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BBC Radio 2 Attempts to Recreate an All-Time Classic

Submitted by B_Werner

Edited by erin_broadley



It's 2007 and this June will mark the 40th anniversary of the album that tops many Best of All Time lists: the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band. Of course I can go on and on about how the album is flawless, important and go into a pile of appropriate superlatives for paragraphs on end, but do we really need more of that? The album is timeless and great. Fine.

In a move that Pitchfork may be justifably calling "ill-advised," BBC Radio 2 is assembling thirteen bands and ushering them into the studio to cover each song from the landmark album. The Beatles' original recording equipment will be used and Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick will man the boards.

For some that may be enough to cause massive douche-chills, others would still like to know who will be involved. Are you sitting down? Bands confirmed so far include Oasis, The Killers, Travis, the Fratellis, Kaiser Chiefs, Razorlight and James Morrison. The BBC will air the resulting material on June 2, one day after Sgt. Pepper's original release date. Make sure you tune in, or smash your radio; it's all the same in the end.

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leavemehere

leavemehere

San Diego, CA
December 2002

APR 07, 2007 12:10 AM

Oasis is the only one I would wanna see.

minusthejer

minusthejer

Vancouver, WA
December 2005

APR 07, 2007 12:11 AM

Wow, that seems like a horrid idea. puke
Did anyone listen ti the Rubber Soul tribute?
I didn't think so.

Politk

Politk

Calgary, AB
August 2004

APR 07, 2007 12:14 AM

Yeah, I think I would say Boo to this idea.

Oninotaki

oninotaki

Ypsilanti, MI
March 2003

APR 07, 2007 12:27 AM

having never heard a single band listed nor having heard a single song on this supposedly classic album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band I can honestly say this sounds like a great idea. smile


Honestly, I swear the above is true, and my real opinion.

Randolph_Carter

Randolph_Carter

San Francisco, CA
June 2004

APR 07, 2007 12:30 AM

"nor having heard a single song on this supposedly classic album'

You've never heard "With a Little Help From My Friends", "When I'm 64", or "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"? Have you been living in a cave far from any radio or supermarket for your entire life?

ckdexterhaven

ckdexterhaven

USA
December 2005

APR 07, 2007 01:34 AM

That album is so overrated...

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

wink

Hunkpapa

Hunkpapa

United Kingdom
June 2004

APR 07, 2007 01:37 AM

It's not a terrible idea, but that's a stinky list of bands. They only need to add James Blunt and Coldplay to get the dreary-o-meter to reach maximum.

bluegiant

bluegiant

United Kingdom
October 2006

APR 07, 2007 03:01 AM

Oasis?? Oh fuck! Aren't they dead YET?? Fucking cut-price ex-STASI hit-men!! Well, THAT was a waste of £30,000!!*BuggerBuggerBuggerBuggerBUGGER!!!*

the_bagel

the_bagel

United Kingdom
January 2005

APR 07, 2007 03:49 AM

The NME did this exact same thing in 1987! At least it was apt when they did it -

"it was twenty years ago today..." etc

Plus the NME version had Sonic Youth, The Fall, The Wedding Present, Billy Bragg

Proper artists!

SoonerDog

SoonerDog

United Kingdom
July 2002

APR 07, 2007 04:11 AM

the_bagel said:
The NME did this exact same thing in 1987! At least it was apt when they did it -

"it was twenty years ago today..." etc

Plus the NME version had Sonic Youth, The Fall, The Wedding Present, Billy Bragg

Proper artists!


Sgt.Pepper Knew My Father
SY doing "Within You Without You" was the only decent thing on it as far as I remember.

Oz_the_Vamp

Oz_the_Vamp

Lorain, OH
June 2005

APR 07, 2007 08:45 AM

The fucking Killers? WTF?!?!? The Killers shouldn't even be spoken in the same breath as the Beatles, for fucks sake. Excuse me, while I go find someone to bludgeon into a bloody heap.

Richie6Fingers

Richie6Fingers

United Kingdom
July 2003

APR 07, 2007 12:09 PM

oh joy
having Oasis plagiarize Lennon and McCartney in the past, is obviously not enough for the British music scene

frown we suck

and Razorlight can fuck off and die biggrin

ckdexterhaven

ckdexterhaven

USA
December 2005

APR 07, 2007 01:40 PM

bluegiant said:
Oasis?? Oh fuck! Aren't they dead YET?? Fucking cut-price ex-STASI hit-men!! Well, THAT was a waste of £30,000!!*BuggerBuggerBuggerBuggerBUGGER!!!*



surreal

SouGei

SouGei

Blackwood, NJ
January 2007

APR 07, 2007 02:04 PM

Ugh. I'm agreeing with Pitchfork!

And the guy who want Oasis to die. This isn't ripping off NME so mush as the Bee Gee's. Terrible. Those who don't learn the past, etc. FACT: There has never been a decent tribute comp to anyone, anywhere, ever. They are always loaded with majority crap bands and/or performances.

Mark_plus_Beer

Mark_plus_Beer

United Kingdom
August 2005

APR 07, 2007 02:16 PM

I know it will suck but im atleast interested to hear what it will sound like

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