Bands you could have SWORN were the 'Next Beatles' but weren't

[LynneSin]

I had to do a music project in 1980 and I discussed why "The Knack" was the next major band.

Obviously they couldn't follow up to 'My Sharona'

:cry:

[DenverDem]

1. Never felt that ever.

No music group could ever change the world like The Beatles did.

[indigobusiness]

18. Can't argue with that

but we can hope for something similar in impact.

The 60s was an extraordinary time.

[Gildor Inglorion]

2. Gerry and the Pacemakers

and before them, for a couple of months in 1964, I thought the Dave Clark Five were BETTER than the Beatles. I got over it, of course, but I still love the DC5.

[BigMcLargehuge]

3. came to them later, but The Who

the beatles came first, the Who came 2 years later. The Beatles fizzled and Yoko'd in 69, the Who soldiers on with two founders planted.

For my money Tommy and Quadrophenia are better records than anything the Beatles ever put out. BUT, they most likely wouldn't have come about had the Beatles not recorded Let it Be and Abby Road.

So, I vote for the Who.

[trumad]

4. Mike Gibbons from Badfinger is my neighbor...

It's absolutely Badfinger.

BTW: Badfinger was the first band signed by Apple records, and Paul McCartney wrote "Come and Get it". If you ever get the chance to see the Rock-Documentary on VCH about Badfinger do it... It's an extrodinary story.

[stevedeshazer]

14. Love Badfinger

Great stuff.

[Sporadicus]

24. For Me, Badfinger Served as Surrogate Beatles

after their breakup. Their producers must have made a conscious effort to evoke the Beatles on each Badfinger album. They were a terrific band.

[Fenris]

10. I second the Who

Not that they weren't the second coming of the Beatles, but that they made several records that were better.

[BigMcLargehuge]

11. Mrs. McLargehuge gave me Tommy for my birthday :)

I've had it on ALL DAY LONG... It's a masterpiece.

[Fenris]

16. Mmmmmm. Tommy.

There is nothing more liberating than the first few bars of "Sparks".

[BigMcLargehuge]

19. for me it's the initial drum breakdown in Amazing Journey

I've listened to that song maybe 40 times today

[sus]

5. Menudo. man..what went wrong?? i don't get it.

[BigMcLargehuge]

6. they hit puberty

then the management followed through with the "no menudans who reach puberty" and replaced them with new menudans, who didn't have the same Stepfordian appeal.

[Fenris]

7. I thought Ricky Martin was the Messiah.

[testing123]

8. Who sang the song "Where were you when we were getting high"

:shrug:

[Las Vegas Canuck]

20. Oasis

If only they could have gotten past their incredible arrogance they might have actually been bigger in North America. I did like them but they were sadly lacking in originality. They basically copied the Beatles.

[bobthedrummer]

9. The Clash, followed by The Fixx

I was wrong, of course, but both have left us some very good music.

[sus]

12. Hanson.

that mmm-bop song was on FIRE!! gotta love it. pure genius.

[indigobusiness]

13. Talking Heads

World Party

[Khephra]

15. The Rutles! Only the pre-fab 4 comes close!

[BigMcLargehuge]

21. Cheese and onions..

who can forget such classics as "doubleback alley" and "love life"?

[stevedeshazer]

17. Nirvana

For a time, I was right.

[AntiCoup2K4]

22. There will never be another Beatles.

Any band who gets stuck with that tag will fail.

"Get the Knack" was a great album. Not just "My Sharona", but the whole damn album. How many records from 1979 can you say hold up as well today as they did then.

Ac/Dc - Highway to Hell
Van Halen II
Pink Floyd - The Wall
The Clash - London Calling
The Knack - Get The Knack

There might be some others, but those are the ones off the top of my head. The reason the other 4 albums on that list are revered more is because those bands are remembered for themselves, and not for skinny ties and what some suit at Capitol records said about them.

Of course, the band didn't help themselves by playing "Hard Days Night" as an encore either :(

[Seeking Serenity]

23. The Knack

I swear, I remember them being touted as the next Beatles when "Get the Knack" album came out.