The Dukes of Stratosphear - The Roots of...

Nukes of Pixieland

"Brainiac's Daughter" reminds me of Jeff Lynne-period Idle Race
circa the "Come With Me" single.

"You're My Drug" is of course The Byrd's "So You Want To Be
A Rock & Roll Star" with a little bit of the first Spirit LP thrown in...

 

I've been meaning to give another listen to The Idle Race - I'd like to have them on the comp.

I'm with you on The Byrd's "So You Want To Be A Rock & Roll Star".

 

"Vanishing Girl" (updated):

"Vanishing Girl" (updated):

The Hollies - "You Need Love', "Schoolgirl", "Look Through Any Window", "Dear Eloise", "Pay You Back with Interest", "Carrie Ann", "On A Carousel", "Everything Is Sunshine"
The Rolling Stones - "Gomper"
Traffic - "Hole In My Shoe"

I've added some and subtracted some Hollies.

 

Okay, here's another update:

"What in the World?" (updated):

The Beatles - "It's Only A Northern Song", "It's All Too Much", "Rain", "Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite"
Zager and Evans - "In The Year 2525"
The Bee Gees - "In My Own Time"

I have added The Bee Gees - "In My Own Time". I suspect this won't be the only Bee Gees added to this comp.

 

'The Songs We Were Sensing' - The Roots of the Dukes comp - so far...

"25 O'Clock" the song (updated):

Electric Prunes - "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night"
Pink Floyd - "Scarecrow"*
The Mickey Finn - "Garden Of My Mind"
The "E" Types - "Put The Clock Back On The Wall"
The Mystery Trend - "Johnny Was A Good Boy"
Pink Floyd - "See Emily Play"
The Easybeats - "Friday On My Mind"
The Animals - "When I Was Young", "Monterey"


"Bike Ride To The Moon" (updated):

David Bowie - "The Laughing Gnome"
Tomorrow - "My White Bicycle"
Pink Floyd - "Bike"
Pink Floyd - "Scarecrow"*
The Move - "Cherry Blossom Clinic"
The Move - "Yellow Rainbow"


"My Love Explodes" (updated):

The Yardbirds - "Heart Full of Soul"
The Yardbirds - "Over, Under, Sideways, Down"
The Electric Prunes - "Get Me To The World On Time"
The Rolling Stones - "19th Nervous Breakdown"
Love - "7 and 7 Is"
Pink Floyd - "Arnold Layne"


"What in the World?" (updated):

The Beatles - "Only A Northern Song", "It's All Too Much", "Rain", "Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite"
Zager and Evans- "In The Year 2525"
The Bee Gees - "In My Own Time"


"Your Gold Dress" (updated):

The Yardbirds - "Turn Into Earth"
The Yardbirds - "He's Always There"
The Rolling Stones - "She's A Rainbow"
The Rolling Stones - "Citadel"
The Hollies - "Stop, Stop, Stop"
The Nazz - "Open My Eyes" *


"The Mole From The Ministry":

The Beatles - "I Am The Walrus"
The Moles - "We Are The Moles"
The Aquarian Age - "10,000 Words In A Cardboard Box"


"Vanishing Girl" (updated):

The Hollies - "You Need Love', "Schoolgirl", "Look Through Any Window", "Dear Eloise", "Pay You Back with Interest", "Carrie Ann", "On A Carousel", "Everything Is Sunshine"
The Rolling Stones - "Gomper"


Influential songs that can't be pinned on a specific Dukes song:

Traffic - "Hole In My Shoe"
Manfred Mann - "Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James"
The Rolling Stones - "In Another Land", "The Lantern", "2,000 Light Years From Home", "On With The Show"

* Duplicate - used on another Dukes song.

 

I'd say a cross between Walrus and Strawberry Fields.

 

The instrumental coda in a different key from the rest of the song reminds me of Lovely Rita too.

 

Fun thread, BTW.

Can't wait for "Pale and Precious." My kids love that tune.

Ken

 

Slight thread crap, but someone told me years ago DOTS are actually XTC. Is that false?

 

'The Songs We Were Sensing' - The Roots of the Dukes comp - UPDATED

"25 O'Clock" the song (updated):

Electric Prunes - "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night"
Pink Floyd - "Scarecrow"*
The Mickey Finn - "Garden Of My Mind"
The "E" Types - "Put The Clock Back On The Wall"
The Mystery Trend - "Johnny Was A Good Boy"
Pink Floyd - "See Emily Play"
The Easybeats - "Friday On My Mind"
The Animals - "When I Was Young"
The Animals - "Monterey"*

"Bike Ride To The Moon" (updated):

David Bowie - "The Laughing Gnome"
Tomorrow - "My White Bicycle"
Pink Floyd - "Bike"
Pink Floyd - "Scarecrow"*
The Move - "Cherry Blossom Clinic"
The Move - "Yellow Rainbow"


"My Love Explodes" (updated):

The Yardbirds - "Heart Full of Soul"
The Yardbirds - "Over, Under, Sideways, Down"
The Electric Prunes - "Get Me To The World On Time"
The Rolling Stones - "19th Nervous Breakdown"
Love - "7 and 7 Is"
Pink Floyd - "Arnold Layne"


"What in the World?" (updated):

The Beatles - "Only A Northern Song"
The Beatles - "It's All Too Much"
The Beatles - "Rain"
The Beatles - "Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite"
Zager and Evans - "In The Year 2525"
The Bee Gees - "In My Own Time"


"Your Gold Dress" (updated):

The Yardbirds - "Turn Into Earth"
The Yardbirds - "He's Always There"
The Rolling Stones - "She's A Rainbow"
The Rolling Stones - "Citadel"
The Hollies - "Stop, Stop, Stop"
The Nazz - "Open My Eyes" *


"The Mole From The Ministry" (updated):

The Beatles - "I Am The Walrus"
The Moles - "We Are The Moles"
The Aquarian Age - "10,000 Words In A Cardboard Box"
The Beatles - "Strawberry Fields"
The Beatles - "Lovely Rita"


"Vanishing Girl" (updated):

The Hollies - "You Need Love'
The Hollies - "Schoolgirl"
The Hollies - "Look Through Any Window"
The Hollies - "Dear Eloise"
The Hollies - "Pay You Back with Interest"
The Hollies - "Carrie Anne"
The Hollies - "On A Carousel"
The Hollies - "Everything Is Sunshine"
The Rolling Stones - "Gomper"


Influential songs that can't be pinned on a specific Dukes song:

Traffic - "Hole In My Shoe"
Manfred Mann - "Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James"
The Rolling Stones - "In Another Land"
The Rolling Stones - "The Lantern"
The Rolling Stones - "2,000 Light Years From Home"
The Rolling Stones - "On With The Show"

* Duplicate - used on another Dukes song.

Added "Lovely Rita" and "Strawberry Fields" to "The Mole From The Ministry". Those recommedations were spot on!!! Many thanks!!!

Some pruning (not the electric type) will probably happen as in the Hollies songs for "Vanishing Girl" and the Stones songs in the general influence category.

Next song: "Have You Seen Jackie"

 

"Have You Seen Jackie?":

"Have You Seen Jackie?":

Pink Floyd - "Arnold Layne"
Keith West - "Excerpt From A Teenage Opera"
The Yardbirds - "Over, Under, Sideways, Down"
The Rolling Stones - "2,000 Light Years From Home"


Okay, lets start with these songs. What else can we add?

 

Okay, I'm re-thinking this - I don't think "My Love Explodes" is as much "19th Nervous Breakdown" as "Little Lighthouse" is. LLH has the bass notes sliding down at the end - MLE has specific bass notes FRETTED as it moves down the neck. I'm trying to think of a song that has this happening in it. The song that POPPED into my head was the Beach Boys "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow". There has got to be more.

Also, "Happening Ten Years Time Ago" by The Yardbirds - did we miss this on one of the Dukes songs already discussed (compare the riffs of HTYTA to "My Love Explodes") or is it coming up? It seems it should be on here somewhere, but I wanna make sure we have a reason to put it in.

 

Pink Floyd -Vegtable Man
The Incredible Journey of Timothy Chase - Tomorrow
The Skeleton and the Roundabout - The Idle Race

 

'The Songs We Were Sensing' - The Roots of the Dukes comp - UPDATED

"25 O'Clock" the song (updated):

Electric Prunes - "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night"
Pink Floyd - "Scarecrow"*
The Mickey Finn - "Garden Of My Mind"
The "E" Types - "Put The Clock Back On The Wall"
The Mystery Trend - "Johnny Was A Good Boy"
Pink Floyd - "See Emily Play"
The Easybeats - "Friday On My Mind"
The Animals - "When I Was Young"
The Animals - "Monterey"*

"Bike Ride To The Moon" (updated):

David Bowie - "The Laughing Gnome"
Tomorrow - "My White Bicycle"
Pink Floyd - "Bike"
Pink Floyd - "Scarecrow"*
The Move - "Cherry Blossom Clinic"
The Move - "Yellow Rainbow"


"My Love Explodes" (updated):

The Yardbirds - "Happening Ten Years Time Ago"
The Yardbirds - "Heart Full of Soul"
The Yardbirds - "Over, Under, Sideways, Down"
The Electric Prunes - "Get Me To The World On Time"
Love - "7 and 7 Is"
Pink Floyd - "Arnold Layne"*


"What in the World?" (updated):

The Beatles - "Only A Northern Song"
The Beatles - "It's All Too Much"
The Beatles - "Rain"
The Beatles - "Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite"
Zager and Evans - "In The Year 2525"
The Bee Gees - "In My Own Time"


"Your Gold Dress" (updated):

The Yardbirds - "Turn Into Earth"
The Yardbirds - "He's Always There"
The Rolling Stones - "She's A Rainbow"
The Rolling Stones - "Citadel"
The Hollies - "Stop, Stop, Stop"
The Nazz - "Open My Eyes" *
Tomorrow - "Auntie Mary's Dress Shop"


"The Mole From The Ministry" (updated):

The Beatles - "I Am The Walrus"
The Moles - "We Are The Moles"
The Aquarian Age - "10,000 Words In A Cardboard Box"
The Beatles - "Strawberry Fields"
The Beatles - "Lovely Rita"


"Vanishing Girl" (updated):

The Hollies - "You Need Love'
The Hollies - "Schoolgirl"
The Hollies - "Look Through Any Window"
The Hollies - "Dear Eloise"
The Hollies - "Pay You Back with Interest"
The Hollies - "Carrie Anne"
The Hollies - "On A Carousel"
The Hollies - "Everything Is Sunshine"
The Rolling Stones - "Gomper"


"Have You Seen Jackie?":

Pink Floyd - "Arnold Layne"*
Keith West - "Excerpt From A Teenage Opera"
The Yardbirds - "Over, Under, Sideways, Down"
The Rolling Stones - "2,000 Light Years From Home"
Pink Floyd - "Vegtable Man"
Tomorrow - "The Incredible Journey of Timothy Chase"
The Idle Race - "The Skeleton and the Roundabout"


Influential songs that can't be pinned on a specific Dukes song:

Traffic - "Hole In My Shoe"
Manfred Mann - "Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James"
The Rolling Stones - "In Another Land"
The Rolling Stones - "The Lantern"
The Rolling Stones - "On With The Show"

* Duplicate - used on another Dukes song.

Okay, I've romoved The Rolling Stones - "19th Nervous Breakdown" from "My Love Explodes". It'll reappear for "Little Lighthouse". Don't know if I should put the Beach Boys "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow" on there for the bass. It would be cool to have the track, but it does go against the no-instrumentals rule. If we can find a track that is better suited and with vocals then that would be great.

I've also added recommendations for "Have You Seen Jackie?" - great picks!!!

And I've added Tomorrow - "Auntie Mary's Dress Shop" for "Your Gold Dress". Seems like a perfect fit.

Now, if we are done with "Jackie", we can move on to "Little Lighthouse". This song should be a fun one.

 

"Little Lighthouse":

"Little Lighthouse":

The Rolling Stones - "19th Nervous Breakdown"

Okay, starting off this just one track here for now. What can you all add?

 

"My Love Explodes" (updated)

I don't know how I missed THE song that fits here. Same chords running down. This song is now added to the comp:

Pink Floyd - "Astronomy Domine"

"My Love Explodes" (updated):

The Yardbirds - "Happening Ten Years Time Ago"
The Yardbirds - "Heart Full of Soul"
The Yardbirds - "Over, Under, Sideways, Down"
The Electric Prunes - "Get Me To The World On Time"
Love - "7 and 7 Is"
Pink Floyd - "Astronomy Domine"

"Arnold Layne" is now not needed for this song. It's still on the comp for another.

Nothing to add here? Or is it just the holiday weekend?

 

Well I had 19th nervous breakdown as well...but the trumpet flourishes reminded me of "Alone Again, Or" by Love.

 

"Little Lighthouse" (updated):

Oh yeah! Spot on with that! That's on the comp now.

"Little Lighthouse" (updated):

The Rolling Stones - "19th Nervous Breakdown"
Love - "Alone Again Or"

Still trying to figure out where that lead guitar riff may have come from.

 

'The Songs We Were Sensing' - The Roots of the Dukes comp - UPDATED

"25 O'Clock" the song (updated):

Electric Prunes - "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night"
Pink Floyd - "Scarecrow"*
The Mickey Finn - "Garden Of My Mind"
The "E" Types - "Put The Clock Back On The Wall"
The Mystery Trend - "Johnny Was A Good Boy"
Pink Floyd - "See Emily Play"
The Easybeats - "Friday On My Mind"
The Animals - "When I Was Young"
The Animals - "Monterey"*

"Bike Ride To The Moon" (updated):

David Bowie - "The Laughing Gnome"
Tomorrow - "My White Bicycle"
Pink Floyd - "Bike"
Pink Floyd - "Scarecrow"*
The Move - "Cherry Blossom Clinic"
The Move - "Yellow Rainbow"


"My Love Explodes" (updated):

The Yardbirds - "Happening Ten Years Time Ago"
The Yardbirds - "Heart Full of Soul"
The Yardbirds - "Over, Under, Sideways, Down"
The Electric Prunes - "Get Me To The World On Time"
Love - "7 and 7 Is"
Pink Floyd - "Astronomy Domine"


"What in the World?" (updated):

The Beatles - "Only A Northern Song"
The Beatles - "It's All Too Much"
The Beatles - "Rain"
The Beatles - "Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite"
Zager and Evans - "In The Year 2525"
The Bee Gees - "In My Own Time"


"Your Gold Dress" (updated):

The Yardbirds - "Turn Into Earth"
The Yardbirds - "He's Always There"
The Rolling Stones - "She's A Rainbow"
The Rolling Stones - "Citadel"
The Hollies - "Stop, Stop, Stop"
The Nazz - "Open My Eyes" *
Tomorrow - "Auntie Mary's Dress Shop"


"The Mole From The Ministry" (updated):

The Beatles - "I Am The Walrus"
The Moles - "We Are The Moles"
The Aquarian Age - "10,000 Words In A Cardboard Box"
The Beatles - "Strawberry Fields"
The Beatles - "Lovely Rita"


"Vanishing Girl" (updated):

The Hollies - "You Need Love'
The Hollies - "Schoolgirl"
The Hollies - "Look Through Any Window"
The Hollies - "Dear Eloise"
The Hollies - "Pay You Back with Interest"
The Hollies - "Carrie Anne"
The Hollies - "On A Carousel"
The Hollies - "Everything Is Sunshine"
The Rolling Stones - "Gomper"


"Have You Seen Jackie?":

Pink Floyd - "Arnold Layne"
Keith West - "Excerpt From A Teenage Opera"
The Yardbirds - "Over, Under, Sideways, Down"
The Rolling Stones - "2,000 Light Years From Home"
Pink Floyd - "Vegtable Man"
Tomorrow - "The Incredible Journey of Timothy Chase"
The Idle Race - "The Skeleton and the Roundabout"


"Little Lighthouse" (updated):

The Rolling Stones - "19th Nervous Breakdown"
Love - "Alone Again Or"


Influential songs that can't be pinned on a specific Dukes song:

Traffic - "Hole In My Shoe"
Manfred Mann - "Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James"
The Rolling Stones - "In Another Land"
The Rolling Stones - "The Lantern"
The Rolling Stones - "On With The Show"

* Duplicate - used on another Dukes song.

 

"Little Lighthouse" (updated):

"Little Lighthouse" (updated):

The Rolling Stones - "19th Nervous Breakdown"
Love - "Alone Again Or"
Electric Prunes - "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night"*
Electric Prunes - "Get Me To The World On Time"*


I've added some Electric Prunes to "Little Lighthouse" because of the tremolo guitars the songs have in common.
Also, I have in my notes from a few years ago that this song is influenced by The Steve Miller Band. As I have nothing in my CD collection with the words "Steve Miller" (unless MAYBE on a comp), I don't know what song to pick or if it is truely an influence. Can anybody help me out here?

 

Bump...

Anybody???

 

Can't help you on the Steve Miller (perhaps "Living in the USA", but it's a stretch) but I'd add The Doors' "My Eyes Have Seen You" as a root for "My Love Explodes".

 

Lyrically, but not musically, the "I Want to Marry a Lighthouse Keeper" ditty from the Clockwork Orange soundtrack leaps to mind when I hear "Lighthouse Keeper."

Maybe that's just me.

 

'The Songs We Were Sensing' - The Roots of the Dukes comp - UPDATED

"25 O'Clock" the song (updated):

Electric Prunes - "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night"
Pink Floyd - "Scarecrow"*
The Mickey Finn - "Garden Of My Mind"
The "E" Types - "Put The Clock Back On The Wall"
The Mystery Trend - "Johnny Was A Good Boy"
Pink Floyd - "See Emily Play"
The Easybeats - "Friday On My Mind"
The Animals - "When I Was Young"
The Animals - "Monterey"*
The Rolling Stones - "Paint It Black"

"Bike Ride To The Moon" (updated):

David Bowie - "The Laughing Gnome"
Tomorrow - "My White Bicycle"
Pink Floyd - "Bike"
Pink Floyd - "Scarecrow"*
The Move - "Cherry Blossom Clinic"
The Move - "Yellow Rainbow"


"My Love Explodes" (updated):

The Yardbirds - "Happening Ten Years Time Ago"
The Yardbirds - "Heart Full of Soul"
The Yardbirds - "Over, Under, Sideways, Down"*
The Electric Prunes - "Get Me To The World On Time"
Love - "7 and 7 Is"
Pink Floyd - "Astronomy Domine"
The Doors - "My Eyes Have Seen You"


"What in the World?" (updated):

The Beatles - "Only A Northern Song"
The Beatles - "It's All Too Much"
The Beatles - "Rain"
The Beatles - "Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite"
Zager and Evans - "In The Year 2525"
The Bee Gees - "In My Own Time"


"Your Gold Dress" (updated):

The Yardbirds - "Turn Into Earth"
The Yardbirds - "He's Always There"
The Rolling Stones - "She's A Rainbow"
The Rolling Stones - "Citadel"
The Hollies - "Stop, Stop, Stop"
The Nazz - "Open My Eyes" *
Tomorrow - "Auntie Mary's Dress Shop"


"The Mole From The Ministry" (updated):

The Beatles - "I Am The Walrus"
The Moles - "We Are The Moles"
The Aquarian Age - "10,000 Words In A Cardboard Box"
The Beatles - "Strawberry Fields"
The Beatles - "Lovely Rita"


"Vanishing Girl" (updated):

The Hollies - "You Need Love'
The Hollies - "Schoolgirl"
The Hollies - "Look Through Any Window"
The Hollies - "Dear Eloise"
The Hollies - "Pay You Back with Interest"
The Hollies - "Carrie Anne"
The Hollies - "On A Carousel"
The Hollies - "Everything Is Sunshine"
The Rolling Stones - "Gomper"


"Have You Seen Jackie?":

Pink Floyd - "Arnold Layne"
Keith West - "Excerpt From A Teenage Opera"
The Yardbirds - "Over, Under, Sideways, Down"*
The Rolling Stones - "2,000 Light Years From Home"
Pink Floyd - "Vegtable Man"
Tomorrow - "The Incredible Journey of Timothy Chase"
The Idle Race - "The Skeleton and the Roundabout"


"Little Lighthouse" (updated):

The Rolling Stones - "19th Nervous Breakdown"
Love - "Alone Again Or"
Electric Prunes - "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night"*
Electric Prunes - "Get Me To The World On Time"*
The Steve Miller Band - ????????


Influential songs that can't be pinned on a specific Dukes song:

Traffic - "Hole In My Shoe"
Manfred Mann - "Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James"
The Rolling Stones - "In Another Land"
The Rolling Stones - "The Lantern"
The Rolling Stones - "On With The Show"

* Duplicate - used on another Dukes song.

Alright, we'll leave "Little Lighthouse" for now. I still don't know what that Steve Miller Band song is, so I have question marks there for now. If we don't get more info, I'll just take the SMB out of there.

But before we move on, I thought the recommendation of The Doors' "My Eyes Have Seen You" was an interesting choice for "My Love Explodes". It fits in there nicely, so it's on the comp. Well done! I wasn't before, but now I'm thinking that The Doors may be on this comp for a few more songs before we're done here.

I've also added The Rolling Stones - "Paint It Black" to "25 O'Clock" - it's another how did I miss that song" situation.

Next song up:

"You're A Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)"