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Fri Jul-09-04 10:23 PM
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Bands you could have SWORN were the 'Next Beatles' but weren't |
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I had to do a music project in 1980 and I discussed why "The Knack" was the next major band.
Obviously they couldn't follow up to 'My Sharona'
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Fri Jul-09-04 10:25 PM
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No music group could ever change the world like The Beatles did.
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Fri Jul-09-04 10:53 PM
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18. Can't argue with that |
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but we can hope for something similar in impact.
The 60s was an extraordinary time.
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Fri Jul-09-04 10:27 PM
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2. Gerry and the Pacemakers |
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and before them, for a couple of months in 1964, I thought the Dave Clark Five were BETTER than the Beatles. I got over it, of course, but I still love the DC5.
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Fri Jul-09-04 10:30 PM
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3. came to them later, but The Who |
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the beatles came first, the Who came 2 years later. The Beatles fizzled and Yoko'd in 69, the Who soldiers on with two founders planted.
For my money Tommy and Quadrophenia are better records than anything the Beatles ever put out. BUT, they most likely wouldn't have come about had the Beatles not recorded Let it Be and Abby Road.
So, I vote for the Who.
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Fri Jul-09-04 10:35 PM
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4. Mike Gibbons from Badfinger is my neighbor... |
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Edited on Fri Jul-09-04 10:38 PM by trumad
It's absolutely Badfinger.
BTW: Badfinger was the first band signed by Apple records, and Paul McCartney wrote "Come and Get it". If you ever get the chance to see the Rock-Documentary on VCH about Badfinger do it... It's an extrodinary story.
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Fri Jul-09-04 10:51 PM
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Fri Jul-09-04 11:39 PM
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24. For Me, Badfinger Served as Surrogate Beatles |
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after their breakup. Their producers must have made a conscious effort to evoke the Beatles on each Badfinger album. They were a terrific band.
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Fri Jul-09-04 10:46 PM
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Not that they weren't the second coming of the Beatles, but that they made several records that were better.
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Fri Jul-09-04 10:47 PM
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11. Mrs. McLargehuge gave me Tommy for my birthday :) |
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I've had it on ALL DAY LONG... It's a masterpiece.
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Fri Jul-09-04 10:52 PM
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There is nothing more liberating than the first few bars of "Sparks".
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Fri Jul-09-04 10:53 PM
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19. for me it's the initial drum breakdown in Amazing Journey |
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I've listened to that song maybe 40 times today
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Fri Jul-09-04 10:42 PM
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5. Menudo. man..what went wrong?? i don't get it. |
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Fri Jul-09-04 10:43 PM
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then the management followed through with the "no menudans who reach puberty" and replaced them with new menudans, who didn't have the same Stepfordian appeal.
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Fri Jul-09-04 10:44 PM
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7. I thought Ricky Martin was the Messiah. |
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Fri Jul-09-04 10:44 PM
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8. Who sang the song "Where were you when we were getting high" |
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Fri Jul-09-04 10:57 PM
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If only they could have gotten past their incredible arrogance they might have actually been bigger in North America. I did like them but they were sadly lacking in originality. They basically copied the Beatles.
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Fri Jul-09-04 10:45 PM
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9. The Clash, followed by The Fixx |
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I was wrong, of course, but both have left us some very good music.
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Fri Jul-09-04 10:47 PM
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that mmm-bop song was on FIRE!! gotta love it. pure genius.
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Fri Jul-09-04 10:49 PM
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Fri Jul-09-04 10:51 PM
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15. The Rutles! Only the pre-fab 4 comes close! |
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Fri Jul-09-04 11:10 PM
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who can forget such classics as "doubleback alley" and "love life"?
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Fri Jul-09-04 11:12 PM
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22. There will never be another Beatles. |
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Any band who gets stuck with that tag will fail.
"Get the Knack" was a great album. Not just "My Sharona", but the whole damn album. How many records from 1979 can you say hold up as well today as they did then.
Ac/Dc - Highway to Hell Van Halen II Pink Floyd - The Wall The Clash - London Calling The Knack - Get The Knack
There might be some others, but those are the ones off the top of my head. The reason the other 4 albums on that list are revered more is because those bands are remembered for themselves, and not for skinny ties and what some suit at Capitol records said about them.
Of course, the band didn't help themselves by playing "Hard Days Night" as an encore either :(
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Fri Jul-09-04 11:17 PM
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I swear, I remember them being touted as the next Beatles when "Get the Knack" album came out.
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