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| Emperor Morphetine |
Meet the Smithereens!What with all the fuss over the Beatles of late I thought I'd post a fun alternative to the Fab Four! My latest musical discovery has been a group called the Smithereens- who as well as doing several albums of their own original material released two Beatles tribute albums, ' B- Sides the Beatles' and 'Meet The Smithereens!'. So if you fancy something a bit fun/retro to listen to you could do worse.....I've put up a 'setlist' of sorts so you can see what you think!' I Want To Hold Your Hand'- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GqQHHNPglE ' There's A Place'- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNKc8bUD1ew ' If I Fell'- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uAOjfKo6X4 ' I Saw Her Standing There'- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7elEgKqz5xU 'This Boy'- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jFHRW7qHYw |
| Catnapper |
A fun band with a good Beatles sound  Are they American?
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| Emperor Morphetine |
They are indeed- formed in New Jersey in 1980 by Pat DiNizio (vocals), Jim Babjak (guitar), Mike Mesaros (bass, later replaced by Severino Jornacion) and Dennis Diken (drums), according to a blurb on the Net. Their original albums are the 'Girls About Town' EP (1980), 'Beauty And Sadness' (1983), ' 11' ( 1989), 'Blow Up' (1991), ' A Date With The Smithereens' (1994) and 'God Save The Smithereens' (1999) as well as a 2007 Christmas album, and tribute compilations ' Meet The Smithereens!' (2007), ' B-Sides The Beatles' (2008) and their most recent release ' The Smithereens Play Tommy'.
And there are also several compilation/ live albums doing the rounds if you're interested at all!
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| Catnapper |
The Christmas album and "The Smithereens play Tommy" are the ones I'd look out for! |
| Emperor Morphetine |
Luckily I've managed to find their take on 'Pinball Wizard'- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWMgGvoS9GQ |
| Lucifer_666 |
 very good.....  though i was expecting a beatles version of Tommy
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| Emperor Morphetine |
Well the Smithereens are the next best thing. |
| Lucifer_666 |
they are very good alright
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