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Bands all Beatles fans should listen to?

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Medalion

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blame space said:
weezer, in this beatles' fan's mind
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Actually that's not as crazy as it sounds... I know Rivers and company admire a lot of 60's music and other bands influenced by British Pop rock.
 
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Adam J.

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No mention of Klaatu? Rumor/urban legend, at the time, was that they actually were the Beatles. A friend of mine showed me one of their records once and the similarities are often uncanny.
 
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GavinGT

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The Band shares a lot in common with the Beatles - catchy lyrics, multi-singer harmonies, constantly rotating lead singers.

If anyone hasn't already, check out Scorsese's musical documentary "The Last Waltz".
 
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Hailing from Sweden, their sound always reminded me of a mix between Black Sabbath and The Beatles.

Some songs:

Mr Haze
Sorrow Evoker
If Crimson Was Your Colour

Check 'em out. They may be a bit heavier than what you're looking for buy they're amazing all the same.
 
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Ducky_McGee said:
SQUEEZE!
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I'm surprised it took so long to mention Squeeze. They drew a LOT of comparisons to the Beatles when they first hit the scene. The influence is pretty easy to see in their early albums like Cool for Cats and Argybargy.

It's also worth looking into a lot of the mid-80s "jangle pop" groups like Let's Active, Guadacanal Diary, the dBs (I know Chris Stamey was mentioned), the Mighty Lemon Drops, and the Smithereens. The jangle pop movement was heavily influenced by 60's pop and there is some great Beatlesque music to be found.
 
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MadraptorMan

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Gonna dump some lesser-known but stellar stuff from the solo Beatles here:

John:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC6aOZTNrLo Only People
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYUBehXPJTY Oh Yoko!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J6HXbUXbSA Bring on the Lucie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCL6CZqOYGA What You Got (acoustic demo)

George:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kvlk-HLChU Deep Blue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaA7TVenPXA Blow Away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3gPQNpELns Any Road (posthumous)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPESpC9sR5M Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM4y9VEXUBc Miss O'Dell

Paul:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hudi955n2gs Fine Line
 
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Although this would fall under the Beach Boys, Brian Wilson's 2004 release of Smile is really good. For those not huge fans, it was supposed to be released in 1967 as Smile but there was a falling out in the band(and also Brian's mental illness) and out came Smiley Smile(which imo isn't as good). It wasn't until close to 40 years later that Brian Wilson came back and completely re-recorded the album as intended. Not to mention its also one of the highest rated albums on metacritic of all time. You can see the Beatles influences in there. Its pretty good stuff!

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