2000 Great Songs #1279: World Of You
Plenty of 60s bands were credited with sounding like the Beatles , but rarely was the comparison as apt as with The Aerovons. The band hailed from the very British town of... well, St. Louis, Missouri... but they made their way to the UK in 1969 to record the album Resurrection , right there in the actual Abbey Road studios. And it's a wonderful piece of work, deeply enmeshed in the sound of the Beatles (or, at the very least, late 60s Bee Gees ), while offering songwriting and performances that avoid the pitfalls of being merely a derivative homage. Alas, the band quickly splintered and the record was shelved, never seeing light of day until it was pulled from the vaults in 2003. Opening cut "World Of You" is probably a little more on the Bee Gees (or Moody Blues ) side of the equation, melancholy baroque pop with a touch of psychedelia, a piano-driven track with strings and full orchestration straight out of the George Martin playbook. Just lovely, and one of music'...
