Beatles in Prog
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Topic: Beatles in Prog
Posted By: Agemo
Subject: Beatles in Prog
Date Posted: May 12 2007 at 10:46
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I am looking for Beatles covers by Prog(-related) bands. So far I have found the following tracks:
Kin Ping Meh - Come together
Spooky Tooth - I am the walrus
Pugh's Place - Drive my car
Sandy Coast - Eleanor rigby
Can you help me find more? Thanks in advance. ------------- Dona Nobis Pacem |
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: May 12 2007 at 10:57
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Whats that one on Yes' debut? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: paolo.beenees
Date Posted: May 12 2007 at 10:58
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Yes - Every little thing
Tomorrow - Strawberry Field
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: May 12 2007 at 11:16
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Streetmark - Eleanor Rigby
Rick Wakeman - Eleanor Rigby (acoustic version)
Strange Hobby (Arjen Lucassen his secret project) - For No One
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Posted By: Agemo
Date Posted: May 12 2007 at 11:43
How could I forget Yes ?!? ------------- Dona Nobis Pacem |
Snow Dog wrote:Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: May 12 2007 at 11:51
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Frank Zappa has done "I Am The Walrus" ------------- Beauty will save the world. 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: May 12 2007 at 13:01
I forgot the title though.
 Didn't Purple do a Beatles song on one of their first three? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: May 12 2007 at 13:13
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I know they did Donovan's "Lalena" on their third, but Im pretty sure they did "We Can Work It Out" on their 2nd. ------------- Beauty will save the world.
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Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: May 12 2007 at 13:17
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Deep Purple did 'Help' and 'We Can Work It Out' in that dragged out, retooled manner of Vanilla Fudge. The Fudge themselves did 'Eleanor Rigby' and 'Ticket To Ride' on their debut. And Steve Howe, when he was in Tomorrow, did a rather pedestrian, note-for-note cover of 'Strawberry Fields Forever'. The same goes for Fudge-esque act that preceded Uriah Heep (featuring Ken Hensley and Lee Kerslake) called The Gods, who did a pointless near note perfect cover of 'Hey Bulldog'.
Does Phil Collins' cover of 'Tomorrow Never Knows' count (again it adds little to the original, imho)?
Lone Star did a pretty good cover of 'She Said She Said' on their debut too.
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: May 12 2007 at 13:50
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Damn, I was just going to mention Lone Star.
Peter Gabriel has done a pretty good version of Strawberry Fields Forever.
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Posted By: The Lost Chord
Date Posted: May 12 2007 at 23:48
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Has anyone mentioned Barclay James Harvets and their influences? Especially the song Titles. Not necessarily "covers", but hugely influenced band and songs. -------------  "Only the sun knew why"
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Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: May 13 2007 at 01:01
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Adrian Belew has performed I am the Walrus.
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: May 13 2007 at 12:53
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Twelfth Night covered "Eleanor Rigby". ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: May 13 2007 at 12:57
Deep Purple covered "we can work it out" on the "Book of Taleisyn" album - it was awful..
oops - already mentioned!
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: May 13 2007 at 16:09
Phil Collins' cover of TNK is a bit of a stinker, IMHO
 I don't know The Gods' version, but an all-girl group called Fanny did a fantastic cover of "Hey Bulldog" - can't remember which album off hand, but I think it was their rather cool debut. David Bowie was a big fan of Fanny... they were great (even if non-prog). ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
Posted By: ozzy_tom
Date Posted: May 13 2007 at 16:13
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Vanilla Fudge made lots of Beatles' covers (for example: Eleonor Rigdy and many others) -------------  
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Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: May 13 2007 at 16:23
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Yeah, I didn't like Phil's cover of TND- and I really, really like Face Value other than that and the pointless, R & B rehash of Genesis' Behind The Lines. Never heard Fanny's cover of Hey Bulldog. |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: May 13 2007 at 16:30
Rather sillily (which really should be a legit word). ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: earlyprog
Date Posted: May 14 2007 at 07:24
| Ache did a long version of "We can work it out" on the album Green Man from 1971. |
Posted By: earlyprog
Date Posted: May 14 2007 at 07:29
| Transatlantic did the Abbey Road "suite" |
Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: May 14 2007 at 09:50
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There's a version of Tomorrow Never Knows on 801 Live, a bit funky for my taste but Eno's at his best when he tries to do pop music! ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: Birdman
Date Posted: May 14 2007 at 10:05
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The only one I know is "We can work it out" by TESLA. Not a prog band but still a funky version on their " Five Man Acoustical Jam " cd. Guess I'm not much of a help here, sorry !  ------------- Et je ferme les yeux Puis je croise les doigts Pour empêcher Les souvenirs de fuir. (KERMESS - Atome d'existence) |
Posted By: Agemo
Date Posted: May 14 2007 at 11:28
Thanks everyone 
I also found out that Ginhouse did a version of "And I love her" ------------- Dona Nobis Pacem |
Posted By: debrewguy
Date Posted: May 14 2007 at 11:53
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Godhead do a great cover of Eleanor Rigby. Oops, I don't hink God head are prog. More industrial metal, oh well ....
------------- "Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case. |
Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: May 14 2007 at 20:27
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On King Crimson's Heavy ConstruKction set, one of the improvs is a strange, rather loose version of Tomorrow Never with elements of Thela Hun Ginjeet, cleverly titled Tomorrow Never Knew Thela. ------------- |
Posted By: KeleCableII
Date Posted: May 29 2007 at 00:27
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Kansas did Eleanor Rigby on... Somewhere to Elsewhere or Always Never the Same, I forget which.
Although not prog, Styx covered I Am the Walrus on Big Bang Theory. Cheap Trick also did Magical Mystery Tour and Day Tripper. |
Posted By: T.Rox
Date Posted: July 09 2007 at 08:32
I stumbled across this thread when I was trying to find out on what album I can find a 17-minute live version of Tomorrow Never Knows I have just found on Limewire  by Les Claypool featuring Oysterhead & The Fearless Flying Frog Brigade (as per the tag) ... it is pretty cool. Anyone know what album this version on TNK is off by any chance?
And on the subject of Beatles covers: Zoot, an Aussie prog band, did a quite heavy ( for its day ) version of Eleanor Rigby that does not appear to be well known outside of Australia.
------------- "Without prog, life would be a mistake." ...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: July 09 2007 at 08:36
Phil Collins has covered this as well, I think it was on a George Martin CD. Where can I find the Transatlantic version?
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Posted By: earlyprog
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 06:28
It's in the "Suite Charlotte Pike Medley" on the Live In Europe DVD.
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