This album is Led Zeppelin I levels of song copying. Every single song has something copied, or flat out steals from better more famous artists.
Examples: >Elephant Come Together - The Beatles >The Bold Arrow Of Time I Want You (She's So Heavy) - The Beatles >I Don't Really Mind (the drums) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club (Reprise) - The Beatles >The Sun Sweet Wine - Cream >Island Walking Manic Depression - Jimi Hendrix >Sundown Syndrome (the kazoo) Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix >Jeremy's Storm Third Stone From The Sun - Jimi Hendrix >Desire Be Desire Go I Can't Explain - The Who >Be Above It The Kids Are Alright - The Who >It Is Not Meant To Be (the guitar arpeggios) Set The Ray To Jerry - Smashing Pumpkins >Runaway, Houses, City, Clouds (the bassline) Fredag - Dungen
He definitely sings like John Lennon, with a little bit of George Harrison. The amount of delay and echo he smothers the vocals with reminds me of Lennon's vocals in A Day In The Life or George Harrison with Blue Jay Way. His guitar playing is amateurish but efficient. He reminds me of more textual guitar players like John McGeoch from Siouxsie And The Banshees or Johnny Greenwood from Radiohead, but the playing on Innerspeaker is very much wannabe Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, or even David Gilmour. His bass playing is not bad as well, being reminiscent of the melodic Paul McCartney or Chris Squire of Yes. His drumming is one of his best skills, and immediately was one of the first things I enjoyed right away. I think of John Bonham, but he also at times sounds like Jaki Liebezeit from Can or Nick Mason of Pink Floyd.
Overall, if I had to pick one album that sums up everything it's trying to do, it'd probably be The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour.
It’s ok if the band develops its own personality with its influences but tame impala is just soulless wallpaper music
Elijah Robinson
Are you death? Not even a tame impala fan and no it doesnt sound like this.
Ethan Collins
OK, so he sounds a little bit like The Doors s/t, too. So what?
Chase Lopez
>Comparing Come Together and Elephant Genuinely stopped reading there.
Logan Garcia
Elephant isn’t even on that album. And it doesn’t sound anything like Come Together.
Dylan Green
at 2:40 of Elephant it sounds like Can I Sit Next To You Girl of acdc
Jaxson Morales
dude all music sounds like all other music stop that bullshit already
Noah Hernandez
Any other songs you notice Tame Impala sounds like? Curious
Xavier Morgan
i wont hear any other
Ryan Turner
Well it’s interesting you say AC/DC because Kevin Parker said for songs like Elephant or Solitude Is Bliss he was going for that sort of sassy rock vibe, very much like Led Zeppelin or AC/DC.
Justin Reed
do you know the acdc part that i refered to right?
Gavin Rodriguez
Ye
Christopher Martinez
Kevin Parker is an incredible producer who writes very catchy melodies and melancholy lyrics that contrast the generally bubbly aesthetic of the music. When has anyone on this board ever suggested tame impala is some revolutionary, innovative band? It’s fucking pop music. What point are you trying to prove?
Caleb Baker
all these dude acid bro lmao's getting mad over copy pasta
Jordan Evans
I read a RYM review that said it sounded the most like if Walls and Bridges Lennon combined with Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti revamped old Sgt. Pepper/Magical Mystery Tour songs. I agree with that comparison
>I Don't Really Mind Sounds like I Can See For Miles by The Who
Christopher Torres
i'm picking up a lot of steely dan influence as well. I see your point, OP
Jacob Allen
Any songs in particular? Im curious
I've noticed Kevin Parker's drumming specifically on songs like Sundown Syndrome or It Is Not Meant To Be have a very jazzy drumming. Alittle like The Doors too
Josiah Lewis
some of these are a real fucking stretch OP. and even if we take that at face value, originality isn't the only thing that is important.
Nah, he just copied the bass guitar part on Fredag for Runaway Houses City Clouds. And you’re right Blue Jay Way or A Day In The Life are obvious blueprints for the way he treats his vocals with effects. Lots of delay and echo. Like Elvis’ Heartbeak Hotel but on crack
Blake Myers
>Overall, if I had to pick one album that sums up everything it's trying to do, it'd probably be The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour. Tame Impala has a unique aesthetic. He plays with all the instruments that the Beatles used on Help. For Innerspeaker he played a white strat. I think because he was channeling Hendrix/Clapton at the time (even wore the classic hendrix headband live). John lennon and George Harrison played strats on Rubber Soul. But Innerspeaker overall is trying to be Revolver, without a doubt, just with bigger louder drumming, more like on Abbey Road.
Another tid bit is that Kevin Parker's favorite Beatles album is Abbey Road. And his number one favorite song of all time is "I Want You She's So heavy". Bold Arrow of Time is obviously a sendup to that song.
