Favorite Beatles pastiche?

Everything on the Stone Temple Pilots' third album sounds like a Beatles song. One in particular, not sure if it was Lady Picture Show or something else - always reminded me of the Beatles. I can't think of it right now because there's just way too much background noise where I am.

 

That one is pretty understandable.

Not sure if Oasis has been mentioned yet.

 

Strawberry Fields Forever-Ben Harper

A great Paul McCartney cover is Baby I'm Amazed by Jem (it's on the OC soundtrack)

 

Jet totally ripped off the Beatles with their "Look What You've Done" single. I really dislike Jet, BTW. Not sure why.

 

I generally loathe Beatles covers. However, the I Am Sam soundtrack is for the most part really good.

I also love Siouxsie (sp?) and the Banshees cover of Dear Prudence.

 

Cheap Trick is pretty well known for sounding a lot like the Beatles. And Marshall Crenshaw (duh, since he was Lennon in the original Beatlemania)

 

His biggest hit - well, his only hit (Someday, Someway) was a pitch-perfect Buddy Holly pastiche.

 

And he played Buddy Holly in La Bamba.

 

As far as covers go, I like Stevie doing We Can Work It Out and Eddie Vedder doing You've Got To Hide Your Love Away.

As far as sounding like the Beatles goes, The Killers Mr. Brightside reminds me of Helter Skelter.

Pastiche? C'mon, whaddaya work for Slate?

 

Heh. Maybe there's a better word, but that's the first one that occurred to me. "Tribute" had a connotation I wasn't necessarily looking for in this thread, I suppose.

 

My favorite band, probably always will be.

There's a part in "Let There Be Love," when Noel takes over the mic with "C'mon, baby blue ... " and by the time he trails off it's a hauntingly beautiful moment that sounds like Lennon.

 

Rock N Roll High School is now on VH1 Classic.

While the Ramones got their name from a Paul McCartney alias, and they definitely have the Beatles as an influence, I would say their music is more akin to Phil Spector and basic pop music, just really, really fast.