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haveyouheardthisband · 18 hours
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lisannn5 · 2 days
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yourfavealbumisgender · 2 months
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The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance is Transgender!
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intheblackofmyroom · 8 months
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prog fans that are still alive this is for you
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vintagegeekculture · 20 days
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The 1970s progressive pop band Klaatu was known not just for their futuristic iconography, with songs like "Calling Occupant of Interplanetary Craft (The Recognized Anthem of World Contact Day)" but for a very, very strange rumor in the mid-70s, that Klaatu were secretly the Beatles (or at least some of the Beatles), who reunited in disguise.
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Why did people think this? Well Klaatu's name is a Day the Earth Stood Still reference, a movie the Beatles themselves referenced in songs like "Goodnight Vienna." It was also on EMI, which was the Beatles' label. The sun-symbol on their albums is reminiscent of Abby Road.
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And most surprisingly of all, there were, suspiciously, no existing photographs of Klaatu at all, so nobody knew what they looked like. In reality, the reason there were no photographs was actually because Klaatu were just a random bunch of guys from Toronto, and there was no reason to include their images when they wanted the music to speak for itself.
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The absence of photographs of the band isn't the entire reason people thought Klaatu were secretly the Beatles, though. Klaatu also sounded like many think the Beatles would, if they had continued making music, with a sort of surreal Electric Light Orchestra acid pop vibe, synth mixed with instruments like harpsichord. If you close your eyes and listen to "Sub Rosa Highway," the vocals are shockingly similar to Paul McCartney. On several occasions during the 1970s, John Lennon was asked what the Beatles would sound like if they stayed together, and the answer was something very much like the Electric Light Orchestra...and Klaatu sounds more like ELO than any other band.
When Klaatu got a sales bump because of the rumors they were the Beatles, their solution was extremely savvy: they initially refused to deny it. Ultimately, though, the band believes the rumors did them "more harm than good," as how could they live up to those expectations of being the Beatles?
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emmaisapunkrocker · 1 month
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Pictures from Geddy’s book I scanned 🖤
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70sgroovy · 3 months
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roger waters in japan, 1972🚬
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violetbudd · 2 years
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legendarytragedynacho · 4 months
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Syd Barrett & Evelyn Rose (aka Iggy the Eskimo), 1969
Photo by Mick Rock
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j-tillow · 4 months
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Neil Peart and his drum set
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haveyouheardthisband · 22 hours
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herbgroom · 7 months
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prog songs be like:
- sprongle (22 minutes long) (split in: pt. I sprongle Awakens, pt. II sprongle notices that his mailbox has gone missing, pt. III sprongle goes to the police station to report his missing mailbox, pt. IV sprongle loses his pants, pt. V sprongle dies in a pond) (3 organ solos) (5 time signature changes)
- the bassist wrote it when he was high (8 minutes long)
- Depression (5 minutes long)
- The Raunchiest Most Disgusting Horny Song You've Ever Heard (2 to 13 minutes long)
- we still have 4 minutes left on the tape and we don't know what to do with them
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yourfavealbumisgender · 5 months
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The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance is Allosexual Aromantic and Transgender!
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Tracklist:
System;Start • Vectors • Euphemia • Knightmare/Frame • Tokyo House Party • Shi No Barado • Cassandra (pt II) • The Strays • Dream & Reality • Heaven-Piercing Giga Drill • Bōsōzoku Symphonic
Spotify ♪ Bandcamp ♪ YouTube
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sk8rambler · 8 months
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happy birthday roger waters :))
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