Stuff that sounds like 60s girl groups but is not actually 60s girl groups

[hitmouse]

So as to not derail the other thread, thought it'd be worth having a thread for the cultural impact of 60s girl groups - what are your favourite covers, or otherwise stuff that's just very obviously influenced by them? Songs that use that intro drum thing from Be My Baby, and so on. Feel free to post the entire Ramones/JAMC discography or whatever.
A few choices to start off:

 

[Knotted]

Thought about posting this on the other thread but it's not a girl group. It's also not what you're looking for on this thread.



Maybe I should start my own thread...

 

[hitmouse]

It is a tune tho, tbf.

 

[deeyo]

 

[Spandex]

Johnny Boy - You Are the Generation That Bought More Shoes and You Get What You Deserve

 

[hitmouse]

I'm realising that the Diskettes would be a fabulous name for a band that drew on both the legacy of Discharge and 60s girl groups. Fuck knows how you could actually get that sound to work, but it would be fantastic if it did.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Some friends of a friend have a band that borrows from the Supremes like beats and the like. Lots of covers but the best stuff is their own.

 

[SpookyFrank]

 

[SpookyFrank]

 

[Spandex]

And some more

 

[Steel Icarus]

 

[Steel Icarus]

 

[Steel Icarus]

 

[Steel Icarus]

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I find the ravonettes weird. The look the part, and often (like this song) they start like it's going to be something quite odd, interesting, extreme, powerful, dark and different, but then it always just sharply turns into an unlistenable MOR borefest.

 

[The39thStep]

 

[SpookyFrank]

I find the ravonettes weird. The look the part, and often (like this song) they start like it's going to be something quite odd, interesting, extreme, powerful, dark and different, but then it always just sharply turns into an unlistenable MOR borefest.

It's just nice melodies with a bit of feedback. Delivers on that basic idea without promising anything more IMO.

The song posted is not my favourite of theirs mind you, that'd be this one:

 

[May Kasahara]

Totally bookmarking this thread for a quiet listening moment

 

[hitmouse]

Totally bookmarking this thread for a quiet listening moment

Same here!
Re the Raveonettes, I've only really listened to Lust Lust Lust and Pretty in Black. Lust Lust Lust (like its name) is great imo, this may be a bit obvious in its influences but nothing wrong with that:


And Pretty in Black does feature a guest appearance from one Ronnie Spector Greenfield:


On a related note to that, I've always been too much of a purist to ever listen to any of the post-reformation Misfits stuff, I think mostly just because they're very obviously not the same band, but it occurred to me recently that maybe I was missing out because if someone pitched an album to me as "someone who used to be in the Misfits playing fun rock and roll with ex-members of Black Flag and the Ramones, and Ronnie from the Ronettes turns up and sings sometimes as well" I'd probably be pretty into it:

 

[JuanTwoThree]

Mari Wilson had a few years of being a pastiche girl group lead singer mostly with this, which was ubiquitous for a while

 

[The39thStep]

Love this by The Raveonettes

 

[fishfinger]

April March does French-style 60s girl band stuff:

 

[Dr. Furface]

 

[hitmouse]

 

[Spandex]

The Courettes - Want You! Like a Cigarette

 

[editor]

 

[MrSki]

Not sure if this is right for this thread but... Baby I don't care.

Also features a North London Drinks meet up.

 

[Sweet FA]

 

[liquidindian]

Not sure if this belongs in this thread or the other one. Dolly Parton before she was allowed by her record label to go country:

 

[liquidindian]