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* CallAndResponseSong: Oh ''yes''. "Twist It Up", for one, [[IncrediblyLamePun twists it up]] to eleven, including a gibberish call-and-response section reminiscent of Music/CabCalloway's "Minnie the Moocher".
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* CallAndResponseSong: Oh ''yes''. "Twist It Up", for one, [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} twists it up]] to eleven, including a gibberish call-and-response section reminiscent of Music/CabCalloway's "Minnie the Moocher".
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* ExcitedShowTitle: Their first, third, and fifth studio albums.
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* NiceHat: Kaiser Johnny has one, that he's rarely seen without.
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* AffectionateParody / StealthParody: Their entire act, especially some of their lyrics, cranks everything about '60s beat music and trends UpToEleven.up to eleven. It's not really StylisticSuck, so it's this.
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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Mostly 4 to 5. The material is full-on beat, but their sound, particularly the early records, is drenched in raw guitar distortion that has more in common with garage rock than anything else.
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* BigNameFan: Legendary British DJ John Peel has their three first albums in his collection and held them in high regard.
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* YourCheatingHeart: A few songs, but especially "Sally Sue Brown".
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* YourFavorite: "Peanut Butter" isn't just a favourite song of theirs! Mashed potatoes and gravy also make frequent appearances in song lyrics.
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* YourFavorite: "Peanut Butter" isn't just a favourite song of theirs! Mashed potatoes and gravy also make frequent appearances in song lyrics.lyrics.
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** Almost inevitably, beat groups cover The Beatles at some point. When The Kaisers did it, they dug up their old instrumental obscurity "Cry for a Shadow", the only composition credited to [[Music/GeorgeHarrison Harrison]]/[[Music/JohnLennon Lennon]]. And this was before it became somewhat well-known due to its inclusion on The Beatles' ''Anthology'' compilation.
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** Almost inevitably, beat groups cover The Beatles at some point. When The Kaisers did it, they dug up their old instrumental obscurity "Cry for a Shadow", the only composition credited to [[Music/GeorgeHarrison Harrison]]/[[Music/JohnLennon Lennon]]. And this was before it became somewhat well-known due to its inclusion on The Beatles' ''Anthology'' ''Music/TheBeatlesAnthology'' compilation.
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Jes\' some tropes.
* AbortedArc: They released an EP called ''Beat Session No. 1''. There never was a second session.
* BigNameFan: Legendary British DJ John Peel has their three first albums in his collection and held them in high regard.
* CausticCritic: Liner notes for several of their releases are written by one "Wilhelm Wimbledon", who takes cheap shots at the quality of their music any chance he gets. Since Mr. Wimbledon is, by all accounts, a fictional character, this constitutes a severe case of SelfDeprecation. More than likely a parody of the surly critics of the '60s that, for one thing, saw The Beatles as nothing but a pop fad that wouldn't last.
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* DanceSensation: At least one such song on each album, ranging from actual crazes to made-up ones. There's the Twist, the Wiki (not that kind) Waki Wu, the Alligator Twist, [[LongList the Kaiser Stomp, the Paradiso Twist, the Hipshake Shimmy...]]
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* DanceSensation: At least one such song on each album, ranging from actual crazes to made-up ones. There's the Twist, the Wiki (not that kind) Waki Wu, the Alligator Twist, [[LongList the Kaiser Stomp, Liquorice Twitch, the Hipshake Shimmy, the Paradiso Twist, the Hipshake Shimmy...Twist...]]
* EvolvingMusic: Their career saw them going from balls-to-the-wall, happy-go-lucky, cover-oriented beat with a large side order of garage rock distortion, to more morose, nuanced beat that was almost entirely self-sufficient as far as material was concerned.
* FakeOutFadeOut: Not really a long enough fade-out to fool anybody, but genre-savvy peeps with the beat knowledge is just gonna know they're coming back for a last triumphant chorus reprise in "What'd I Say".
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: A majority of their releases are quite rare and copies surface online only occasionally, though ''Squarehead'' has been reissued and ''Shake Me!'' received a larger print run than earlier albums. This may be averted in the not-too-distant future as further reissues are planned.
* LovePotion: Number nine, of course!
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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Mostly 4 to 5.
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* NurseryRhyme: "Ain't That Just Like Me" features direct quotations from several. "I'm a Hog for You", as well.
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* SelfTitledAlbum: ''In Step with The Kaisers'' and ''Twist with The Kaisers''.
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* SurprisinglyGentleSong: At least one beat ballad per album, occasionally being instrumentals.
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Contrary to media misconceptions that they were an all-out cover band (though to be fair, they always did have a good share of covers under their belt) they also boasted a respectable share of original compositions reminiscent of their beat influences such as Bern Elliott & The Fenmen, The Big Three, and The Undertakers, which also get points for sounding like legit '60s compositions. Original compositions would come to outnumber covers more for each new record released, to the point where their final album, released in 2002, contained only one.
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Contrary to media misconceptions that they were an all-out cover band (though to be fair, they always did have a good share of covers under their belt) they also boasted a respectable share of original compositions reminiscent of their beat influences such as Bern Elliott & The Fenmen, The Big Three, Music/TheBigThree, and The Undertakers, which also get points for sounding like legit '60s compositions. Original compositions would come to outnumber covers more for each new record released, to the point where their final album, released in 2002, contained only one.
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'''The Kaisers''' (1992-2002) were a Scottish beat music/garage rock quartet, known for their peerless replication of the sound and look of the British (pre-[[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]]) beat boom of the early [[TheSixties '60s]]. This {{retraux}} approach extended to album cover art and merchandise to the point where you could sandwich a Kaisers record amongst a collection of legit '60s records and not know you were looking at an album recorded in the [[TheNineties '90s]] until you took a closer look at the publication credits. They also favored vintage attire, instruments and recording gear of the period, and recorded music mixed exclusively in monophonic sound, with few to no overdubs applied.
Contrary to media misconceptions that they were an all-out cover band (though to be fair, they always did have a good share of covers under their belt) they also boasted a respectable share of original compositions reminiscent of their beat influences such as The Big Three and The Undertakers, which also get points for sounding like legit '60s compositions. Original compositions would come to outnumber covers more for each new record released, to the point where their final album, released in 2002, contained only one.
Contrary to media misconceptions that they were an all-out cover band (though to be fair, they always did have a good share of covers under their belt) they also boasted a respectable share of original compositions reminiscent of their beat influences such as The Big Three and The Undertakers, which also get points for sounding like legit '60s compositions. Original compositions would come to outnumber covers more for each new record released, to the point where their final album, released in 2002, contained only one.
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'''The Kaisers''' (1992-2002) were a Scottish beat music/garage rock quartet, known for their peerless replication of the sound and look of the British (pre-[[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]]) beat boom of the early [[TheSixties '60s]]. This {{retraux}} approach extended to album cover art and merchandise to the point where you could sandwich a Kaisers record amongst a collection of legit '60s records and not know you were looking at an album recorded in the [[TheNineties '90s]] until you took a closer look at the publication credits. They also look. They favored vintage attire, instruments and recording gear of the period, and recorded music mixed exclusively in monophonic sound, with few to no overdubs applied.
Contrary to media misconceptions that they were an all-out cover band (though to be fair, they always did have a good share of covers under their belt) they also boasted a respectable share of original compositions reminiscent of their beat influences such as Bern Elliott & The Fenmen, The BigThree Three, and The Undertakers, which also get points for sounding like legit '60s compositions. Original compositions would come to outnumber covers more for each new record released, to the point where their final album, released in 2002, contained only one.
Contrary to media misconceptions that they were an all-out cover band (though to be fair, they always did have a good share of covers under their belt) they also boasted a respectable share of original compositions reminiscent of their beat influences such as Bern Elliott & The Fenmen, The Big
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* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Wishing Street''. The album cover, in stark shades of grey, shows the group looking sad and weary á la ''Beatles for Sale'', and more than ever there's a focus on "the girl's let me down" songs. Song titles include "Time to Go", "Lonesome", and "Why Did You Lie?".
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Most of their promotional material, as well as a live DVD that aims to replicate historical footage from the Cavern Club days.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Most of their promotional material, as well as a live DVD that aims to replicate historical footage from the Cavern Club days.
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* LighterAndSofter: ''Shake Me!'' marks a return to the more carefree tunes of earlier times. Heck, the cover even shows them smiling again and giving the thumbs-up for those in doubt!
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* MoneySong: "Money (That's What I Want)", natch.
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->''"We got a dance that's really in, oh yeah''\\
''from London town to old Berlin, oh yeah''\\
''Let's stomp, let's stomp, let's stomp''\\
''[[DanceSensation Everybody do the Kaiser Stomp!]]''"
-->-- "Kaiser Stomp"
->''Interviewer: "Do you consider yourself the "Bootleg [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]]?"''\\
''[[StageNames Kaiser]] George: "Absolutely not! (laughs) There's somebody already doing that, and that's just not what we're about at all. We're just ''a'' beat group. We're not trying to be The Beatles... we're not Gerry and the Pacemakers, you know, we're just The Kaisers."''
-->-- [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] radio interview
'''The Kaisers''' (1992-2002) were a Scottish beat music/garage rock quartet, known for their peerless replication of the sound and look of the British (pre-[[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]]) beat boom of the early [[TheSixties '60s]]. This {{retraux}} approach extended to album cover art and merchandise to the point where you could sandwich a Kaisers record amongst a collection of legit '60s records and not know you were looking at an album recorded in the [[TheNineties '90s]] until you took a closer look at the publication credits. They also favored vintage attire, instruments and recording gear of the period, and recorded music mixed exclusively in monophonic sound, with few to no overdubs applied.
Contrary to media misconceptions that they were an all-out cover band (though to be fair, they always did have a good share of covers under their belt) they also boasted a respectable share of original compositions reminiscent of their beat influences such as The Big Three and The Undertakers, which also get points for sounding like legit '60s compositions. Original compositions would come to outnumber covers more for each new record released, to the point where their final album, released in 2002, contained only one.
The group went through a number of personnel changes over the years; all members had their own [[StageName band alias]] in the form of "Kaiser" being attached as a prefix to their given name. George Miller (lead guitar) and Johnny Maben (drums) were the only constant members of the group, with Miller also being the group's primary songwriter (Maben being occasionally co-credited).
!!Discography:
* ''Squarehead Stomp!'' (1993)
* ''In Step with The Kaisers'' (1994)
* ''Beat It Up!'' (1995)
* ''Wishing Street'' (1997)
* ''Shake Me!'' (2002)
!!Tropes associated with The Kaisers:
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: ''Squarehead Stomp!''
* AerithAndBob: "Patricia Ann", "Sally Sue Brown", and... "Miserabella".
* AffectionateParody / StealthParody: Their entire act, especially some of their lyrics, cranks everything about '60s beat music and trends UpToEleven. It's not really StylisticSuck, so it's this.
* BandToon: Some of their releases feature a little cartoon Kaiser on the cover design somewhere.
* CallAndResponseSong: Oh ''yes''. "Twist It Up", for one, [[IncrediblyLamePun twists it up]] to eleven, including a gibberish call-and-response section reminiscent of Music/CabCalloway's "Minnie the Moocher".
* CarefulWithThatAxe: Their vocals can be ''very'' energetic at times. Kaiser Johnny's vocal spots definitely take the prize here though.
* ChristmasSongs: Released a 1997 Christmas single, "Merry Christmas Loopy Lu".
* CoverVersion:
** Everything from beat music favourites of theirs ("Peanut Butter", "Some Other Guy"), to rock and roll standards of the day ("The Hippy Hippy Shake", "Leave My Kitten Alone"), to pop hits such as "I Just Don't Understand" (Ann-Margret), or "You're No Good" (Betty Everett).
** Almost inevitably, beat groups cover The Beatles at some point. When The Kaisers did it, they dug up their old instrumental obscurity "Cry for a Shadow", the only composition credited to [[Music/GeorgeHarrison Harrison]]/[[Music/JohnLennon Lennon]]. And this was before it became somewhat well-known due to its inclusion on The Beatles' ''Anthology'' compilation.
* DanceSensation: At least one such song on each album, ranging from actual crazes to made-up ones. There's the Twist, the Wiki (not that kind) Waki Wu, the Alligator Twist, [[LongList the Kaiser Stomp, the Paradiso Twist, the Hipshake Shimmy...]]
* DoubleEntendre: "I Want to Be Your Driver", full stop.
* ExcitedShowTitle: Their first, third, and fifth studio albums.
* {{Instrumentals}}: At least one per album, almost all of which were originals. By far their most well-known song, "Whatcha Say?", is one ([[SingleStanzaSong mostly]]), also an original.
* HotBlooded: Yes indeed! (Which is also a song of theirs.)
* LiveAlbum: ''Twist with The Kaisers'', recorded at the Second Story in Bloomington, Indiana.
* LyricalColdOpen: "Ain't That Just Like Me".
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Mostly 4 to 5.
* NewSoundAlbum: Literally; ''Wishing Street'' was recorded at a much higher fidelity than earlier albums. This was a direct response to (not entirely unfounded, just doesn't apply to The Kaisers) media criticism the beat revival scene of the '90s recorded in poor fidelity in order to mask poor musical workmanship.
* NiceHat: Kaiser Johnny has one, that he's rarely seen without.
* NurseryRhyme: "Ain't That Just Like Me" features direct quotations from several.
-->''Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow / Everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go / Now ain't that just like me, cracking up over you?''
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. John and Johnny managed to avoid confusion, but there were two Kaiser Matts (Armstrong and Curtis), informally known as Kaiser Matt 1 and Kaiser Matt 2 respectively, for disambiguation's sake.
* PerformanceVideo: The little footage of them that can be found online consists of this.
* PunBasedTitle: ''Beat It Up!''
* {{Retraux}}: Right down to the cheesy "hip" slogans and captions on album artwork and merchandise (which consisted of buttons with slightly off-model cartoon renditions of the band).
* RhymingWithItself: "Looking Back".
-->''I was looking back to see / if she was looking back to see / if I was looking back at her''
* SharpDressedMan: Suits reminiscent of The Beatles' Cavern Club days. Comes with the beat territory.
* ShownTheirWork: If imitation truly be the sincerest form of flattery, beat music as a whole would be very flattered indeed. And the group's collective knowledge of beat tropes and trademarks ensures that their act is ''flawless''.
* SingleStanzaSong: "WHATCHA SAAAAAAAAAAAAAY?!?"
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: As was the beat tradition, most (if not all) members were given a vocal spot during performances.
* YourCheatingHeart: A few songs, but especially "Sally Sue Brown".
* YourFavorite: "Peanut Butter" isn't just a favourite song of theirs! Mashed potatoes and gravy also make frequent appearances in song lyrics.
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->''"We got a dance that's really in, oh yeah''\\
''from London town to old Berlin, oh yeah''\\
''Let's stomp, let's stomp, let's stomp''\\
''[[DanceSensation Everybody do the Kaiser Stomp!]]''"
-->-- "Kaiser Stomp"
->''Interviewer: "Do you consider yourself the "Bootleg [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]]?"''\\
''[[StageNames Kaiser]] George: "Absolutely not! (laughs) There's somebody already doing that, and that's just not what we're about at all. We're just ''a'' beat group. We're not trying to be The Beatles... we're not Gerry and the Pacemakers, you know, we're just The Kaisers."''
-->-- [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] radio interview
'''The Kaisers''' (1992-2002) were a Scottish beat music/garage rock quartet, known for their peerless replication of the sound and look of the British (pre-[[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]]) beat boom of the early [[TheSixties '60s]]. This {{retraux}} approach extended to album cover art and merchandise to the point where you could sandwich a Kaisers record amongst a collection of legit '60s records and not know you were looking at an album recorded in the [[TheNineties '90s]] until you took a closer look at the publication credits. They also favored vintage attire, instruments and recording gear of the period, and recorded music mixed exclusively in monophonic sound, with few to no overdubs applied.
Contrary to media misconceptions that they were an all-out cover band (though to be fair, they always did have a good share of covers under their belt) they also boasted a respectable share of original compositions reminiscent of their beat influences such as The Big Three and The Undertakers, which also get points for sounding like legit '60s compositions. Original compositions would come to outnumber covers more for each new record released, to the point where their final album, released in 2002, contained only one.
The group went through a number of personnel changes over the years; all members had their own [[StageName band alias]] in the form of "Kaiser" being attached as a prefix to their given name. George Miller (lead guitar) and Johnny Maben (drums) were the only constant members of the group, with Miller also being the group's primary songwriter (Maben being occasionally co-credited).
!!Discography:
* ''Squarehead Stomp!'' (1993)
* ''In Step with The Kaisers'' (1994)
* ''Beat It Up!'' (1995)
* ''Wishing Street'' (1997)
* ''Shake Me!'' (2002)
!!Tropes associated with The Kaisers:
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: ''Squarehead Stomp!''
* AerithAndBob: "Patricia Ann", "Sally Sue Brown", and... "Miserabella".
* AffectionateParody / StealthParody: Their entire act, especially some of their lyrics, cranks everything about '60s beat music and trends UpToEleven. It's not really StylisticSuck, so it's this.
* BandToon: Some of their releases feature a little cartoon Kaiser on the cover design somewhere.
* CallAndResponseSong: Oh ''yes''. "Twist It Up", for one, [[IncrediblyLamePun twists it up]] to eleven, including a gibberish call-and-response section reminiscent of Music/CabCalloway's "Minnie the Moocher".
* CarefulWithThatAxe: Their vocals can be ''very'' energetic at times. Kaiser Johnny's vocal spots definitely take the prize here though.
* ChristmasSongs: Released a 1997 Christmas single, "Merry Christmas Loopy Lu".
* CoverVersion:
** Everything from beat music favourites of theirs ("Peanut Butter", "Some Other Guy"), to rock and roll standards of the day ("The Hippy Hippy Shake", "Leave My Kitten Alone"), to pop hits such as "I Just Don't Understand" (Ann-Margret), or "You're No Good" (Betty Everett).
** Almost inevitably, beat groups cover The Beatles at some point. When The Kaisers did it, they dug up their old instrumental obscurity "Cry for a Shadow", the only composition credited to [[Music/GeorgeHarrison Harrison]]/[[Music/JohnLennon Lennon]]. And this was before it became somewhat well-known due to its inclusion on The Beatles' ''Anthology'' compilation.
* DanceSensation: At least one such song on each album, ranging from actual crazes to made-up ones. There's the Twist, the Wiki (not that kind) Waki Wu, the Alligator Twist, [[LongList the Kaiser Stomp, the Paradiso Twist, the Hipshake Shimmy...]]
* DoubleEntendre: "I Want to Be Your Driver", full stop.
* ExcitedShowTitle: Their first, third, and fifth studio albums.
* {{Instrumentals}}: At least one per album, almost all of which were originals. By far their most well-known song, "Whatcha Say?", is one ([[SingleStanzaSong mostly]]), also an original.
* HotBlooded: Yes indeed! (Which is also a song of theirs.)
* LiveAlbum: ''Twist with The Kaisers'', recorded at the Second Story in Bloomington, Indiana.
* LyricalColdOpen: "Ain't That Just Like Me".
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Mostly 4 to 5.
* NewSoundAlbum: Literally; ''Wishing Street'' was recorded at a much higher fidelity than earlier albums. This was a direct response to (not entirely unfounded, just doesn't apply to The Kaisers) media criticism the beat revival scene of the '90s recorded in poor fidelity in order to mask poor musical workmanship.
* NiceHat: Kaiser Johnny has one, that he's rarely seen without.
* NurseryRhyme: "Ain't That Just Like Me" features direct quotations from several.
-->''Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow / Everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go / Now ain't that just like me, cracking up over you?''
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. John and Johnny managed to avoid confusion, but there were two Kaiser Matts (Armstrong and Curtis), informally known as Kaiser Matt 1 and Kaiser Matt 2 respectively, for disambiguation's sake.
* PerformanceVideo: The little footage of them that can be found online consists of this.
* PunBasedTitle: ''Beat It Up!''
* {{Retraux}}: Right down to the cheesy "hip" slogans and captions on album artwork and merchandise (which consisted of buttons with slightly off-model cartoon renditions of the band).
* RhymingWithItself: "Looking Back".
-->''I was looking back to see / if she was looking back to see / if I was looking back at her''
* SharpDressedMan: Suits reminiscent of The Beatles' Cavern Club days. Comes with the beat territory.
* ShownTheirWork: If imitation truly be the sincerest form of flattery, beat music as a whole would be very flattered indeed. And the group's collective knowledge of beat tropes and trademarks ensures that their act is ''flawless''.
* SingleStanzaSong: "WHATCHA SAAAAAAAAAAAAAY?!?"
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: As was the beat tradition, most (if not all) members were given a vocal spot during performances.
* YourCheatingHeart: A few songs, but especially "Sally Sue Brown".
* YourFavorite: "Peanut Butter" isn't just a favourite song of theirs! Mashed potatoes and gravy also make frequent appearances in song lyrics.
