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  • 5 Songs that Sound Like They Were Made by The Beatles, but Weren’t

    04/19/2024 5:53:40 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 100 replies
    American Songwriter ^ | 4/19 | Jacob Uitti
    When the Beatles arrived on the scene in the United States in 1964, many have said it was like a Wizard of Oz moment; before them, popular music was black and white but after, it was technicolor. Yes, the former Mop Tops changed everything when it came to pop and rock and roll—and the band continued to flip the script, evolving from simple tunes to very intricate, sweeping offerings on later albums. But given their enormous musical impact, it was inevitable some bands along the way were going to imitate The Beatles’ sound. Imitation, after all, is the highest form...
  • The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother

    07/07/2023 6:56:00 PM PDT · by FLNittany · 9 replies
    youtube ^ | 1975 | The Hollies
    From wiki - take it for what it's worth: James Wells, Moderator of the United Free Church of Scotland, tells the story of a little girl carrying a big baby boy in his 1884 book The Parables of Jesus. Seeing her struggling, someone asked if she wasn't tired. With surprise she replied: "No, he's not heavy; he's my brother." In a 1918 publication by Ralph Waldo Trine titled The Higher Powers of Mind and Spirit, Trine relates the following anecdote: "Do you know that incident in connection with the little Scottish girl? She was trudging along, carrying as best she...
  • Musical Interlude topic for January 2023

    01/01/2023 1:28:46 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 57 replies
    YouTube etc ^ | January 12, 2017 etcetera | PostmodernJukebox et al
    [snip] Joey Cook is back! Check out what we did with Cage The Elephant's "Ain't No Rest For The Wicked" from Borderland, also starring clarinetist Jacob Scesney doing a bit of decorating. [/snip]Ain't No Rest For The WickedVintage Jazz | Cage The Elephant Cover ft. Joey CookPostmodernJukebox | 5.86M subscribers7,366,351 views | January 12, 2017
  • Long Dark Road (1999 Remaster)

    09/10/2021 1:56:03 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 2 replies
    The Hollies ^ | 1972 | The Hollies
    Long Dark Road (1999 Remaster) · The Hollies
  • The Hollies ~ Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) 1972 Extended Meow Mix

    02/15/2021 9:59:48 AM PST · by Old Yeller · 13 replies
    The Hollies - Long Cool Woman
  • The Hollies - 'Bus Stop' - [music 3;00]

    04/18/2014 7:14:48 PM PDT · by virgil283 · 33 replies
    "The Hollies, an English rock group known for their pioneering and distinctive three part vocal harmony style. The Hollies became one of the leading British groups of the 1960s. Formed by Allan Clarke and Graham Nash in late 1962 as a Merseybeat type music group in Manchester. They enjoyed considerable popularity in many countries (at least 60 singles or EPs and 26 albums charting somewhere in the world spanning over five decades), although they did not achieve major US chart success until 1966 with "Bus Stop". The Hollies had over 30 charting singles on the UK Singles Chart, and 22...