KLAATU: The Complete Breakdown! Their History, Albums & Songs!
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- Опубликовано: 27 дек 2023
- KLAATU: The Complete Breakdown! Their History, Albums & Songs! #klaatu #thebeatles
Hey everyone!
In tonight;s video I throughly cover the mysterious band who were once thought to secretly be The Beatles!
I cover their story, their albums, the songs on those albums, AND….!
I announce brand new KLAATU information as well folks!
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Somewhere i have a magazine regarding the beatles/klaatu from 1976-1978 when I got it in a drug store magazines section.I wonder where the at magazine is today)
Yeah I had a few articles for years and years only to eventually let them go Rick!
But go to their website, and you’ll find a lot of those articles photocopied, along with some great interviews with the band!
www.klaatu.org
I can’t wait to interview Terry Draper brother! ❤❤❤
I've decided to do a deep dive into Klaatu thanks to you Michael.
My absolute pleasure Myxxx!
You doing so makes the whole video worthwhile! ❤❤❤
They were a sensation that just was underrated and those who don't know need to give a listen.
Spot freakin’ on Jeffrey! Amen brother! 🏆🏆🏆❤❤❤
Another excellent video Michael !! Klaatu were truly underrated - & undiscovered by most people!!
I Couldn't agree more Tiger! Don’t forget to choose your favorite album for my poll on my community page brother! ❤❤❤
I love Klaatu! Thanks Michael for spreading the news about this band! In the past I would talk about Sparks many times in my videos and over the years I've heard of MANY viewers becoming fans of the band. The same will happen with Klaatu for you. As I've mentioned before, I was hoping they were The Beatles when I bought 3:47 E.S.T. but after less than a minute of the opening track I knew it wasn't, but I was not disappointed at all. The one song that sounds a lot like Paul McCartney is "Sub-Rosa Subway". It almost sounded like Paul!". The followup album "Hope" was disappointing to me when I bought it on release, I thought it was way too cheesy and pop sounding. I was wrong. About ten years ago I gave it another listen and now it is my favorite Klaatu album! "Sir Army Suit" is also fantastic, as is "Endangered Species". The Carpenters were pretty brave and COOL to cover "Calling Occupants" and release it as a single. Of all their superb songs, I think their greatest song for me is "Little Neutrino", followed closely by "Long Live Politzania".
You must think highly of yourself to have arrived at the conclusion that your videos have pushed people toward Sparks. Sparks have had many incarnations and in the US the "Cool Places" video with Jane Weidlin had drawn attention to Sparks and their humor but I'm sure there is an active pocket of studmuffin influenced Sparks fans.
@@tod3msn I don't think highly of myself but thanks anyway... I have actually had many of my viewers either comment or message me that they checked out the band and became a fan.
@@tod3msn Seriously,you are a Imbecile.
Another great video. 👍🤙
Thanx so much Undertaker! Let your voice be further heard in my Poll on my community page❤❤❤
Brilliant band. Stunning arrangements and production. Brilliant songwriting. Unfortunately, their second last album was garbage.
Let your voice be further heard in my Poll on my community page MIC! ❤❤❤
Michael, great presentation! I learned something new today. Happy New Year, looking forward to your presentations in 2024. Thanks!
Awesome, thank you Gearjam! Always good to hear from ya! And A Gappy New Year to you as well! ❤❤❤
The first Klaatu LP was incredibly well engineered, and its sonics rank up there with the albums Alan Parsons engineered. It was a great disc to show off your audiophile-quality stereo system. Little Neutrino particularly was a great track to give subwoofers a workout when the rocket ship takes off near the end of the song. I do most of my music listening with high quality earbuds by Sennheiser and am always amazed by the detailed sound quality in esch song. It was a true labor of love producing that first album.
Little Neutrino has the deepest bass i have ever heard. If you weren't careful you could definitely pop a pair of worn woofers lol
Around the Universe in 80 Days is one of the greatest songs in popular music history. I featured it my middle school music classes for 30 years.
I’m so glad to hear so much love for Klaatu. It makes me appreciate them even more!
Thank you Michael! Very knowledgeable stuff!
My pleasure as always Scait! Good to hear from ya! ❤❤❤
Right back at ya! And i am running on schedule tomorow. Thank you for your comments!
HAPPY NEW YEAR PLANET EARTH AND MR. NOLAND
I can't ever get too much Klaatu in my life. They of course sound very Beatley but they have enough to make themselves distinct and special. There prices of the albums on eBay are beyond belief now. Apparently, it took years for their albums to be put out on cd.
They take one back to a time where albums when albums were as important as the songs. I think my favourite is Magenta Lane. Maybe the most commercial but I don't care I love it even Mrs' Toad's Cookies - very Paul McCartney. Melody was still important back then.
I love the versatility of material from the whimsy of Mrs. Toad Cookies to great rockers like Blue Smoke, Sell Out, Sell Out, Juicy Lucy, the pop rock of A Routine Day, psychedelic tracks including The Carpenters hit, the gorgeous folk ballad All Things End and the folk/pop of Magenta Lane which opens and closes the album of the same name, minus the mouse squeak! When listening to the track All Things End think of your best lifelong friend and the songs resonates without being over-the-top sentimental but rather genuinely affecting. Overall, what I love about their albums is that they make me smile. How many albums can do that these days.
They did release a compilation album SunSet in 2005 but the material of the original recordings is superior (just my opinion) as they are produced with more clarity and a lighter touch. They also produced a (non-quite completed) animation called Happy New Year Planet Earth. Very apt to mention this time of year. It's on RUclips and includes A Routine Day as Michael points out, another great track. Thanks Michael for another great video with new information I wasn't aware of.
Also, out there for your viewing pleasure is aa one hour special called A Routine Day - The Interviews Klaatu - Behind the Scenes (Sir Army Suit Bonus DVD) and there are a least two one hour interviews with a member of the band.
Happy New Year to Michael and his subscribers. May 2024 avoid the errors of 2023. And it feels so good, feels so good, feels so good to be back home.
Wow! Great comment here TrippleJazz!
I’ll try to remember to ask Terry Draper if they have plans for futurre-releases ❤❤❤
PS: Now I gotta jet around in my chrome atomic platform shoes, with atomic power on! How do I know? Well, so said the lighthouse keeper of course!😉🌞🛸
Thanks Michael. Very kind of you.@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine
I actually saw Klaatu perform live at Barrymore's in Ottawa. They were really good and they performed Sub Rosa Subway twice that night. I even got autographs from the band members. You are "spot on" Michael in you assessment of their album releases.
I did too! We must have been at the same concert
Give a listen to Tame Impala albums Innerspeaker & Lonerism.
Will do Revolver! Thanx for the suggestion! ❤❤👌
Thanks for another interesting and informative video.
There was a psychedelic rock revival in the 80s. I’d include The Teardrop Explodes & Julian Cope solo, The Church, XTC (+Dukes of Stratosphere), The Cure and many other ‘independent’ bands in that genre.
Great band got to admit I fell for the Beatles rumours back in 77 or 78
But it was so much fun Laserman! Let your voice be further heard in my Poll on my community page❤❤❤
They are no where near the level of the Beatles.
I had their first three albums and all their CDs. I love them from day one! Thanks for this trip down memory lane.
Have you considered interviewing them--or other bands?
I am interviewing Terry Draper along with Rachel coming up in January Clyde! The interview will be featured right here on the channel brother!
I would love interviews….
I was in high school, and when this came out the FM stations started playing this and the Beatles factor was a big deal for a while. Got me to buy the album, and glad I did.
Thanks, I bought that first album when it released but never explored Klaatu further. I didn't even know they released 4 more albums. Thanks to you, I have some new, great tunes to enjoy!
Dude awesome band saw them live at McMaster University my brother had bands and brought this album home i always felt it was magical without any beatle reference acknowleging the influence.
The first album was great. The second album, Hope, was a mind-blowingly beautiful, hopeful, tragic and brilliant work of art. Better by far than the first, and the closing track . . . "and the path before us lies before our very eyes, can't you see. . . . ". positively brilliant. Will love these guys beyond my grave.
Thanks for showing this band some love.
I was a teenager when the DJ's, (remember DJs?), were playing up the Beatle/Klaatu thing in Daytona Beach where I grew up.
I never thought it was the Beatles but I DID manage to find their first album, vinyl, in a K-Mart and I bought it. It's still in my collection.
I liked them, I never delved into more of their music till the internet came on board.
They should have been a more well known group but like with most bands, their fans love them.
It was Tony Peluso, the Carpenters guitarist, who brought them to Richard Carpenter's attention. They chose the Calling Occupants song to cover, things were getting stale in the Carpenter's camp.
Thanks again for spending time on this group, I haven't seen too many people do that.
Your channel just gets better and better. h
Thank you for this video, I had completely forgotten about Klaatu.
Thanks for talking about Klaatu....love 'em!
I played a few Klaatu tracks to set the scene before watching the video and dug what I heard. Great job by the way for passionately giving us more info on Klaatu! I'd heard of them but had never really heard their music before. I'll definitely have a deep dive now! And I guess that's why these videos that cover bands that for whatever reason are not so well known nowadays are so important - if we hear something compelling about an old band, well hey, we can probably listen to all their music online and give it likes and share it etc - but in someways trying to discover exciting music both old and new on the internet is like walking through a jungle, it can help to have a guide!
Anyway keep up the great work Michael and as a Brit who was a teenager getting into music in the 90s I'll definitely be up for your take on Oasis, they weren't always my cup of tea, but they did have some amazing songs and were certainly huge in Britain!
All the best for 2024 and keep on rockin'!!!
I always appreciate Michael, how you frequently touch on artists that are rarely mentioned anymore 👊🏻
I've been a big Klaatu since day one. I was lucky enough to see Klaatu in Toronto
I remember a minor hit song from Klaatu's Endangered Species with the Alan Parsons inspired song chorus Paaaaaarrrranoiaaaaaaaa which got brief FM rock radio play (CFOX 99.3 Vancouver) back in the summer of 1980.
Thanks for that Michael...I got glad all over when I saw this Klaatu video ...of course I have the first two albums but then my interest waned ...however this video has rekindled my interest...Thanks
"3:47 EST" was the time mentioned in the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still when Klaatu's spaceship landed in Washington.
Thanks for reminding how good this band was! I have all but the last album and still cherish them today. Time to send a message to the grandkids and tell them to have a listen! Cheers
Dee Long actually met Sir Paul many years later while they were at the same studio in London. Paul had never heard the rumors from back in the day. The news was over there at the time though, as a British news columnist started an article with the title "Deaf idiot journalist starts Beatles rumour" lol. I'm happy to see this vid as i have been a fan since they started. Me and my best friend were huge Beatles fans back then(always will be) and the rumors about Klaatu definitely sparked our interest. Once we started listening though we didn't care about rumors anymore, they were a great band in their own right. We figured out pretty quickly it wasn't the Beatles but they certainly penned and sang songs that sounded quite similar in some cases. My favorites were the first album( simply titled Klaatu on the original US release) and Sir Army Suit. If memory serves correctly i read that alot of their music was recorded in a mobile studio right out in Terry Brown's driveway lol. They did alot of innovative things at the time. Idk if it was owing to the Beatle rumor or not but they kept their identities (names and pics) off of the records until well into their career, although there are sketches of all three of them, along with many other people, on the cover of Sir Army Suit. Klaatu is a band well woth checking out, especially the first four albums imho.
One of my fave bands ! I first heard them on a Brian cox documentary on tv and later he said the name of the band on his twitter loved em ever since. Hope is probably one of my fave albums of all time
Hi Michael that's why I bought KLAATU's first album I thought they were the Beatles. I have their 3 albums I like them and yes Sub Rosa Subway had a sound like The Beatles like some other tracks. KLAATU were definitely influenced by The Beatles. I have Terry Drapers two CDs waiting for the new one. Great review brother.
I do remember Klaatu in the 70's and they seemed like an ELO type sound but I never paid much attention to them. Some posted here comparing Klaatu to Sparks but Sparks is more fun loving and quirky while Klaatu had more mainstream aspirations.
I'm friends with Terry Draper and I loved hearing about this first hand.
Klaatu was an important part of Canadian music in the 70/80's, great video Michael...cheers....✌️
Klamath is one of my favorite bands. I listen to their albums frequently. I bought their first two releases on separate occasions at a flea market and had zero knowledge of the Beatles connection, aside from the obvious influence on their song-writing. "Little Neutrino" is, to me. a high-water mark in psychedelic rock.
Little Neutrino is my favorite Klaatu tune
Loved this vid. Klaatu is an underrated Canadian band. Their first, second: Hope - best of all - and last were the best.
I had the first Klaatu LP. I purchased it (sheepishly) because if the cover art. I used to really enjoy it but haven't listened in years. I think it's time to revisit them.
Was that Magellan expert a KLAATU member, that was a HIDEOUS interview 😂, he reminded me of Bobby Whitlock
Thanks for sharing
First heard Calling Occupants on Radio Caroline when I moved to Wiltshire in 1977. Great stuff!
These are truly great albums, sonically and musically. Thanks!
Thanks for covering the band! I've only heard their first album.
Slapped ham - paul is dead episode mention this album . I instantly remembered seeing this in my sisters albums in the 70s, which led me to some bad uniformed information, which led me to this excellent insight! Very in depth information thank you.
I have their first album. I can't remember how I got it , it was just there one day. I think I will listen to it 👍🏻
Both the first and second albums are my favorites. Hope as a concept album is as good as it gets.
Nice respectable video about a great band.
Their album Hope has some of the most mind-blowing recorded moments in rock history. "Ignition!"
12:35 Knee Deep in Love still gets airplay in heavy rotation on Winnipeg oldies stations even today.
One thing that fuelled the fire of speculation of just who Klaatu were was the fact that they did not put their names anywhere on the first three albums. The writing credit simply said all music & lyrics by Klaatu. So, people began to guess that it was someone well known recording incognito. And by the way, you neglected to mention my favourite track on the first album, Little Neutrino. I’ve blown speakers with the explosions near the end of that one. And, an excerpt of that track is embedded, I think playing backwards, in Silly Boys on Sir Army Suit. Love this band!
I forget exactly when I heard of Klaatu but I do remember the hype. I can see why people thought they could possibly be the Beatles. Most of their songs were Beatlesque but listening closely, I knew it wasn't them. 48 years later and I'm still listening to it. Great LP.
I was 9 in 1976 and my brother who 15 told me all about Klaatu. I was already a massive Beatles fan so I was very excited when the radio DJ in Sydney announce he was going to play Calling Occupants....it took me about 5 seconds to realise they were definitely not The Beatles. I remember being really disappointed but also at that very young age thought " how the hell can people think these guys were The Beatles??. I realised many many people were tone deaf.
Nobody in The Netherlands seem to know Klaatu. Except for me. I am their biggest fan.
The local radio station was promoting the album as possibly being the Beatles and scheduled to air it on a Saturday night late. We all piled in my '69 Toronado and drove around listening to it, cruisin' and checking it out for the first time. We couldn't decide if it really was but the horns on Sub-Rosa Subway made me think they were. To this day, I love that song. Who would think to write a song about the construction of NY's first subway? Genius.
They were a great band. I love all their albums.
You probably don’t know this, but the drummer for the carpenters, when they were touring was cubby O’Brien, who was a former Mouseketeer on the Mickey Mouse Club
On your recommendation in a previous video I bought their first 4 albums which were re-issued on 2 CDs in remastered form. IMHO, they were much more than a heavily Beatles influenced band, evidenced by the wide variety of styles they dived into on their 5 albums. I Can't Help It should have been a #1 hit.
I remember this. Back in’76… I was dating a chick who was a hard-core Beatles fan. She insisted Klattu was really the Fab Four, even bought the LP and kept throwing it on my turntable…kept telling her it wasn’t the Beatles but she wasn’t buying it…
I still have my original pressing of 3:47 EST I bought when I was 13, and I listen to it frequently.
I mentioned in your previous video that I have been listening to them a lot. The funny thing is (and my wife and boys are always amazed/baffled/tired-of how I recall a song lyric or movie line to link to something/anthing) that we were in the hot tub recently when I saw Uranus and said "Anus of Uranus." I told my wife I had to play a song on my phone......
Oh yeah, I dig it. There's a surprising amount of sustain on those slides. Is that an octave pair on the top strings? Rock on!
Thanks for the day info sir 👍 was not aware of this band
Hope and 3:47 EST deserve more fame, both are masterpieces!
I made a Beatles's fan friend of mine listen to Sub-Rosa Subway and she said "you're kidding, these are the Beatles!!"
When Badfinger's 'Come and Get It' was first played on the radio a lot of people thought it was the Beatles and no wonder.
Happy new year Michael 😁✌️
Love Klaatu, such an underrated, underplayed band.
Surprisingly, I don't recall ever hearing about them. I'll have to check it out.
I never knew they had more than one album.I think I only remember subway and calling occupants great stuff and sound.I haven’t heard either song on the radio in years.Even on Canadian stations where they’re forced to play nearly half of the music by Canadian artists.This is the first time I’ve heard anything about them on any media platform!
I bought that album when I was in Germany; when I was in the army.
Not because I also thought that they were the Beatles; I really like their hit and the music on the album.
I still have this album.
I had no idea they made so many albums!
Speaking of psychedelic music, I’d love to see you do a deep dive on Steppenwolf, which is one of the most overlooked classic rock bands. Their blend of hard rock, blues, and psychedelic was awesome.
Steppenwolf was great!
I remember the Klaatu- ‘they might be The Beatles in disguise’ back in high school. I thought they were purposely trying to sound like the Beatles but weren’t successful . I never paid any attention to the band and they quickly vanished from my music radar.
Loved Klaatu, especially the first two albums. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find their albums on any streaming service.
I do like Klaatu. Also, i've thought so for decades and agree that psychedelic music hasn't not fully explored
I was a big fan of Klaatu. Love to karaoke their songs.
I still have their first album. "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" became a top 40 hit for The Carpenters but didn't go past #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. I think that "Sub-Rosa Subway" sounded like a song that The Turtles could have done. It was closer to their style.
Totally agree Michael, Klaatu has always been on my turntable or now on youtube, I think 3.47 is a best album that Klaatu ever produced and recorded. There other albums vere off in directons that I felt lost there audience but I guess to me 3.47 like the Beatles Sgt Peppers hit the mark for psychodelic trip I agree they did some wonderful work but 3.47 and Dr. Marvello and my personal top 10 all time track Little Neutrino now that is a trip all in itself that I have taken over and over again and look forward to the next time sun bath on mercury or jam on Jupitar Dee Long and Terry Draper to me are the driving force to Klaatu and long live Klaatu.
I really loved their first album, but Hope was absolutely brilliant. From beginning to end, it is a progressive rock masterpiece. Highly recommended.
Hope is the first album I take to a desert island. An incredible piece of music
I love the bass lines they came up with. Also the drums were a real draw for me. I am not a musician, just a poet who can sing a bit, but I know what I like. Unless you have that basic skeletal framework of that bass as drums, you wash out.
The vocals on Little Neutrino reminded me of Alan Parsons Project. As a 70's kid, those 2 bands and Rush were my baby food. Thanks for making this video!
That album is fantastic if you have never heard it but it!
Magentalene and 347 est were my favorites followed by hope
Back in the mid 80s, XTC revisited the psychedelic era with their alter ego band/side project, The Dukes of Stratosphear. Their two releases, 25 O'clock and Psonic Psunspot, are some of the best songs that should have been released in 1977. They even made sure to use vintage gear from that era.
The imaging of the movie poster (The day the earth stood still) has quite similarities to Queen's News of of the World cover... Maybe another reference to this 1950s "Klaatu" movie... 🙂
The funny thing about Klattu ,and that first record, over the years I hear klattu, melodies or influences or maybe they nicked some of them? But a song by the Commodores, easy like Sunday morning, is the melody of Calling Occupants ? Then the bass and guitar work on California Jam near the end sounds very Boston like? And some of the vocal sounds like Beachbaby, by First Class? The way klattu displayed these influences, was very Beatles like? I must confess when the article came out in the Providence Journal, I was about 15 and I was convinced it was the Beatles after buying the record? They where very good!
The Carpenters brought me to them. RUclips helped as well. Already a sub!
Totally agree about psychedelic music!
Man how can you not mention the ultra BANGER True Life Hero? Used to wake up to that cut 😊
HAPPY NEW YEAR
On the Sir Army Suit album, no mention of the pure pop track, 'Juicy Lucy'!
This story is so old it's been told.....anything better you can come up with ...😎
damn right
I loved KLAATU music from the first time I heard them and own multiple copies of albums. No they were not the Beatles but they were damn good if you liked that style of music.
how could such a great band be so ignored and obscured just because they sounded like the best band to grace earth?!?
2:02 Apart from Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, (and possibly Kite) how is Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (the album) remotely psychedelic...? Apart from popular opinion... which is wrong.
The Beatles never made a psychedelic ALBUM - only the occasional foray into psychedelia. Also, they did NOT ''establish'' far less ''invented'' psychedelia. There were plenty of psychedelia-inspired LPs and singles well BEFORE Sergeant Pepper's, including especially The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators which was released in October 1966... months before Sgt Pepper's. Further, two other bands also used the word (''psychedelic'') in titles of LPs released in November 1966: The Blues Magoos' Psychedelic Lollipop, and the Deep's Psychedelic Moods. Admittedly, certain tracks of the Beatles' album, Revolver, from May 1966 show LSD / psychedelic influence (notably: Tomorrow Never Knows), but The Byrd's 'Eight Miles High' from March 1966 pre-empts anything the Beatles did. The claim that the sitar being featured in Norwegian Wood somehow opens the door to psychedelia is one of the most ridiculous stretches in all pop/rock music history.
Well said mate.
Heard Interplanetary craft driving home from work 1977 and was sure it was the Beatles.
There was another band from northern Cali called “Jellyfish” who were very Beatles-ish.