Wow, ur gonna think I'm a sap but this song made me cry. In a good way. It just.....the words were just the right words I needed to hear right now. Thank u! I'm going to find ur music & buy it. I'm sorry it took me this long to have known about ur band.
The rumours were as follows: They released their 1st album (which sounded a LOT like the Beatles psych era stuff), a few years after the Beatles broke up; a time when there were already massive rumours about a Beatles reunion. The albums had NO writing credits other than Klaatu and there was never any mention of who was in the band until the 4th & 5th albums and, they were all released in America on The Beatles' parent label, Capitol Records. As a BIG Beatles fan, what would YOU think it was?
I loved their first album. The "Hope" album I never got into...I thought it was way too poppy and forced. Boy, I was wrong. After years not hearing it...I play it almost daily. It is a fantastic album in every way.
@selcincel Yes, it's a field mouse, but I'm not so sure it appears on their fifth album, I'll have to check. I wonder if anyone has also noticed the "mouse squeak" at the very end of the first album and the very beginning of the second! Had it not appeared at the start of the second album, I would've thought it was just a studio blunder on the first album.
@RedVynil The last album, Magentalane, has a mouse reference on the front cover. If you look closely near the staircase of the boat, you can see the railing pegs have mouse heads. It's kind of hard to explain, but look near the railings of the boat.
Beach Boys??? Why not throw Roy Orbison in the mix as well!! Just kidding! ;)There were rumors and secrecy surrounding Klaatu and this LP's release, implying there was direct, but anonymous, involvement by some ex-Beatles with this project. This was most likely wishful thinking on the part of some Beatles fans.....Yet, to even draw the comparison is a great tribute to the Canadian band, KLAATU. This album stands among the best rock has produced!!!
@ShamzStarr If you say so!!!! Sounds more like GWAR covering a Captain Beefheart song, or Frank Zappa doing Mitch Miller, maybe even the Roto Rooter Goodtime Christmas Band doing Spike Jones..
This sounds quite like a mash-up band consisting of the Rutles (they're the most famous Beatles mock-up, and looks like Klaatu is pretty close) with Pink Floyd.
i m glad about the great responces to Klaatu and if i may an album from 1968, a group from canada called the collecters had an album way ahead of it s time.The album is called WHAT IS LOVE BY The Collecters ,side 2 is 1 song connected into a story called What is love suite, it has 5 different music styles check it out ahead of it s time, amazing mix
Well the whole Beatles thing was do to the no names on the records and the amazing harmonies not the similarities so much as the influences and where the Beatles may have been if they where still doing it
My dad introduced me to this album, and thereby this band. He bought a brand new, completely mint LP for fifty cents at a book sale in a mall. I'd say that's the best fifty cents he ever spent.
All I know it was a pleasure to find this band with some really great songs....Wouldnt doubt the Beatles listened to klaatu. Still play these songs on those long car rides...
I don't understand why people saying Klaatu sounds like the Beatles get upset---they DO sound like the Beatles. Anyone with ears can hear the similarities and, yes, the rumours abounded that it WAS actually the Beatles.
Their music is great. Klaatu is an underrated and very talented band which is sad.
i dont get why you pro-klaatu guys are denying that klaatu and the beatles sound alike, and even bashing the beatles. without the beatles, there would've been no klaatu. its natural to say, "this sounds sort of like that" and in no way is an insult, so grow up and just enjoy the music instead of fighting for its cause
@GoldenGhettoFilms I was a Beatles fan before I was a Klaatu fan. When Klaatu first came out I didn't hear the rumor that they were the Beatles nor did I think that Klaatu sounded like the Beatles. After the rumor I could kind of hear what people were talking about because Klaatu does at time sound British and does like the Beatles often use orchestration, but then so too does ELO, which actually was influenced directly by the Beatles without my ever thinking ELO really sounded like the Beatles
@GoldenGhettoFilms cork it..if comparison, then perhaps 10cc.....otherwise, perhaps you should simply cork it as the Beat. never did intelligent sci-fi, but stayed stuck in whimsy, ochee dochee? ochee dochee...........regards, p.
Interesting. Been listening to Klaatu for 33 years and never thought they sounded like the Beatles. Still don't. Perhaps a little bit, but then one could say that about a lot of bands.
@GoldenGhettoFilms Who's denying it. For a while we thought it might be a few of the Beatles.. but in the end, it wasn't. This band is so awesome in and of themselves..
Vocalist sounds like John Lennon, the organ sounds like Strawberry Fields-organ, The guitarist sounds like George Harrison, the song and the arrangement sounds like The Beatles with George Martin. (Can't hear Paul and Ringo here..) . Great band, this Klaatu.
@amosfunk You MUST be joking!!!! You've flipped your Beatle wig 3 sizes too small!! Terry Draper sounds more like George than ANY of the other Beatles!
klaatu plays in a leak? and klaatu would probably reprimand you for saying that. klaatu were independent music-makers, but you can not deny their beatles influence and klaatu probably respects them as their masters
i disagree, they formed around the same time and yes there are similarities, but i doubt there is much in the way of influence present as the beatles were a pop group..klaatu more deliberately shyed away from what was considered popular. personally i think klaatu far exceed the beatles in ability and originality..they were different which is why they were never noticed such as the beatles, not because they were inferior by any means
Someone just brought this band to my attention. WOW! I love them. I have been listening to their songs all mornings. Thank you soooo much for posting their material! Awesome!
This sounds like George Harrison and John Lennon. It's definitely the Beatles sound. Even the lyrics are in their style. The Beatles' sound was classic.
I remember this music very well. In the seventies there was a rumour that Klaatu was the secret new Beatles. They never gave concerts, records were very scarce, etc. All very mysterious..... Especially Hope is the Beatles-sound. (wow-wow-wow-yeahhhhh).
reading your comments and insults throughout this thread, and you have the balls to suggest that someone is anal? Who the f do you think you are? Oh I know.., .a little twit that is only capable of getting tough in a message forum.
galileo.......what insults? I only get tired of the Beatles comparisons. They are what brought this band down. In no way did I make personal insulting comments like you do. So go Klaatu yourself!
What's funniest about the Beatles comparison is that countless musicians were attempting to emulate some aspect of the Beatles sound and/or style at that time and it continues to this day. They were evolutionary.
I think that Klaatu had a distinctive style and creative approach, not to mention their production values were unparalleled for that time period.
yesssss man. Look at every group that has been emulated, where is the big controversy? But try and emulate the Beatles in any way and you are ortisized. This band is as original as the Beatles were. Pleases give them a freaking break already.
Exactly; couldn't agree more. Production was ahead of it's time and their music took me away on a cloud without any mind altering substances(well, most of the time...)
Yes, I agree that some of their songs sound like the Beatles, but to infer that it was an intentional ripoff of them is unfair. Listen to their entire repetoire and I think you will agree they are a great band that stands on their own. I wish people would stop the beatles thing and give them the credit they deserve.
@enialbsitruc Claiming that they sounded so close to The Beatles IS giving them the credit they deserve!! If someone told me that my band sounded exactly like The Beatles, even though I wasn't trying to make it so, I'd be VERY flattered and consider it a GREAT credit to my music!!
Easily Canada's best prog rock band. Too bad some idiot DJ screwed up their careers by starting the rumor that they were secretly the Beatles. What nonsense! Draper, Long and Woloschuk rule!
All their albums are amazing,except the crappy Endangered Species album. Don't know what happened there...
that was a venture by an American record company. it was a failure because the company did everything, rather than giving Klaatu the room they needed.
@JediMagnusDelcarte Daffodil, their home-base label, was a Candian label. They recorded a single or two on it before Capitol released any of their albums here.
@enialbsitruc "Howl At The Moon" was a GREAT song!! And "All Good Things" always makes me cry because I played it the day my dog died and it ALWAYS reminds me of her!! I haven't heard the 5th album enough to comment, but, maybe that's the comment there: had it been a great album, I would've played it a lot more.
@RedVynil It's nice to see someone who is giving people the right idea on Klaatu, but I found out after a while that the lead singer and writer of Hope is John Woloschuk.
@STEALL1997 Thanks! However, I would doubt it's John, because, as I've said here, I have Terry's solo album and his vocals are the same as the ones on "Hope". Terry's the one that sounds like George Harrison.
@RedVynil Yeah, it's just funny because people have told me it was everyone from John, Terry, and even Dee Long. But yeah, Terry and John both have Beatlish voices.
@STEALL1997 Well, until John does a solo album & I can compare his solo voice to the one in "Hope", I HAVE to stick to my guns that it's Terry on "Hope". I'm usually pretty good with voices! For instance, I can tell the difference between the Joe Aleski-voiced Daffy Duck & the Mel Blanc, even lthough both are extremely similar. Now, in one instance, there's a supposed Beatles song that, until I can actually get a MUCH cleaner copy, I HAVE to assume it IS them, althoiugh I'm told it's not.
In the seventies there were tremendous rumors that Klaatu really WAS the Beatles in disguise. Rumor had it that they were secretly at work at a new album. This was never substantiated and PROBABLY untrue. Still it was fun then.
@bamai59 What hurt them was when they STOPPED sounding like The Beatles. Their last two albums weren't all that spectacular BECAUSE they changed their sound so drastically.
"Hope" is one of the most beautiful albums ever made. Complete pleasure from beginning to end. The "Sunset" CD gives you the whole orchestral version of the album. Give that version a listen and see if you don't have a lump in your throat by the time the title track ends.
Love it Love it! The end is amazingly uplifting
ShortsHound 2 weeks ago
Two Thumbs Up
ARUZ59 5 months ago
best band in my life
rosecigar 6 months ago
Why disable ratings? Thumbs up anyways!
jcpeace3 6 months ago
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Wow, ur gonna think I'm a sap but this song made me cry. In a good way. It just.....the words were just the right words I needed to hear right now. Thank u! I'm going to find ur music & buy it. I'm sorry it took me this long to have known about ur band.
aprilann1313 6 months ago
The rumours were as follows: They released their 1st album (which sounded a LOT like the Beatles psych era stuff), a few years after the Beatles broke up; a time when there were already massive rumours about a Beatles reunion. The albums had NO writing credits other than Klaatu and there was never any mention of who was in the band until the 4th & 5th albums and, they were all released in America on The Beatles' parent label, Capitol Records. As a BIG Beatles fan, what would YOU think it was?
RedVynil 7 months ago
@RedVynil The fifth album (Magentalane) wasn't released in America until much later.
ifhgsfj 7 months ago
@ifhgsfj That's entirely possible. I don't have a hard copy of it, all I have is a CD re-issue.
RedVynil 7 months ago
@GoldenGhettoFilms is absolutely right. As a matter of fact, having listened to the whole Hope album, I now feel like listening to Abbey Road.
jdmelo2112 9 months ago
@jdmelo2112
I can't stand anything off that album except for the song "Hope".
ManhattanMusician 8 months ago
@GoldenGhettoFilms is absolutely right. As a matter of fact, I'm going to listen to "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" right now.
jdmelo2112 9 months ago
George..sp.
Johnnywhamo 9 months ago
If anything this sounds like Geroge not John.
Johnnywhamo 9 months ago
@Johnnywhamo
George type song.
ManhattanMusician 8 months ago
@ManhattanMusician Indeed, Peace!
Johnnywhamo 8 months ago
I loved their first album. The "Hope" album I never got into...I thought it was way too poppy and forced. Boy, I was wrong. After years not hearing it...I play it almost daily. It is a fantastic album in every way.
canadianstudmuffin 10 months ago
This song reminds me of "Something", by the Beatles
emano05 1 year ago
The song that saved my life. Long story. GREAT song.
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abbacraft 1 year ago
Has anyone notice the one animal on all the albums?
selcincel 1 year ago
@selcincel Yes, it's a field mouse, but I'm not so sure it appears on their fifth album, I'll have to check. I wonder if anyone has also noticed the "mouse squeak" at the very end of the first album and the very beginning of the second! Had it not appeared at the start of the second album, I would've thought it was just a studio blunder on the first album.
RedVynil 7 months ago
@RedVynil The last album, Magentalane, has a mouse reference on the front cover. If you look closely near the staircase of the boat, you can see the railing pegs have mouse heads. It's kind of hard to explain, but look near the railings of the boat.
STEALL1997 7 months ago
@STEALL1997 I'll have to whip it out and have a butchers.
RedVynil 7 months ago
No, it does sound a bit like Harrison.
phlips01 1 year ago 5
Beach Boys??? Why not throw Roy Orbison in the mix as well!! Just kidding! ;)There were rumors and secrecy surrounding Klaatu and this LP's release, implying there was direct, but anonymous, involvement by some ex-Beatles with this project. This was most likely wishful thinking on the part of some Beatles fans.....Yet, to even draw the comparison is a great tribute to the Canadian band, KLAATU. This album stands among the best rock has produced!!!
MrCrosstiewalker 1 year ago
@MrCrosstiewalker ......More likely "wishful thinking on the part of some" Klaatu fans.
generic53 1 year ago
sounds more like the beachboys with pink floyd
ShamzStarr 1 year ago
@ShamzStarr If you say so!!!! Sounds more like GWAR covering a Captain Beefheart song, or Frank Zappa doing Mitch Miller, maybe even the Roto Rooter Goodtime Christmas Band doing Spike Jones..
RedVynil 7 months ago
This sounds quite like a mash-up band consisting of the Rutles (they're the most famous Beatles mock-up, and looks like Klaatu is pretty close) with Pink Floyd.
tlatosmd 1 year ago
The best album of all klaatu records.
macschomo 1 year ago 4
This band are awesome.
saintrobski 1 year ago 3
Klaatu's music reminds me of George Harrison's Beatle influence!!
truslerve1 1 year ago
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1FineYoungCannibal 1 year ago
@1FineYoungCannibal Wasn't that a song by Nirvana?? Or do you mean "Something" by the Beatles.
mysterymac38 1 year ago
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1FineYoungCannibal 1 year ago
@mysterymac38 no, dearest.....
LASOTOLONGO 1 year ago
Sounds more close to ELO than me Beatles himself c'mon the Beatles are unreachables
resiev15 1 year ago
Klaatu fans: there is great compilation cd + insert: "Klaatu - Sun Set 1973-1981" BLR-CD-2515
- distributed by Bullseye Records of Canada 180 Station St,. suite 53, Ajax ON, L1S1R9 Canada
mistergolfe 1 year ago
Great number. Ironically, this came out at the same time ELO's Out of the Blue was released. The similarities are eerie.
acholl980 1 year ago
They sound like the Beatles in a round about way. They remind me a little of 1970's McCartney, though.
acrovader 1 year ago
@acrovader Agreed.
1FineYoungCannibal 1 year ago
i m glad about the great responces to Klaatu and if i may an album from 1968, a group from canada called the collecters had an album way ahead of it s time.The album is called WHAT IS LOVE BY The Collecters ,side 2 is 1 song connected into a story called What is love suite, it has 5 different music styles check it out ahead of it s time, amazing mix
SuperDrummer2012 1 year ago 2
@SuperDrummer2012 Have it, didnt think it was all that great. Side note: someone from The Collectors started America.
RedVynil 7 months ago
Hope is a great concept album that is more relevant today then it was when it was first recorded.
So Said the Lighthouse Keeper
"I am the very loneliest of all creatures in the universe
Indeed I am an epitaph to man
For having witnessed mass destruction like you've never dreamed and worse
I fear I shall bear witness once again"
The last line is referring to earth.
dwaldick 1 year ago 3
@dwaldick The whole Politzania suite (the last 3/4 of the album) is basically referring to Earth!
RedVynil 7 months ago
Well the whole Beatles thing was do to the no names on the records and the amazing harmonies not the similarities so much as the influences and where the Beatles may have been if they where still doing it
cristicini 1 year ago 3
check this version, very creative... watch?v=ocHmwICKWWA&feature=related
brendandawna 1 year ago
My dad introduced me to this album, and thereby this band. He bought a brand new, completely mint LP for fifty cents at a book sale in a mall. I'd say that's the best fifty cents he ever spent.
Deibodese 1 year ago 2
All I know it was a pleasure to find this band with some really great songs....Wouldnt doubt the Beatles listened to klaatu. Still play these songs on those long car rides...
Triangularthree 2 years ago
I don't understand why people saying Klaatu sounds like the Beatles get upset---they DO sound like the Beatles. Anyone with ears can hear the similarities and, yes, the rumours abounded that it WAS actually the Beatles.
Their music is great. Klaatu is an underrated and very talented band which is sad.
Snicki1946 2 years ago 5
i dont get why you pro-klaatu guys are denying that klaatu and the beatles sound alike, and even bashing the beatles. without the beatles, there would've been no klaatu. its natural to say, "this sounds sort of like that" and in no way is an insult, so grow up and just enjoy the music instead of fighting for its cause
GoldenGhettoFilms 2 years ago 21
@GoldenGhettoFilms I was a Beatles fan before I was a Klaatu fan. When Klaatu first came out I didn't hear the rumor that they were the Beatles nor did I think that Klaatu sounded like the Beatles. After the rumor I could kind of hear what people were talking about because Klaatu does at time sound British and does like the Beatles often use orchestration, but then so too does ELO, which actually was influenced directly by the Beatles without my ever thinking ELO really sounded like the Beatles
AdmrlLocke 1 year ago 2
@GoldenGhettoFilms I'm still a Beatles fan (as well as a Klaatu fan and an ELO fan) and have nothing bad to say about the Beatles. :-)
AdmrlLocke 1 year ago
@GoldenGhettoFilms John and Maca as well as Buddy and Elvis were products of a magical window in time. - Tempus Fugit
Rocketeer22 1 year ago
@GoldenGhettoFilms cork it..........
LASOTOLONGO 1 year ago
@GoldenGhettoFilms cork it..if comparison, then perhaps 10cc.....otherwise, perhaps you should simply cork it as the Beat. never did intelligent sci-fi, but stayed stuck in whimsy, ochee dochee? ochee dochee...........regards, p.
LASOTOLONGO 1 year ago
@GoldenGhettoFilms
Interesting. Been listening to Klaatu for 33 years and never thought they sounded like the Beatles. Still don't. Perhaps a little bit, but then one could say that about a lot of bands.
soibeer 1 year ago
@GoldenGhettoFilms Who's denying it. For a while we thought it might be a few of the Beatles.. but in the end, it wasn't. This band is so awesome in and of themselves..
PaleWolfen 1 year ago
@GoldenGhettoFilms
Vocalist sounds like John Lennon, the organ sounds like Strawberry Fields-organ, The guitarist sounds like George Harrison, the song and the arrangement sounds like The Beatles with George Martin. (Can't hear Paul and Ringo here..) . Great band, this Klaatu.
Symphosia 11 months ago
@Symphosia the voice is similar to paul Mc Cartney
amosfunk 9 months ago
@amosfunk
Not even close.
ManhattanMusician 8 months ago
@ManhattanMusician the Style is very similar to the Beatles,,,,,during those years
amosfunk 7 months ago
@amosfunk
The Hope song is. I don't get why some people say none of their music sounds like the Beatles.
Knee deep in love, sounds like Bread's "Everything I own"
ManhattanMusician 7 months ago
@amosfunk You MUST be joking!!!! You've flipped your Beatle wig 3 sizes too small!! Terry Draper sounds more like George than ANY of the other Beatles!
RedVynil 7 months ago
@Symphosia Vocals sounds like George, the keyboard sounds like the MELLOTRON in Strawberry Fields.
RedVynil 7 months ago
@GoldenGhettoFilms I don't hear any beatles at all in Klaatu's music.
WaxHeadroom 11 months ago
@WaxHeadroom
Then you've never listened to The Beatles. The influences are so friggen obvious.
ManhattanMusician 8 months ago
@WaxHeadroom "Sub-Rosa Subway"...McCartney all the way.....
Chazticus09 4 months ago
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fuucck all those beatles comments. Klaatu plays in it's own leak the beatles would never reach...
boekhour 2 years ago
@boekhour
klaatu plays in a leak? and klaatu would probably reprimand you for saying that. klaatu were independent music-makers, but you can not deny their beatles influence and klaatu probably respects them as their masters
GoldenGhettoFilms 2 years ago 3
i disagree, they formed around the same time and yes there are similarities, but i doubt there is much in the way of influence present as the beatles were a pop group..klaatu more deliberately shyed away from what was considered popular. personally i think klaatu far exceed the beatles in ability and originality..they were different which is why they were never noticed such as the beatles, not because they were inferior by any means
Dladjaa 2 years ago
@Dladjaa
Dladjaa, I've never heard of a musical group being less popular due to them being different. I'd assume the opposite.
GoldenGhettoFilms 2 years ago
@Dladjaa
The Beatles and Klaatu didn't form around the same time. Klaatu's first album came out in 1976. The Beatles' first album came out in 1963.
GoldenGhettoFilms 2 years ago
@Dladjaa
Briljant observations
LucHaasnoot 1 year ago
Someone just brought this band to my attention. WOW! I love them. I have been listening to their songs all mornings. Thank you soooo much for posting their material! Awesome!
MLA888Forever 2 years ago 17
This sounds like George Harrison and John Lennon. It's definitely the Beatles sound. Even the lyrics are in their style. The Beatles' sound was classic.
xander7ful 2 years ago 4
I remember this music very well. In the seventies there was a rumour that Klaatu was the secret new Beatles. They never gave concerts, records were very scarce, etc. All very mysterious..... Especially Hope is the Beatles-sound. (wow-wow-wow-yeahhhhh).
Great music
rolf27feb 2 years ago 2
It smells like Something performed by The Beatles
TheBeatlesjohnpaul 2 years ago
Same here. This song has inspired me and given me solace during troubled times since the first day I heard it some 30 years ago.
voodoocadillac 2 years ago 3
I love this song. I loved it 30 odd years ago and I still love it. Now that's the mark of a great song!
mso5535 2 years ago 4
anyone who is so anal to suggest my spelling mistakes in any comment ..............well baaaaaaaaaaaaaaa baaaaaaa baaaaaaaaaa
whats your point?
blackdogleg 2 years ago
reading your comments and insults throughout this thread, and you have the balls to suggest that someone is anal? Who the f do you think you are? Oh I know.., .a little twit that is only capable of getting tough in a message forum.
galileo1957 2 years ago
galileo.......what insults? I only get tired of the Beatles comparisons. They are what brought this band down. In no way did I make personal insulting comments like you do. So go Klaatu yourself!
blackdogleg 2 years ago
by the way ...who the f do you think you are?
blackdogleg 2 years ago
wish everyone would get off the beetle comparisons already, 30 years and still on that crap.
blackdogleg 2 years ago
What's funniest about the Beatles comparison is that countless musicians were attempting to emulate some aspect of the Beatles sound and/or style at that time and it continues to this day. They were evolutionary.
I think that Klaatu had a distinctive style and creative approach, not to mention their production values were unparalleled for that time period.
altruman2000 2 years ago 2
yesssss man. Look at every group that has been emulated, where is the big controversy? But try and emulate the Beatles in any way and you are ortisized. This band is as original as the Beatles were. Pleases give them a freaking break already.
blackdogleg 2 years ago
cheers man dig your stuff. bien suerte!!
blackdogleg 2 years ago
Exactly; couldn't agree more. Production was ahead of it's time and their music took me away on a cloud without any mind altering substances(well, most of the time...)
enialbsitruc 2 years ago
Holy shit!! I had this album,my x has it now and yes more than a slight ripoff of the beatles but I still like it.
morgolvale 2 years ago
Yes, I agree that some of their songs sound like the Beatles, but to infer that it was an intentional ripoff of them is unfair. Listen to their entire repetoire and I think you will agree they are a great band that stands on their own. I wish people would stop the beatles thing and give them the credit they deserve.
enialbsitruc 2 years ago
@enialbsitruc Claiming that they sounded so close to The Beatles IS giving them the credit they deserve!! If someone told me that my band sounded exactly like The Beatles, even though I wasn't trying to make it so, I'd be VERY flattered and consider it a GREAT credit to my music!!
RedVynil 7 months ago
Easily Canada's best prog rock band. Too bad some idiot DJ screwed up their careers by starting the rumor that they were secretly the Beatles. What nonsense! Draper, Long and Woloschuk rule!
All their albums are amazing,except the crappy Endangered Species album. Don't know what happened there...
enialbsitruc 2 years ago
that was a venture by an American record company. it was a failure because the company did everything, rather than giving Klaatu the room they needed.
JediMagnusDelcarte 2 years ago
@JediMagnusDelcarte Daffodil, their home-base label, was a Candian label. They recorded a single or two on it before Capitol released any of their albums here.
RedVynil 7 months ago
@enialbsitruc "Howl At The Moon" was a GREAT song!! And "All Good Things" always makes me cry because I played it the day my dog died and it ALWAYS reminds me of her!! I haven't heard the 5th album enough to comment, but, maybe that's the comment there: had it been a great album, I would've played it a lot more.
RedVynil 7 months ago
who sings the lead to this song?!?
STEALL1997 2 years ago
@STEALL1997 Terry Draper. About 15 years ago, he put out a solo album but the other two members of Klaatu helped out on a couple of the songs.
RedVynil 7 months ago
@RedVynil It's nice to see someone who is giving people the right idea on Klaatu, but I found out after a while that the lead singer and writer of Hope is John Woloschuk.
STEALL1997 7 months ago
@STEALL1997 Thanks! However, I would doubt it's John, because, as I've said here, I have Terry's solo album and his vocals are the same as the ones on "Hope". Terry's the one that sounds like George Harrison.
RedVynil 7 months ago
@RedVynil Yeah, it's just funny because people have told me it was everyone from John, Terry, and even Dee Long. But yeah, Terry and John both have Beatlish voices.
STEALL1997 7 months ago
@STEALL1997 Well, until John does a solo album & I can compare his solo voice to the one in "Hope", I HAVE to stick to my guns that it's Terry on "Hope". I'm usually pretty good with voices! For instance, I can tell the difference between the Joe Aleski-voiced Daffy Duck & the Mel Blanc, even lthough both are extremely similar. Now, in one instance, there's a supposed Beatles song that, until I can actually get a MUCH cleaner copy, I HAVE to assume it IS them, althoiugh I'm told it's not.
RedVynil 7 months ago
In the seventies there were tremendous rumors that Klaatu really WAS the Beatles in disguise. Rumor had it that they were secretly at work at a new album. This was never substantiated and PROBABLY untrue. Still it was fun then.
bamai59 2 years ago 3
Not probably untrue, it WAS untrue. And the rumor ruined their music careers.
enialbsitruc 2 years ago
I stand corrected. It is a shame that it hurt Klaatu, they had a nice sound that should have taken them far.
bamai59 2 years ago 2
@bamai59 What hurt them was when they STOPPED sounding like The Beatles. Their last two albums weren't all that spectacular BECAUSE they changed their sound so drastically.
RedVynil 7 months ago
Yeah, and the bass sound like Paul, too. Not only the player, but the same tone. Astounding. Most who like this band would also dig 'Big Star'.
mjbeaz 2 years ago
God... the lead vocal sounds so much like George Harrison ....
galileo1957 2 years ago
It does, and what about that slide guitar! Very George Harrison.
sandykopi 2 years ago
STOP IT!!!!
blackdogleg 2 years ago
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and the bass is just like the one in Something
Beatlesperu2 2 years ago
I haven't heard this in 30+ years! Forgot how good these guys are. Terrific stuff.
keoki9 2 years ago 3
This brings back memories...lol. What a great song.
jfranklins 3 years ago 3
I love it since I buyed the LP in 1978. What a great Song, what a wonderful great Guitar Solo!!!!!
gothus48 3 years ago
The Beatles and Klaatu!! The Best bands!!
SgtPepper1942 3 years ago 2
What a Great Song... It reminds me John lennon's voice so i can figure out singing this song in the 70's....
harrisongs 3 years ago
A nice collection of Klaatu songs at last...Sweet
misfit59 3 years ago 2
"Hope" is one of the most beautiful albums ever made. Complete pleasure from beginning to end. The "Sunset" CD gives you the whole orchestral version of the album. Give that version a listen and see if you don't have a lump in your throat by the time the title track ends.
Roskomaximus 3 years ago 3
Thank you so much!! I LOVE Klaatu!! EXCITED to see them on You Tube!!
ms221099 3 years ago
What a song...
obsnvats 3 years ago
What a song... [2]
derikgranz2 3 years ago 3
What a song.....
Kingmatte 3 years ago 5