Lies - The Knickerbockers 1965

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  • čas přidán 2. 09. 2018
  • "Lies", by American rock band The Knickerbockers from Bergenfield, New Jersey in 1965, reached the #20 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It is their best remembered Beatles sound-alike hit single. It not only fooled fans, but it earned The Knickerbockers placement in the Beatles Hall of Fake. The band, which took its colonial-evoking name from Knickerbocker Avenue, Bergenfield's main drag, initially based its sound on an R&B/dance formula. However, It was their brand of Beatles style that earned them top-20 hits in early 1964, and 1965. When writing the song, they took the first two chords of the Beatles "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and added the word "Lies". The Knickerbockers competed with another Beatles-sounding group called the Redcoats that patrolled the southern tip of the Garden State.
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  • @Krypt24
    @Krypt24 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Very cool tune. One of the most Beatles sound-a-like songs ever recorded.

  • @paulbookwood6410
    @paulbookwood6410 Před rokem +6

    They really did sound like the early Beatles to me.🙂

  • @maryjohnston7910
    @maryjohnston7910 Před 2 lety +6

    FAb song! I still remember the lyrics & I just turned 69 !!!
    Amazing!!! love life🧡

  • @michaelstewart5548
    @michaelstewart5548 Před 3 lety +9

    So great to hear all my teen music. Takes me back to my wonderful youth.

  • @beaucharles9934
    @beaucharles9934 Před 3 lety +9

    Thanks to you all & your positive comments! What a great era it was for music!

    • @davehedrick3189
      @davehedrick3189 Před 3 lety +2

      no thank YOU .... I am 66 and jealous lol .... you have this as a legacy but I finally have a small band and we are meeting in my carport where we can socially distance and this is our next song to try and play together ... do you still play?

    • @beaucharles9934
      @beaucharles9934 Před 3 lety +1

      @@davehedrick3189 hi Dave, yes, l still play & study guitar & compose. I fell in love with music & playing an instrument long ago & it still fulfills me! It’s a win win! All the best to you & your musical journey& thanks for your comment.

    • @davehedrick3189
      @davehedrick3189 Před 3 lety +1

      @@beaucharles9934 if you ever get down to Raleigh, NC look me up (post co-vid of course) thanks again !!

    • @zyxomma6270
      @zyxomma6270 Před 3 lety +2

      The best! I'm so glad I was born in 1954 and grew up on the best music in the world.

  • @jennymurada3467
    @jennymurada3467 Před rokem +1

    Im 73 yrs old and i play all my 60s 70s in my car and its high and everyone looks at me while im signing along whith the song at least i can not like today's music if you call it that 🎶

  • @Kitandrox
    @Kitandrox Před 3 lety +13

    Released in Oct of 65, everyone thought it was the Beatles I remember driving back to school after Thanksgiving and it was played over and over and over. Got stuck in a blizzard outside of Erie Penn, they kept on playing this, DJ thought it was the Fab Four Trump was in Erie a few days ago, this could have been his theme song!!!

  • @deltonkillen8024
    @deltonkillen8024 Před rokem +1

    Yeah, they fooled everybody for a long while. I'm on the downhill side of 71 and sometimes I still forget they are not the Fab Four.
    Thanks.

  • @jadenova
    @jadenova Před 5 lety +14

    Proof that the Beatles sound can be imitated.

  • @58firecracker
    @58firecracker Před 5 lety +5

    Love love love!!!!!!!!🎶🎵🎶🎵❤️❤️❤️❤️🎼🎧🎤🥁🎸

  • @alantroake4737
    @alantroake4737 Před 10 měsíci +1

    These were seriously underated.

  • @rustemrobert8096
    @rustemrobert8096 Před 3 lety +3

    Very good! A la Beatles :)

  • @juliestrom412
    @juliestrom412 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Cute guys! 😍

  • @kotjmf1968
    @kotjmf1968 Před 2 lety +1

    I thought this was the Beatles for the 1st 30+ years of my life.

  • @opticscolossalandepicvideo4879

    Great beatles song. Top 5 of all time

  • @paulleighton4639
    @paulleighton4639 Před 5 lety +6

    great song and group even if they were shortlived

  • @laughs321
    @laughs321 Před 3 lety +1

    They took the first two chords from I Want To Hold Your Hand and added Lies and they were off and running

  • @franklopresti2870
    @franklopresti2870 Před 3 lety +1

    A Fenger High School classic!!!

  • @jan-arievanderheijden7636

    TOP>>>

  • @jefflindsey9913
    @jefflindsey9913 Před 3 lety +1

    Beatles junior

  • @jessyleppert2
    @jessyleppert2 Před 5 lety +5

    I lip-synced this song in a lip-sync contest in High School in 2006 and the host said "Jessy is gonna lip-sync Lies by The Knickerbockers." And when the song came on, the audience went "Oh!" And crossed their arms because they thought it was The Beatles.

    • @60s70sTheBest
      @60s70sTheBest  Před 5 lety +1

      Great story! Yeah, The Knickerbockers were a Beatles sound-a-like.

  • @evabernholm7773
    @evabernholm7773 Před 3 lety

    Härlig låt

  • @seanmcleod8052
    @seanmcleod8052 Před 3 lety +12

    Hey Donald, why don’t you use this song as your rally intro..

    • @Kitandrox
      @Kitandrox Před 3 lety +1

      LOVE THAT!!!!! AND SO FREAKIN TRUE!!!!!

    • @carolingian5736
      @carolingian5736 Před 3 lety

      Hey Sean, why don't you go fuck yourself

    • @gustercc
      @gustercc Před 3 lety +2

      @@carolingian5736 got his feelings hurt. Almost like... like a.... ❄️?

  • @dannydavis234
    @dannydavis234 Před 3 lety +2

    With a good song writer with there voices and style, could have cramped at least 5-6 more hits.

  • @johnsimth1606
    @johnsimth1606 Před 2 lety +2

    We matched the British invasion

  • @1tbounty
    @1tbounty Před 2 lety +1

    Wow. Lol...thought it was a lost Beatles tune

  • @WheresJeanninePacifica
    @WheresJeanninePacifica Před 3 lety +1

    Sounds like em

  • @therealniksongs
    @therealniksongs Před 2 měsíci

    The AI Beatles before there was AI...

  • @jrstafford5821
    @jrstafford5821 Před 11 měsíci

    They might have had sustained success if they had a good-looking singer instead of…….