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 & CollegeMorrisey - Everyday Feels like SundayJesus & Mary Chain - Just like Honey and other songs off PsychocandyFlaming Lips - Do You Realize???The Legends - Your SongBrendan Benson - Pledge of AllegianceSplitsville - the PopularSaturday Looks Good to Me - No Good with Secrets & Can't Never SleepMercury Rev - In a Funny WayAdventures in Stereo - Long Live You & GhostsManic Street Preachers - So Why so SadKen Stringfellow - When You Find Someone (at times very Righteous Brothers ballad-like...)The Heavy Blinkers - He Heard his SongSpiritualized - Oh Baby & Do It All Over Again & Stop Your CryingMagnetic Fields - Candy & When You Were my BabyThe Raveonettes - Ode to LARichard Hawley - Run for Me & his cover of Some Candy TalkingEugene Kelly - Lady (cover of the Dennis Wilson song that is also know as 'Flowers Grow in the Spring)The Concretes - Say Something New & ChicoVanity Project - So. CalMcAlmont & Butler - Yes
Do you have others that could go on this list?
― martin rj (bokeno), Saturday, 11 November 2006 12:27 (eighteen years ago)
― The GZeus (The GZeus), Sunday, 12 November 2006 01:49 (eighteen years ago)
― The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Monday, 13 November 2006 13:35 (eighteen years ago)
― dan (dan), Monday, 13 November 2006 17:30 (eighteen years ago)
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― Steve Go1dberg (Steve Schneeberg), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 02:39 (eighteen years ago)
― martin m. (mushrush), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 05:38 (eighteen years ago)
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)
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)
― Jubalique (Jubalique), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 13:34 (eighteen years ago)