The Knickerbockers "Lies" (The American Group that sounded like the Beatles)

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[Signalman]

The Knickerbockers were an American group that sounded like the early Beatles. This song, "Lies" was recorded in 1965.

[rktman]

Thanks. Good memories.

[lee martell]

Never heard of them until just now.
That name The Knickerbockers, may have been their first mistake; It’s four syllables, just too long and too abstract.
Many might have thought: “What IS a knickerbocker anyway?

[dainbramaged]

That is a great old song, remember it well.

[fidelis]

They very purposefully made themselves sound like an English group to capitalize on the British Invasion. Other American groups like the Beau Brummell’s (“Laugh, Laugh”) did the same.

[bigbob]

Their “One Track Mind” is a great song also:

https://youtu.be/DvlaVvoDRnM

The groups name was fine, very recognizable - their problem was they signed with an obscure and incompetent label that couldn’t keep up with their success.

[Liberty Valance]

Great old tune! Thanks for posting.
Should be Johnny Depp’s new theme song.

[nickcarraway]

That song and the others by the Beau Brummels were produced by Slyvester Stewart of Sly & the Family Stone.

[Secret Agent Man]

Reminds me of the Beatles a bit, and the Monkees a bit.

[Fiji Hill]

That name The Knickerbockers, may have been their first mistake; It’s four syllables, just too long and too abstract. Many might have thought: “What IS a knickerbocker anyway?

A great name. Knickerbockers are New Yorkers who trace their ancestry back to the city's original Dutch settlers.

[Fiji Hill]

They very purposefully made themselves sound like an English group to capitalize on the British Invasion. Other American groups like the Beau Brummell’s (“Laugh, Laugh”) did the same

The Beau Brummels made a brilliant move, naming themselves after Beau Brummel, a nineteenth-century English hustler, giving them a British connection, and whose name began with "Bea," which would result in their records being placed next to those by the Beatles and Beach Boys in record stores.

[gathersnomoss]

You are correct. I now recall the placement. Excellent memories.

[Fiji Hill]

That song and the others by the Beau Brummels were produced by Slyvester Stewart of Sly & the Family Stone.

I did not know that. My favorite Beau Brummels opus is Just a Little (1965)

[nickcarraway]

He produced that one too.

[gundog]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nuhoW-Bb6CE

[Dr. Sivana]

“What IS a knickerbocker anyway?

A Knickerbocker is a member of an NBA team that hasn't won a championship in almost 50 years.

It is also a long defunct brand of beer whose taste had often been compared to weasel piss.

[jy8z]

Knickerbockers were a certain style of pants . That’s what I remember from my youth

[justme4now]

I was in a jail holding cell with sly and later in the same courtroom.
(My only dui, I was a teen!)

Sly was asleep in the courtroom while waiting to be called and he started snoring so loud that the judge had him awakened and taken to a cell to sleep off the rest of his drug hangover.🤣

[dfwgator]

You mean Amber Heard’s theme song.

[Psalm 73]

"I was in a jail holding cell with sly..."

Oh man- that's a great story to retell, damn.

Of course, anyone younger than 50 would say: "who the heck is Sly?"