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The Royal Guardsmen's "Snoopy vs. Red Baron" leaps to mind.

Any Beatles beer hall chant like "Mr. Kite" fits.

Ken

 

"You're A Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)":

"You're A Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)":

Tomorrow - "Colonel Brown"
The Yardbirds - "Stealing, Stealing"
The Royal Guardsmen - "Snoopy vs. The Red Baron"

Let's start off with these. More? I know there is more. Lets see some chiming in.

Yep, I got The Royal Guardsmen, but I don't hear "Mr. Kite" on this Dukes track. The song "Mr. Kite" is on the comp for at least one Dukes track already, anyway.

 

How about the 'dodgy piano' intro and the "wish that I was there..." singalong chorus of Traffic's 'Berkshire Poppies'.

 

Perhaps The Kinks' "Mr. Pleasant"? Or Small Faces' "Lazy Sunday"?

 

"You're A Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)" (updated):

"You're A Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)" (updated):

Tomorrow - "Colonel Brown"
The Yardbirds - "Stealing, Stealing"
The Kinks - "She's Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina"
The Kinks - "Mr. Pleasant"
Traffic - "Berkshire Poppies"
Small Faces - "Lazy Sunday"
Small Faces - "Happy Days Toy Town"
Pink Floyd - "Corporal Clegg"


Anymore music hall we can throw in or any war hero songs?

 

From my notes and interviews:

David Bowie/Oscar - "Over The Wall We Go"
Whistling Jack Smith - "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman"

I don't know if I'll include "Kaiser" as it is an instrumental. Maybe. But, does anybody know of good CD sources for these two songs, especially, "Over The Wall"?

 

Another Small Faces song I would throw in is "The Universal"

 

"You're A Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)" (updated):

"You're A Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)" (updated):

Tomorrow - "Colonel Brown"
The Yardbirds - "Stealing, Stealing"
The Kinks - "She's Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina"
The Kinks - "Mr. Pleasant"
Traffic - "Berkshire Poppies"
Small Faces - "Lazy Sunday"
Small Faces - "Happy Days Toy Town"
Small Faces - "The Universal"
Pink Floyd - "Corporal Clegg"
David Bowie/Oscar - "Over The Wall We Go"
Whistling Jack Smith - "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman"

I'll put it on the comp. The Dukes themselves do mention "The Universal" as an influence, but I don't hear it myself. Could you point to the part of the song that is similar to "Albert Brown"?

 

"Psychotic Reaction" by the Count Five...that looped reverb guitar thing is a direct descendant.

 

When the brass band and bass drum comes in. Has that same "march style" as in "Albert Brown".

 

"25 O'Clock" the song (updated):

Electric Prunes - "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night"
Pink Floyd - "Scarecrow"*
The Mickey Finn - "Garden Of My Mind"
The "E" Types - "Put The Clock Back On The Wall"
The Mystery Trend - "Johnny Was A Good Boy"
Pink Floyd - "See Emily Play"
The Easybeats - "Friday On My Mind"
The Animals - "When I Was Young"
The Animals - "Monterey"*
The Rolling Stones - "Paint It Black"

"Bike Ride To The Moon" (updated):

David Bowie - "The Laughing Gnome"
Tomorrow - "My White Bicycle"
Pink Floyd - "Bike"
Pink Floyd - "Scarecrow"*
The Move - "Cherry Blossom Clinic"
The Move - "Yellow Rainbow"


"My Love Explodes" (updated):

The Yardbirds - "Happening Ten Years Time Ago"
The Yardbirds - "Heart Full of Soul"
The Yardbirds - "Over, Under, Sideways, Down"*
The Electric Prunes - "Get Me To The World On Time"
Love - "7 and 7 Is"
Pink Floyd - "Astronomy Domine"
The Doors - "My Eyes Have Seen You"


"What in the World?" (updated):

The Beatles - "Only A Northern Song"
The Beatles - "It's All Too Much"
The Beatles - "Rain"
The Beatles - "Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite"
Zager and Evans - "In The Year 2525"
The Bee Gees - "In My Own Time"


"Your Gold Dress" (updated):

The Yardbirds - "Turn Into Earth"
The Yardbirds - "He's Always There"
The Rolling Stones - "She's A Rainbow"
The Rolling Stones - "Citadel"
The Hollies - "Stop, Stop, Stop"
The Nazz - "Open My Eyes" *
Tomorrow - "Auntie Mary's Dress Shop"


"The Mole From The Ministry" (updated):

The Beatles - "I Am The Walrus"
The Moles - "We Are The Moles"
The Aquarian Age - "10,000 Words In A Cardboard Box"
The Beatles - "Strawberry Fields"
The Beatles - "Lovely Rita"


"Vanishing Girl" (updated):

The Hollies - "You Need Love'
The Hollies - "Schoolgirl"
The Hollies - "Look Through Any Window"
The Hollies - "Dear Eloise"
The Hollies - "Pay You Back with Interest"
The Hollies - "Carrie Anne"
The Hollies - "On A Carousel"
The Hollies - "Everything Is Sunshine"
The Rolling Stones - "Gomper"


"Have You Seen Jackie?" (updated):

Pink Floyd - "Arnold Layne"
Keith West - "Excerpt From A Teenage Opera"
The Yardbirds - "Over, Under, Sideways, Down"*
The Rolling Stones - "2,000 Light Years From Home"
Pink Floyd - "Vegtable Man"
Tomorrow - "The Incredible Journey of Timothy Chase"
The Idle Race - "The Skeleton and the Roundabout"


"Little Lighthouse" (updated):

The Rolling Stones - "19th Nervous Breakdown"
Love - "Alone Again Or"
Electric Prunes - "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night"*
Electric Prunes - "Get Me To The World On Time"*
The Count Five - "Psychotic Reaction"
The Steve Miller Band - ????????


"You're A Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)" (updated):

Tomorrow - "Colonel Brown"
The Yardbirds - "Stealing, Stealing"
The Kinks - "She's Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina"
The Kinks - "Mr. Pleasant"
Traffic - "Berkshire Poppies"
Small Faces - "Lazy Sunday"
Small Faces - "Happy Days Toy Town"
Small Faces - "The Universal"
Small Faces - "Rene"
Pink Floyd - "Corporal Clegg"
David Bowie/Oscar - "Over The Wall We Go"
Whistling Jack Smith - "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman"


Influential songs that can't be pinned on a specific Dukes song:

Traffic - "Hole In My Shoe"
Manfred Mann - "Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James"
The Rolling Stones - "In Another Land"
The Rolling Stones - "The Lantern"
The Rolling Stones - "On With The Show"

* Duplicate - used on another Dukes song.

Okay, "Albert Brown" is filled out nicely. I've added another Small Faces song "Rene" to the list. I'm sure we could add some more songs to it - so if ya have one, chime in.

Also, added "Psychotic Reaction" by the Count Five to "Little Lighthouse", thanks for that suggestion!!! I'd like to see "Little Lighthouse" get filled in a bit more.

Next song up:

"Collideascope"

 

"Collideascope":

"Collideascope":

The Move - "Blackberry Way"

What else do we have for this little ditty?

 

Beatles - "I'm Only Sleeping"

edit: actually, that one might be a better fit for "Shiny Cage"

 

The middle section is very "I Am the Walrus," as well as later sections with the trippy strings.

 

Procol Harum's "Kaliedescope"

...well for lyrical content

I know this song is out of bounds for your comp, but Colliedescope sounds a lot like XTC's "Seagulls Kissing, Kissing" from the Big Express.

 

Late to the game here...
Different tempo, but I hear a little "My Friend Jack" by The Smoke in the guitar/bass interplay, I think.

Aaron

 

Ooops! I somehow accidentally deleted The Royal Guardsmen - "Snoopy vs. The Red Baron" from the list of songs for "Albert Brown". I'll put it back on.

 

For "Collideascope", all the little spoken word snippets in the song remind me of the following:
"I Need You" The Who
"Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" Yardbirds

 

I also get a bit of the Small Faces' "Itchykoo Park" (mostly in the harmonies) and whatever inspired "Let Me Roll It" by Wings...although I'll grant that the latter isn't precisely in the scope you're searching for.

 

"Collideascope" (updated):

"Collideascope" (updated):

The Move - "Blackberry Way"
The Beatles - "Hey Bulldog"
The Beatles - "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite"*

Okay, I've added a two more songs "Hey Bulldog" and "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite". The chords of "Collideascope" are similar to the "You can talk to me" part of "Bulldog". The drums/tempo are reminiscent of "Mr. Kite".

Yeah, definitely "Shiny Cage". Though, the acoustic guitar on "Collideascope" sounds similar to "I'm Only Sleeping". Should we add IOS to this song, too?

I guess "Walrus" could be in there, hmm, gotta think on that one.

I gotta listen to Procol Harum's "Kaliedescope". We should all listen to the 60s bands, US and UK, Kaliedescope. There might be something on their records. Most likely, if there is anything, it'd be the UK band. Oh, and we can't put a band on here like XTC! Who the heck are they anyway!!!

"I Need You" is an interesting pick. I don't know if that really fits. If we put "Walrus" on the list for this song, that should take care of the talking bits.

I was thinking there may be some Small Faces for this song for the "Wakey, wakey, little sleeper" part. I don't know if "Itchykoo Park" is THE Small Faces song that fits it, it may be. Another Small Faces song I was thinking may fit this song is "Donkey Rides A Penny A Glass".

 

I think "My Friend Jack" has influenced many Dukes songs, so we should include it in the general influence section.

 

'The Songs We Were Sensing' - The Roots of the Dukes comp - UPDATED

"25 O'Clock" the song (updated):

Electric Prunes - "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night"
Pink Floyd - "Scarecrow"*
The Mickey Finn - "Garden Of My Mind"
The "E" Types - "Put The Clock Back On The Wall"
The Mystery Trend - "Johnny Was A Good Boy"
Pink Floyd - "See Emily Play"
The Easybeats - "Friday On My Mind"
The Animals - "When I Was Young"
The Animals - "Monterey"*
The Rolling Stones - "Paint It Black"

"Bike Ride To The Moon" (updated):

David Bowie - "The Laughing Gnome"
Tomorrow - "My White Bicycle"
Pink Floyd - "Bike"
Pink Floyd - "Scarecrow"*
The Move - "Cherry Blossom Clinic"
The Move - "Yellow Rainbow"


"My Love Explodes" (updated):

The Yardbirds - "Happening Ten Years Time Ago"
The Yardbirds - "Heart Full of Soul"
The Yardbirds - "Over, Under, Sideways, Down"*
The Electric Prunes - "Get Me To The World On Time"
Love - "7 and 7 Is"
Pink Floyd - "Astronomy Domine"
The Doors - "My Eyes Have Seen You"


"What in the World?" (updated):

The Beatles - "Only A Northern Song"
The Beatles - "It's All Too Much"
The Beatles - "Rain"
The Beatles - "Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite"
Zager and Evans - "In The Year 2525"
The Bee Gees - "In My Own Time"


"Your Gold Dress" (updated):

The Yardbirds - "Turn Into Earth"
The Yardbirds - "He's Always There"
The Rolling Stones - "She's A Rainbow"
The Rolling Stones - "Citadel"
The Hollies - "Stop, Stop, Stop"
The Nazz - "Open My Eyes" *
Tomorrow - "Auntie Mary's Dress Shop"


"The Mole From The Ministry" (updated):

The Beatles - "I Am The Walrus"
The Moles - "We Are The Moles"
The Aquarian Age - "10,000 Words In A Cardboard Box"
The Beatles - "Strawberry Fields"
The Beatles - "Lovely Rita"


"Vanishing Girl" (updated):

The Hollies - "You Need Love'
The Hollies - "Schoolgirl"
The Hollies - "Look Through Any Window"
The Hollies - "Dear Eloise"
The Hollies - "Pay You Back with Interest"
The Hollies - "Carrie Anne"
The Hollies - "On A Carousel"
The Hollies - "Everything Is Sunshine"
The Rolling Stones - "Gomper"


"Have You Seen Jackie?" (updated):

Pink Floyd - "Arnold Layne"
Keith West - "Excerpt From A Teenage Opera"
The Yardbirds - "Over, Under, Sideways, Down"*
The Rolling Stones - "2,000 Light Years From Home"
Pink Floyd - "Vegtable Man"
Tomorrow - "The Incredible Journey of Timothy Chase"
The Idle Race - "The Skeleton and the Roundabout"


"Little Lighthouse" (updated):

The Rolling Stones - "19th Nervous Breakdown"
Love - "Alone Again Or"
Electric Prunes - "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night"*
Electric Prunes - "Get Me To The World On Time"*
The Count Five - "Psychotic Reaction"


"You're A Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)" (updated):

Tomorrow - "Colonel Brown"
The Yardbirds - "Stealing, Stealing"
The Royal Guardsmen - "Snoopy vs. The Red Baron"
The Kinks - "She's Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina"
The Kinks - "Mr. Pleasant"
Traffic - "Berkshire Poppies"
Small Faces - "Lazy Sunday"
Small Faces - "Happy Days Toy Town"
Small Faces - "The Universal"
Small Faces - "Rene"
Pink Floyd - "Corporal Clegg"
David Bowie/Oscar - "Over The Wall We Go"
Whistling Jack Smith - "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman"


"Collideascope" (updated):

The Move - "Blackberry Way"
The Beatles - "Hey Bulldog"
The Beatles - "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite"*
The Beatles - "I'm Only Sleeping"*
The Beatles - "I Am the Walrus"*



Influential songs that can't be pinned on a specific Dukes song:

The Smoke - "My Friend Jack"
Traffic - "Hole In My Shoe"
Manfred Mann - "Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James"
The Rolling Stones - "In Another Land"
The Rolling Stones - "The Lantern"
The Rolling Stones - "On With The Show"

* Duplicate - used on another Dukes song.

Anymore for "Collideascope"?

Next song up:

"You're My Drug"

 

The obvious first touchstone: "So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star" by The Byrds

 

"Your My Drug" owes something to Traffic's "Dealer" to my ear.

 

"You're My Drug":

From my notes:

"You're My Drug":

The Nazz - "Open My Eyes"*
The Poets - "That's The Way It's Got To Be"
The Yardbirds - "He's Always There"*
The Animals - "Montery"*
The Byrds - "So You Want To Be A Rock and Roll Star"

Interesting pick!

BTW, I just realized we're still not finished with "Collideascope"!!!