Tame Impala anyone?

Mcblahflooper94 · Jan 25, 2014

Mousike said:
I enjoy them, yes. But they seem like they're trying to hard to be another Beatles.

Actually, he's said in multiple interviews that he doesn't sing like Lennon deliberately, and he actually tries to not sound like the beatles, but it's just what sort of happens. Tame Impala

I'm hoping this won't be obnoxious and out of nowhere, but … can we talk about John Lennon a little?
Strangely, no one's asked me that recently. Maybe they thought it was too sensitive or something. Fire away. It's cool.
Was there ever a moment when you were developing as a musician and you heard yourself and thought, Holy shit, my voice sounds a lot like one of the most famous and creative musicians of all time?

Uh … well … umm … I guess the last few years, I've noticed it. It's kind of something I only notice when I'm listening back to it. I never actually personally thought John Lennon. I just thought it sounded like the Beatles. I still, to this day, have no idea why it ends up sounding that way, 'cause when I sing in a room just playing my guitar, I don't hear John Lennon or the Beatles or George Harrison or anything. And suddenly I'm recording a song and I listen back to it and go, "Fuck. People are gonna think that sounds like the Beatles." Some of the time, I'm trying not to sound like him, and I can't even do that. I don't know what it is — I can't put a finger on it, and I can't seem to stop it. I listen back to it and I think it sounds cool because I hate the sound of my own voice when I hear myself talking. I fucking hate it.

The similarity is so specifically in your vocals, though, and so minimal in the instrumentation.
I think it comes down to the effects that I put on my voice. Like, I double-track it and put delay on it and the way I EQ it, all those kind of things. I think it's a case of I'm trying to do the same thing with the vocal sound that people were trying to do 50 years ago to try to get a particular sound. I just love really thin, silvery-sounding vocals. I love the way they affect your brain, the way they sort of deliver a pop hook more than the opposite end of the spectrum, like Tom Waits or something. I just love that kind of dreamy, treble-y kind of voice. That vocal sound really touches me more than anything else.

You said it reminds you more of the Beatles than Lennon in particular. Are you not a Lennon guy specifically? There's no way you're a McCartney guy.
I'm not either or any. I love the Beatles, but I don't listen to them at all regularly. Most of my friends are bigger Beatles fans than I am. I respect them and I love them — Abbey Road is probably one of my favorite albums, but I don't think I've ever listened to the White Album the whole way through. I don't think I've ever listened to Sgt. Pepper's the whole way through. I'd say most of the rest of the world are bigger Beatles fans than me. They'd know more of the songs and more of the lyrics — I don't really know that stuff. I just respect them.

akivarai · Jan 25, 2014

They're a great band. And I love that Lennon-y feel in their music

Yadids · Jan 28, 2014

I love them!
solitude is bliss was my first song..ah the memories :')

lady_mojave · Jan 29, 2015

Bump. I am completely in love with this band.

Mcblahflooper94 said:
Reviving this thread a little, but might anyone know Kevin Parker's MBTI? I think he might be ISFP, maybe INFP, or ISTP. Here's an interview:

I'm confident in saying he's I**P, introverted for sure, considering he wrote a song about being one.. heh. Here's a copy of the lyrics of my favorite TI songs lyrically. Reading Music To Walk Home By, I'm thinking INFP, but I could still see ISFP. Anyone want to lend opinion??
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/tame...rics/tameimpala/nothingthathashappenedsofarhasbeenanythingwecouldc ontrol.html

TAME IMPALA LYRICS - Music To Walk Home By

I don't claim to be an advanced typer, but coming from the perspective of an INFP I see his music soaking in Fi-dom. Everyone would consent that he's obviously an introvert. Most of his lyrics seem to be completely in touch with his own feelings and emotions. Also, I've watched some interviews with him and he's not very structured in his manner of creation, but beautiful at it nonetheless. IxFP affirmed. What I can't precisely distinguish in him is Ne or Se.

Tame Impala anyone?

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