Klaatu recorded and released this first in 1976, Carpenters recorded and released it second in 1977. Written by Draper & Woloschuk of Klaatu. Get your facts before posting, people!
im a channelr to an entity that is located in teh 5th harmonic density in eth start system we call capella,,,, and this song was sent as a givt to enm ,, because in afct this is whta i do,, call enitys form out there ti her e,,,, love n light
@skooter72 I've heard that, but honestly the beatles as musicians were never this good. Great band still, the beatles I mean, but not of this calibur. Without George Martin the beatles wouldn't have really been much.
@skooter72: Rumours don't take much to get started. That particular one came from a comment by a music reviewer for the Providence (Rhode Island) Journal, to the effect that they sounded something like a reunited Beatles. In a matter of days the story was that they *were* the Beatles reunited. Today, when the Internet carries a story around the world in seconds and distorts it even faster, that doesn't sound impressive; then it was just about a record. :)
this is amazing i find music thats timeless im new fan n i cant believe what ive never heard before i can easily see n hear Beatles patterns quite mature songwritng indeed ===this is of course about the Plejaren woman n its been melded into the mystique of Billy Meir...but i cannot get this out of my head .......gotta luv carpenters one for me Karen lives again i miss her all my "adult-life' .....let the path of truth set you free n belief in the good angels to protect you her name is Semjase
History is still unfolding ! Disclosure is happening now. As each of us face how contacting other civilizations will evolve our lives & cherished belief structures, into a new Human Consciousness awakening to a vast family of lifeforms among the stars. Undiscovered Realities beyond space & time !
How did people ever think this was The Beatles? Bee Gees I could buy since the lead singer's pitch is more Barry Gibb than Lennon, McCartney, or Harrison :)
Lucky me. I actually was one of the few humans to see the band Klaatu live. In Toronto, at the Danforth Music Hall. It was a result of the demise of the band Max Webster, when three of that band's former musicians, Pye DuBois, Gary McCracken and...? were available to play and to supply the musicianship that had only been recorded by four original musicians... in studio. Second greatest concert I ever saw. One of three most memorable. Klaatu negretuu aanutuu paalutua onaa.
@MOoTS20101 Actually, Klaatu was a Canadian progressive rock group formed in 1973 by the duo of John Woloschuk and Dee Long. After recording two non-charting singles, drummer Terry Draper was added to the line-up; this trio would comprise Klaatu throughout the rest of the band's recording career. In addition, The band continued their policy of not including any names of band members in the credits, nor did they play any live shows or make any public appearances to promote their albums.
@MOoTS20101 ...And I thought *I* was one of the selected few. I saw them in 1981 at Uncle Sam's in Niagara Falls, of all places. Same deal, had members of Max Webster, and I can't for the life of me remember who the last guy was. For some reason, I'm thinking a guy from Prism, but don't hold me to that.
Nicely copied-and-pasted Ken. Bit difficult to formulate your own opinions in the face of actual facts though isn't it? Much easier to resort to dogma. I'm going to end this discussion now, as this is a generally positive forum and I feel you have revealed yourself enough to be as utterly ignorant and maladjusted as you are. You are an embarrassment to your country, though thankfully not representative in my experience. Goodnight Ken. Your time is up.
@MisterAntAgonism Well said, there comes a time to ignore such rubbish and not be drawn any further into a pointless vindication of stupidity via discussion. Well done. Your patience amazes me.
@mpc999STEP Nice 1 - thanks mpc. It does make you wonder what any alien visitors would think if they did arrive on earth and came across the likes of Ken. The irony of this exchange occurring on this particular forum is not lost on me. It's depressing that such blind, raging and pointless hatred exists as part of the human condition, but it's still worth challenging it once in a while. Peace, as Lennon would've said.
@MisterAntAgonism I just wonder if "Ken" realizes that Klaatu is a Canadian group? He may since he did say "British knock off" or maybe he didn't know it and didn't have time to look it up because he was late for his Klan meeting.
As for "Ken", whether he's Canadian or American, this American apologizes to you on behalf of the continent. I wish I could tell you that these angry "Tea Party" types are rare here, but sadly they are not.
ACTUALLY, you have no right to apologize for an entire continent! Liberals are always smugly issuing apologys when no apology is necessary, like Obama, the misfit. I belong to A tea party group..I am not angry about Klaatu's music - I always liked it - only one idiot besides yourself came here with rage seething under their skin, and being a kindred spirit...you felt necessary to apologize for him. THANK YOU for showing the entire world that LIBERALS get mad when disagreed with!
@mazakman1957 I find it funny when people like these angry screamers on TV always assume that anyone that disagrees with them is a "liberal".
I have no use for ANYONE that is "staunch" ANYTHING. I can take nothing they say serioulsy because of their ever present agenda. That goes for both sides of the isle. I shouldn't have said that Tea Party thing as I was only trying to offend "Ken",
For that I apologize.
P.S. The apology on behalf of the continent was tongue in cheek.
@MisterAntAgonism And the illiterate shit born of an angry inbred monkey faggots ass pretends its owners and god cuts and pastes, the way it cuts and pastes the American culture who owns it. These are the only facts there are. Will it get angry in its inbred monkey faggot filth? An island of angry inbred monkey faggots who attack American schools? Not smart, not even primitive, but expected from a faggot monkey species cowardly awaiting its death on Faggot Island. It likes these kind of words.
Blimming brilliant!!!!! I didnt know the Carpenters covered it, they also had good taste =) I love this, not dissing the carpenters, they did an awesome job too!
Wow! Why have I never heard of this band before NOW! As for them being members of The Beatles, check out the "I Am the Walrus" Wurlitzer piano in the last 3rd or so of the song . . . . I love this . . .
Just been listening to some of their other stuff - absolutely brilliant. Funny how many really excellent bands seem doomed to (relative) obscurity. I have only just discovered the music of the wonderful Deaf School for instance. Dosh from the Carpenters' cover must've sweetened the blow for these chaps I guess...
@saintrobski Deaf School are legends... I was lucky enough to see them live in Liverpool last Christmas..... magic! This song should be legendary too! Shame it's virtually unheard of except for the Carpenters remake.
@scouserfourteen Cool. I think a lot of these bands were derailed by punk - not the bands (love many of the original 77 bands) , more the annoying journalistic agenda that attached itself to punk music. Glad to see people still remember 'em. If you search for 'deaf school 1977' there's some great old footage, plus me asking why they have been relatively overlooked in the story of Liverpool music! Any theories?
@saintrobski I think Deaf School are now, belatedly, held in great esteem in the history of Liverpool music. They were HUGE in Liverpool during their heyday. I actually think the reason they never became huge stars is because their 2nd and 3rd albums didn't really measure up to the brilliance that was 2nd Honeymoon - which was, and still is, a masterpiece.
@scouserfourteen If some work hadn't been cancelled last week, I would've bought all three albums. This week I will (along with Klaatu's debut)! I can believe they were/are loved by the Scouse scene. At least Clive Langer made something of it - but even though I heard of his genius years ago, I never knew he was in DS 'til last month!
@saintrobski check out the Original Mirrors too.. heavy Deaf School involvement and also the breeding ground for Mr Ian Broudie who went on to be the mastermind behind The Lightning Seeds... (the song Perfect, is, well.... perfect!)
They are/were Toronto Session Musicians. Yeah, many in the industry back then thought it was the Beatles getting together to do new material!!! HA!!!!
Hey all of you musical know-it-all's....this band came out 1979-1980....when WXRT in Chicago played Foreigner, Kansas, REO and Journey. Because of their rich vocals and the cool synth background, many people thought it was an experimental band......With some members of Floyd, Yes, and The Beatles! Well it was none of the a-for-mentioned. Nothing sounded like it.....at that time. I still love it! ...space vocals....ahhhh Floyd and Lennon!
I got to see these guys play live about 30 years ago... great show, they were originally three guys from Toronto. Much of the Beatlesque sounds are sections of music doing simple music scales up and down, and orchestra backing, sound effects, etc. Sub Rosa Subway to me is the most Beatle -sounding song. The music does have a lot of character.
@llhlhljh Buddy Holly, The Everly Brothers and The Beach Boys are much better than that shitty beatles knockoff crap. How do you brits like reality thrown back into your ugly cultureless knockoff faces?
@mtganimemiikefan I'm hardly a troll, kid. I grew up with this music. My culture. Yes, Elvis, too, was an influence for plagiarizing, as were all the American artists. They didn't love Pet Sounds as much as they may have led you to believe. This doesn't mean you can't listen to it. Now take your hate back to the isles, kid.
@KenMendell Er, it says you are from Canada on your profile - no disrespect to Canada (just yourself), but what have any of the American artists you have mentioned got to do with "your culture"? If you think the British are cultureless then remember that white Canadian culture was founded by us and the French - you DO know that, don't you?
@MisterAntAgonism This troll must be attributed to the inbred monkey stupidity of the brits and that inbred little empire island they dwell upon. But to answer these words from your inbred british monkey stupidity and sexlessness, "white" American culture was founded by white Americans, the French culture came with you and you attempted to subjugate everyones rights to this day. That won't last you through this century, dropout, when you get your fat buttery asses evicted back across that ocean.
@KenMendell The fact that we are conversing in English should give you all the evidence you need to realize that all white North Americans are descended from Europeans, and that's a fact that's beyond debate. Odds-on, that makes you a descendent of either the French or us butter-assed imperialist Brits Ken, so remember to 'evict' yourself from your own country when the time comes. (Independent for over a century last time I checked). Or, read a history book and stop being an ignorant racist?
@MisterAntAgonism It doesn't know why its own island species are the roots of lying cowardly faggots. And it doesn't know why it and its perforated pseudoscience is hated so universally. The lies and hate that spew from it. The language it lost so universally that America owns as a trophy to its defeat. Its queen and governor general gone when it is. It can't read its critics, as its too tearful and illiterate calling the world an ignorant place that hates it, while it waits for its own death.
Hey it was a fun record when my friends and I bought it and tried to see if it was the Beatles. Remember one guy shouting that's Lennon on the line "Interstellar Policeman"
Still CANNOT grasp any comparison to Beattles, Can Anybody refer to any songs Klatu are attempting to 'mimmic' of Fab4 ? Cause I just don't see it at all ... Thanks Spanky....Toronto
@3p1k0n3r , I could be wrong, but I don't think Klaatu ever really tried to mimic the Beatles. The album Sir Army Suit has a few songs that have a Beatles feel. The whole deal was, they didn't tell anyone who they were right at the time people were really wanting the Beatles to reunite. Also, the caliber of song writing by Klaatu was second to none.
You're right about the timing of a Beatles comeback. Beatles were offered money to do SNL. Clues also at the time included, Ringo came out w/ Goodnight Vienna and Klatuu is on the Cover. The Harmony on the lyrics, "We are your Friends" was takin' as a clue.
And at the end of the last song on the "RECORD", is a Morse code suppose to reveal who they were. This info came from Cream or Circus Magazine. It's been awhile since I read it.
@3p1k0n3r Look at some of the stuff in yellow sub and later. the harmonization is reminiscent of later Beatles work. not the same but close enough to the same genre to get people wondering. as someone mentioned, they showed up same time folks were really looking for a reunion.
@3p1k0n3r Can't believe this CLASSIC is as old as I am. I still 'vidy' it when it's on the Telly. Funny M. Rennee reminds me of Ward Cleaver STILL.. I guess GORT is played by Eddie Haskel.. Just can't get enough of this Tune, as it's NEVER on the FM Spanky.....Toronto.
@zapple100 Okay, maybe not a cover band, but they were purposely trying to sound like the Beatles. Style, tunes, lyrics, themes, they were Beatle-esque at the very least.
Actually, 3Pkon, knocking me out with he American thighs comes from AC/DC, not The Guess Who.
I remember when I first heard them back in '77 oder '78. We kids really believed in rumor that they were the beatles because of two reasons: first there are many passages sounding like the fab four in their last studio years 69-70. Secondly we wanted them back although it never happened. It was a nice beautiful dream which came to easy minded teenagers...;-)
Astring morg fill legs a catroon Klaatu, mesly a's tiroim argans o explend muscay... masi a legs frim mesly uogha a interplyned songly!! Klystoar Klaatu!!!!!
Another thing that fueled speculation that Klaatu might be the Beatles is that Ringo Starr had just released an album called "Goodnight Vienna". The album cover is a colorized still from The Day The Earth Stood Still showing Gort the Robot, and the alien Klaatu, with Ringo's face replacing Michael Rennie's face.
I was born in 1965...when I heard this I knew it was not beetles or the wings (paul mccartney)...the 1970s had many many flying saucer sightings ..(.and ancient astronauts discussed often) alien abductions was still ignored and covered up! the late 1970s were kind of fun... wonderful disco era kicked the hippies filthy smelly butts!
@teamufo1 , I don't usually reply to posts this old, but, Disco kicked nobodies butt. How many Disco bands are still or once again touring today? How many "hippy" bands are still or once again touring today?
You would think they would show some pictures from the movie " The Day the Earth Stood Still. I just seen the new version with Keanu Reeves and thought it would be apprapo.
There was a lot of hype about Klaatu being The Beatles reunited, in the mid
70's. The radio stations fed this by not denying this to be true. Back then, most people would believe anything that would have The Beatles back together. Good band either way.
The radio stations had nothing to do with it. A DJ in Rhode Island thought it sounded like the Beatles and the rumor took off when a paper did a story. Clues on the album had were no band member names or pictures. Also, it was one of the first Capitol albums to use the 'rainbow' label on the center of the record since the days of the Beatles albums. It was the label that didn't deny it for two more albums. The second album had a song called Mr. Manson that fueled the rumor further
When this Klatuu album came out there were no names on the credits and there was a great deal of speculation that this was actually the Beatles. It particularly sounds like the Beatles on the song "Subrosa Subway."
Well in this version of the song there is absolutely no woman singing. So if you heard a woman's voice then you are wrong no woman sung on this song. The carpenters did a version of this song, but this video is klaatu and there is no woman singing. The main singer in this song is a guy named Dee Long.
"people thought that they were the beatles also. "
Thats nonsense, what would you know, you were just born. There was no mystery about the identity of "Wings". Paul McCartney was in it. He was a Beatle. No secret there.
Are they here? And if they are why do they make themselves hidden? And if they do communicate why are they so secretive? They must be a bad gang. Arguments?????????
I love this song too. I recall the album came out when I was in college, around 1976-77 and the rumor at that time was this was the Beatles! Weird, I know.
yeah, the same thing is true about the "wings" the reason i know about them is because their hit "mull of kintyre" was number 1 on the 14th january 1978, the day i was born.
people thought that they were the beatles also.
and you can hear why with both groups, Klaatu are great.
dude or dudette...I was a junior in high school when you were born...where do I begin? Klatuu was the sound track to our lives...we thought they might have been the beatles...but we were too busy enjoying and living to the music to care...they are the best.
@Desotoguitarist Nice 1. I've been saying that about the Carpenters' version for years! Now I've heard this, it sounds even more like an out-take from the Soft Bulletin..... This version is great though. The arrangement isn't that different from the C's version which I also think is cool. Why the big debate people?
@allymv1 HA HA HA HA, excellent and funny way to make such a salient point.
However, Klaatu WAS a Beatles cover band and did songs about and/or like them. Harmony is one. It even mentions the Mersey beat. Anne Murray trying to screech, :knocking me out with her American thighs," is too funny!
When you mention one of our CANADIAN embarassements: Anne Murray and her American thighs, That was Burton Cummings( Guess Who-Track was "AMERICAN WOMAN,"' " Knock me out with Your American Thighs" recorded in 70s,as a 'knock on Americans'. NOT well accepted for quite a while in the US ..Anne Murry,as offensive as Celione Dion, was Never discussed in any Beattle or Klaatu Tune
You can make telepathic contact with friendly Extraterrestrials visiting Earth and they may materialize a Multi-dimensional light ship in the skies. This is easier to do today than the past. Citizens can make contact themselves. Full disclosure is at hand.
The video shows UFO's over The Capital, yet, the title says 'Cluster of OFO's over White House'. I simply feel that a little more research should have been injected into the prduction, Am I the only one who noticed? I dig the band, though.
bueno esta cancion se compuso en ocacion de la conferencia internacional de extraterrestres, particularmente yo siempre he creido en la existencia de seres de otro planeta y esa cancion esta muy acorde con el tema.
Excelente música y un recordatorio de que no estamos solos en el universo. Buena idea de mezclar imagenes y un magnífico grupo que debió continuar proyectando su material musical
I remember that there was much speculation that this was really a secret Beatles side project. I don't believe it was the Beatles but it was a rumor that had a life of its own for awhile.
at the time, smoking weed and spinning wax did many a strange thing to the active middle-class brain. syncing up 'dark side..' and 'the wizard of oz,' backmasking, paul is dead, etc.
Yes, years later I met the record executive who mentioned what luck it was that the Americans thought it was the Beatles reunited. I looked at him very dissappointed and said I had all of their albums because I actually enjoyed the music. I never believed that they were the Beatles. The songs are fun and uplifting.
The carpenters does a better version
Whatwhat157 3 weeks ago
the band mew, sounds like this
beatlesmusica 1 month ago
John Lennon 2:49
gogetta32 2 months ago
Klaatu recorded and released this first in 1976, Carpenters recorded and released it second in 1977. Written by Draper & Woloschuk of Klaatu. Get your facts before posting, people!
mevtcc2 2 months ago
im a channelr to an entity that is located in teh 5th harmonic density in eth start system we call capella,,,, and this song was sent as a givt to enm ,, because in afct this is whta i do,, call enitys form out there ti her e,,,, love n light
TReBoryitNE 4 months ago
what was world contact day was it trying to make contact with Aliens
freacls 7 months ago
Klaatu was at one time rumored to be The Beatles under an alias. You can see why as you can hear it in their sound.
skooter72 8 months ago
@skooter72 I've heard that, but honestly the beatles as musicians were never this good. Great band still, the beatles I mean, but not of this calibur. Without George Martin the beatles wouldn't have really been much.
infinitepowerofgod 8 months ago
@infinitepowerofgod You don't know what the hell you're talking about buddy.
Ahzdiosh 8 months ago
@skooter72: Rumours don't take much to get started. That particular one came from a comment by a music reviewer for the Providence (Rhode Island) Journal, to the effect that they sounded something like a reunited Beatles. In a matter of days the story was that they *were* the Beatles reunited. Today, when the Internet carries a story around the world in seconds and distorts it even faster, that doesn't sound impressive; then it was just about a record. :)
Handdara 7 months ago
this is amazing i find music thats timeless im new fan n i cant believe what ive never heard before i can easily see n hear Beatles patterns quite mature songwritng indeed ===this is of course about the Plejaren woman n its been melded into the mystique of Billy Meir...but i cannot get this out of my head .......gotta luv carpenters one for me Karen lives again i miss her all my "adult-life' .....let the path of truth set you free n belief in the good angels to protect you her name is Semjase
paulkcormier 8 months ago
I'M GONNA MEET TERRY THIS SUMMER!! :D
DanePillz 9 months ago
I got to see them at a News years blowout 1980's in Edmonton
13maji 10 months ago
Dammit I can't get this song out of my head. It's absorbing all my thought energy
DharmaRevolution 10 months ago
. How ironic that The Carpenters should cover a Klaatu song since Klaatu in the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still went by the name of Carpenter.
svjimw 10 months ago 3
as I told, for me this one sounds more an E.L.O. song than a Beatles...
mariovas1766 10 months ago
@mariovas1766 I agree, but honestly I think that if the Beatles had lasted into the 1970s they would've sounded a lot like ELO or maybe Supertramp
grail68 10 months ago
Another great contribution to world music from little old Canada.
terrapinjeff 11 months ago
@mazakman1957 Go to the Drudge Report to do your trolling. Klaatu was one of the best 70s bands. There music is still great today.
Super1bigKahuna 11 months ago
Does anybody remember radio caroline. Great station and they played this a lot.
terrydi1 11 months ago
History is still unfolding ! Disclosure is happening now. As each of us face how contacting other civilizations will evolve our lives & cherished belief structures, into a new Human Consciousness awakening to a vast family of lifeforms among the stars. Undiscovered Realities beyond space & time !
lomi1 1 year ago 2
How did people ever think this was The Beatles? Bee Gees I could buy since the lead singer's pitch is more Barry Gibb than Lennon, McCartney, or Harrison :)
pajmf 1 year ago 3
All Klaatu fans ; please check out the new Klaatu wiki. And help it get better!
Just go to: klaatu-band.wiki.com
or go to the wikia home page and search for: klaatu-band!
abbacraft 1 year ago
So which is the original version? The Carpenters or this one? I assume it`s the latter.
14up0 1 year ago
@14up0
Klaatu were the originators of this song.
TheAtheos 1 year ago 8
@TheAtheos No, that would be the Carpenters.
plalelal 5 months ago
doesnt sound like john george paul or ringo. but i had this album back then.
johnjoyko1 1 year ago
The Carpenters version was better.
JackBlair2 1 year ago
Esta musica lembra muito da minha infância, quando acreditávamos que o universo será a última fronteira e que não estamos sozinhos neste contexto
Genaro160 1 year ago
CALLING OCCUPANTS OF THE WORLD L O V E FROM MEXICO
judoshawa 1 year ago
@KenMendell = winner
ikilledable 1 year ago
Lucky me. I actually was one of the few humans to see the band Klaatu live. In Toronto, at the Danforth Music Hall. It was a result of the demise of the band Max Webster, when three of that band's former musicians, Pye DuBois, Gary McCracken and...? were available to play and to supply the musicianship that had only been recorded by four original musicians... in studio. Second greatest concert I ever saw. One of three most memorable. Klaatu negretuu aanutuu paalutua onaa.
MOoTS20101 1 year ago 16
@MOoTS20101 YOU ARE SO LUCKY!!!!!!!!!
hofnerman1 9 months ago
@MOoTS20101 Actually, Klaatu was a Canadian progressive rock group formed in 1973 by the duo of John Woloschuk and Dee Long. After recording two non-charting singles, drummer Terry Draper was added to the line-up; this trio would comprise Klaatu throughout the rest of the band's recording career. In addition, The band continued their policy of not including any names of band members in the credits, nor did they play any live shows or make any public appearances to promote their albums.
hofnerman1 8 months ago
@MOoTS20101 ...And I thought *I* was one of the selected few. I saw them in 1981 at Uncle Sam's in Niagara Falls, of all places. Same deal, had members of Max Webster, and I can't for the life of me remember who the last guy was. For some reason, I'm thinking a guy from Prism, but don't hold me to that.
Zynx812 2 months ago
This could probably come across the continually recurring category as being the best song the Beatlrs never wrote.
transit2008 1 year ago
Nicely copied-and-pasted Ken. Bit difficult to formulate your own opinions in the face of actual facts though isn't it? Much easier to resort to dogma. I'm going to end this discussion now, as this is a generally positive forum and I feel you have revealed yourself enough to be as utterly ignorant and maladjusted as you are. You are an embarrassment to your country, though thankfully not representative in my experience. Goodnight Ken. Your time is up.
MisterAntAgonism 1 year ago
@MisterAntAgonism Well said, there comes a time to ignore such rubbish and not be drawn any further into a pointless vindication of stupidity via discussion. Well done. Your patience amazes me.
mpc999STEP 1 year ago
@mpc999STEP Nice 1 - thanks mpc. It does make you wonder what any alien visitors would think if they did arrive on earth and came across the likes of Ken. The irony of this exchange occurring on this particular forum is not lost on me. It's depressing that such blind, raging and pointless hatred exists as part of the human condition, but it's still worth challenging it once in a while. Peace, as Lennon would've said.
MisterAntAgonism 1 year ago
@MisterAntAgonism I just wonder if "Ken" realizes that Klaatu is a Canadian group? He may since he did say "British knock off" or maybe he didn't know it and didn't have time to look it up because he was late for his Klan meeting.
As for "Ken", whether he's Canadian or American, this American apologizes to you on behalf of the continent. I wish I could tell you that these angry "Tea Party" types are rare here, but sadly they are not.
demonhoopa 1 year ago 2
@demonhoopa
ACTUALLY, you have no right to apologize for an entire continent! Liberals are always smugly issuing apologys when no apology is necessary, like Obama, the misfit. I belong to A tea party group..I am not angry about Klaatu's music - I always liked it - only one idiot besides yourself came here with rage seething under their skin, and being a kindred spirit...you felt necessary to apologize for him. THANK YOU for showing the entire world that LIBERALS get mad when disagreed with!
mazakman1957 1 year ago
@mazakman1957 I find it funny when people like these angry screamers on TV always assume that anyone that disagrees with them is a "liberal".
I have no use for ANYONE that is "staunch" ANYTHING. I can take nothing they say serioulsy because of their ever present agenda. That goes for both sides of the isle. I shouldn't have said that Tea Party thing as I was only trying to offend "Ken",
For that I apologize.
P.S. The apology on behalf of the continent was tongue in cheek.
demonhoopa 1 year ago
@MisterAntAgonism And the illiterate shit born of an angry inbred monkey faggots ass pretends its owners and god cuts and pastes, the way it cuts and pastes the American culture who owns it. These are the only facts there are. Will it get angry in its inbred monkey faggot filth? An island of angry inbred monkey faggots who attack American schools? Not smart, not even primitive, but expected from a faggot monkey species cowardly awaiting its death on Faggot Island. It likes these kind of words.
KenMendell 1 year ago
Blimming brilliant!!!!! I didnt know the Carpenters covered it, they also had good taste =) I love this, not dissing the carpenters, they did an awesome job too!
ral848d 1 year ago
Sure - Blame aliens =)
Lutzfer 1 year ago
Wow! Why have I never heard of this band before NOW! As for them being members of The Beatles, check out the "I Am the Walrus" Wurlitzer piano in the last 3rd or so of the song . . . . I love this . . .
MiditheVeg 1 year ago
Just been listening to some of their other stuff - absolutely brilliant. Funny how many really excellent bands seem doomed to (relative) obscurity. I have only just discovered the music of the wonderful Deaf School for instance. Dosh from the Carpenters' cover must've sweetened the blow for these chaps I guess...
saintrobski 1 year ago
@saintrobski Deaf School are legends... I was lucky enough to see them live in Liverpool last Christmas..... magic! This song should be legendary too! Shame it's virtually unheard of except for the Carpenters remake.
scouserfourteen 1 year ago
@scouserfourteen Cool. I think a lot of these bands were derailed by punk - not the bands (love many of the original 77 bands) , more the annoying journalistic agenda that attached itself to punk music. Glad to see people still remember 'em. If you search for 'deaf school 1977' there's some great old footage, plus me asking why they have been relatively overlooked in the story of Liverpool music! Any theories?
saintrobski 1 year ago
@saintrobski I think Deaf School are now, belatedly, held in great esteem in the history of Liverpool music. They were HUGE in Liverpool during their heyday. I actually think the reason they never became huge stars is because their 2nd and 3rd albums didn't really measure up to the brilliance that was 2nd Honeymoon - which was, and still is, a masterpiece.
scouserfourteen 1 year ago
@scouserfourteen If some work hadn't been cancelled last week, I would've bought all three albums. This week I will (along with Klaatu's debut)! I can believe they were/are loved by the Scouse scene. At least Clive Langer made something of it - but even though I heard of his genius years ago, I never knew he was in DS 'til last month!
saintrobski 1 year ago
@saintrobski check out the Original Mirrors too.. heavy Deaf School involvement and also the breeding ground for Mr Ian Broudie who went on to be the mastermind behind The Lightning Seeds... (the song Perfect, is, well.... perfect!)
scouserfourteen 1 year ago
They are/were Toronto Session Musicians. Yeah, many in the industry back then thought it was the Beatles getting together to do new material!!! HA!!!!
mrbuster1964 1 year ago
Hey all of you musical know-it-all's....this band came out 1979-1980....when WXRT in Chicago played Foreigner, Kansas, REO and Journey. Because of their rich vocals and the cool synth background, many people thought it was an experimental band......With some members of Floyd, Yes, and The Beatles! Well it was none of the a-for-mentioned. Nothing sounded like it.....at that time. I still love it! ...space vocals....ahhhh Floyd and Lennon!
wjf1950 1 year ago
love
sdfc27 1 year ago
Happy Birthday Klaatu :) Hope your enjoying your new interplanetary craft, whatever and wherever it may be.
Love Always
EverythingIsNew22222 1 year ago
I love Clitu
hangover71 1 year ago
I got to see these guys play live about 30 years ago... great show, they were originally three guys from Toronto. Much of the Beatlesque sounds are sections of music doing simple music scales up and down, and orchestra backing, sound effects, etc. Sub Rosa Subway to me is the most Beatle -sounding song. The music does have a lot of character.
brendandawna 1 year ago
calling occupants of interplanetary fags!
victormuyiwafolabi12 1 year ago
the carpenters version is still better than this!!!!!!
victormuyiwafolabi12 1 year ago
@victormuyiwafolabi12 You Fuckin Stooge.
WaxHeadroom 1 year ago
this is much better than that creepy carpenter crap
llhlhljh 1 year ago
@llhlhljh hey fuck u! give the carpenters the respect they deserver!
victormuyiwafolabi12 1 year ago
@victormuyiwafolabi12 hey douchebag, Klaatu WROTE the song and recorded it first
prober45 1 year ago
@llhlhljh this is the original, these guys wrote it
brendandawna 1 year ago
@llhlhljh Buddy Holly, The Everly Brothers and The Beach Boys are much better than that shitty beatles knockoff crap. How do you brits like reality thrown back into your ugly cultureless knockoff faces?
KenMendell 1 year ago
@KenMendell hey troll, the Beatles were influenced by Elvis and loved pet sounds so go hate somewhere else
mtganimemiikefan 1 year ago
@mtganimemiikefan I'm hardly a troll, kid. I grew up with this music. My culture. Yes, Elvis, too, was an influence for plagiarizing, as were all the American artists. They didn't love Pet Sounds as much as they may have led you to believe. This doesn't mean you can't listen to it. Now take your hate back to the isles, kid.
KenMendell 1 year ago
@KenMendell Er, it says you are from Canada on your profile - no disrespect to Canada (just yourself), but what have any of the American artists you have mentioned got to do with "your culture"? If you think the British are cultureless then remember that white Canadian culture was founded by us and the French - you DO know that, don't you?
MisterAntAgonism 1 year ago
@MisterAntAgonism This troll must be attributed to the inbred monkey stupidity of the brits and that inbred little empire island they dwell upon. But to answer these words from your inbred british monkey stupidity and sexlessness, "white" American culture was founded by white Americans, the French culture came with you and you attempted to subjugate everyones rights to this day. That won't last you through this century, dropout, when you get your fat buttery asses evicted back across that ocean.
KenMendell 1 year ago
@KenMendell The fact that we are conversing in English should give you all the evidence you need to realize that all white North Americans are descended from Europeans, and that's a fact that's beyond debate. Odds-on, that makes you a descendent of either the French or us butter-assed imperialist Brits Ken, so remember to 'evict' yourself from your own country when the time comes. (Independent for over a century last time I checked). Or, read a history book and stop being an ignorant racist?
MisterAntAgonism 1 year ago
@MisterAntAgonism It doesn't know why its own island species are the roots of lying cowardly faggots. And it doesn't know why it and its perforated pseudoscience is hated so universally. The lies and hate that spew from it. The language it lost so universally that America owns as a trophy to its defeat. Its queen and governor general gone when it is. It can't read its critics, as its too tearful and illiterate calling the world an ignorant place that hates it, while it waits for its own death.
KenMendell 1 year ago
@KenMendell dude you were the one hating , and im hardly a kid being 38
mtganimemiikefan 1 year ago
we are ur friend!
kurthong 1 year ago
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good song but 4:38 sounds like. "And send fart energy far beyond the known"
spacecake9000 1 year ago
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good song but 4:38 sounds like. "And send fart energy far beyond the known"
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spacecake9000 1 year ago
Hey it was a fun record when my friends and I bought it and tried to see if it was the Beatles. Remember one guy shouting that's Lennon on the line "Interstellar Policeman"
28if 1 year ago
Still CANNOT grasp any comparison to Beattles, Can Anybody refer to any songs Klatu are attempting to 'mimmic' of Fab4 ? Cause I just don't see it at all ... Thanks Spanky....Toronto
3p1k0n3r 1 year ago
@3p1k0n3r , I could be wrong, but I don't think Klaatu ever really tried to mimic the Beatles. The album Sir Army Suit has a few songs that have a Beatles feel. The whole deal was, they didn't tell anyone who they were right at the time people were really wanting the Beatles to reunite. Also, the caliber of song writing by Klaatu was second to none.
8491352511389 1 year ago
@8491352511389 AND @3p1k0n3r
You're right about the timing of a Beatles comeback. Beatles were offered money to do SNL. Clues also at the time included, Ringo came out w/ Goodnight Vienna and Klatuu is on the Cover. The Harmony on the lyrics, "We are your Friends" was takin' as a clue.
And at the end of the last song on the "RECORD", is a Morse code suppose to reveal who they were. This info came from Cream or Circus Magazine. It's been awhile since I read it.
Boy, were we desperite!
MarsAttacksLeader 1 year ago
@3p1k0n3r Look at some of the stuff in yellow sub and later. the harmonization is reminiscent of later Beatles work. not the same but close enough to the same genre to get people wondering. as someone mentioned, they showed up same time folks were really looking for a reunion.
lhasadad 1 year ago
I am time traveling.
gusskimo 1 year ago
nice video for this great song :)
MrBuckwilliam 1 year ago
FUCKIN GREAT SCI FICT>
3p1k0n3r 1 year ago
@3p1k0n3r Can't believe this CLASSIC is as old as I am. I still 'vidy' it when it's on the Telly. Funny M. Rennee reminds me of Ward Cleaver STILL.. I guess GORT is played by Eddie Haskel.. Just can't get enough of this Tune, as it's NEVER on the FM Spanky.....Toronto.
3p1k0n3r 1 year ago
sure sounds alot different than what i remember it...but i was a lil kid.
nikotwasik 1 year ago
@nikotwasik maybe you're thinking of Karen Carpenter
siobhansdaughter 1 year ago
Klaatu wasn't a Beatle cover band. They never did any Beatle songs.
zapple100 1 year ago
@zapple100 Okay, maybe not a cover band, but they were purposely trying to sound like the Beatles. Style, tunes, lyrics, themes, they were Beatle-esque at the very least.
Actually, 3Pkon, knocking me out with he American thighs comes from AC/DC, not The Guess Who.
ArpyJaby 1 year ago
I remember when I first heard them back in '77 oder '78. We kids really believed in rumor that they were the beatles because of two reasons: first there are many passages sounding like the fab four in their last studio years 69-70. Secondly we wanted them back although it never happened. It was a nice beautiful dream which came to easy minded teenagers...;-)
davidschertler 1 year ago
But the vocalist doesn't sound anything like any of the Beatles
bunchie1966 1 year ago
Hey everybody who cares who s who and who it sounds like, Listen to the lyrics it s about now, take the short way home.
SuperDrummer2012 1 year ago
Astring morg fill legs a catroon Klaatu, mesly a's tiroim argans o explend muscay... masi a legs frim mesly uogha a interplyned songly!! Klystoar Klaatu!!!!!
sygano 2 years ago
Another thing that fueled speculation that Klaatu might be the Beatles is that Ringo Starr had just released an album called "Goodnight Vienna". The album cover is a colorized still from The Day The Earth Stood Still showing Gort the Robot, and the alien Klaatu, with Ringo's face replacing Michael Rennie's face.
borntoworship2006 2 years ago
LET. IT. GO.
Olivewings 1 year ago
I was born in 1965...when I heard this I knew it was not beetles or the wings (paul mccartney)...the 1970s had many many flying saucer sightings ..(.and ancient astronauts discussed often) alien abductions was still ignored and covered up! the late 1970s were kind of fun... wonderful disco era kicked the hippies filthy smelly butts!
teamufo1 2 years ago
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3p1k0n3r 1 year ago
@teamufo1 , I don't usually reply to posts this old, but, Disco kicked nobodies butt. How many Disco bands are still or once again touring today? How many "hippy" bands are still or once again touring today?
8491352511389 1 year ago
You would think they would show some pictures from the movie " The Day the Earth Stood Still. I just seen the new version with Keanu Reeves and thought it would be apprapo.
KrystleDallasRose 2 years ago
feel good music
1crazim 2 years ago
Best of U tube !
dame1beso 2 years ago
definetly not the beatles!
amc0u81 2 years ago
There was a lot of hype about Klaatu being The Beatles reunited, in the mid
70's. The radio stations fed this by not denying this to be true. Back then, most people would believe anything that would have The Beatles back together. Good band either way.
pindowskivich 2 years ago
The radio stations had nothing to do with it. A DJ in Rhode Island thought it sounded like the Beatles and the rumor took off when a paper did a story. Clues on the album had were no band member names or pictures. Also, it was one of the first Capitol albums to use the 'rainbow' label on the center of the record since the days of the Beatles albums. It was the label that didn't deny it for two more albums. The second album had a song called Mr. Manson that fueled the rumor further
rnargi 2 years ago
When this Klatuu album came out there were no names on the credits and there was a great deal of speculation that this was actually the Beatles. It particularly sounds like the Beatles on the song "Subrosa Subway."
vicmikels 2 years ago
it says imagine at d start..lennons most famous song
smurph1990 2 years ago
I remember this song very well but I'm not sure I thought it was the Beatles. The woman sounds like Linda McCartney and the man like John Lennon.
xander7ful 2 years ago
There is no woman in Klaatu.
NaitchahBoy 2 years ago
I didn't say there was a woman in Klaatu. I said there's a woman's voice in the song.
xander7ful 2 years ago
Well in this version of the song there is absolutely no woman singing. So if you heard a woman's voice then you are wrong no woman sung on this song. The carpenters did a version of this song, but this video is klaatu and there is no woman singing. The main singer in this song is a guy named Dee Long.
TheAlbumGuy 2 years ago
"people thought that they were the beatles also. "
Thats nonsense, what would you know, you were just born. There was no mystery about the identity of "Wings". Paul McCartney was in it. He was a Beatle. No secret there.
michbay2072 2 years ago
Are they here? And if they are why do they make themselves hidden? And if they do communicate why are they so secretive? They must be a bad gang. Arguments?????????
blackdogleg 2 years ago
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84coleR 2 years ago
Maybe we're the aliens... We could certainly be the bad gang...
84coleR 2 years ago
Bigfoot are the natives???/ Yeah, makes total sense to me now.
blackdogleg 2 years ago
I love this song too. I recall the album came out when I was in college, around 1976-77 and the rumor at that time was this was the Beatles! Weird, I know.
coolpix43 2 years ago 6
yeah, the same thing is true about the "wings" the reason i know about them is because their hit "mull of kintyre" was number 1 on the 14th january 1978, the day i was born.
people thought that they were the beatles also.
and you can hear why with both groups, Klaatu are great.
hunkydorey123 2 years ago
dude or dudette...I was a junior in high school when you were born...where do I begin? Klatuu was the sound track to our lives...we thought they might have been the beatles...but we were too busy enjoying and living to the music to care...they are the best.
allymv1 2 years ago
I believe The Flaming Lips may have listened to this song at some point........
Desotoguitarist 2 years ago
@Desotoguitarist Nice 1. I've been saying that about the Carpenters' version for years! Now I've heard this, it sounds even more like an out-take from the Soft Bulletin..... This version is great though. The arrangement isn't that different from the C's version which I also think is cool. Why the big debate people?
saintrobski 1 year ago
Never realised this was THE original of the Carpenters version ... WOW!
joesophie90 2 years ago
It's so sad...the Carpeter's version SUX compared to the real thing....it's like having anne murray do an AC/DC number....
allymv1 2 years ago
@allymv1 HA HA HA HA, excellent and funny way to make such a salient point.
However, Klaatu WAS a Beatles cover band and did songs about and/or like them. Harmony is one. It even mentions the Mersey beat. Anne Murray trying to screech, :knocking me out with her American thighs," is too funny!
ArpyJaby 1 year ago
When you mention one of our CANADIAN embarassements: Anne Murray and her American thighs, That was Burton Cummings( Guess Who-Track was "AMERICAN WOMAN,"' " Knock me out with Your American Thighs" recorded in 70s,as a 'knock on Americans'. NOT well accepted for quite a while in the US ..Anne Murry,as offensive as Celione Dion, was Never discussed in any Beattle or Klaatu Tune
3p1k0n3r 1 year ago
What an interesting crop formation at 3:55 First time I've heard the original version by Klaatu. Kind of neat! :)
richfincm 2 years ago
i love this song :)
I am also a crop formation researcher so had seen that formation before :)
xo
tfhl
Tinfoilhatlady 2 years ago
You can make telepathic contact with friendly Extraterrestrials visiting Earth and they may materialize a Multi-dimensional light ship in the skies. This is easier to do today than the past. Citizens can make contact themselves. Full disclosure is at hand.
LevisNote 2 years ago 6
Cara, as imagens são massa, mas use o som original com os The Carpenters. Essa versão é lixo.
mattekudasai1982 2 years ago
This IS the original...it's not crap!
JPMac
HofnerBass63 2 years ago
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alexziani 2 years ago
@mattekudasai1982 Essa é que é a original, filho.
stereo123 1 year ago
this version of interplanetary craft is burned out man, lol!
Jogonpants 2 years ago
nam myoho renge kho
JoeyPencils 2 years ago
That UFO at 2:44 is well spooky.
sim0b 2 years ago
looks kinda like a jelly fish :)
halburd1 2 years ago
I m sorry the year is 2009, what is this?
I ll tell you , I m the sillent voice in a borg system :;).
I prefer that.
klaatu32 2 years ago
shut up! resistance is futile. you will be ASS simulated. haha joke. (you aint the only voice friend and mine is'nt silent :)
ps. come see my vid titled BORG system lol
halburd1 2 years ago
One of Canada's best kept secrets!
mishimasword 2 years ago 2
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SattnCross 2 years ago
The intro sounds like my back yard. I love it.
feoinfunroe 2 years ago 2
The video shows UFO's over The Capital, yet, the title says 'Cluster of OFO's over White House'. I simply feel that a little more research should have been injected into the prduction, Am I the only one who noticed? I dig the band, though.
mjbeaz 2 years ago
I think it's safe to say you're the only one who noticed or cared.
RichYan33 2 years ago
Ironically, you could use quinhas'es spare 'o' when he's done with it.
X180SE 2 years ago
the only flaw in what is otherwise easily the most scary/hilarious vid i've seen for weeks
rosasparx 2 years ago
this is in the Star stories "Tom Cruise"
Soo funny!
KateLvsGeorgeMichael 2 years ago
Srange coments aside, WMG will not get this!
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davidp3ral3s 3 years ago
I prefere The Carpenters song
sneyder69 3 years ago
Excelente música y un recordatorio de que no estamos solos en el universo. Buena idea de mezclar imagenes y un magnífico grupo que debió continuar proyectando su material musical
Mosri53 3 years ago
I remember that there was much speculation that this was really a secret Beatles side project. I don't believe it was the Beatles but it was a rumor that had a life of its own for awhile.
getorphan 3 years ago
at the time, smoking weed and spinning wax did many a strange thing to the active middle-class brain. syncing up 'dark side..' and 'the wizard of oz,' backmasking, paul is dead, etc.
spectravision 3 years ago
Yes, years later I met the record executive who mentioned what luck it was that the Americans thought it was the Beatles reunited. I looked at him very dissappointed and said I had all of their albums because I actually enjoyed the music. I never believed that they were the Beatles. The songs are fun and uplifting.
jgkeller192 3 years ago