The Band Everyone Thought Was The Beatles

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00:00 Intro
00:59 Title Card
01:06 Klaatu
01:32 Familiar Sounds
02:51 The Article
04:08 Clues
05:52 Facts
06:53 Fallout
07:19 Conclusion

[@Polyphonic]

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[@tonygotts1896]

another moron with a get rich quick failed idea

[@vampoftrance]

I hope you get lots of tips, definitely worth a dollar. Good research. I will tip you in the future.

[@Frumpysoup]

I wish i have a time traveller so i can go to beatles concert.

[@jameslong9921]

Lolz probably not the type of responses Polyphonic was hoping for.

[@iBenjamin1000]

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[@jennalblackmore]

Imagine being Klaatu and wanting people to care abt your music rather than who you are, and then everyone starts wondering who you are instead of caring about the music :/

[@bog_dosh8254]

Ironic, isn't it.

[@shatner99]

Irony used in the correct context.

[@ewest14]

I think it was kind of their fault. They should have come out immediately and said we're not the Beatles. That way their music would have been the main focus point. Instead they let the rumors continue, which turned their music into a conspiracy theory and entirely something else. Basically the band, record label, and manager played themselves by allowing the music to be turned into a joke. If they wanted their music to stand on its own, they shouldn't have led people to believe that they were the Beatles, which was going to inevitably end up in disappointment.

[@dickdanger2235]

It was a marketing trick. They sounded just like the Beatles. With all kinds of clues with reference to the Beatles. They knew what they were doing.

[@snidersweb3943]

Truth is if they didnt sound like the Beatles they never would have gotten a record contract.

[@kamrongusting8945]

Imagine being as good as the Beatles that everyone thought you were them until the world found out and then forgot about you.

[@DEKMAN99]

But they. wasn't as good as the Beatles.

[@FamilyHistoriandude]

It's easy if you try.

[@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051]

I'd personally be honoured to be compared to The Beatles.

[@monjesenal7477]

They got paid so I am sure they don't care

[@TheAerovons]

Nobody in their right mind thought they were as good as The Beatles lol

[@illumaQ]

Fun fact: The original album release didn’t have the word “Klaatu” above the sun, this was added later when the band gained more popularity. The original release had no wording on the front cover.

[@nza1804]

No wonder people couldn’t discover them. I think all artists should put their names on their debut album

[@turnupde9918]

Still have my album , i won it by being the 910th caller to our local radio station , you know , 1 after 909

[@turnupde9918]

And i won my album within the first week of the hoax , getting it as a promo from the radio station , mine has KLAATU over top the sun on front and on moon on back , or Uranus

[@carywest9256]

@@turnupde9918 Your anus, now that's not a nice thing to say!

[@MellowCorn-xs8bn]

Now I need to check my copy

[@petermartinez4625]

A Reporter once said to John Lennon, If the Beatles was still Going on Today, what would you guys Sound like, and John Lennon answered, we Would Sound like E.L.O.

[@brandyfromdaburg3859]

That would be ok. I like ELO

[@LeoTheComm]

Something tells me that they'd transcend kitschy arena rock drivel.

[@DavidNorthMusic]

I love ELO. Would definitely be happy with ELO style Beatles music.

[@wham1984]

I would be ok with that

[@kevinbergin9971]

Late Beatles did sounds a lot like E.L.O. work, from the mid 1970s, about the time when Lennon made that statement on WNEW-FM in NYC.

[@crumblestheclown]

But it turns out the real Beatles were the friends we made along the way

[@adrianapignolo]

hahahahahaha

[@Abigart69]

Goddess of Tea AHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@ffggddss]

@Utah-kin2me? It's only a Northern song... Fred

[@arfansthename]

Especially if the friends were Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr.

[@MrManfly]

@@arfansthename i have several Klattu albums on their original vinyl !!

[@craigcharlesworth1538]

"Deaf Idiot Journalist Starts Beatles Rumour" is the best headline ever.

[@makinoahcelloduo9008]

Craig Charlesworth It's good but the best headline ever was in the New York Post: Headless Woman Found in Topless Bar.

[@sylvestervoigt9836]

That lying dogfaced pony soldier

[@iggykad]

@@itwillbefridaythe1354 do you need a hug

[@amiadamh.6392]

@@itwillbefridaythe1354 it was a fucking basic comment lmao noone cares

[@phantomdriver2010]

They roasted the shit outta that guy lmao

[@jonahledesma]

Fun Fact: "Calling Occupents of Interplanetary Craft" was covered by the Carpenters a year later on their 1977 release *Passages*.

[@unclemark8939]

Imagine the royalty cheques for that !

[@bobdavis4848]

If you are trying to sound really witty, you'd do a better job of it if you're entirely accurate. The Carpenters album was called "Passage," not "Passages." (I've never heard or read anyone call Al Stewart's "Time Passages" "Time Passage.") It was the first Carpenters album I bought and it was how I learned of Klaatu.

[@norai.5826]

If you are trying to sound rude... you are. No need to correct people so aggressively.

[@Minister_for_Grass]

@@bobdavis4848 what are you trying to accomplish

[@bobdavis4848]

​@@norai.5826 I apologize if I worded anything less than optimally, but there is no need to choose to interpret aggression into what I wrote. I made no insult. Growing up, when I’d see the words “fun fact” declared, it was in a media aimed at children, and I’d be more inclined to believe the following was true. It was not always true, and I’d wonder why the writer had and articulated deceptive overconfidence. I was trying to be helpful to viewers, to explain and to give some background. My favorite school subjects included English, and I noticed things like how although many say “less” when “fewer” would have been the grammaticlly correct word, no one seems to make the reverse mistake. That may have been why I wrote the “Time Passages” reference, but also I thought the original commenter might have gotten the Carpenters album title somehow conflated with the song to some degree. The commenter seemed to want to seem witty and I was trying to give free helpful advice, not to be rude. Courtesy is a goal of mine. I'm glad when someone corrects me if I make an error. It was meant as respectful to Jonah that I assumed he'd be fine with it, too. I don't see him expressing hurt feelings, and if he did, I'd further apologize to him for my wording, too. Have a nice day.

[@michaelchiasson9088]

Got to admit Sub Rosa Subway has all the flavour of the Beatles…Paul’s bass lines and vocals, George-like guitar licks, Ringo’s drum fills, and John’s lyrical genius and fondness for NYC. Top it all off with a George Martin like use of strings and horns. Klaatu’s music still holds up today!

[@jorisvandenhoek6251]

Steve smith is literally the most generic name i could come up with

[@quillgum7164]

Lmao

[@hsmacaraig]

Steve Smith lol

[@Kevin-gb8gb]

American dad

[@slurpiegames]

Steve Smith RIP

[@pedrogutierrez3407]

John Jones

[@randomnessrules4971]

Best tracks by Klaatu: Hate Me Don't Raspberry Fields Occasionally I Desire You (She Has So Much Weight) 24 Hours in the Life Hey Judy While My Mandolin Softly Cries

[@hankhicks1108]

Hate Me Don't featured Yoda on vocals.

[@Gras_Sho_Pper]

How could you forget “The Next Day Always Unknown”

[@randomnessrules4971]

@@Gras_Sho_Pper I'm more of a fan of "Sol is Coming"

[@AetheriusLamia]

Hey Judy ... rofl Might we record some more tracks, perhaps B-sides? The Entire Sentence When I'm 65 Maxwell's Silver Nail Back in the U.S.S.A Hardcover Writer Rained Orange Submarine This Boy And I Liked Her I Want to Hold Your Ice Cream

[@InventorZahran]

How could you forget Night Tripper and Baby You Can Drive my Truck?!?

[@RockfordRoe]

Seriously tho, y'all should listen to that album. Calling Occupants, Sub-Rosa Subway and Little Neutrino are criminally underrated

[@Rawlingm]

California Jam is my fav, great song to listen with the top down, people always ask me who is that lol

[@standard-carrier-wo-chan]

Calling Occupants really is an obscure gem. If it weren't for this video I wouldn't've ever found it.

[@arodvaz1955]

I haven't heard of this group in literally decades. There was a renewed interest in them years ago.

[@elaineivysart9743]

FR THERE OTHER ALBUMS ARE SO GOOD

[@bowiezombie69]

@@standard-carrier-wo-chan most people know the Carpenters version

[@gilliantracy7991]

A friend of mine in college in the late 70's did a speech in class about why Klaatu was the Beatles. He cited many more reasons including clues on the album cover, the amazing production quality for a band no one ever heard of, and the spoken "it's us" in Sub Rosa Subway. Which btw is a fabulous tune! It's too bad the band didn't get their due because of this. They were quite talented!

[@JohnDoe-ol3yz]

"Beatles" has an "a" and a "t" in it. So does Klaatu. Need i say more?

[@vinceemery5943]

Beatles is a band. So is klaatu Coincidence? I think not.

[@scourgeface]

dont forget they both have L too

[@Guthix198]

Both are a word and are comprehensible by the human mind

[@smitsonavane6278]

Both make music Coincidence? Meh! There is no such thing as coincidence

[@blueblood3108]

The Beatles released double A sides. There's a double A in Klaatu..nuff said.

[@yeahh8402]

Mom, can we get The Beatles? - We have Beatles at home. Beatles at home:

[@jonathan7192]

OpiumVEVO LITERALLY THE BEST COMMENT I’VE SEEN SO FAR 😭🤣

[@CB-xr1eg]

@@jonathan7192 I must be dumb, I don't get it...explain please?

[@jonathan7192]

Clive Bindley he’s basically using a common meme that mothers tell their children whenever they ask for something, but whatever is “at home” is usually trash compared to what they wanted. And he wants the Beatles, and they have Beatles at home, which is this band 😂😂😂

[@mincemeatgaylord3437]

@@jonathan7192 i feel like its kinda insensitive to call this band "trash". They still were compassionate about their music.

[@jonathan7192]

MinceMeat Gaylord no, I didn’t say they are trash, I say that the meme is usually used for trash things, sorry I didn’t make my words more clear ):

[@cdorman11]

McCartney pondered how long it would take an audience to recognize them if they started playing on stage in disguise somehow. Lennon responded it would take less than a minute.

[@tommissouri4871]

McCartney had suggested as a way to put some spark into their recording that they disguise themselves and go play at a pub one evening. Apparently John was against it.

[@BadfingerBoogieBarb]

@@tommissouri4871 Never happened. Macca did talk about doing surprise gigs, like he would do in ‘72. No one else was interested. There was never any suggestion of disguises.

[@flamingpi2245]

Well macca did end up showing up and doing really small surprise gigs around ‘72 with wings Unfortunately all he had were the rock standards the Beatles used to cover and the songs off of wild life and red rose speedway, not a very good live set

[@daviddowns7552]

this dont sound alike

[@LaMYsteriosa87]

@@flamingpi2245 Billy/William is not Macca. Just to get it straight.

[@thezombiecreeper]

Ngl though, “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” slaps

[@kyleyesiahsupree]

never heard of The Beatles but ive been a huge Klaatu fan for awhile.

[@Xaviur]

are you fucking serious

[@desperatemohammedantheworl5833]

@@Xaviur Obviously not dumbo.

[@andrearivera6368]

.

[@maximilianosilva7924]

Xavoop are you stupid

[@nicksmusiccorner617]

@@Xaviur r/woooshhh

[@astrosjer822]

I remember as a young kid the rumors of Klaatu being the reunited BEATLES for a while....music fans were so desperate for a Beatles reunion in spite of the success of the solo Beatles at the time.

[@kasajizo3136]

... its not the same if they're not together :(

[@minstrelofMir]

yes same with Oasis .. totaly not at the same level

[@dennelclayton5188]

Lol! I remember that also when I was a teen, hell I was waiting for them to reunite. What's so funny is this was a time long before the internet or smart phones, so info traveled much slower. Had this been during the internet era that rumor would've been debunked fairly quickly.

[@cooperglick4865]

I discovered Klaatu, beacuse calling occupants came on my discover on spotify. I then proceeded to spend the next days listening to all their albums. Hope is just so beautiful

[@brucebreedlove7743]

original you know that The Carpenter's did a cover of that track on their last album?

[@doctordino9150]

Hope is an amazing album. Such an interesting story told alongside the great compositions. My favorite songs are either prelude or so said the lighthouse keeper.

[@trollanlord85]

I love Hope so much, We're Off You Know is so cheery. All of their albums are amazing, but Magentalane is the most beautiful for me.

[@doctordino9150]

@@trollanlord85 magentalane is another awesome one. Blue smoke and December dream are my two favs off that

[@DepartedMurphy]

Oh absolutely, it’s probably my 6th or 7th favorite album of all time

[@joshaves3992]

It’s sad that when everyone found out it wasn’t the Beatles they stopped listening to klaatu. I mean surely it’s just a testament to how great their music is to be compared to the likes of such a great band, just because it does have John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr doesn’t make them any worse to listen to.

[@petermartinez4625]

aaa, you know how people r, their Stupid, just because they found out they weren't the Beatles, they Dump the Great, That's real Stupid.

[@mrcool9090]

Isnt this.... exactly what the band didnt want Everyone seemed to be focoused on who the band was instead of focousing on the music

[@johnbriancatedrilla4028]

Yes I agree with that this is the reason why the Beatles stop touring the fans have gone crazy and they don't even care about the Beatles music only to see the Beatles performing and shout like crazy dying fan

[@mrcool9090]

@@johnbriancatedrilla4028 Part of it was also that they wanted to do more with the music without being expected to play it live.

[@troodon1096]

A perfect example of how fame can be both a good and bad thing simultaneously.

[@commentfreely5443]

You can actually fail a drug test from listening to this.

[@md7556]

Well maybe that was exactly their plan, someone thought its similar, started rumours, they got famous

[@thomas-rs1vb]

Klaatu should have came up with the song like "blueberry Fields occasionally". Or instead of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds for LSD Klaatu could have had a song called "Tommy in the hills with crystals" meaning THC

[@tinastanley4444]

Blueberry fields occasionally. 😀😀😀 haha

[@TruSuperGamerFriends]

"Tommy in The Hills with Crystals" is a good idea, and I'm sad to tell you I'll be stealing it for myself !

[@doublefeature]

debby in the mountains with topaz (dmt)

[@jamieauchincloss9813]

Wow heviy man

[@greggwagner875]

Hey Thomas, Is that where Crystal blue persuasion from Tommy James came from?

[@maddyg3208]

Wanting the Beatles to get back together was definitely a thing in the 1970s, culminating with a journalist-driven rumour that John would turn up and play at a certain Wings concert. The only thing I can compare it to is people in the Dark Ages lamenting the Fall of the Roman Empire.

[@petermartinez4625]

Sure was, I Remember The Jackson 5 had a show and one day am watching it and in the end of the show, Micheal Jackson came out and said that the Beatles was getting back together, and Michael Jackson was so excited, I'll never forget that, this was like 1974 or 1975.....

[@bobbiemiles-foremaniii8747]

Nah I was in the eastern Roman empire back then. Wayyy different bruh.

[@simongleaden2864]

AIUI, in the 70's all four Beatles wanted to get the group back together, but never all four of them at the SAME time.

[@flamingpi2245]

@@simongleaden2864 If you want to imagine the Beatles in the 70s just take wings, filter out the crap, break up all things must pass and evenly disperse it throughout ten years worth of albums, and sprinkle in the John Lennon hits

[@bellemarston3915]

if everyone missed The Beatles try The Son of The Beatles: Electric Light Orchestra

[@kathypiazza7228]

Badfinger was an early band that Apple produced, using songs penned by McCartney & Harrison, I remember people thinking they were grouping with The Beatles, but of course did not. They also recorded Harry Nilsson’s 🎶Without You🎶. Harry was the Beatles favourite American GROUP (he was always just Harry unless he collaborated with John Lennon or others after the Beatles split up.). People really wanted the Beatles reunion so they looked for reasons to believe they were working together. Eventually they each worked with each other, but never all 4 together, as support musicians on individual albums, like they did for others. (Elton, Clapton, Nilsson Etc.) Exception Harrison refused to work with McCartney until they did Beatles Anthology.

[@junglebull2635]

Klaatu is the adopted son, they're great, but not remembered

[@theinquisitor2682]

electric light orchestra isnt really similar to the beatles though

[@petermartinez4625]

Wow, electric light Orchestra does sound like the Beatles, Jeff Lynne is the Beatle that Never was!!!!!!

[@wilhelmvonbaumbach6840]

I think ELO is like a weirdly good mix of beatles, queen and abba

[@scarletbegonias8157]

Klaatu: we don’t want to be labeled and would rather remain obscure rather than be marked as individual members Steve Smith: *Does exactly opposite of what they wanted*

[@yellowsubmarine6383]

medium.com/@ThePhilosophe/ringo-starrs-goodnight-vienna-83736cef882

[@notdead12]

@@yellowsubmarine6383 thanks for the info yellow submarine

[@SWillis]

Was Steve Smith later Red Green (and one of Smith & Smith)?

[@intercommerce]

I was in high school in Canada when several people I knew bought & listened to Klaatu and those stupid rumours made there rounds, which I immediately discounted.

[@michaelcullen5308]

“Deaf idiot journalist starts Beatles rumour” - surely one of the best headlines ever!

[@Spectrescup]

'One hundred thousand Yanks'. When the NME was a brilliant paper (i.e. over 30 years ago)

[@bobbob24able]

No kidding. Absolutely hilarious

[@sonidojamon]

that should have been the video title...

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Naturally, the dumb limeys had to get in a dig at the "Yanks."

[@desperatemohammedantheworl5833]

Amazingly considering what it is now the NME/New Musical Express was the greatest music magazine ever.

[@Noah-vh9uw]

My favourite band actually started out as a Beatles ripoff band. They were called Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Quite sad they only lasted for 3 years.

[@arfansthename]

no you're swtiching them up

[@kjetilalexandersaltnes8643]

🎯🔥 They did in '67.. And they lasted until 1970. Greatest psyop in music history.

[@didimean]

It was 20 years ago today

[@brentross69]

After Paul McCartney's death of Nov 1966.... They had to hide Billy's true identity!?

[@GregAlterton]

My theory has always been that Klaatu was a group of studio session musicians who were huge Beatles fans, and were enamored with the "Paul is dead" mythology, who decided to record an album that sounded something like the Beatles and created their own "Beatles reunited" mythology, complete with hints hidden in album tracks and on album covers. Clever. But ultimately, whatever Klaatu's level of fame, it was fame that came from "maybe the Beatles."

[@jamiewilson3599]

I remember this time clearly. Yes, we all hoped it was the Beatles, but we all listened and quickly realized that - while good - this wasn’t a Beatles album. Just a similar type of music a few years later. Years after, I heard (read?) an interview with John Woloschuk who said they were acquaintances of Rush, and saw the negative effects of fame on that group’s lives, so the decided to just stay up identified so they could be normal human beings.

[@davidmacphee8348]

@@jamiewilson3599 Yeah, Rush is also a Toronto band and now really famous today!

[@jamiewilson3599]

@@davidmacphee8348 Yes, I grew up a couple of blocks from Geddy’s house and went to the same schools (a few years after him, but his little brother was a grade behind me). Rush was our local band thst played school dances, small arenas, etc. This was before Neil joined. There are so many Canadian bands and artists, many of whom got started in the Toronto scene of the 60s and 70s.

[@davidmacphee8348]

@@jamiewilson3599 Canada is amazing for its performers but it is a best kept secret. Don't go hurting Americas feelings. They have the BOMB

[@davidmacphee8348]

@@jamiewilson3599 Was that near Jane and Wilson? What area of Toronto was that? Not Yorkville? !! ?

[@jacobjallen2620]

The vocalist sounds more like george harrison than paul mccartney

[@leviparsonsmorton4215]

jacobjallen Almost like a mix between em

[@artkincell]

John Lennon-ish too.

[@rancherogt8037]

I don’t hear any of the Beatles, the quality of vocals, lyrics, an musician ship not remotely close to, John, Paul, George or Ringo

[@rancherogt8037]

degree7 sounding similar and the same are not the same thing, it’s very obvious not Paul MacCartney

[@rancherogt8037]

degree7 do a comparison listen to Klaatu sub rosa subway it was realsed in 1976 then listen to Paul McCartney and Wings Let ‘Em in also release in 76 that sound like the same voice

[@danejurus69]

I bet that conspiracy was absolutely fantastic for their record sales.

[@jakubbarton1770]

lol exactly what i thought. Probobly why Capitol records kept giving cryptic answers and telling people to find clues in the album

[@CB-xr1eg]

Which is exactly why The Beatles thought it up and left fake clues on their albums.

[@josecorrales7998]

Clive Bindley no that’s a totally different topic

[@CB-xr1eg]

@@josecorrales7998 Actually it isn't. All the clues they put on albums were there to generate more interest and more sales.

[@Rockhound6165]

Actually, not really.

[@hoipoloi2]

Klaatu's Hope album was one of the most influential in my teen years. My older brother had the album cover as a mural on his bedroom wall, and to this day I find myself writing material that echoes those songs, along with ELO and Genesis. What a golden age of music we lived through. What an amazing experience that album was!

[@johndonabie5150]

If you lived in Toronto you knew who Klaatu was. A great Canadian Band.

[@Willam_J]

In my honest opinion, Klaatu sounds more like ELO, than the Beatles, but I can hear the similarities.

[@DigiFootageFX]

Listen to the Beatles, "Across the universe" song. The song they feature in this video is almost a direct copy of that one in tonality and harmonies.

[@beckyhunter3035]

True!!! Especially the lead singer. Sounds very Jeff Lynne.

[@beckyhunter3035]

Although I have always said that I think ELO was heavily influenced by the Beatles. 😁

[@DigiFootageFX]

@@beckyhunter3035 I literally think almost every single band which formed in the late 60s or early 70s were influenced by the Beatles. In many interviews, so many of those artists admit to that openly. Ozzy Osbourne, for example, stated The Beatles as one of his original reasons for forming Sabbath (as strange as that combination sounds).

[@beckyhunter3035]

DigiFootage FX oh, I know! Even most Christian artists say the same thing. It’s definitely strange, but I mean the Beatles were genius so it actually makes a lot of sense.

[@KamilHenri]

Imagine if The Beatles were Canadian the whole time

[@YouzTube99]

Imagine? Of course they were Canadian! That made it a lot easier for Bernard Purdie to fly in to play drums for all of their recordings: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqucdnp9nrSoqdE

[@kenlieck7756]

She Loves Ya, Eh? Eh? Eh?

[@user-xw6uh3yp7g]

Eh Jude

[@danielblanchet7577]

Yeah right, or aliens of some kind huh? Some comment!

[@kenlieck7756]

@@danielblanchet7577 John Alien, Paul Mercury, George Heir-of-the-sun, and Ringo... um, Saturn? No... Sorry, cant think of one for Starr...

[@MidosujiSen]

Once again, shout out to this video for getting me into Klaatu. Their second album "Hope" is now my favorite album of all time, surpassing every Beatles record lol.

[@memphismick7010]

Hope is really good, though I could do without the 'Lone Ranger Theme".

[@oddracir28]

Hope (the song) hits too hard. One of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard in my life.

[@MidosujiSen]

@@oddracir28 "Hope is like a lighthouse keeper's beam." is probably my favorite opening lyric ever. Incredible song, my favorite off the album.

[@wingspan9851]

Same here. The middle part of Hope, the song, used to give me chills every time (not anymore though cause I’ve heard it too many times sadly) and they have an all around great discography. They were definitely inspired by the Beatles but went on to be their own thing and make music I can’t imagine the Beatles making but either way I think more people should give them a listen.

[@toonman361]

I was a teen in the mid 1970s and bought the initial Klaatu LP. I still listen to their music and find it harmonious and catchy.

[@gamesux420]

Let me guess, this video is about Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. Those guys sound eerily like the beatles.

[@renerenatorivera9062]

LOL

[@SuperReznative]

Drugs do that.... u know.. 👀

[@julianstraubel1395]

what kind of drugs are you on? those guys sound NOTHING like the beatles! the sgt pepper guys are just wannabes, dont compare them to the fame of the beatles!

[@bartonpercival2147]

@@julianstraubel1395 I think Cheap Trick did the Beatles close when they covered St. peppers album, and they were called “The American Beatles” but no band could ever be confused with the original Beatles!!!!!!

[@natinthehat7700]

Now you’re just being ridiculous.

[@justusbraz]

Imagine how odd it must be to watch people “decode” your lyrics and choices and contribute it all to some grand conspiracy.

[@j.j.spliffstar9633]

I don't put anything past this species.

[@ryandupuis5860]

I mean Lennon wrote I Am The Walrus without any meaning on purpose and people still found meaning out of it anyway

[@rossmandell8734]

Some people have a lot of time on their hands

[@genemars5158]

It's easy if you try...

[@djdramademiks6823]

That’s how politicians and Hollywood people feel when Alex Jones analyzes their lives to this whole Illuminati conspiracy lol

[@hoozerob]

"Calling Occupants" was covered by The Carpenters and they made it a top 40 hit.

[@LSUfan]

Doesn't sound half as good as the original.

[@eatanotherzio6811]

​@@LSUfan Yeah it sounds like ass Klaatu was magical and a league of their own

[@pika.jew.]

my favorite song is “I am the Seal” by Klaatu

[@zerkfiter]

i am the egg man..kookookachoo

[@evilclowntra]

I like " I wanna hold your Ham " and " Saskatoon berry fields forever "

[@doublefeature]

@@zerkfiter i am the chicken man**

[@tinkercrab11]

My favorite Beatles songs are Above-Rosa Railway and Purplestreet

[@ultimateagent1784]

Amalia ichilov mine personally is stand still and whisper

[@danb8891]

I always found that Electric Light Orchestra was the band who has the closest sound of The Beatles...never hear about Klaatu, seems really good, a new thing to discover.

[@wabisabi7891]

Well, ELO was more proggy than The Beatles, and I think that if the Beatles were around in the 70's, instead of going into prog-ish direction the would've gone more psychedelic. I just can't think of any examples of how The Beatles would've sound like because it is such a trip to imagine, they could've went anywhere! One can just imagine.

[@imannonymous7707]

Ya jeff lynne was influenced by them and theye closer than this band or oasis to them. But there will never be another beatles....period

[@NotData]

I think someone once said that ELO tried to be like the Beatles if they were never stopped their psych Pepper like sound in 1967.

[@geofbrit59]

Definitely check out KLAATU. I remember them well and still have the first two albums. They really have a Beatle - Wings vibe.

[@henryve5625]

In my opinion big star had a few Beatles-esque moments throughout their albums

[@fuehdnsjwisj8097]

The closest thing to a Beatles reunion will be Free as a Bird and Real Love.

[@MellowCorn-xs8bn]

And "All Those Years Ago"

[@trainer5154]

Anthology in general.

[@rman52]

@@MellowCorn-xs8bn Why? Was Paul on that one?

[@LadyFairChildVideo]

and anything Yoko does! that lady is talented.

[@fiendishthingy1630]

@@MellowCorn-xs8bn - That was just George's song, not a technically-created Beatles song like "Free As A Bird" and "Real Love".

[@nataliaroman4295]

This video introduced me to Klaatu and now they are one of my favorite bands of all time ❤️

[@jhmac33]

Their songs "Do You Want to Know a Rumor?", "In My Wife" and "Yellow Sub sandwich" did not make the charts.

[@coypandora0795]

At least “ Sup Dude” did

[@suncookrocks]

@@coypandora0795 "Cum Together" failed as well

[@stephpicher]

"Gotta get you into my wife" :D

[@wind_2478]

Like "Here Comes The Sunscreen" and "The Long and Brother Road"

[@CB-xr1eg]

@@wind_2478 The Long And Brother Road, I don't get that one, why " Brother "? Why not The Short And Straight Path?

[@angelmejia5576]

Shoutout to Polyphonic for always introducing or reintroducing me to good music.

[@Scotlanz]

Angel Mejia You should see Polyphonic Pam!

[@donkqdonkq1747]

+Eric Gudmunsen You're right, polythene spam

[@rb9628]

I was 16 years old and living in Rhode Island when this Klaatu/Beatles controversy hit. I remember it well.

[@sbearly]

I remember a song called "Lies" by the Knickerbockers that many people thought was really the Beatles.

[@OldFartFilms]

In ‘The Day The Earth Stood Still’, 3:47 EST is the time the spaceship carrying Klaatu (and Gort) land in Washington, D.C.

[@henryperez606]

Nicefisher I guess the Mona Lisa is old fart art

[@drcthru7672]

Klaatu barrada nictu

[@ponyonoodles6568]

Why didn't anyone ask The Beatles..?

[@santi-xj1qr]

They would've denied it either way

[@beckyhunter3035]

sunbeam this is true. 😂

[@troodon1096]

@@santi-xj1qr Exactly. If they officially denied it it would probably cause more people to believe it. Plus, people just like mysteries and a lot don't want the definitive answer because that would just ruin it for them. Nobody considered the fact that if the Beatles wanted to reunite, they would have.

[@PolythenePam0451]

Paul would have probably forgot

[@thejamesonthestreet]

George would.have ferociously denies it Paul is gonna deny it, but is gonna hinting something John would neither deny nor confirm it, too busy with Yoko Ringo would...deny it but getting a bit emotional

[@williampaterson8963]

Listen to "The Rutles" and you'll hear the nearest thing to the Beatles. Neil Innes fronted them and they were really amazing ! R I P Neil 👍👍👍👍👍👍 ALL you need is cash 💖

[@ahcapella]

Love The Rutles! The work Neil Innes did was amazing. Everyone who knows “I Am the Walrus” should listen to “Piggy In the Middle,” and marvel at Innes’ achievement! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHzIq4qCj9aFn80

[@intercommerce]

@@ahcapella Dirk, Stig, Nasty, and Barry...

[@doctordogtoffee3832]

They enjoyed the pleasant effects of tea

[@francelaferriere6106]

They are great!

[@midnightAlchemist2023]

As a Canadian youth at the time, I remember buying this album in 1978 in a discount bin. I continued to seek out every album I could find and eventually had them all. I was hooked as a fan even to this day. Long live Politzania!

[@georgebertok5967]

I had the pleasure of playing Piano on their Magentalane album back in '80...Canadian Rock Royalty...

[@theaddictofgaming9174]

What track was the most fun for you to play on?

[@lilycornell1432]

wait really????!!!!

[@adamv4344]

George Bertok Your work on Blue Smoke is great 🤟

[@krisjenner2638]

For real? Cool man

[@TheUrbanFaerie]

Did Hugh Sime do the album artwork? Kind of looks like his work.

[@chucksuter6551]

Mr. Blue Sky By Electric Light Orchestra also caused this same craze, and if you listen its obvious why

[@JoesAnimationHub]

yup, Mr. Blue Sky is extremely reminiscent of "A Day in the Life", especially with the "running down the avenue" section, which mirrors Paul's "Found my way downstairs and drank a cup, and looking up I noticed I was late".

[@Weird_Old_Uncle_Kenny]

No, it didn't. ELO were a hugely popular group well before their Out of the Blue album, on which "Mr. Blue Sky" appeared. From the very beginning, they were compared to the Beatles, and both John Lennon and George Harrison were quoted in the media praising the sound of the young band in the early 1970s, John said in a radio interview that ELO was like "Beatles, Jr.". The members of ELO were well-known, the principal members having come from the band The Move: Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne, Richard Tandy and Bev Bevan. The members' names were published on the sleeve of every album. Their leader, primary songwriter and main producer, Jeff Lynne, readily admitted that he idolized The Beatles (and their producer George Martin). Their music does have many elements in common with the Beatles because of their influence on Lynne's songwriting and producing, but they were never, in my recollection, ever actually confused with The Beatles. Comparisons, yes. Craze, no.

[@chucksuter6551]

@@Weird_Old_Uncle_Kenny well, uh, in america most everyone thought that mr blue sky was the beetles. not sure where you're from

[@poolplexer]

No it didnt

[@snowfall4946]

@@Weird_Old_Uncle_Kenny glad somebody knows their shit

[@mexicanpowerboy]

Thank you so much for this video. Without it, I wouldn't have discovered Klaatu. They were an amazing band

[@thefamily7598]

I feel like most bands can be called the band that wasn't the Beatles

[@semwellcussinove5487]

all bands exepet for the beatles can be called that

[@LesleyB38]

The Family - Great point. That tickled my sense of humour!

[@rubyjames3105]

i was a canadian kid when klaatu came out. we all listened to them but nobody thought they were the fab four. they did have a beatlesque sound but a lot of people were doing that at the time. smoked a few j's while listening to klaatu, the good old days.

[@SC-yx6wr]

You probably remember the Beatles tribute band "Liverpool", they had a couple of hits, "Dolly Don't go Away", but were dead-ringers for the fab four sound.

[@personmcpersonface6894]

now you can be an adult smoking a j listening to klaatu

[@Quantickzz]

For someone who had no clue who Klaatu were this was an awesome video! Well done.

[@ThisIsReadyMade]

Quantickzz I heard about them through the channel “This Exist.”

[@Quantickzz]

@@ThisIsReadyMade why do I think that's your channel xD

[@heitorsantoslima9289]

I only heard Calling Occupants of Interplanetary because of Carpenters.

[@Jay-zm9ns]

Quantickzz Wintersun

[@5roundsrapid263]

ThisIs ReadyMade I had heard of them before, but This Exists made me actually download their album.

[@sophiehanssel2017]

The video that started it all!!!! THIS is how I got into Klaatu...while scrolling through my KZbin feed in 2019 I came across this video and was SURPRISED...subbed to Polyphonic and became a fan right away.

[@sneekapart]

Thanks to this video I actually ended up getting in Klaatu and their later music. I have loved this channel since I saw this video three years ago and I'm so glad it thriving

[@JonathanRingo]

Seemed like Badfinger always had that strong "Beatles-esque" kind of thing going on.

[@keithmendez6915]

That's because they were signed to Apple Records... I believe that at least one of their hits were actually written by a Beatle or two, and I think at least one of their albums was produced by a Beatle or two.

[@JonathanRingo]

@@keithmendez6915 That would explain a lot, I was not aware of that. Thanks for the info.

[@beatles1000]

Something I didn’t know about Badfinger, Peter Hamn wrote Nielsen’s “Without You”

[@nobodyofconsequence9930]

Try the knickerbockers " lies " for a Beatle sound

[@AllCanadiaReject]

@@beatles1000 He wrote Badfinger's version too!

[@thisismyshow9697]

Opening the video like "He best be talking about Klaatu..." AND WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED

[@kenlieck7756]

Well, duh! It could only have been Klaatu! Or the Dukes of Stratosphear. Or Two Lips. Or The Rutles. Or the Fraternal Order of the All. Or Utopia. Or Stackridge. Or the Aerovons. Or Sloan. Or ELO. Or The Pillbugs. Or The Masked Marauders. Or Tears For Fears. Or The Knickerbockers. Or Oasis. Or...

[@FeyTheBin]

Then again, the thumbnail has become quite a damning hint.

[@DibIrken]

Tears for Fears? What song from TFF reminded you of the Beatles?

[@kenlieck7756]

@@DibIrken You can't guess?: thedailybeatle.blogspot.com/2010/01/inspired-by-beatles-sowing-seeds-of.html

[@DibIrken]

@@kenlieck7756 I checked Wikipedia and it said it's the reviewers giving that connection to The Beatles. I agree that there is that 60's psychedelic vibe to Sowing The Seesd of Love but unless I hear anyone from Tears for Fears saying they were inspired by The Beatles then I ain't buying it. They could've sampled any 60's song. :/

[@lauramaeda7214]

This was a really interesting album at the time. I had this on an 8 track tape.

[@styx22]

‘Hope’ by Klaatu is such a beautiful masterpiece, especially the title track, puts tears in my eyes

[@MrWowad]

Burr Anderson Doesn’t mean it isn’t a stunning, amazing record

[@MrWowad]

Roger Coley bro have you listened to that shi???????? hope is an instant classic album for me. it tells an amazing story as a concept album. every song on it is A+. “Prelude” fuses rock and classical music in a way that queen never could

[@MidosujiSen]

Genuinely the greatest album I've ever heard. Side 1 is already fantastic, but then side 2 somehow manages to be exponentially better, with songs like "Prelude" and "Hope" being absolute masterpieces.

[@styx22]

@@MidosujiSen Yes, Hope is great, but I would say Pet Sounds is the best album I’ve ever heard 😉

[@noahharrington3038]

My favorite Klaatu album is the last one, Magentalane. Absolute gem!

[@robburgess4556]

The moment I saw the title I knew it was about Klaatu 😃

[@sidneyianalvarez8772]

Same

[@votouragile9190]

i just discovered this band and they are so good !!

[@saganpettijohn7661]

Same, my grandpa told me about a year ago that in one of their songs they play a dog whistle and whenever he played the song on vinyl their dog would go crazy

[@kuleshoveffekt]

Guilty.

[@chronosssfmsd]

Cliché...

[@Imcrowzy]

that ad segway was so clean i’m actually not skipping it

[@danielpoitras1858]

Excellent! A good voice and pace.... And great info on the band. I was aware of some of this but your details embellish brilliantly. Thanks

[@andrewm5471]

A huge beatles fan and woowww ima listen to this album

[@naejimba]

Do you listen to ELO btw? They have quite a few songs that remind me of the Beatles, check them out too!

[@kenlieck7756]

@@naejimba Heck, ELO's 2001 album ZOOM had more Beatles on it (2) than it had members of ELO (1)!

[@andrewm5471]

Of course I listen to Elo! U kidding

[@thegoose8197]

Bet you enjoyed it

[@andrewm5471]

DespacitoGamer420 I did

[@roguedrums]

Stumbled on this video. I saw Klaatu at my high school in 1982. GREAT band.

[@americanjoe5486]

klaatu never toured

[@vtwinbuilder3129]

american joe maybe *Klaatu* did though?

[@bingola45]

@@vtwinbuilder3129 Ask Dave Bingham.

[@vtwinbuilder3129]

bingola45 the baseball coach?

[@bingola45]

@@vtwinbuilder3129 The Lead Singer & Harmonica.

[@orrel31]

Plot Twist: It was actually the REAL Paul who was brought back to life but didn't want to create a huge scandal.

[@Crimsrn]

Stupid faul believer

[@Crimsrn]

@clifford heywood imma just put this plain and simple. you are really really stupid

[@Crimsrn]

@clifford heywoodyes, just incredibly brain dead

[@Crimsrn]

@clifford heywood ??..

[@rayl6901]

Unbelievable. You make a funny joke, and the trolls come out to crucify you. For shame.

[@brunilda12]

For a momento I though you finally were going to make a video about The Band, my all time favourite band in history. Great video!

[@disrxt]

I'm from Rhode Island and I ran to the local record store (yes such things actually existed) when that Providence Journal article came out. Had to special order the album. You would not believe the excitement of me and my friends when it finally arrived and we had a listening party in my bedroom. I'm going to listen to some Klaatu today! Thanks for reminding me.

[@zachservello7846]

ah a fellow statesman. good to see

[@lefishe6940]

ayyy rhode island gang

[@lefishe6940]

did you go to newburry comics?

[@Mothpuff]

Rhode island gang!

[@eyuin5716]

I didn’t even know what Klaatu was before this video.

[@vidiot044]

My friend owns this on vinyl... We've never listened to it, only agree it looks cool.

[@saladdays180s9]

I never moved on. Got my first Beatles album when I was four. The breakup was announced six months later. Never got over it. Then while I was waiting for my school bus with my parents home stereo on, it was announced that John had been shot 45 just mins from my home in NYC. Felt like the world ended. I was the first person to he picked up on my bus every morning, and as I walked on, the hollow look on my grief stricken bus driver as her eyes met mine is something I’ll never forget.

[@JohnSmithAnythingChannel]

"just 45 mins" and "to be picked up"

[@deborahchapman222]

I got my first Beatle album when I was 12. It was 1964. The album was “Meet the Beatles”. I got enjoy the whole Beatle ride. I was lucky!

[@armandos.rodriguez6608]

Thank you for the great finding will look up and purchase their cd shortly,hope you and your friends prosper greatly.

[@patmarcy1210]

If anyone thought that Klaatu were The Beatles did not listen with both ears.

[@nicovargas7776]

Makes sense, I lost the hearing in my left ear completely a few years ago and music no longer sounds the same.

[@patmarcy1210]

@@nicovargas7776 That sucks! For about 20 years I played in a very LOUD rock band. Back then we did not use any ear protection. My left ear is not the best either. I played bass and my amp was taller than me. I used to put my left ear directly on the speaker to see if I still was in tune. Young and stupid! Luckily I was aware of Klaatu as soon as they released their first album in 1976.

[@nicovargas7776]

@@patmarcy1210 its okay, i actually wouldn't wish to gain back the hearing i losf if i had the chance. i can still listen to music, I am learning American sign language, going to school (i get notetakers and captionists because i cant hear my teachers or classmates even with hearing aid but no learned to read lips too and so far 4.0 for every semester going on 4th semester now), and I like that I can remove my hearing aids when I want to escape and not hear anything, I no longer hear my boyfriend's loud snoring so I sleep like a baby, and I actually drive better without the random and loud noises that catch my attention and distract me lol only thing that sucks is going to the movies or being in a situation with more than 2 other people directly in front of me and facing me such as being in large rooms, far away from people, background noises, etc like restaurants, parties, and bus stations etc.

[@patmarcy1210]

@@nicovargas7776 As long as you're happy. You seem to be pretty well adjusted!

[@duffman18]

I've put on this album by Klaatu to listen to now. It actually sounds a lot more like the Panic At The Disco abum Pretty Odd (which is a 60s psychedelia album which is already very beatles-like anyway and is a great album if you like the genre of 60s psychedelia). The melodies sound very similar to the panic in the disc album, and the instrumentation, even the album cover art. I wouldn't be surprised if Panic was inspired by this album as much as they were Sgt peppers

[@DaveRucci]

Wow. Big Beatles fan here. Never knew about this band...

[@scottdavidson526]

That makes two of us.

[@brianscottblowers3306]

Three of us

[@droboogie8465]

A Fab FOUR of us! Actually I assumed this would be a out Badfinger. I've heard that their Beatlesque sound and the fact that Paul actually wrote a song or two for them led to folks wondering about similar notions.

[@st.beatles7283]

Dave Rucci same

[@johnedieter739]

seriously??

[@Cplats]

I clicked this video thinking "this better be about klaatu"

[@mykilahsenwilliamsdorsey1495]

I discovered Klatuu from this great presentation of their music. They have become one of my favorite bands! I literally listen to them everyday now! Magentalane is my favorite tune of theirs. Tokeymore Field is also an endless delight! They are like the Beatles and The Beach Boys blended together. Honestly these Canadian lads are good musicians and good guys😊

[@groogiesband]

The band that everyone thought was Led Zeppelin...... Greta Van Fleet

[@markcoren2842]

Ha! And Rush back before they were known.

[@codypendant1]

And 80's rock band Kingdom Come

[@jiesus2596]

Good one 😂

[@jacksonregan206]

😂😂

[@thomasehrhardt2765]

Nope that was Rush...

[@virginialafalce6517]

Me before video: "It's Oasis isn't it?" After video "Oh, okay.."

[@psychix.m]

this comment made me spit out my drink, this was too good.

[@jazzram_]

LmAo

[@anunfiItered]

SAME 😭😭

[@tonyhardwick5975]

thought it may be The Kinks

[@sergei_mikhailovich]

3:47 EST is legit a great album, one of my favorites ever. Klaatu were not The Beatles, ofc, but still should've had way more attention.

[@eatanotherzio6811]

Little Neutrino and So Said The LightHouse Keeper are some of the most HeartWrenching songs I ever heard

[@banishedfromthedwarfplanet530]

Anyone who actually thought these guys were the Beatles knows nothing about the Beatles. The vocals alone give it away that it's not the Beatles.

[@doesnotexist305]

It was just wishful thinking. People wanted to believe that the Fab Four were back.

[@andrewbandin966]

Indeed. Klaatu sounds more like ELO, slightly like a McCartney's solo project to me; but definitely not like the Beatles in a whole.

[@mattmoves5920]

Well a lot of idiots actually believe that Paul died so I am not surprised about some people believing that Beatles came back...

[@larryhillman5787]

I can't hear a Beatles sound but rather ELO. Like others have pointed out, the vocals are not even close to the Beatles.

[@50l50l50Productions]

Like people actually thinking Your Old Droog was somehow Nas. Fanatics will believe anything

[@chroniclesofbap6170]

Listened to 'Calling Occupants' for five seconds and could instantly tell that it wasn't The Beatles.

[@FigmentSALabel]

I thought it was The Carpenters.

[@chroniclesofbap6170]

@@FigmentSALabel They wrote it

[@kosmosyche]

@@chroniclesofbap6170 The song was covered by The Carpenters, the original is by Klaatu

[@chadjohnson-authormusician8072]

@@chroniclesofbap6170 See ... this is one of the problems with the internet. People can spread misinformation so easily. I mean ... it's so easy to do a quick search and think, "Wait ... before I say this ... is it really true?" It takes about 10 seconds to verify that, in fact, the Carpenters did not write it. Yet you decided instead to spew misinformation. It's the same on FaceBook with everyone spreading memes that they don't bother to verify simply because it supports their agenda. This is indeed the age of misinformation.

[@chroniclesofbap6170]

​@@chadjohnson-authormusician8072 I'd rather be mistaken than a self-sanctimonious massive twat who pretends he never made a mistake in his entire honey-blessed life. You awful little turd. I bet you practice onenism in front of the mirror so you can admire yourself whilst patting yourself on the back for being perect. I can smell your smug from here. You could have just been informative like the guy above who had already made the point, but your ego went into overdrive and you had to show the world that you knew it too. Sad little fucker.

[@Glicksman1]

In November 1965 a New Jersey band called "The Knickerbockers" released a single, "Lies" which they had intentionally written and recorded to sound like a British Invasion band's song. It reached the top 20 in that year. It's very good and it really does sound like a Beatles recording.

[@DonaldMerrit]

I remember that song and I always thought it was the Beatles Till I found out it wasn't

[@raymondrocha797]

My favorite song from Klaatu is: " Hey Dude!"

[@p8on645]

I remember when I first got into record collecting, I went to a record shop with my father so he could pick me out some albums he loved as a teen, and I remember him being so blown away and reminiscent to see a copy of 3:47 after so many years. I took it home with me and it’s been a favourite ever since

[@dansmith7106]

Klaatu is one of the most underrated bands of all time

[@mikeomo3235]

Great band. I never thought they were the Beatles.

[@thisperson5294]

They just sounded American and nothing like the Beatles. But I really liked their second album especially.

[@MidosujiSen]

The Hope album is a masterpiece in every sense of the word, unreal album. Side 2 of that thing is better than most of the Beatles' catalogue in my opinion.

[@davidmacphee8348]

@@thisperson5294 Canadian bands were always assumed to be American.

[@DizzLexic]

@@MidosujiSen Agreed. I need to give it another listen. Been a long time for me.

[@nemes1s_571]

I listened to this album last night and quite frankly, its one of my favourite albums now

[@markhough7770]

My daughter's name is Christine because I was driving home from working midnight shift in a factory in Michigan in 1978 and Dear Christine by Klaatu came on the radio. It took 7 years to welcome my daughter Christine into the world, and she's just as beautiful as the song is. I had every LP Klaatu made. And I never thought they were the Beatles.

[@tommyturner6923]

Klaatu was actually a very good band. They had nothing to do with starting or perpetuating the Beatles rumor, but their label Capitol didn't mind the attention and dodged questions to keep the mystery going. 347 EST, and Sir Army Suit, which contained cartoon caricatures of the three members on the cover mixed in with caricatures of several other people, were particularly good albums. No one would realize their faces were on the cover until one of their subsequent albums would show an actual picture of them. Years after Klaatu's breakup one of the members, Dee Long I believe, stayed in the music business and actually met Paul McCartney in a studio in England. Dee relayed the Klaatu/ Beatles rumor story to Paul, who had never heard of the band or the rumor, nor had any if the other Beatles members apparently. As good a band as they were, the closest Klaatu came to having mainstream success was having the Carpenters score a hit with one of their songs, Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft.

[@karmikmike2878]

i like the Klaatu version way better than the Carpenter's ..............

[@lisaheisey6168]

I thought this would be about Badfinger.

[@kite8680]

Same

[@DanThomasUK]

Lisa Heisey : or ELO

[@elliotpecora737]

LOL same

[@OpaqueVisions47]

Love Badfinger & ELO

[@chronosssfmsd]

Badfinger was managed by McCartney and recorded their albums at the Apple studios... Amazing resemblance... and some songs were penned by McCartney himself.

[@brucebreedlove7743]

Klattau....very kool fusion trio... I was floored when I heard the Carpenter's cover of "Calling Occupants". It was a great job they did on that cover. Sad that it got WAY more airtime than the orginal.

[@jamesburke868]

Don t forget the first Badfinger releases..they were the first to fire up the sounds that had folks feeling the Beatles had re-united using a different name

[@michaelrochester48]

You failed to mention that “calling occupants” became a top 40 cover hit by the carpenters in 1978.

[@vicsaul5459]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpalh2N7pK99j5o

[@vtbn53]

Irrelevant

[@michaelrochester48]

Percy Phelps Very relevant. It is quite an interesting trivia point that a cover song by a very obscure group actually made the top 40

[@JohnJ469]

Back then there were some who claimed that this proved Klaatu were connected to the Carpenters as it was claimed that the Carpenters didn't do covers.

[@michaelrochester48]

JohnJ469 which of course is preposterous because the carpenters did not write songs, they just covered really good artists like Paul Williams and Bert Baccarach

[@Purplexity-ww8nb]

I thought "Badfinger" was the Beatles in secret.

[@publiusvelocitor4668]

They were produced by McCartney, so it isn't a crazy idea.

[@aestheticaltwat]

Come and Get It was a Beatles song that Paul gave them.

[@ruined_carpet9630]

me too 🤣 i love them 🥺 but i’m not disappointed to learn about klaatu either

[@pschroeter1]

@@ruined_carpet9630 When "No Matter What" came out we kids were pretty sure it WAS the Beatles.

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Apparently Badfinger really got screwed by a bad contract which drove them to suicide. Really too bad, since they were good.

[@tang00001]

Klaatu’s best songs: She likes you. Love me don’t. Average mystery tour. Coin lane.

[@rickdagrexican7351]

In the mid nineties I stumbled across the CD that had the 1st 2 albums on it. It was the artwork that drew me in. That music has been a favorite of mine ever since. Thank you for furthering my knowledge on this great band

[@djkenter6894]

A Klaatu video from Polyphonic??? Day = made.

[@ThisIsReadyMade]

DJ Kenter Same