Quote Originally Posted by OngBonga View Post
Forgive me for being like 20 years behind the times, but the Beatles had a HUGE influence certainly as late as the 90's, with bands from Oasis (who blatantly ripped them off) to the Chemical Brothers (they nicked their drum loops) to the Beta Band (fucking fantastic). They are still, to the best of my knowledge, insanely popular, and insanely influencial. But I don't really listen to much new music, so maybe time has finally caught up with them.
Well today isn't the 1990s, that was twenty years ago. Are there any bands making music today that sound like the Beatles?

Also, I was referring more to the overall sound. And I was thinking mostly of the early Beatles, who were noteworthy for being very pop, with complex vocal harmonies, great guitar riffs, and pretty minimalistic everything else. No-one beyond 1975 was making music with that sound. The later Beatles had Phil Spector and so began the so-called Wall of Sound, which is pretty much standard nowadays.

Can't really speak to their comparison to Oasis as I only really know the 3 Oasis songs that I have on my ipod (Champagne Supernova, Don't Look back in Anger, and Wonderwall).

This is probably the closest that the Beatles got to the future Oasis (and an awesome song):



p.s. Stealing licks and sampling someone isn't exactly the same as being influenced, at least not in my mind. Being influenced is a more general type of thing. Also, if your drummer can't top Ringo, you need a new drummer imo.