hbecstacy Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook have produced some very Beatles-influenced material in and out of Squeeze.Check out the apocalyptic "Apple Tree" from the Difford&Tilbrook album, "There's No Tomorrow" from East Side Story, as well as many other tracks from their albums.Tears for Fears' new one is terrific and yes, very Beatle-y.Crowded House. Jellyfish. Wonderful. Love 'em.Kind of obvious, but I really dig Julian Lennon's work, especially his last one, "Photograph Smile," as good examples of well-channeled Beatles influences he, of course, came by naturally.Here's another one: Del Amitri. Best known for hits like "Roll to Me" and "Not Where It's At," but their earlier albums have lots of nice melodic Beatlesque stuff.And how about Fastball? Their singles like "The Way," "Fire Escape," "Out of My Head" and "You're an Ocean" (which featured Billy Preston on piano) were all very fab Four-'fluenced.Howard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popdude Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 Yes, Fastball's "The Way" is a very good tune and does sound a lot like the Beatles...as a matter of fact, the melody is a direct lift from "Besame Mucho," which the Beatles covered early on...Speaking of Beatles-influenced combos, almost forgot one of my faves...they were called Liverpool Echo and their album was released in the UK in 1973. Fab stuff, featuring Martin Briley, who would later have a few minor hits in the '80s.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregkevinw Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 what happened to fastball? i thought they showed alot of promisse in the pop area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sthom3521 Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 I'm gonna check out that Tears for Fears song. The Julina Lennon song "Believe" has soul.To add my 2 cents...listen to the song "Neil Jung" on Teenage Fan Club's "Grand Prix" CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sthom3521 Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Arggh!! I meant JULIAN Lennon (I can't type) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuliaD Posted February 6, 2005 Author Share Posted February 6, 2005 anytime you make a typo like that, you don't need to make a new post correcting your error, all you have to do is click on that little pencil at the top of your post, that's the edit option. Your post will open, you can remove the word you spelled wrong, and put the right word in. Then just hit "edit". Your error will magically disappear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Hey Steve I think you're the only other person I know who has Teenage Fan Club discs. Anyone else out there?Marvin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Mac Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 I love "Seeds of Love" by Tears for Fears, but those boys were obviously listening to "I am the Walrus" alot when they wrote it.How about Emitt Rhodes? The guy could be Mccartney's twin. Good songwriter too.Myracle Brah "Super Automatic." Lennon comes back to play.Greenberry Woods "Rapple Dapple."My Vote, best song the Beatles never did. XTC, Skylarking album, "Earn Enough For Us."Sooo good. So them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougjack Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Hey Steve I think you're the only other person I know who has Teenage Fan Club discs. Anyone else out there?Marvin Yup, count me in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlene Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Teenage Fan Club discs. Ah, so long ago. Don't still have any. Marvin, you managed to keep EVERYTHING! My mother used to clean like a whirlwind when I wasn't home! I don't have much left except my autographs of Brian Hyland, The Belmonts and The Angels! --Darlene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Darlene are we talking about the smae band? TFC is a current band from Scotland.Marvin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sthom3521 Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 JuliaD, thanks for the tip on the editing. I didn't notice that one before. Marv, I have two Teenage Fanclub CDs. Those came out circa 1992-'95, and Grand Prix is the better of the two I have. Bandwagonesque (I believe) is the other one, but I got kinda bored with that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Steve I've got "Bandwagonesque", "Grand Prix", "Songs from Northern England", and their latest which is a "Best Of."Marvin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlene Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 No, we're not. I didn't realize there was a Scottish group called TFC. I thought you meant discs from those groups of whose fan club you were members of when you were teens! The joke is on me! --D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popdude Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 LOVE the Fannies! There is also a Teenage Fanclub tribute disc that came out a little while back. More info at: http://www.notlame.com/index.htm?action=product&itemid=117684 Here's the track listing:01 - The Shazam - The Concept02 - Redd Kross - Everything Flows03 - IKE - Sparky`s Dream04 - Michael Carpenter - Neil Jung05 - Receiver - What You Do To Me06 - Superdrag - Radio07 - Cloud Eleven - Aint That Enough08 - Gigolo Aunts - Alcoholiday09 - Splitsville - Tears Are Cool10 - The Andersons - Fear Of Flying11 - Bronco Bullfrog - I`ll Make It Clear12 - Chewy Marble - Metal Baby13 - The Mockers - Hang On14 - Cliff Hillis - Can`t Feel My Soul15 - Jet Lag - The Cabbage16 - Sparkle Jets UK - I Don`t Want Control Of You17 - Barely Pink - Don`t Look Back18 - Marykate O`Neil - Traffic Jam19 - Michael Shelley - Mellow Doubt20 - Crash Into June - Winter21 - Walter Clevenger & The Dairy Kings - About You22 - Captain Soul - You`re Love Is The Place Where I Come From 23 - The General Store - 120 Minutes 24 - The Trainwrecks - Starsign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popdude Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 GREGKEVINW asked:"what happened to fastball? i thought they showed a lot of promise in the pop area."They're still around (though no longer on a major label) and released a new album in 2004 that got some very good reviews... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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