic job as well - in fact, I think they did the Beatles even better than the Beatles!!! - Don't you think? (wink, wink)


I think The Fab Four doing The Rutles doing The Beatles do The Rutles doing The Beatles even better than The Rutles do The Beatles...


The Fab Four - "Get Back / Get Up And Go" @ Chris Carter's House
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Re: Most Beatle-esque songs by other artists
« Reply #44 on: February 25, 2012, 05:07:02 AM »
Quote from: Fab4Fan on February 25, 2012, 03:35:45 AM
I think "Lies" by the Knickerbockers is hands-down the best Beatles sound-alike track I've ever heard.  IMO, those guys captured not only the sound of the Beatles but the essence of the group as well (around the 1965 timeframe).


Yeah.  The Knickerbockers were the original Rutles...


Lies - The Knickerbockers
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Re: Most Beatle-esque songs by other artists
« Reply #45 on: February 25, 2012, 05:12:49 AM »
They did a good Tom Jones too...


Knickerbockers - It's Not Unusual (Cool movie clip)



Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual
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Re: Most Beatle-esque songs by other artists
« Reply #46 on: February 25, 2012, 06:50:22 PM »
Eric Burdon and War - Spill the Wine (1970 )


Jesus Jones - Right Here, Right Now (1991)


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« Reply #47 on: February 25, 2012, 10:18:26 PM »
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Re: Most Beatle-esque songs by other artists
« Reply #48 on: February 25, 2012, 11:14:46 PM »
Quote from: Hello Goodbye on February 25, 2012, 10:18:26 PM
Yes, I understand.
well. maybe you do maybe you don't or we aren't on the same page or something. doesn't really bother me. i admit to overdefining what i consider to be beatlesque music, definition stretch if you will. but i'm pretty sure there are no hard and fast definitions for what constitutes a beatlesque song or composition or piece of music, beyond the clever self-contained lyrics, the fast rhythms, the fast beats, the trademark beatley chords and the tight harmonies..

but on to the good stuff..

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River + Lyrics
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Re: Most Beatle-esque songs by other artists
« Reply #49 on: February 25, 2012, 11:41:49 PM »
Quote from: 7 of 13 on February 25, 2012, 11:14:46 PM
well. maybe you do maybe you don't or we aren't on the same page or something. doesn't really bother me. i admit to overdefining what i consider to be beatlesque music, definition stretch if you will. but i'm pretty sure there are no hard and fast definitions for what constitutes a beatlesque song or composition or piece of music, beyond the clever self-contained lyrics, the fast rhythms, the fast beats, the trademark beatley chords and the tight harmonies..

Let's not forget the prime cultural exponents of Aeolian cadenzic cosmic stanza form.
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Re: Most Beatle-esque songs by other artists
« Reply #50 on: February 26, 2012, 12:12:40 AM »
Quote from: Hello Goodbye on February 25, 2012, 11:41:49 PM
Let's not forget the prime cultural exponents of Aeolian cadenzic cosmic stanza form.
uh huh. aeolian cadence... pan-diatonic clusters... i had to do a double-take... the william mann essay thing...oh you mean not a second time, the  G-Em lockstep transition thing, similar to Mahlers Songs of the Earth, which ends the song. serious business i would imagine.. ha2ha

who could forget Aretha Franklin and Chain of Fools...

Aretha Franklin - Chain Of Fools (Lyrics)


how about maybe something a bit spicier...

Put The Lime In The Coconut - Harry Nilsson


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Re: Most Beatle-esque songs by other artists
« Reply #51 on: February 26, 2012, 12:48:02 AM »
Quote from: 7 of 13 on February 26, 2012, 12:12:40 AM
uh huh. aeolian cadence... pan-diatonic clusters... i had to do a double-take... the william mann essay thing...oh you mean not a second time, the  G-Em lockstep transition thing, similar to Mahlers Songs of the Earth, which ends the song. serious business i would imagine..

Quite rightly!  Pandiatonicism.  This elevated The Beatles' music from what originally was essentially a combination of alpha exponents of melodic material and beta potential harmonic material.
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Re: Most Beatle-esque songs by other artists
« Reply #52 on: February 26, 2012, 05:36:38 AM »
Quote from: Hello Goodbye on February 26, 2012, 12:48:02 AM
Quite rightly!  Pandiatonicism.  This elevated The Beatles' music from what originally was essentially a combination of alpha exponents of melodic material and beta potential harmonic material.

That's easy for you to say!  ;)
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