Tribute bands are ten a penny, but parody bands, where the songs are imitative but original, are rarer and none reached the brilliance of Neils Innes' Beatles parody, the Rutles. So good in fact that the Beatles themselves loved them (Beatle George Harrison funded the documentary) and the songs are now widely recognised on their own merits. Let's be natural.
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New Order were formed after the death of Ian Curtis ended the career of Joy Division. At first they struggled. They seemed to, er, quite like dance music and the first album was over-produced. But when 'Temptation' was released you knew something was afoot. Brilliant drumming, years ahead of its time and worth waiting for the lines towards the end: 'oh you've got green eyes, oh you've got blue eyes, oh you've got grey eyes'. Yes, a love song.
More famous songs were to come, but any better than this?
PhD student Vishal Gupta is putting together a band and he needs a bassist, a drummer and a singer, ideally to play (not too heavy) rock music. Interested? @email
And I will be in touch soon with those of you who play an instrument to talk about making sweet music and sweet films.