I agree. It is a very Faithful rendition.
I’ve heard a couple of songs on the radio that I think must be deliberate attempts to copy the style of Squeeze, but the only one that comes to mind right now is “Pop Song 89” by R.E.M.
Every song I’ve heard from the recent Airborne album presents an amazingly good impersonation of AC/DC.
Dylan and the The Beatles traded shots across the bow. This Amazon review of Blonde on Blonde covers the situation pretty much as I understand it.
Paul Simon’s “A Simple Desultory Philippic” is decidedly Dylanesque as well and is usually interpreted as a bit of nastiness in his direction.
In the 60s, both the southern California scene and the San Francisco scene were totally incestuous, with band members sitting in with one another, helping write songs, commenting on each others songs, and sounding like one another all the time.
It started early. How many Jan and Dean songs did people mistake for Beach Boy songs just because Brian Wilson wrote them or they thought he wrote them even when he didn’t?
After that you could point to any album and find a song that seemed to be someone else’s.
Except for America’s Horse with No Name, which never sounded like Neil Young.
An obvious and intentional Elvis ripoff was Conway Twitty’s 1958 #1 (Billboard Pop) Song It’s Only Make Believe!
The most obvious , and perhaps the best, of the Elvis early 60’s imitators was Ral Donner. He also narrated the Elvis movie This Is Elvis. Anyone out there in Straight Dope land remember him?
So, who was Led Zep trying to mimic in their rockabilly Hot Dog?
Speaking of Zep, the drum intro (and perhaps the beginning of the verses) of Rock & Roll is an obvious nod to Little Richard’s “Keep a-Knockin’.”
The album Get Happy! by Elvis Costello has many a homage to the Stax/Volt sound.
The song “1000 Umbrellas” off of XTC’s Skylarking could have fit right in on any mid to late Beatles recording. The album was produced by Todd Rundgren as well, and that contributes to the overall Beatles feel.
The Rolling Stones’ “We Love You” is self-consciously Beatles-esque.
Oooh. Made the first page by a whisper, with the one I came in post about.
Chris Issak’s ‘Wicked Game’ is pure Roy Orbison. I thought it was Roy for a long time.
It’s amazing to me how well the songwriters for “The Dewey Cox Story” nailed the styles of various performers (though I realize that it’s probably not what the OP is looking for).
Which reminds me of “You’re Only Lonely” by J.D. Souther, also done in Orbison’s style.
Which seemed obvious to me, but my friends acted like they had no idea what I was on about!
I nominate Regina Belle’s “So Many Tears”, in which she seemed to be trying to do her best Billy Holiday, but didn’t really pull that off.