Originally Posted by Greg C. Brown
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I'm curious, though. Is it so bad that the band sounds (or sounded) like the Beatles? A couple comments above, while praising Badfinger for their talent, seemed to suggest that even though they sound like the Beatles, we won't hold it against them. Or did I completely misinterpret what I read?
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Greg

I think you might have been responding to my comment. No, I do not hold it against them that they sounded Beatlesque because their sound was that way anyway. I did have an issue with a number of other inferior groups in that era that blatantly tried to take the Beatles sound, but I believe the sound of Badfinger was what it was because of what they wrote and how they sang anyway. I do think Paul took them in the studio and gave it some of the Beatles studio treatment, as well, and if he is okay with it I sure cannot complain.

I could have worded it better not to imply that I did not like their similarity to the Beatles. I actually thought they sounded great.

Jack
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