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| From | Dave Seaman <seamand@upmc.edu> |
| Subject | imitation |
| Date | Tue, 20 Sep 2005 14:06:25 -0400 |
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<<<I also seem to remember reading a few interviews with John Lennon where
he thumbed his nose at various Beatle influenced artists, essentially
conveying that they should get a life and come up with their own style.>>>
Hmmm - I can just about hear Lennon saying this. I do recall reading that
he highly praised the Raspberries, in particular their recording "Overnight
Sensation". Now, I don't look at the Raspberries as mere Beatles emulators
- although there are certain songs that sound very Beatlesque, just as
others sound like they are right out of the Beach Boys and Who songbooks, I
think that in general they took the Beatles, Who, B Boys and Small Faces and
came up with their own sound. Granted a sound that pays homage to their
forebearers, but not too much IMO. Didn't the Beatles do the same thing on
their first 5 or 6 LPs?
Also, there's McCartney's mentoring of Badfinger, who were certainly
Beatle-derived. Seems like he thought they were alright.
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