These songs are brought to life on near-perfect albums like 1980’s Argybargy, 1981’s East Side Story, and 1982’s Sweets from a Stranger. Guadalcanal Diary. In 20 years of coaching in the college ranks, Lapchick only had one losing season. And certainly there’s a few things I haven’t heard before that I’ll be able to look forward to listening to With enthusiasm. Also, of course, Tom Petty AND the Heartbreakers. note, Schlesinger passed away in early 2020) and Chris Collingwood formed Fountains of Wayne in 1995. The Posies belongs on here somewhere. Florence, facts and travel tips. In the 1985 NCAA Tournament, he coached the Redmen to their second Final Four appearance. The Flaming Lips covered the entire Sgt Pepper album and parts of it are pretty decent. Oasis became more recognized for their appearances in the British tabloids than for their music, and they eventually split up in 2009. A few Beatlesque songs doesn’t get you on the list (sorry Tears for Fears). Their final LP in 2011 titled ‘Replay’ features a bunch of Beatles style tunes. If we were allowing solo artists on this list, then Todd Rundgren would be a shoe in. Beatles fans would love him. Excellent to see Swindon’s finest, XTC and NZers Crowded House on the list! What about the Bay City Rollers? Thanks for the list. With Jeff Lynne/ELO he had huge respect for the Beatles, it went full cycle, as the Beatles had huge respect for Lynne, who ended up producing the Beatles and three members in solo projects. Although the lineup shifted for each album as various band members left and returned, it was the addition of Gram Parsons for 1968’s Sweetheart of the Rodeo that moved The Byrds into country rock, becoming one of the first bands to pioneer this new sound. Fantastic list, Their combined record is 27–32. For those bestowed with this accolade, it was a considerable compliment. Like Jane, Red John enjoys tea and is seen drinking it in his appearances in "Red John's Footsteps" and "Red Is The New Black". Sample Beatlesque Song: “I Can’t Take It” from 1983’s Next Position Please. Also, Misex out of Australia, featuring “Castaway” and “Blue Day”. Wondermints – Wondermints / Bali – Deep Beach Boys connections, but still lots of Beatles touches Great list, but you forgot NRBQ…and many others…. Friction led the band to break up soon after the release of their third album, 1988’s Everything. 6. Most importantly, it was McGuinn who first exposed The Beatles to the sounds of sitarist Ravi Shankar, influencing Harrison’s lifelong love of Eastern music. – are The Mascots, a long gone 60s band from Sweden who left us with Words Enough to Tell You, which is so good it could have been on A Hard Day’s Night and no one would have probably noticed the difference. Pepper/Magical Mystery Tour vein of Beatles psychedelia. 8. 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Del Rivers is right – nrbq should be here. London is the capital and largest city of the United Kingdom and of England. The band needs to have a history of harmonically rich, melodic, singable songs with lyrics that lean towards the optimistic with flashes of humor. Often referred to as the American Beatles, The Byrds started out as a folk trio formed by Jim “Roger” McGuinn, Gene Clark, and David Crosby. 10cc should be on the list as well. After releasing five albums between 1996 and 2011, the band has no current plans to reform. [4] Their rivals Blur on the other hand. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._John%27s_Red_Storm_men%27s_basketball&oldid=1013102349, Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases from July 2016, All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, D'Angelo Harrison – 76 3-point field goals, Avery Patterson – 8 3-point field goals, Jan. 11, 1951: No. 1 Michigan 74 @, Dec. 30, 1978: NR St. John's (NY) 69 vs. No. Hey, is this the Tom Feeley from Enuff Z’Nuff days? Oh, and Phil Collins of course. Difford and Tilbrook’s songs mimic the songwriting techniques that made the songs of Lennon and McCartney so admired. The Raspberries would fit nicely on this list – VERY glad (and shocked) to see Utopia mentioned as well as XTC – two of my all-times faves – great article ! Their innovative arrangements and songwriting, great grooves and quirkiness was liberating for me. Cheap Trick’s songs, like “I Want You To Want Me,” “Surrender,” and “Dream Police,” paid tribute to the hooks and harmonies of The Beatles, adding lyrics that caused one to smile. Awesome. The following St. John's players, coaches, and contributors have been enshrined in the Naismith Hall of Fame. From their guitar/bass/drums structure to the poppy songwriting of Susanna Hoffs, Vicki and Debbi Peterson, and Mikki Steele, The Bangles sounded like a female version of The Beatles in their pre-psychedelia days. Coach Carnesecca would win the school's record fifth NIT title in 1989 and as well as making the Elite Eight in 1979 and 1991, and the Sweet Sixteen in 1967, 1969, 1983. St. John's is coached by Mike Anderson. A lot of the above!! Throughout the next three years, St. John's would go 58–18 led by Jackson who would receive All-American honors all three years at school, 6'11" center and future NBA champion LeRoy Ellis, and future ABA/NBA coaching legend Kevin Loughery. Im looking for any links to the Minstrels. In this list, I’d group them with Badfinger, the Byrds, XTC and Squeeze – all would join the Beatles in my 10-group desert island list…. Lynne has recorded and produced albums since the 1970s — with ELO and solo. St. John's finished the 1958–59 season with an overall 20–6 record and captured its first ECAC Holiday Festival title with a 90–79 victory over St. Joseph's in the final and the school's third NIT championship by defeating top-seeded Bradley 76–70 in double overtime. Tensions in the band were high from the very beginning, exasperated by increasing drug use and disappointing record sales. I’ll have to add Pugwash to the list. Their first album, Get the Knack, burst on the scene in 1979 along with their smash hit, “My Sharona.” The Knack were positioned to become The Beatles of the 1980s. Badfinger All four members were songwriters, and all four were top notch players and singers. One band that should be on this list is The La’s, known for their song “There She Goes”. TV-NR. As other band members came and went, Difford and Tilbrook created a string of great albums and hit singles. On November 23, 2004 the building and court were renamed for Hall of Fame coach Lou Carnesecca. Another band worthy of the list is The Outfield. Red John's Footsteps. The 1942–43 St. John's team were led by senior caption Andrew "Fuzzy" Levane and sophomore All-American center Harry Boykoff. Hey, when you look at the list of the Pugwash fan inner circle you’ll find Jeff (who appears on their last album, as does Ray Davies), Michael Penn, Dave Gregory, Ben Folds, Andy of course, and many other rock luminaries. The city stands on the River Thames in the south-east of England, at the head of its 50-mile (80 km) estuary leading to the North Sea.London has been a major settlement for two millennia. I met them back in…1995 I think it was, on vacation in San Francisoco. The latter has a lovely version of There’s a Place, while the former has Misery, plus a title track which has been covered by all sorts of Beatles admirers, most notably Tommy Keene. Thomas Walsh and his squad are built from the pieces of a Beatles /ELO trainwreck. Anyway, for the John Lenon sound Donnie Vie has it down. On that point, you might also enjoy http://www.culturesonar.com/bar-bands/, Raspberries, Pezband and occasionally, the Hudson Brothers…. A couple of additions – someone mentioned but if you I couldn’t see his forgive me if they have been mentioned. Who did we miss? Be BIG. The Flaming Lips The St. John's-Georgetown rivalry was one of the most intense matchups in the Big East during the 1980s highlighted by the 1985 Big East Championship, 1985 NCAA Semifinal Game, and the famous "Sweater Game" between Hall of Fame coaches Lou Carnesecca and John Thompson, and Hall of Fame players Chris Mullin and Patrick Ewing. He is voiced by Taron Egerton. Emit Rhodes, Eric Mathews, The Kooks are brilliant and more contemporary. You obviously haven’t heard all the Bangles’ abums. Three guitars and drums are ideal, although we’ll accept the occasional keyboard. Glen Burtnik formerly of Styx is in this band. Although Todd can’t join the list, his band Utopia can. You forgot America’s answer to The Beatles. Harry Boykoff would miss the entire 1943–44 and 1944–45 seasons due to being drafted for the war effort, along with the team's star point guard Dick McGuire for half the 1943–44 season and the entire following two years. Although Badfinger’s first hit, “Come and Get It,” was written and produced by Paul McCartney, singer/songwriter Pete Ham (with occasional help from his bandmates) composed their other hit songs, including “No Matter What” and “Baby Blue.” Despite their early successes, they ultimately left Apple, and their album sales plummeted. The Pretty Things – SF Sorrow / Parachute, Love – Forever Changes and the first two, Aphrodite’s Child – 666, The Cure – just about everything especially from around 83 forward, Guided By Voices – Bee Thousand and everything else, Maybe The Grifters just as an addendum to GBV, and because I like them better, Pavement obviously, The Go-Betweens – 16 Lovers Lane and everything else, Maybe Prefab Sprout – Steve McQueen and most other stuff (goes good with stuff like Crowded House & Tears For Fears), The Church just for being the most consistently good band that make better records as they get older, and they’re in their 60’s or something, Love & Rockets – maybe, The Beta Band & the better imo The Aliens – Luna, Just about the entire Creation Records catalog Teenage Fanclub – All of it – gold, Arnold – Hillside & the rest of it, Ride, My Bloody Valentine, Swervedriver, House of Love, The Boo Radleys, Super Furry Animals, and the aforementioned band that ended that label and music in general or so it seems, Oasis. His family will follow in his footsteps, they will all backstab each other, throw each other under the bus as “daddy” has taught them. Seriously these fellas made several ambitious albums that paid direct homage to the fab four and captured the Beatly essence admirably. Klaatu – Of course a deliberate Beatles copy but worth listening to, World party I agree listen to “bang the drum”, Bourgeois Tagg – The single “I don’t mind at all” was very strawberry fields esque and other songs on their original album Which even stated Beatles influence in their recordings, Panic! A perfect confection for a totally entertaining film. Find the latest Northern Irish and international news including GAA, opinion, business, family notices and more from the leading Belfast-based daily newspaper For any of you in Vancouver, music by every artist mentioned in the entire Comments section can be found at the very wonderful Zulu Records. Excellent list and I’d also put XTC up at the top of the list for the reasons stated. The current home of the St. John's basketball team is Taffner Field House located on the Queens campus adjacent to Carnesecca Arena. Mini Mansions – Mini Mansions – A darker White Album vibe Most Beatle-like song: “I love her, She loves me.”. After losing focus in the late 80s with a series of disappointing albums, they regained their footing with 1997’s self-titled album and continued with a string of excellent recordings through their latest, 2016’s Bang, Zoom, Crazy… Hello. With a cartoon narration starring the voice of Joey Milk and, lead guitarist and vocalist of The Beatles produced band BADFINGER. A rare rainy day in LA didn't stop Selma Blair from enjoying some fresh air and exercise with her beloved pup Pippa on Wednesday. The Carpenters. The Lips were formed in 1983 in Oklahoma City by brothers Mark and Wayne Coyne and bassist Michael Ivins. We’re looking for multiple songwriters and multiple vocalists. The season did not end after the NIT, in just three days later St. John's would go on to participate in the first Red Cross charity benefit game against NCAA champion Wyoming to determine a true national champion. Joe Lapchick, a former player of the Original Celtics, took over as coach at St. John's in 1936 and he continued the success the school had become used to under Buck Freeman. “That Thing You Do” is an absolute gem. He joined The Move for their second album and helped create funny, poppy, psychedelic songs that could have been outtakes from later Beatles albums. I whole heartedly agree with your choices!!! That leaves out The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, The Zombies, and numerous others. [4] peoplemaniaLIVE.com. Lot’s of them…Jellyfish, Enuff z ‘Nuff, Pilot, Klaatu, Dada, The Merrymakers and The Trampolines from Sweden…Los Shakers from Uruguay! Due to impermissible benefits to a player, their 2002 appearance has been vacated by the NCAA making their official record 27–31. Maybe with Manning on keys? He produced The Beatles “reunion” songs, “Free As A Bird” and “Real Love.” And he played on albums with Paul, George, and Ringo. 1 Villanova 75 @, This page was last edited on 20 March 2021, at 01:07. For exquisite Beatles covers, the Mona Lisa Twins appear to be in a league of their own. 4. I dunno, they are out there, but need research to find. Tim Christensen’s “Love Rears Its Ugly Head”. The latest news in entertainment from USA TODAY, including pop culture, celebrities, movies, music, books and TV reviews. Jellyfish is the no brainer. Lapchick preferred to take his teams to the more prestigious NIT instead of the NCAA Tournament making the NIT semifinals 8 out of a total 12 times, and only one NCAA tournament appearance in his 20 years of coaching the Redmen. Crowded house I mentioned whether Australian or Kiwi; So glad the Spongetones weren’t on this list because they were HORRIBLE… But where are Jellyfish and Klattu, both great bands! The Smithereens – “Behind The Wall Of Sleep” The mood of a song can suddenly shift on a surprising chord change. Although their original recordings featured studio musicians, including the famous Wrecking Crew, The Monkees played on their later recordings. At one point, Ray Davies of The Kinks offered to produce them, but nothing came of that. It’s a phrase that has gotten tossed around a lot since the breakup of the world’s most famous band. Enuff Z’nuff has always been compared to the Beatles sound…. But there should be at least one Elephant 6 band, and I would go with The Minders. If you would like to submit four psychedelic lines, PEOPLEMANIA might incorporate them into a Beatle styled song. Sean Lennon – Into the Sun / Friendly Fire – Also very Beatley, and hated for no good reason Pernice Brothers – “The Weakest Shade Of Blue” Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook are the John Lennon and Paul McCartney of Squeeze and two of the finest songwriters in popular music. No surprise since the group was obsessed with The Beatles, according to Hoff. While it might be pointless to try and draw a solid line between The Beatles and every subsequent band that ever tried their hand at emulating them in whatever style, there are a few groups that deserve at least a mention here. Complex song structures, inescapable hooks in songs mostly written by Elliott with Valentino and other contributors. The Flaming Lips sound like The Beatles if they had been set loose in the studio with an unlimited collection of electronic instruments and an inexhaustible supply of L.S.D. Squeeze continues to make great music today, most recently on their 2015 album, Cradle to the Grave. If singer /songwriters were allowed to be on this list, I’d include Michael Penn. Neil and Tim Finn are Kiwis but Nick Seymour and Paul Hester are(were) Aussies. Today, numerous artists point to them as an influence. In the Fall of 2005, the $16 million facility was completed with a majority of the donations coming from longtime St. John's fan, graduate, and benefactor Donald and Eleanor Taffner for which the building is named.       Division regular season and conference tournament champion and Jeff Lynne. From 1933 to 1963 most of these schools came together to play each other in the Metropolitan New York Conference. Within months of their first live performance, The Knack were greeted as the Next Big Thing and were being accompanied on stage by superstars like Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty. Positively Beatlesque! I’m with you. While browsing the B’s, the first thing you saw after going through the B-E-A-T-les was guaranteed to be the B-E-A-U-Brummels – brilliant marketing. This post, from way back in 2016, is one of our most popular ever. Sample Beatlesque Song: “Day After Day” (produced by George Harrison) from the 1971 album Straight Up. Also Raspberries for sure. Red Dot out of LA comes closer to theBeatles than any of the above bands. That album featured two songs about love that could have come straight off a Beatles album, “Love in Action” and “Love Is The Answer.”. The Monkees Flaming Lips songs range from beautiful, textured ballads (“Do You Realize?” “All We Have Is Now”) to poppy (and sometimes bizarre), psychedelic voyages through distorted electronic sound (“The Sparrow Looks Up At The Machine,” “Turn It On”). I’d also list the Jam, one of the UK’s most popular bands ever. 1 Duke 66 @, Jan. 26, 1985: No. First of all, let’s eliminate other British Invasion bands that were coming up around the same time as The Beatles. PFR song called great lengths and other songs are beatleish. Unlike The Beatles, the relationships among the members of Oasis were fraught with tension — no more so than between the two founding brothers. Sample Beatlesque Song: “Have You Seen Her Face” from 1967’s Younger Than Yesterday. The team participates in the Big East Conference. I saw them live a very, very long time ago. Another track of which is a cover of “While my guitar gently weeps” is very well done. After the disappointing follow-up …But the Little Girls Understand, the band tried for a comeback in 1981, moving into Revolver territory with Round Trip and more complex songs like “Africa” and “Art War.” Although it was produced by Jack Douglas, fresh off of producing Lennon’s Double Fantasy, the album was another flop. Don’t forget KINGS X, If Joni Hendrix joined the Beatles in the 90$ you would hear Kings X music, they continued the evolution and sophistication of the Beatle sound and style but added heavy guitars and tunings.. they apparently were not so popular though …. The Shakers from Uruguay: Where are The SpongeTones? Their whole debut is full of Beatle-inspired stuff, but if you want one song that’ll really smack you in the face, give “Every Secret Thing” a good listen. St. John's became the first team to repeat as champions in the seven-year history of the NIT even though World War II and the players' commitment to serve in the armed forces made it a very difficult season. Olivia Tremor Control’s two albums are in the Sgt. Although their first album received good reviews, it was their second album Different Light that propelled them to stardom with the Prince authored “Manic Monday” and “Walk Like An Egyptian” written by Liam Sternberg. Ringo even covered their wonderful “Golden Blunders” off of the brilliant 1990 album “Dear 23”. Shazam was the MOVE’s second album – Lynne was not on it, Quite correct, Jeff Lynne was on the final two Move albums: “Looking on” and “Message From The Country”, Add the Jayhawks , Bare Naked Ladies, The Trash Can Sinatras, and The High Lamas. The song Dr Modesto sounds like a George Harrison piece and the song Subrosa Subway sounds like an outtake from Magical Mystery Tour. Unfortunately, this caused their popularity to decline. DeStefano's teams only made one postseason appearance and it was 58–46 loss to the Seton Hall Pirates in the NIT Finals who were led by All-American center Walter Dukes. When their first album was released in 1976, without credits, a rumour started that this was the Beatles reformed. Lapchick coached the St. John's University men's basketball team from 1936 to 1947 and again from 1956 to 1965. Since reforming in 1998, they have produced two excellent albums, 2003’s Doll Revolution and 2011’s Sweetheart of the Sun (the latter album without Micki Steele). Sample Beatlesque Song: “The Summer Place” from 2011’s Sky Full of Holes. When XTC released their debut album White Music in 1977, it was filled with short, angular, punk-influenced songs about science, music, and the sexiness of the Status of Liberty. Many of the respondees had great suggestions. Yet, Get the Knack still stands as one of the greatest Beatlesque albums. The Redmen were led by play making junior guards Hy Gotkin and Bill Kotsores, the latter of which was selected as the 1944 NIT MVP. I concur with those who think the Raspberries should be on the list. 2. Typo Joey Molland of BADFINGER did the cartoon narration. The Bay City Rollers? Specifically the album “2X4” featuring “Lips of Steel” (A spot-on John Lennon solo sounding jam complete with Lennonesque voice echo and a short backwards vocal slice).