I grew up with the Beatles, and I never confused California Dreaming with the Beatles

@nellgwenn

Жыл бұрын

Nobody did. They did all those TV shows for crying out loud.

@daviddowns7552

11 ай бұрын

lord no..i knew that totally.

@testodude

10 ай бұрын

No one ever did. Happy Together, either. Mr. Blue Sky-- maybe, and that was intentional.

@riendevos4243

10 ай бұрын

Me too. And there are only a few songs by other bands that sound like songs The Beatles produced. "Lies" (by The Knickerbockers) could have been one of these. But isn't.

@indy_go_blue6048

9 ай бұрын

My biggest faux pas was the first time I heard the Bee Gees singing "New York Mining Disaster 1941." The second time it wasn't the Beatles but it sure sounded good; IIRC it was their first hit.

None of those songs sound like the Beatles to me. I can see style similarities, but I'd never assume it was the beatles.

@LenQuerido

Жыл бұрын

Maybe I'm too old, but I already knew almost all of these artists. How could I make such a stupid mistake? Some songs are nice, like that one from Lemon Tree and ELO and Badfinger are okay. @yayorag I never listened toe "Lies" from The Knickerbockers as a Beatles rip-off. I like this song very much. There is a world outside The Beatles (and The Stones).

@mixaliskokkinos1496

Жыл бұрын

Exactly!Way too far..

@MM-rd4wm

Жыл бұрын

​@@LenQueridoat age 15, Robin Gibb sang "Out of Time" by the Rolling Stones. Mick said he didn't like singing it after that, he said Robin sang it better. And Robin said of Mick "you are playing with fire if you're playing with Mick!" They both had great respect for each other.

@kurikokaleidoscope

Жыл бұрын

​@@mixaliskokkinos1496precisely.

@QueenSnowPea

Жыл бұрын

I agree.

So glad to see klaatu get some recognition, you don’t see them come up often

@masonresnick5105

5 ай бұрын

Surprising Sub-Rosa Subway was the choice when all the buzz (as I recall) was for "Calling Occupants." But yes, good that Klaatu is mentioned.

@TheSmart-CasualGamer

4 ай бұрын

@@masonresnick5105 I'll be honest, I've never understood one of the points that people used to make about Calling Occupants. Yes, I'll agree the guitars sound like John and George. The drums are kind of Ringo-ish. But I will NEVER understand why people sometimes say that the singer sounds like Paul. He clearly doesn't. He does a bit more on Sub Rosa Subway, but you can't tell me that the voice on that is the same voice from And I Love Her, Eleanor Rigby, and Get Back.

@keensoundguy6637

4 ай бұрын

I never heard of Klaatu until the late seventies when I read Nicholas Shaffner's book "The Beatles Forever" where he spends a couple of paragraphs or so on them. And then it wasn't until the KZread era when I actually heard one or two of their songs. To confuse these songs as being by the Beatles, you'd at best have to be only a casual fan.

@RVZNKaraoke

4 ай бұрын

@@masonresnick5105 I discovered "Calling All Occupants of Interplanetary Craft (the Official Theme Song for 'World Contact Day')" from the Carpenters and was always entertained by how bonkers it was for them. But then I discovered it was a cover and learned more about Klaatu. Of course they got a mention here, but glad they did...

No one thought the Turtles sounded like the Beatles 😅

@Harry-Storm

3 ай бұрын

Or the Mamas and Papas.

I’m surprised that you didn’t mention The Knickerbockers single “Lies” in this one.

@deanevangelista6359

Жыл бұрын

That’s the first song I thought of. It sounds just like a John song.

@fenian123

Жыл бұрын

@@deanevangelista6359 That's the only one I ever mistook for the Beatles other than Admiral Halsey which is I guess a de facto Beatles song

@ffggddss

Жыл бұрын

_Lies_ and The Knickerbockers' second single, _One Track Mind,_ both sound, to me, very similar to _Run for Your Life_ from Rubber Soul. Fred

@theclearsounds3911

5 ай бұрын

Oh, I shouldn't admit this. I'm in my 60's, and up until today I thought Lies was done by The Beatles.

@richstrobel

3 күн бұрын

Until very recently I thought it was the Beatles and John was singing lead vocals.

In my opinion, The Knickerbockers' "Lies" is the most beatllesque song ever. They nailed the Lennon-like voice and doubletracked it, composed a lovely middle eight, used the riff from "I want to hold your hand".... I love that song, that would have fitted perfectly in "A Hard Day's Night" 😂 Interesting video, as always kzread.info/dash/bejne/mZ2hx6iSpZWfqJc.html

@kathyhollenbach7413

Жыл бұрын

@jayor...thanks for the link. They do sound just like the Beatles!!!

@davidthompson4649

Жыл бұрын

100 pct correct..the only one to really sound like the Beatles..the Lennon voice is dead on..plus the scream in the background sound like McCartney.

@jayorag

Жыл бұрын

@@kathyhollenbach7413 You're welcome.I'm really glad you liked it! A talented person made an edit of some perfomances of the Beatles to make them look like they are singing the song Have a nice day! kzread.info/dash/bejne/nJeqttRuo5yYftY.html

@colin6768

Жыл бұрын

I was just going to say where's "Lies" by The Knickerbockers! Another song that sounds a lot like The Beatles (in particular the lead sounds like Lennon) is The Chocolate Watchband's cover of "In The Past"

@ffggddss

Жыл бұрын

Yes! _Lies_ deserves to replace at least two of the songs on this video: _California Dreamin'',_ and _The Sound of Silence._ Both of those songs were breakout hits by their respective bands; both debuted in Dec. 1965 if memory serves (the "electrified" version of SoS, that is). I was in college when they came out, and neither I, nor absolutely anybody I knew, confused those with The Beatles. Not even close. The Knickerbockers' 2nd release, _One Track Mind,_ was also very Beatles-confusable. Both songs are very similar to The Beatles' _Run for Your Life,_ which was on (the American release of) Rubber Soul, with which they were contemporaneous. Fred

Klaatu managed (intentionally or not) to sound like the Beatles till the end of their career, in the early 80s. It's a good band, I recommend it to anyone who likes melodic and adventurous music.

I remember Lies by the Knickerbockers of late 1965 was very Beatlesque.

@ffggddss

Жыл бұрын

And so was their second release, _One Track Mind._ To me they both sound a lot like _Run for Your Life_ on Rubber Soul. Fred

@stevenlnelson

4 ай бұрын

Mind blown! I always thought that was the Beatles!

I agree with those that picked "Lies" by 'The Knickerbockers'. Naone of these other picks come close (IMHO). 'ELO' & 'TFF' were able to emulate the sound and writing the best, while still maintaining their originality.

As someone who was a teenager in the 60s I don't recall any confusion as to which were Beatles songs and which weren't.

@terryworth7

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, except for the songs Because and Lies

@apollomemories7399

Жыл бұрын

@@terryworth7 Perhaps not. Some of us British fans were absolutely clued up.

@carlmoore3215

10 ай бұрын

"Kind of a Drag" came out around start of 1967, and I later heard that some people, anxious for new Beatles material (after Yellow Submarine single and Revolver album), thought it was The Beatles. Soon, the Beatles pulled Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields Forever from their early Sgt. Pepper work and sent them out on back-to-back single.

@apollomemories7399

10 ай бұрын

@@carlmoore3215 It was George Martin's decision to release Penny/Strawberry.

@spiderontheweb7272

10 ай бұрын

It's only people born 1970's and later that would be confused.

The Rutles sound track was amazing. Though a spoof they caught the style and sound.

@gary1961

Жыл бұрын

Ah yes, the Pre-Fab Four. The late Neil Innes showed his genius in writing all those songs which were so close to Beatles songs, he had to be warned more than once (usually by McCartney) that he was getting too close for copyright comfort. Ouch! (Help!) and Double back Alley (Penny Lane) were two of the main culprits.

@nellgwenn

Жыл бұрын

I never thought any of the songs listed were Beatles tunes. The Rutles however were spot on. Especially Cheese and Onions. And those trousers.

@gary1961

Жыл бұрын

@@nellgwenn Yes, Cheese and Onions is genius. I love the orchestral build up to the finale, just like Day In The Life, then comes the single unsustained note. It gets me every time.

@SuperNevile

Жыл бұрын

@@gary1961 The music for 'Piggy In The Middle' was almost a complete rip off of the original though. George and John gave their blessings to the parodies, unfortunately they didn't own the music (the rights had been sold by Dick James to Lew Grade's ATV music), and Neil was forced by ATV Music to credit some of the songs to Lennon-McCartney-Innes. . George tried to get Neil some of the rights back from ATV, but it was hard going. However Neil did successfully sue Oasis for "Whatever" which was a ripoff of "How Sweet To Be An Idiot".

@gary1961

Жыл бұрын

@@SuperNevile Wow. I never knew about the Oasis song being like a Neil Innes song. I just checked it out and I can honestly say it is the closest rip-off I've ever heard. Even more so than Robin Thicke / Marvin Gaye.

No one in the '60s thought "The Sounds of Silence" or "California Dreamin" sounded like the Beatles. This is total BS. Emitt Rhodes sounds like Paul.

@ffggddss

Жыл бұрын

Roger that. I would add The Turtles' _Happy Together_ to the "nobody thought it was The Beatles" list. (BTW, the song is _The Sound of Silence;_ the album title is "Sounds of Silence.") Fred

@d4l3d

5 ай бұрын

I was hoping I wasn't the only one who remembered Rhodes.

Two words; Vinyl Kings. Nashville studio wizards, made an album A Little Trip, which was consciously a pastiche of Beatles' sounds and songwriting styles. It's very good. I cried when I first heard it, I so miss the Beatles songs.

@bobbest8627

11 ай бұрын

I just found vinyl kings on Spotify. And you’re right, it’s a nice listen. Thanks.

@judyjohnson630

3 ай бұрын

Thanks, just started listening, so far so good!

I have a few tracks here and listened to them for so many Years. They have those tiny Beatles overtones and If You Listen to them the first time, You'd probably think It might be The Fab Four. The Titles: 1. Please Don't feel too bad - The Hollies 2. Cherry Red, In My Own Time, Birdie Told Me, The Ernest of Being George, All of my Life, Barker of The U.F.O, Kitty Can, I Close My eyes > The Bee Gees 3. Hourglass - Squeeze 4. Give It a Try, When I Say, I'll Be the One, Midnight Sun > Badfinger 5. Can't Get You out of my Head, Midnight Blue, Turn to Stone > Electric Light Orchestra 6. I Don't Remember Your Name, Hearts in her Eyes > The Records 7. Sweets for my Sweet, Saturday Night Out, Da Doo Ron Ron > The Searchers 8. I Can't Make up my Mind > The Zombies 9. Your Turn to Cry, Don't Let me Down, I Miss You > The Dave Clark 5 10. All Good Things > Klaatu 11. My Sharona > The Knack 12. Every Little Thing > Jeff Lynne 13. Generals and Majors > XTC 14. Under my Wheels > Alice Cooper (Sounds like John Lennon) 15. True Love Ways > Peter and Gordon ( Half John and Paul and the other half By Buddy Holly ) 16. Sorry Suzanne ( The Hollies with Terry Sylvester ) 17. Stuck in the Middle with You > Stealers Wheel 18. Connection > The Rolling Stones 19. Go All the way > The Raspberries 20. All by Myself > Eric Carmen 21. I Need You> America (Three Part Harmonies) 22. Never Let her Slip Away > Andrew Gold ( Sounds like Paul M.) 23. Mary Mary > The Monkees 24. Tell Me Why > April Wine ( A Bit like McCartney with good back up vocals by Myles Goodwin 25. Wonderwall > Oasis 26. Saltwater > Julian Lennon ( Of course, It's John's Son) 27. All Songs by The Hudson Brothers because Mark and Brett copied Paul and John and Idolized them .................... Vocally 28. Hippy Hippy Shake > The Swinging Bluejeans 29. Like Dreamers Do > The Applejacks ( McCartney and Lennon wrote It ) 30. The Myth > Michael Penn 31. Say It Isn't True > Chad and Jeremy ( There is that sort of John and Paul influence on the Melodic voice blend -------- And many more to mention. Please forgive me for the Long List ! Mike

@5stagerocket

4 ай бұрын

aw that's very nice, Mike, thank you -- better than the video's choices by far

Badfinger and ELO sounded the most like the Beatles. When ELO's 1st album came out I thought it was Paul or John's solo album, but John and Paul hadn't made their solo albums yet. None of the others sounded like the Beatles, however, Sowing the Seeds of Love by Tears for Fears came close. What was great was that I became a big fan of ELO and Tears for Fears and Badfinger.

@timmy707707

Жыл бұрын

Kathy...those have been my thoughts for decades.

@stevehaug3603

Жыл бұрын

The one song that had me guessing for a time because it sounded like John Lennon singing was "Hold On Tight To Your Dreams" by ELO.

@apollomemories7399

Жыл бұрын

With the exception of the opening track on ELO's first album, '10538 Overture' there's nothing else on that record to lead you to thinking Paul or John. And given the fact that the album was released in December 1971, US title as 'No Answer', you would already have heard Paul's 'McCartney' issed April 1970 and 'Ram' issued May 1971 and John's 'John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band' issued December 1970 and 'Imagine' issued September 1971. You had heard four solo albums before ELO's first. As for Badfinger sounding like The Beatles? What baloney.

@alienmindwarp3455

Жыл бұрын

Not baloney! I was just a kid in the 70s, and I totally thought the Badfinger songs on the radio were the Beatles. Of course I only knew those couple songs, and maybe if I heard a whole album, I would probably think otherwise. Knowing more is always better. It's like people saying that all punk sounds the same, or all metal, or all jazz, classical, country, or whatever, but the fans know better.

@timmy707707

Жыл бұрын

@@apollomemories7399 I guess you would have had to be there at the time. When "come and get it" was released...there were questions in a lot us us kids' minds.

I don't think ANY of these would be perceived to be performed by The Beatles. The only one close is the track by Klaatu...but it sounds more like a 1970's McCartney solo piece, than a work by The Beatles.

@oldmaysfan6534

Жыл бұрын

I bought the Klattu album in answer to the rumors when it came out. The guy sounded a little like Paul on that one song. That album also had a song covered by the Carpenters: " Calling occupants of interplanetary craft".

Who ever thought these songs sound like the beatles must be idiots.. Esp The Mamas and the papa's with 2 female singers... And Simon and Garfunkel.. Have their own unique sound

The Beatles actually recorded a demo of Come And Get It that was later included on the Anthology album.

@harvey1954

9 ай бұрын

That was just Paul, not the Beatles on the demo. Tom Evans told me this about a year before he died.

@craig1538

9 ай бұрын

Yes luv that's right.

@ludwigfan3013

4 ай бұрын

Badfinger were one of the closest bands that sounded like The Beatles as far as harmonies go. It's really sad how they got screwed by their manager. Rest in Peace Pete Ham and Tom Evans.

@ChristopherElli-cc1ly

4 ай бұрын

Well, Paul did.

@brianmoulton3093

3 ай бұрын

And Mike Gibbins ​@@ludwigfan3013

Four songs stand out for me ... 1/ Lies - The Knickerbockers. 2/ Anything by The Rutles, of course. 3/ Voices - Cheap Trick and 4/ Sowing The Seeds of Love - Tears for Fears. You can clearly hear both the Lennon and McCartney styled vocals in "Voices" and "Sowing The Seeds of Love". "Sowing The Seeds of Love" definitely has an "I Am The Walrus" themed backing track. Cheers from the Land Down Under.

@karmicselling4252

9 ай бұрын

@mikedavis8008 It is too over produced and over engineered. The Beatles could not have produced anything like that back in the 1960s. Spector did use his "Wall of Sound" technique on "The Long and Winding Road" but he did not have the tools at his disposal that TFF had in 2005. It's more of a modern homage to the mid 1960s Beatles for me.

@apexjoe4769

4 ай бұрын

You forgot "Day After Day" by Badfinger. When I first heard it I thought that was Paul.

1974's "So You Are a Star" by the Hudson Brothers has a very Beatles-like sound IMO.

@ritam9132

4 ай бұрын

Mark Hudson always puts a British accent into his vocals. Hey, how about "Glad All Over" (Dave Clark Five)?

@Spruce_Bingsteen

4 ай бұрын

​@@ritam9132 ... Also, Many casual music listeners tend to think the song 'Because' by The Dave Clark Five, is a Beatles song.

@michaelharris9203

3 ай бұрын

I'm glad you mentioned so you are a star by the Hudson Brothers. I was actually going through the comments to see if someone would. The first time I heard that I thought I had found a new Beatles song. Great tune

I'll agree with you about one thing, on each solo album I heard from those guys, I was waiting for the song that sounded like The Beatles.

@KRW628

3 ай бұрын

I just listened to Lemon Tree. The vocal doesn't sound like Paul, it sounds like Sting.

Others in the 1960s are: "Lies" by the Knickerbockers, a New York City group in 1965; and "Live" by The Merry Go Round, written and sung in lead vocals by Emmit Rhodes, 1967.

@apollomemories7399

Жыл бұрын

The Merry-Go-Round vocals are not even close to The Beatles.

@TheDejael

11 ай бұрын

@@apollomemories7399 Ha! To you maybe.

@carlmoore3215

10 ай бұрын

Emmit Rhodes?? He had an album out in early 1970s, and was thus compared to Paul McCartney. Songs on that Emmit Rhodes album included "With My Face on the Floor", "Somebody Made for Me", "Fresh as a Daisy".

@apollomemories7399

10 ай бұрын

@@carlmoore3215 An example of America's desperation to come up with any kind of associative competition. They would have opened an envelope if it could sing.

@stevepaul6955

5 ай бұрын

"Listen" sounds like a lost track from Sgt. Pepper's lonely Hearts Club Band.

Oasis - "Don't Look Back In Anger" has Beatles written all over it. Great song!

@aaronhughes2550

2 ай бұрын

Nah, oasis-those swollen hand blues

Todd Rundgren & Utopia did a Beatles pastiche album called "Deface the Music" that's great to listen to.

@LarryFleetwood8675

Жыл бұрын

Great album, all songs copying the different Beatles styles.

@TheWerequat

4 ай бұрын

That album came about because a movie being made that was supposed to use Beatles music, but they couldn't get the rights,so they asked Todd, Deface the Music was his answer. They got Beatles rights after all so Utopia released the album

@patguitare

Ай бұрын

Oh yeah! Love that record!

Badfinger was signed onto Apple Records. A label founded by The Beatles. As the narrator said Come & Get It was written by Paul McCartney. Beatles members produced many of their records. In reference to Jeff Lynne & ELO, John Lennon once called ELO "The sons of The Beatles".

I'm glad you mentioned Sowing The Seeds Of Love by Tears For Fears. For me, that is the closest ever to sounding like a Beatles song. Don't forget Start! by The Jam. That sounds very similar to Taxman.

@freeview5563

8 ай бұрын

I'm not a musician but Sowing the Seeds of Love has me imagining George Martin's arrangement on Penny Lane

@bobbystereo936

5 ай бұрын

XTC or Dukes of stratosphere?

OK, this comment is NOT about The Beatles, rather Paul ; There is a song released in 1988 by a German band called Freiheit - "Keeping The Dream ALive". They were one hit wonders here in UK, but the song is played lots in December as it is very very Christmassy, even though it is not about Christmas !This song sound EXACTLY like Paul in the 1980s - serach it out on YT !

Imagine's piano part reminds me of I Am The walrus which also reminds me of Home Sweet Home by Motley Crue. Thank you for this awesome video. Please make a second one as this first one is great! 😊

My quick list of sounds like JPG&R songs: Friday on My Mind (Easy Beats), Needles and Pins (The Searchers), Lies (The Knickerbockers), Glad All Over (Dave Clark Five), Last Train to Clarksville (The Monkees), and, for somewhat a stretch, You May Be Right (Billy Joel)

I'm sure someone mentioned this but the song "Look What You've Done" by Jet in 2004......it's very Paul.......the band credits the Beatles as an influence which seems very evident. If any choose to listen I hope you enjoy it.

@lisamh9037

5 ай бұрын

Yes!! I couldn't think of the name. This one sooo much. Thank you

In 1974 John Lennon revealed his admiration for Electric Light Orchestra: “It’s a nice group,” he said. “I call them Son of Beatles, although they’re doing things that we never did, obviously.” He also compared ‘Showdown’ to one of The Beatles’ most beloved tracks: “I remember the statement they made when they first formed was to carry on from where The Beatles left off with ‘[I Am the] Walrus,’ and they certainly did.”

@waynekasmar4401

5 ай бұрын

Listen to '(Just Like) Starting Over' (1980) by Lennon to hear perfect ELO backing vocals.

Songs that, in some parts, remind me of The Beatles: "Sowing the seeds of love" (Tears for Fears), "You are my love" (Liverpool Express) and "In for a Penny" (Slade).

I never in a month of Sundays ever thought that ELO or Badfinger or anybody else sounded like The Beatles. The only time I can recall having any quizzical doubts was in August 1966 upon first hearing 'Yellow Submarine', because as a near seven-year old (7 in Sept), I wasn't all that familiar with Ringo's voice. I knew the Beatles' sound very well from the many BBC programmes as heard during the previous three years and they'd become imprinted in my mind. I can still remember the feeling listening to these Saturday morning radio shows on the BBC Light Programme on our big old valve radio.

In late 1977, KISS released their album Alive II. On that album is a cover of the Dave Clark Five song, "Any way you Want It". I went back to the original track, and it sounds a lot like early Beatles. Later, when I bought the first KISS album from 1974, I thought the song " Let Me Know" had a lot of the same chord structure as early Beatles music. And a few of the songs on dressed to Kill were structurally similar as we. Gene Simmons has said in various interviews that early KISD was meant to sound like "heavy Beatles".

@bobbystereo936

5 ай бұрын

I remember Gene saying in an interview that he wanted or had asked the Beatles to make a guest appearance singing back up on his 1978 solo album. They never returned his call so he got the guys from the Beatlemania to do it.

@sd31263

5 ай бұрын

"Glad All Over" sounds much more like the Beatles than any other DC5 song.

@bobbystereo936

5 ай бұрын

@@sd31263 So does the song "Because" by Dave clark5.

MA BELLE AMIE by the Tee Set. Background vocals sound just like McCartney. Listen to the high part on "Man after him waits here..." No one was confused about Alone Again Naturally being the Beatles, nor Mr. Blue Sky, nor Happy Together, nor California Dreaming, nor Sound of Silence, nor No Matter What, and especially not Imagine. Sowing the Seeds of Love is very much Beatlesque. I think Ma Belle Amie should be added here.

I must be old. Earlier than your picks, the Knickerbockers recorded 'Lies", The two main rock n' roll radio stations announced it as the new Beatles song and for one week had all of NYC fooled. BTW, it's a pretty good song.

@dennisfoster2016

4 ай бұрын

Not only do the Knickerbockers sound like the Beatles, "Lies" is even structured like a Beatle song. The middle eight sounds just like John! I had a friend in high school come up to me and ask what I thought of the new Beatles record. I said: "We Can Work It Out" and Day Tripper"? He said, "No, Lies"!! LOL I had to set him straight.

Two others,besides thevFormost song I mentioned:obviously Lies by the Knickerbockers,which is mentioned in the comments,but ALSO:Hold Tight by Dave Dee,Micky ,Beak and Tich from '66.John's double pops up there too("You never call,each time we call",whatever that line is-"Hold Tiiieht,Hold TiiiehtHold Tieieieighhhhhhhhhttt!!!!!"

The UK band Stackridge sounded more like the Beatles than many their third album "The Man in the Bowler Hat" (1973) was produced by George Martin and has a Sgt Pepper feel with song diversity and orchestral accompaniment.

Just to be a bit different. ELO's 'Telephone line' sounds a bit like Johns 'Jealous guy' and America's ' Sister golden hair' a bit like Georges 'My sweet lord'

Oasis, Wonderwall Album, Stone Temple Pilots "Lady Picture Show", The Blur, "Beetlebum", Cage The Elephant" Cigarettes Day Dreams", The Knack, "My Sharona"

A few other Beatles-sounding songs you should have mentioned are New York Mining Disaster 1941 by the Bee Gees, Good Times Bad Times by Led Zeppelin, Magic by Pilot, and two Paul McCartney songs -- My Brave Face and This One.

@patguitare

Ай бұрын

Elvis Constello's "Veronica' as well...

For years I thought 'Because' (1964) was The Beatles, but it was actually by The Dave Clark Five.

Sounds of Silence, California Dreamin', and Happy Together I've never once thought sound like The Beatles. "Lies" by the Fabulous Knickerbockers would be one that definitely does.

A few of the early Bee Gees songs sound especially "Beatelesque". I'm referring to _New York Mining Disaster 1941_ as well as to the lesser-known _Exit Stage Right_ and _Coalman._

@pennymcneela7095

Жыл бұрын

I think Lonely Days sounds very much like a Beatles hit..

@alumycrick2911

Жыл бұрын

@@pennymcneela7095 Yes, I quite agree.

@miguelwhittakee3823

5 ай бұрын

@@pennymcneela7095 Very much agree with you

I remember when Sub Rosa Subway came out. Our local DJs were promoting it as a new song by the Beatles and because it sounded like the Beatles of the mid to late 60's everyone believed it. One mid 60's song not on the list that many people thought were the Beatles was called "Because". It was by the Dave Clark Five

Very few of these songs could actually be mistaken for The Beatles. But I did get into Klaatu partly because of all the rumors. I love that band!

I never heard of anyone claiming the Turtles or the Mamas and Papas had anything that sounded Beatles. S & G as well.

Yes! My top 10 or 11 or 12, if you want! 1. The Roulettes - Bad Time 2. The Kinks - You Do Something to Me 3. The Knickerbockers - Lies 4. Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over 5. Pretty Things - Baron Saturday 6. Kaleidoscope - Dear Nelly Godrich 7. Zombies - Butcher's Tale 8. Pink Floyd - Corporal Clegg 9. John Cale - Paris 1919 10. Pink Floyd - Summer '68 11. Squeeze - Up the Junction 12. Wallace Collection - Daydream But you can add so much songs by hundreds and thousands!!!!

And don't forget Doris Day's Que Sera, Sera . Lol. I have never confused any of the songs listed here with Beatles songs.

@Spruce_Bingsteen

4 ай бұрын

LOL! Too funny! Well done.

NONE of those non-Beatles songs were confused with coming from the Fab Four. "Lies" by the Knickerbockers was thought by millions of people to be a Beatles tune.

Day after day by badfinger the most beatle sounding song ever.

@andrewmarcellis2007

Жыл бұрын

Hey you might enjoy a band called the Doublejumps if you like music like The Beatles and Badfinger

@nellgwenn

Жыл бұрын

@mikedavis8008 Julian Lennon singing Johnny B. Goode with Chuck Berry live sounds the most like the Beatles. Chuck said, "Don't he sound like his pa"?

The Pretty Things had a couple of songs on their album "Parachute", "The Good Mr. Square", and "Grass" that sound very much like Beatles. Emmitt Rhodes as part of The Merry Go Round did ""Live", and then as a solo artist did "Ashamed" and "Live 'til You Die" which sound just like McCartney. When I first heard The Stars on 45 playing through the speakers in a healthclub back in the '80s, I thought someone had very cleverly taken Beatle songs and spliced them together with a disco-style clap track. The instrumental break on "Reflections of My LIfe" by Marmalade sounds exactly like the Beatles. And of course there are The Rutles.

as a kid who grew up in 90's, i still remember how lemontree really close enough to the beatles vibe. And i thought it was paul at the first , because in that era, paul still productive released new materials.

For a channel called Music Box, that was an awful lot of talking. Not enough of each song was played to get a feeling for it sounding Beatle-esque or not :-(

There is one song that soungs like The Bealtles, but not mentioned: Lies byThe Knickerbockers and it sounds just like The Beatles. I remember hearing it on the radio for the first time years ago and I thought it was The Beatles.

Jasmin is a hidden gem - thanks! Its on Spotify!

What jayorag said about the Knickerbockers (below) is true. "Lies" sounds more like the Beatles than even the Beatles do sometimes. (For years I thought it WAS the Beatles, and couldn't understand why it wasn't on any of their albums.) Other, more recent artists, have worked Beatlesque harmonies and riffs into their songs as deliberate nods to the FF, e.g., Billy Joels "All You Wanna Do Is Dance" kzread.info/dash/bejne/nKhlvNuocbLMmM4.html mentions the Beatles, and has an added harmony to emphasize the point, and Joe Walsh's "Life of Illusion" kzread.info/dash/bejne/iHuBlpV7j87fqM4.html is very Beatlesque throughout. And, no, I never thought Klaatu was, or even sounded like the Beatles, though at least one person tried to convince me it was them. Schmuck.

Without looking at the video, I can't remember the title but the band was The Knickerbockers. Do You Love me by DC5. I Love You by People (not the original by the Zombies).

Of course, the Knickerbockers' "Lies" is a prime Beatle soundalike. However, the Bonzo Dog Band's "Don't Get Me Wrong" sounds like John on the chorus and is very Beatleish. Slade's "When Your Light's Turn On" is pure Beatles. Don't forget the Beatle verse in Peter, Paul and Mary's "I Dig Rock and Roll Music" too. The Spongetones from North Carolina. Van Dyke Park's Beatleish arrangement of "The Four Mills Brothers".

Two others worth mentioning : Lies by The Knickerbockers (1966) : Not only it perfectly emulates the youthful sound of the Beatles circa 1965, the singer's voice is close to Lennon's. Nice harmonies, great melody and really fun song overall. kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y2Rq0tqYabLNoaw.html Laugh by the Beau Brummels (1965) : It has this haunted melancholic vibe we hear in Thing We Said Today. Going back and forth between minor and major sections, it's a folk rock composition that wouldn't have sounded out of place on A Hard Day's Night, Help! or even Rubber Soul. kzread.info/dash/bejne/lqOOzppplqW_n9o.html

Since we're talking about sounding like the "Beatles" , back when the "Beatles" we're still new to the U.S. the "Wyncote" label tried to ripoff Beatles fans with a record titled "Beatlemania in the U.S.A." featuring a group of studio musicians named "The Liverpools" who were trying to do their best to sound like the Beatles , performing Beatles like songs .

NOBODY thinks Imagine is a Beatles song!

@karmicselling4252

Жыл бұрын

Imagine is actually a Yoko Ono song. Lennon credits Yoko with the inspiration for that song and she wrote most of the lyrics.

@LibArtie

11 ай бұрын

I never confused Imagine as a Beatles song but so many people truly do.

Noddy Holder (slade) once regaled how he happened across John Lennon, in a New York Recording Studio. Lennon, apparently upon hearing that Slade were nearby, popped his head thro' a door and said `hey, your that guy who sounds like me' I've always thought that there vocal range would've been comparable, and exchangeable for that matter.

@davecostello560

5 ай бұрын

I've always thought so too that Noddy and John had similar voices - that leather tonsil sound!

LIES by the Knickerbockers is my choice as the number one song sounding like a Beatle song from the early 60's.

The perfect illustration of this would be "Dr. Pepper’s Open Heart Club Sandwich" by Mr. Encrypto, involving clips from Buffalo Springfield, Bee Gees, David Bowie, The Kinks, ELO, Deep Purple, and The Rutles which when pieced together sounds like A Day In The Life

Lots of people thought, "Lies" by The Knickerbockers was The Beatles. When it finally came out, "In The First Place" by The Remo Four was thought to be The Beatles.

Sowing the Seeds of Love is a song that I always thought sounded la lot ike the Beatles, I'm not exactly sure why, but I felt that way every time I heard it and really enjoyed it. I wasn't so sure about others you commented on, like Sounds of Silence or Happy Together...but that's just me.

“Lies” by the Knickerbockers sounds exactly exactly like early Beatles. Much more than most songs cited here.

It was the opposite for me. I thought that "Got to get you into my life" was by Earth Wind and Fire because it sounds so like them only to find out that it was a Beatles original.

Peter and Gordon 1964 "A world without you" written by Paul McCartney.

@patguitare

Ай бұрын

That was 'A World Without Love'

You need to add to the list "break it all" by Los Shakers, an uruguayan band from.those times. In despite of the accent, it sounds like an early Beatles song. Look at it!! The Fattoruso brothers developed later as excellent players and musicians. Hugo is very well known in the latin jazz scene until today.

I was expecting a song from the Deface the Music album, such as "I Just Want to Touch You," or "Alone," by Utopia.

I'm glad you had Klaatu and ELO, I would have added Tears for Fears because of their very Beatlesesque Sewing the Seeds of Love but you did at least mention it at the end.. Ps. Klaatu's "Sub-Rosa Subway sounds very much like a McCartney Song and tells the true story of Alfred Ely Beach who built the first Subway in NYC. Cheers!

A local band here in the Philippines (The Eraserheads: popular in the 90's) had a few songs that if I may say carry the DNA of the some Beatles songs; Fruitcake, Shake Yer Head & Huling El Bimbo (Last El Bimbo). & many more. Feel free to check them up.

Lies by the Nickerbockers in 1966 had all us kids thinking it was the Beatles!!

I agree on 'Melody Fair' by the Bee Gees sounding like The Beatles and would also add the trio's tunes: 'Morning Of My Life' and 'New York Mining Disaster 1941'.

When the The Beatles were new "Lies" by the Knocked blockers was thought to be the beatles

Here are a few songs, or parts of songs, that sound like the Beatles to me. Because by the Dave Clark Five sounds like it could be an early Beatles ballad. The lead singer sounds like Paul and the harmony sounds like them. As others have said Lies by the Knickerbockers sounds like the Beatles. The backing vocals in the change about 2 and a half minutes into My Life by Billy Joel sounds like there's a Beatles influence. Also if you listen to Valotte by Julian Lennon you can here the similarity to his father.

I have been listening to these songs songs for the last 45 years and never noticed the mistakes mentioned. It is incredibly though, just how professional the beatles were, when you think of the volume of work produced and these tiny mistakes are all there was.

Oh yes please a part 2

This included songs like California Dreamin', which nobody in their right mind could confuse with the Beatles. it didn't include Lenny Kravitz' "I build this garden for us", which sounds like a mix between "I am the Walrus' and "Eleanor Rigby' to everyone I've played the the song for.

Some of the best Beatles content on KZread. The mini documentaries on the albums are the best

I've always had one. Never thought it was The Beatles, just because I knew what it is. But the first time I heard it gave me goosebumps. It's an early Pink Floyd song. According to wikipedia, the lead singer is Roger Waters, although I've never heard him sound like that anywhere else. And if I didn't know what it is I would bet it's Paul McCartney or The Wings. I am surprised that in the comments below the song no one mentions the similarity. What do you think? kzread.info/dash/bejne/map3sKydhajepNY.html

@indy_go_blue6048

9 ай бұрын

Paul McCartney, OMG yes. No similarity to their music though. JMO.

Another song that sounded like The Beatles was "Lies" by The Knickerbockers.

Jeff Lynne of ELO worked with George Harrison on one of his albums, was the producer of Free As A Bird and was in The Travelling Wilburys with Harrison, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and Roy Orbison. Julian Lennon sounds like his father John. ♥️ Oasis started out as a Beatles tribute band, before changing their name to Oasis and writing their own compositions. Noel Gallagher's music often pays homage to his hero John Lennon and he has worked with Paul McCartney. The best Beatles tribute band is reckoned to be The Bootleg Beatles, who started their career not long after the demise of the real band. By far the best Beatles sound alike is the parody band The Rutles, whose music was created for a comedy film, written by Eric Idle of Monty Python fame and produced by George Harrison's Handmade Films, by the late and brilliant music parody composer Neil Innes. George Harrison appears in the film disguised as a reporter towards the end of the parody band's comedy biography. May I recommend Piggy In The Middle, Ouch! and Cheese And Onions as some of the outstanding tracks. 🤣🎶❤

@indy_go_blue6048

9 ай бұрын

I would add to that my favorite of the early Pre-Fab boys, "I Must Be in Love." First time I heard that I thought, OMG that's the Beatles. I would actually put it way up there with the real songs of the era.

I never thought of Lemon Tree sounding like The Beatles

You left out “Lies” by the Knickerbockers.

Apparently "Imagine" was written during the time of the Beatles, but just didn't find it's way into an album.

do "10 cats in a bag being slammed against the wall that sound just like yoko ono" next

A first draft of Imagine had been recorded by John Lennon during the Get Back / Let It Be sessions ... It's present on the Nacked version of Let it be.

The song "Lies" by the Knickerbockers should be included.

Lies by the Knickerbockers should absolutely have been in this list. Also Last Train to Clarksville by The Monkees copies the Beatles style (it’s songwriters admitted they wrote it by continuing it from the end of Paperback Writer). Lonely Days by The Bee Gees is very Beatles like, too.

the only two that sounded so much like them to me was Badfinger and the other was Lies by the Knickerbockers

Badfinger's "No Matter What" was their most "Beatlesque" song, structure-wise.

@wangobadankas4038

Жыл бұрын

Day After Day is the one that fooled me.

@carlmoore3215

10 ай бұрын

As for " No Matter What", I already wrote of excerpt "Break down the old gray wall"; change that music excerpt to waltz tempo and get the music of excerpt "Oh how long will it take" from Beatles" late 1964 "Baby's in Black". I never thought "No Matter What" was by the Beatles but was very appreciative of it being Beatles-sounding.

@TheBillyKmusic

7 ай бұрын

George Harrison actually played slide guitar on that one. @@wangobadankas4038

When I heard this song: Laugh, Laugh: By The Beau Brummels I thought it was The Beatles.

The Dave Clark 5 had a few tunes that remind me of the Beatles.

@johnschaefer2238

5 ай бұрын

In 1964 I was 5 my mom took me to see A Hard Day’s Night and I loved it. Then that summer my Grandmother took me to see Having A Wild Weekend which starred The Dave Clark Five. Both of these films have their similarities but for those who are not familiar with Having A Wild Weekend find it, watch it and tell me that The Dave Clark Five in this film was a direct precursor to The Monkees!

I remember thinking "lonely days" by the bee gees and ringos "it dont come easy" were beatles songs. Of course badfingers "come and get it" sounded like them. McCartney wanted it that way

@carolinacoins

8 ай бұрын

It don't come easy was written by George Harrison for Ringo.

daniel edwardson deserves a spot

The Turtles? Mommas and Poppas? Simon and Garfunkel? Please. Many caught "Lies by the Knickerbockers, but "New York Mining Disaster 1941" was a BG's tune that sounded like the Beatles.

I remember seeing some people telling that they thought that "New York Mining Disaster" by the Bee Gees was a Beatles' record