To wit:
...and your favorite (or least favorite) post-Elvis pop/rock/folk/soul record that sounds much more like the work of someone other than who it actually is, is...???
Discuss.
Oh, and no arbitrary rules whatsoever, you're welcome very much; as you may have gathered, I lack the energy to posit any. 😎
In case you're wondering, my fave is a tie between...
...the greatest Aretha Franklin record Aretha never recorded and...
...a bunch of bar band guys from Bergenfield, New Jersey doing the best Beatles sound-alike of all time? Who'd a thunk it?
Meanwhile, my least fave is...
U2 without the warmth? Spandau Ballet without the sense of humor? God, those guys suck. 😎😎
Alrighty, then -- what would YOUR choices be?
And have a great weekend, everybody!!!
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A couple of ex-Yes members formed a group called Flash that was pretty much a poppier Yes. Their first album was a lot of fun.
... wow, listening to a song from it for the first time in decades, boy is this awful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikF0WRN2kRA&t=23s
That "someday you're going to be lonely" line seems like it was stolen for one of the That Thing You Do! songs. Or maybe it's just a Beatles rip. Don Dixon channeling Otis Redding on The Dark End of the Street. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTZmeZfWUqs
Vehicle by The Ides of March. For years, I "knew" that it was by Blood Sweat and Tears.
On his 1976 album Cardiff Rose, Roger McGuinn sounds like the The Clash on the (Kris Kristofferson penned) Rock and Roll Time. I don't believe McGuinn could have heard The Clash by the time this was recorded...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SshSp7a3epQ
Then there's Gaye Delorme, sounding like a certain guy from the north of England:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-RZcSQQDTw
You mean that's NOT David Clayton-Thomas?!
I've often thought Rod the Mod's 'Hot Legs' was the best Rolling Stones song not by the Rolling Stones.
This is a tough one. The Ides of March is a great choice. Fontella Bass was always my go to answer for this, but I realize Rescue Me sounds like Atlantic era Aretha, which was post Rescue Me. I will do with America's Horse With No Name sounding like Neil Young.
I haven’t heard that McGuinn track in ages — can’t wait to check it out.
Roy Head's "Treat Her Right," would have been a great Elvis record.
VR
And Terry Stafford's "Suspicion."
J. Loslo -- I just listened to that McGuinn track and it's jaw-dropping -- it sounds EXACTLY like the Clash. I'm gobsmacked. I remember liking the album at the time, but I haven't heard it in decades and now I've gotta check out the whole thing.
The Wonder Who - Don't Think Twice... - sounds like the Four Seasons 😉
rob
Cardiff Rose is a great album. Re: Suspicion Elvis recorded it first,
VR
That is funny
Vicki -- did not know Elvis did "Suspicion" first. I regret the error. 😎
The Masked Mauradors - a hoax album released under Rolling Stone.
While uncredited this was thought to be the Royalty of Music recorded by Dylan - L/Mc - Stones, etc. The singing and songs mimicked all of their voices
rob
I actually had that album. I seem to recall the standout track was a Stones soundalike titled "Can't Get No Nookie."
OMG. He's more Strummer than Strummer!
Mott the Hoople's first LP tried to channel Bob Dylan.
Also a breakaway from Yes - Badger - best part was the Roger Dean Cover
"Westbound #9" by The Flaming Ember could've been a Four Tops hit.
Mouse & The Traps - "A Public Execution"
Were they ever a Dylan tribute band?
Let's never forget the classic album "Dylan Hears A Who"!
Elvis' version of "Suspicion" was on the flip-side of his big hit single "Kiss Me Quick".
Another performer (besides Terry Stafford) who took a song that Elvis recorded and did a better version was Elvis soundalike Ral Donner, who cut a great version of "Girl Of My Best Friend".
King Kong by the Kinks - Ray's singing appears to anticipate Marc Bolan's vocal stylings. (Released 1968, before the Tyrannosaurus Rex album)
Black Country Rock by David Bowie - around 2:30 David starts a rather Bolan-esque verse
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