Mostly I hear The Beatles, Queen and Supertramp, the latter two not being faves of mine, but it works in the Jellyfish stew.
Yeah, but I think Gaddabout may be right - I can see some Squeeze, possibly. Bottom line is that Jellyfish showed a major awareness of British rock from generations past, and wove it into a marvelous musical mix.
I'm really sorry the band didn't do better, but they came out at a time when musical tastes were shifting drastically, and I think they made a strategic error by adopting a look that quickly dated them, with silly cat-in-the-hat top hats and psychedelic clothes. It made the band seem trivial and trendy, which is a shame, given the weight and quality of their music.
