"ELO's Showdown was a favourite song of John Lennon. Lennon remarked that ELO were the "Sons of the Beatles". Ringo Starr and George Harrison made frequent guest appearances on ELO albums. As many know, Lynne was in the Travelin' Wilburys with Harrison."

Bands incorporate influences and predecessors into their sound. Obviously unique genres can be heard in bands, but they are usually a mash-up of lots of other genres rather than something totally original and groundbreaking. I would have thought a list of favourite artists would be extremely limited if you consider borrowing sounds to be inauthentic.

I'm hard pressed to think of a band or ...]]> Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:50:46 +0100 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/help-me-to-find-bands-like-the-beatles/page-2/#p54239 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/help-me-to-find-bands-like-the-beatles/page-2/#p54239 Being a fan of them doesn't mean you must be a copycat. That's why I'm not a huge Oasis fan - they sound to genericly copycat. And Ben, I don't think it's too much to expect unique styles by bands - because plenty of bands do it. As I said, I knew I'd be in the minority, but I think it crosses the line between homage and tasteless.

mr. Sun king coming together said
I'm probably in a small small minority here, but I've always found that "Sounds like the Beatles" to be the cardinal sin of music. It shows one of two things: a) They don't have have anything about them that is unique or different, or b) They're too insecure to show their real side, and I can't stand inauthentic music. Of course, there are exceptions.

"Sounds like the Beatles" to me means bright, jangly guitars, a tight rhythm section, heavy use of vocal harmonies and perhaps a somewhat psychedelic or surreal atmosphere, lyrically or musically. ...]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:51:45 +0100 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/help-me-to-find-bands-like-the-beatles/page-2/#p54236 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/help-me-to-find-bands-like-the-beatles/page-2/#p54236

mr. Sun king coming together said

I'm probably in a small small minority here, but I've always found that "Sounds like the Beatles" to be the cardinal sin of music. It shows one of two things: a) They don't have have anything about them that is unique or different, or b) They're too insecure to show their real side, and I can't stand inauthentic music. Of course, there are exceptions.

Don't you think that it might also just show that they really, really like the Beatles? (y'know, like all of us?)

Me, personally I'd LOVE to have the talent to create ...]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:04:46 +0100 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/help-me-to-find-bands-like-the-beatles/page-2/#p54234 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/help-me-to-find-bands-like-the-beatles/page-2/#p54234 Will have to revisit Emmitt Rhodes.

Mr Sun King CT said, "I've always found that "Sounds like the Beatles" to be the cardinal sin of music."

I thinkthat's extreme.

- Most artists - including the Beatles - start off by imitating ("nicking" as John and Paul would say). After all, "imitation is the most sincere form of flattery)

- If you like a style, what's wrong with composing in that style?

The real issue is that if you formally state that you want to sound like the Beatles, you're immediately setting a very high bar for yourself and you set yourself up for being unfavorably ...]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:44:42 +0100 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/help-me-to-find-bands-like-the-beatles/page-2/#p54231 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/help-me-to-find-bands-like-the-beatles/page-2/#p54231 Ben Ramon I completly agree with the things you said about Come And Get It, I think Paul's demo could have been easily releeased as a solo single, the recording is very good. It would be nice on Abbey Road instead of I Want You (the song is not bad, but it sounds much like plastic ono band for me). They could have taken paul's demo, make a completly new recording or (my favourite version, because paul plays very well all instruments on come and get it) overdub harmony and backing vocals by john and george onto paul's demo.

vonbontee said

Ben Ramon said

Emitt Rhodes- people call him the "one-man-Beatles", has a very McCartney-like voice and is a master songwriter. His music is quite difficult to obtain nowadays but if you can get a chance to listen to his self-titled debut I would

YES, great album! Hate to say it here but he really outdid Paul himself as far as 1970 entirely-solo debuts go.

Agreed entirely. I love Paul's solo debut but it unquestionably has some weak spots, whereas Emitt's album is tip top all the way through. Shame it's not more widely ...]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:04:45 +0100 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/help-me-to-find-bands-like-the-beatles/#p54228 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/help-me-to-find-bands-like-the-beatles/#p54228

Ben Ramon said

Emitt Rhodes- people call him the "one-man-Beatles", has a very McCartney-like voice and is a master songwriter. His music is quite difficult to obtain nowadays but if you can get a chance to listen to his self-titled debut I would

YES, great album! Hate to say it here but he really outdid Paul himself as far as 1970 entirely-solo debuts go.

I looked up bands that either influenced The Beatles or were influenced by The Beatles. Try Billy Joel, Moody Blues, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino.

Or wait a few years for my song on the radio. xD

ThomasMcConnell said
I'm a singer/songwriter 19 from Liverpool and i have a very beatlesque sound if anyone ever fancied checking some of my songs out

soundcloud.com/thomasmcconnell
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Cheers 

Eyy ,you sound really very nice ¡¡¡

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