Fab Faux

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 2 Mar 2011 8:27 pm

Sorta fun to watch a band play Abbey Road note-for-note. I doubt that the Beatles themselves could do that.

The Fab Faux play Abbey Road

Dave Hopping · Post by **Dave Hopping** » 2 Mar 2011 9:27 pm

According to Geoff Emmerick,John told the other three right after the end of recording "Abbey Road" that he was leaving the band,so the original band never played a stage arrangement of anything from the album.Could they have? Theoretically yes,although(again,according to Emmerick)they were barely speaking to one another and worked together as a quartet only when they absolutely had to.
If they could have put it in a hypothetical live set,it probably would have sounded a lot like the vid.Great stuff!

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 3 Mar 2011 7:29 am

These guys are to the Beatles as the Fendertones are to the Beach Boys. Amazing stuff.

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 3 Mar 2011 8:40 am

Sir Paul's band does some of those tunes, and they do them very well of course. But they don't play note-for-note like the record. The Fab Faux seem to approach it more like classical music, not rock and roll.

I prefer Paul's approach, of course.

Archie Nicol R.I.P. · Post by **Archie Nicol R.I.P.** » 3 Mar 2011 2:05 pm

Reminds me again of the time Beatles tribute band, The Bootleg Beatles cancelled a gig when they heard that the Bootleg Mark Chapman had threatened to show up.

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Ron Davis · Post by **Ron Davis** » 3 Mar 2011 4:05 pm

Remember the old 70's SNL skit with Dan Akyroyd doing the spoof commercial for "Beatlemaniamania"?

"Not Beatlemania, but an incredible simulation."

Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 6 Mar 2011 2:42 am

Of all the Beatles records "Abbey Road" is the only one I've only listened to a few times, so this has a novelty factor for me. Incredible! Another group I tink could do this as well as them would be Todd Rundgren's Utopia. I read "Sun King" was inspired by Peter Green. Now I know why.