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What bands have really nailed the Beatles. I mean the mid to late 60s imperial period, not the jangly, fresh faced, pot free early period. To qualify, there has to be major songwriting chops, vocal harmonies, strings and even a bit of psychaedelica.

Always first on the list has to be Jeff Lynn's ELO. Almost any ELO single would have done. Here's Mr Blue Sky. In 1975, John Lennon said his favourite song was Showdown, so he was a fan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQUlA8Hcv4s

Synth poppers Tears for Fears fearlessly nailed the vibe with this swirling psychaedelic 6 minute monster, Sowing the Seeds of Love. It took them 3 years to produce. The Beatles knocked out puppies like this in a few days, time after time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAtGOESO7W8

Dripping with late period Beatles feel, Whatever is not Gallagher's best written song which is Live Forever, but a solid homage to the fab five when you include George Martin. Oasis have been criticised for the inevitability of their chord changes, but here the tense middle 8 (2:10) comes out of nowhere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHfx9LXzxpw

Lenny Kravitz shows his class with this Beatles-esque number off his first album. Instead of strings, horns.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcU57tAKzng

World Party drew deeply from the Beatles well with She's the One. Later covered by Robbie Williams, finally songwriter Karl Wallinger made some money.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsErzVYKUis

How many of you have heard this one by Chris Bell after Big Star ended? If the fab four had done I am the Cosmos and put it on Abbey Road, no one would have blinked an eyelid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VfJ8dGsAws

Are there Beatles fanboys out there some comparisons they want to share?

We've ripped off the Beatles, but I don't think that's what you're meaning

Will go have a listen through those links of interest however, there's a couple I'm not familiar with

As odd as it may sound, I really pick up a lot of Beatles influence when I listen to Kula Shaker. Definitely not as obvious as Oasis or Noel Gallagher, but present nonetheless in many of their tracks. Below is the first track that came to mind

To that fine list I would offer the following

Freiheit - Keeping The Dream Alive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5l8EGxbLrg

Crowded House - Not the Girl You Think You Are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbhcGUyEjnk

Sowing the seeds of love. Great call.

Great thread mate

I always thought that The Seahorses has a bit of that vibe



John Squire is a top class guitarist and you could probably here a bit of Beatles in the stone rose too
Just on a side note
Saw the Paul McCartney Caroke and I though it was done really well and felt quite moved
Even tho sometimes McCartney comes across as a bit look at me la di daa in the past you cant deny the caliber of the songs him and the Beatles wrote
Unbelievable really

Another Lenny Kravitz song, Believe

Cool thread. I think the strings requirement is stretching it a bit though! Here's a few more left field suggestions:

Demob Happy - Be Your Man


Super Furry Animals - Herman Loves Pauline


Uncle Acid - I'll Cut You Down


Ok, Uncle Acid might be pushing it... I feel they have a Helter Skelter kind of vibe, but minimal harmonies and definitely no strings.

I can't put in links but

The Jam - Taxman

And of course Paul Weller his Wild Wood + Stanley Road era.

"Over the Hillside" by The Blue Nile

Always makes me think of "The Long and Winding Road".

Ride
The La's
Soup Dragons

Not sure. Most bands I would guess have some influence from them. I like that song I am A Walrus.

Any influences on this one perhaps? When I heard this first i swore it was the beatles

How about
Lady Picture Show by Stone Temple Pilots