Modern Spector / Wall of sound pastiches

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Hi there

I'm looking for newer (mid 80s up until now) recreations of the Spector sound or parts thereof and would be interested in hearing your suggestions for tracks to check out. I can see that there's already been a thread discussing songs simply copping the Be my Baby beat, but I'm also interested in songs that are inspired by other elements, i. e castanets, abyss-like echo, a zillion overdubs and such. The songs do not have to be totally spectorized, just enough to detect a certain influence... It's often fascinating to hear how various musicians go about channeling their love of the wall of sound into their own work.

Here are some examples I've found so far:

Johnny Boy - You are the Generation who Bought more Shoes and You Get what You Deserve & College
Morrisey - Everyday Feels like Sunday
Jesus & Mary Chain - Just like Honey and other songs off Psychocandy
Flaming Lips - Do You Realize???
The Legends - Your Song
Brendan Benson - Pledge of Allegiance
Splitsville - the Popular
Saturday Looks Good to Me - No Good with Secrets & Can't Never Sleep
Mercury Rev - In a Funny Way
Adventures in Stereo - Long Live You & Ghosts
Manic Street Preachers - So Why so Sad
Ken Stringfellow - When You Find Someone (at times very Righteous Brothers ballad-like...)
The Heavy Blinkers - He Heard his Song
Spiritualized - Oh Baby & Do It All Over Again & Stop Your Crying
Magnetic Fields - Candy & When You Were my Baby
The Raveonettes - Ode to LA
Richard Hawley - Run for Me & his cover of Some Candy Talking
Eugene Kelly - Lady (cover of the Dennis Wilson song that is also know as 'Flowers Grow in the Spring)
The Concretes - Say Something New & Chico
Vanity Project - So. Cal
McAlmont & Butler - Yes

Do you have others that could go on this list?

martin rj (bokeno), Saturday, 11 November 2006 12:27 (eighteen years ago)

Mr Bungle-California.
Secret Chiefs 3
some Siouxsie and the Banshees

The GZeus (The GZeus), Sunday, 12 November 2006 01:49 (eighteen years ago)

You might try the Elvis Costello albums Imperial Bedroom and King of America, as well as songs like "Unwanted Number."

The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Monday, 13 November 2006 13:35 (eighteen years ago)

the aislers set - how i learned to write backwards

dan (dan), Monday, 13 November 2006 17:30 (eighteen years ago)

The Go! Team

stoked for the madness (nickalicious), Monday, 13 November 2006 20:04 (eighteen years ago)

Mine will be out next year.

Steve Go1dberg (Steve Schneeberg), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 02:39 (eighteen years ago)

There are more Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev songs than the ones you've mentioned that probably fit into this category.

martin m. (mushrush), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 05:38 (eighteen years ago)

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. Keep 'em coming! :-)

Steve Goldberg: when is your stuff out and under what name? Could you describe your music or point me towards a MySpace profile or the like?

Martin m: which Mercury Rev and Flaming Lips tracks where you thinking about?

martin rj (bokeno), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 08:27 (eighteen years ago)

I'm in the middle of making a big chamber pop album right now. We're recording viola, trumpet, and French horn this week.

There are some acoustic guitar + tuba demos at stevegoldbergmusic.com. It'll most likely be released as Steve Goldberg and the Arch Enemies. No date yet, sometime early next year.

Steve Go1dberg (Steve Schneeberg), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 17:11 (eighteen years ago)

Shelby Lynne - Your Lies

Jubalique (Jubalique), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 13:34 (eighteen years ago)


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