Beatles references in other songs
March Chase
reference in "Born in the 50's" to the beatles.
"We screamed when the bealtes sang!"
Rumor has it that when Sting first heard Love me Do on the radio, he
decided that thats what he wanted to do...be a musician. Of course he
went on the be an English teacher, but that's a whole nother story.
Erick
wno...@gil.ipswichcity.qld.gov.au
My shrangri-la has gone away,
faded like the Beatles on Hey Jude.....
any others??????
William Noyce
wno...@gil.ipswichcity.qld.gov.au
SURRIDGE,JAMES ROBB,MR
>.
"the Seeker" by the Who contains these lyrics:
I asked Bobby Dylan
I asked the Beatles
I asked Timothy Leary,
But he couldn't help me either...
-Robb
JimD19713
If so, please post (or email). Thanks!
Tom Tierney
>In article <wnoyce.23...@gil.ipswichcity.qld.gov.au>
>wno...@gil.ipswichcity.qld.gov.au writes:
>>There is also a reference to the Beatles in the ELO song Shangri-la,
>>
>>My shrangri-la has gone away,
>>faded like the Beatles on Hey Jude.....
>>
>>any others??????
Let us not forget every RMB'ers favorite Beatle reference--
"Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust!"
"London Calling", The Clash
Love,:-)
Tom
Billy Shears
>From: mch...@sun.lclark.edu (March Chase)
>Subject: Beatles references in other songs
>Date: 9 May 1995 21:34:27 -0700
>I don't know how many of y'all are into the Police, but there is a great
>reference in "Born in the 50's" to the beatles.
>"We screamed when the bealtes sang!"
The Who's The Seeker
'I asked Bobby Dylan, I asked The Beatles, I asked Timothy Leary but he
couldn't help me either they call me the Seeker...'
Billy Shears
Bill Marcum
There is a Simon and Garfunkel song that contains the line
"I've been Rolling Stoned and Beatled till I'm blind..."
--
Bill Marcum bma...@iglou.com
Louisville: We've got bourbon that will knock you on your butt.
Fred Gurzeler
wno...@gil.ipswichcity.qld.gov.au wrote:
> There is also a reference to the Beatles in the ELO song Shangri-la,
>
> My shrangri-la has gone away,
> faded like the Beatles on Hey Jude.....
>
> any others??????
>
>
> William Noyce
> wno...@gil.ipswichcity.qld.gov.au
"I Dig Rock and Roll Music" by Peter Paul and Mary ("And when the Beatles
tell you...")
"Ball of Confusion" by the Temptations(?) ("The new Beatles record's a gas...")
"Sweet Georgia Brown" by Tony Sheridan. Something about their hair.
Oblique references:
"Mrs. Robinson" by Simon and Garfunkel ("Goo goo g'joob, Mrs.
Robinson..."). Okay, this may be a stretch.
"Jukebox Hero" by Foreigner. The protagonist of the song decided to enter
a career in music after hearing "Love Me Do."
I'm sure there are dozens of others.
Fred
Sgt Pepper
>"Jukebox Hero" by Foreigner. The protagonist of the song decided to
enter
>a career in music after hearing "Love Me Do."
Are you sure you're not thinking of "Shooting Star" from Bad Company? I
can't think of any reference to Love Me Do in Juke Box Hero... (that's not
to say that I might not be wrong!)
u01em
: There is also a reference to the Beatles in the ELO song Shangri-la,
: My shrangri-la has gone away,
: faded like the Beatles on Hey Jude.....
: any others??????
Along a similar line the Idle Race (which included Jeff Lynne) song "Girl
At The Window" includes the lines (from memory):
John and Paul and Ringo and George,
Were playing their big tune....
ELO also recorded a song called "Beatles Forever" which was meant for the
album 'Secret Messages'. When this was cut to a single album it was dropped.
Its unlikely to ever see light of day however because no Harrisong gets a
mention, a supposed embarrassment to Jeff Lynne who has of course worked
with George on many projects since.
Interestingly Elvis Costello, who has worked with Paul, alludes to John
in his song 'The Other Side Of Summer':
'Was it a millionaire who said "Imagine no possessions"?'
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Douglas Taylor
Fred_G...@rand.org (Fred Gurzeler) writes:
>
>In article <wnoyce.23...@gil.ipswichcity.qld.gov.au>,
>wno...@gil.ipswichcity.qld.gov.au wrote:
>
>> There is also a reference to the Beatles in the ELO song Shangri-la,
>>
>> My shrangri-la has gone away,
>> faded like the Beatles on Hey Jude.....
>>
>> any others??????
>>
I asked Bobby Dylan
I asked the Beatles
I asked Timothy Leary
Ross Laugher
In David Bowie's "Young American(s)", near the end of the song, the back up singers start to sing : "I read the news today oh-boy!"
Ross
Fred Gurzeler
(David Jeffrey Coyle) wrote:
> Fred Gurzeler said:
>
> << Oblique references...Simon and Garfunkel..."Goo goo g'joob, Mrs.
> Robinson"...okay, this may be a stretch...">>
>
> Not half it's a stretch! For the last time, it's "coo coo ca choo"!
> Paul Simon gave the Beatles their due in "A Simple Desultory Phillipic" ("Ive
> been Rolling Stoned and Beatled till I'm blind") and John Lennon in "The Late
> Great Johnny Ace" ("a stranger came up and asked me if I'd heard John Lennon
> died..."). But there is nothing in "Mrs. Robinson" that has anything to
do with
> the Beatles, much less a "goo goo g'joob." The only legend's name invoked in
> that song is that of Joltin Joe Dimaggio.
>
> I hope this was tongue in cheek...
Yes, I was having some fun. In truth, however, I did find the above
allusion mentioned in a Beatles quiz book many years ago which only goes
to show you how much misinformation is out there.
Fred
Fred Gurzeler
Pepper) wrote:
You may be right; I haven't heard either song in a long time and at first
I wanted to credit "Jukebox Hero" to Bad Company. I should have added a
disclaimer!
Fred
Dave Montuori
"Johnny was a schoolboy when he heard his first Beatles song;
'Love Me Do' I think it was and from there it didn't take him long...."
"Shooting Star," by Bad Company, which I've heard and read from many
sources was a tribute to the late Marc Bolan (of T.Rex). Not the only
connection of course; Ringo appears in _Born to Boogie,_ which features
(and is basically about) Bolan.
Dave Montuori dmontuor%telene...@uunet.uu.net
"It's a fair cop, but society is to blame."
"Right, we'll arrest them instead."
Shane
"Never Been To Spain"...(..."well I never been to England, but I kinda
like the Beatles")
Shane
Frederic Vivien
on the album "Dark Side of the Moon".
In this song the singer is supposed to be brain damaged. One of his verse is:
"If there is no room upon the hill". This verse is meaningless, in my opinion,
for somebody who does not know "The fool on the hill".
The second reference is in the first notes of the song. I am sure that the
introduction of Brain Damage is nothing but a new version of the introduction
of Dear Prudence.
Frederic.
saki
>But there is nothing in "Mrs. Robinson" that has anything to do with
>the Beatles, much less a "goo goo g'joob." The only legend's name invoked in
>that song is that of Joltin Joe Dimaggio.
Simon misheard the lyric as "coo coo ca choo", but at the time this was quite
clearly understood to be a reference to the Beatles' song "I Am The Walrus".
If it helps any, the Firesign Theatre made the same transcriptional error
in a live show broadcast from the Ash Grove Club in Los Angeles, sometime
in November 1967, and this was demonstrably an "IATW" reference too.
--
"I asked Bobby Dylan, I asked the Beatles, I asked Timothy Leary, but
he couldn't help me either."
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saki
>
>In article <3p8av2$m...@nof.abdn.ac.uk>, u0...@abdn.ac.uk (u01em) writes:
>|> wno...@gil.ipswichcity.qld.gov.au wrote:
>|> Along a similar line the Idle Race (which included Jeff Lynne) song "Girl
>Ah, is *that* what "...and I joined the idle race" means in "Cool Dry Place"
>off "Wilburys Vol 3"? (I initially misheard this lyric as "and I joined
>the IRA"!)
Yes, it's an in-joke for fans of Jeff Lynne's musical roots. If there
actually *are* any out there. :-)
saki
>>Let's not forget The Who's "The Seeker"
> I asked Bobby Dylan
> I asked the Beatles
> I asked Timothy Leary
> But he couldn't tell me either
Sounds familiar. I must've heard it somewhere before....
Mr R M Green
Tyler Blohm
There are a lot of rap songs that also "sample" music from the Beatles.
Listen to the part of Dr. Dre's "Dre Day" and you'll hear a melody very
similar to the beginning of "I am the Walrus"
Plus, if you listen to the Beastie Boys' song "Sounds of Science," the band
warming up is the *exact* same one from the beginning of "Sgt. Pepper..." (I
know- I listen to these two all the time :) The Beastie's also have a song
called "Egg Man," but the message is totally different than "Walrus"
I happen to like rap and Beatles music (an odd combination), and have noticed
these. If anyone has anymore rap/Beatles combinations, I'd love to hear them!
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D.D. Kaminester
1) "Life in a Northern Town" by the Dream Academy---
"...Winter 1963...with John F. Kennedy and the Beatles."
2) "A Simple Desultory Philippic" by Simon and Garfunkel
Don't remember the exact line, something about being "Beatled"
David
u01em
: |> u0...@abdn.ac.uk (u01em) writes:
: |> Along a similar line the Idle Race (which included Jeff Lynne)
: ^^
: Ah, is *that* what "...and I joined the idle race" means in "Cool Dry Place"
: off "Wilburys Vol 3"?
I've thought about that before but for a few reasons I don't believe this to
be a direct reference to the group. Tom Petty is the main vocalist on "Cool
Dry Place" which gives me the feeling that he wrote most of, if not the whole
song - if it were a direct reference you'd expect Jeff Lynne to be singing.
Also the published piano/guitar score with lyrics etc, does not use capitol
letters for the phrase as it would if it were referring to the group (of
course this may also depend upon how pedantic the typesetter was).
As I've never heard the phrase 'idle race' used anywhere else I've always
wondered whether a) the phrase exists but I've just never heard it; b) the
phrase existed before the group chose it's name and they adopted it for
whatever reason; c) the group created the phrase with reference to some
facet of society at the time, and it has come to be used more widely since,
even although I haven't heard it!
I then came across an interview with Dave Pritchard who played rhythm
guitar with the Idle Race who explained the origin of the band's name thus:
"We were aiming high and originally the name was to be Idyll Race, as in
'perfection', but it was just as things started to get psychedelic and
it sort of mutated into Idle Race".
This suggests to me that idle race refers to the 'hippy/flower power/
beautiful people etc,' movements of the day.
For these reasons I've always assumed that in "Cool Dry Place"
'idle race' refers to this and not directly to the group, although both
probably refer to the same thing.
If anyone is familiar with the phrase and what it means I'd be interested
to know how near to or far from the mark my thoughts are.
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u0...@aben.ac.uk
"ad hoc, ad loc and quid pro quo,
so little time, so much to know."
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Alex Measday
"Here come the sailor boys,
George, John, and Paul ..."
(2) In Derek and the Dominos, HAVE YOU EVER LOVED A WOMAN: ;)
"Your best friend ..." - moaned by Eric Clapton at the end
(3) In the middle of DEAR MISTER FANTASY on "The Live Adventures
of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper", the band jams to the tune
of HEY JUDE.
Alex Measday
al...@vlsi.gsfc.nasa.gov
Geert van der Veen
: (1) In a Steeleye Span song (I forget the name):
: Alex Measday
: al...@vlsi.gsfc.nasa.gov
How about the following:
"...John F. Kennedy, and the Beatles" 'Life in a Northern Town' by Dream
Academy.
"...I asked Bobby Dylan, I asked the Beatles" 'The Seeker' by the Who
"...With a holy host of others standing round me..." 'Carolina On My
Mind' by James Taylor.
Any more Beatles, as a group?
Geert, in Toronto
Anthony Kyle Monday
: : Alex Measday
: : al...@vlsi.gsfc.nasa.gov
: How about the following:
: Geert, in Toronto
There is, of course, House Of Love's song, "THe Beatles and the Stones,"
a very nice song reminscing about being a child during the early sixties.--
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Stephen P. Espinola
"Don't Blame Yoko" ("'cause she's alright.") (The YFF are a popular
longtime Seattle band.)
There's some Joan Baez song, sung in Spanish, on some live album of hers,
about a soldier who's left with "no More Beatles, no more Rolling Stones"
just the "rat tat tat" of machine guns.
--STeve E.
ca...@inforamp.net
- "John Lennon knows your name/And I've seen his"
Cheers,
Mike Baldwin Cartagena Software Limited
ca...@inforamp.net
http://www.inforamp.net/~carta 73737...@compuserve.com
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ca...@inforamp.net
- "John Lennon knows your name/And I've seen his"
Ballrooms of Mars, T. Rex.
- something in "I Dig Rock'n'Roll Music" by Peter, Paul
and Mary about the Beatles *always* saying what they mean.
- "Beatles and Stones" reference in "All the Young Dudes"
(David Bowie/Mott the Hoople)
- "Be My Yoko Ono", song by the Barenaked Ladies
- obvious but indirect references by Klaatu, eg. "in their
time/ya ya ya", California Jam
- "phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust", from London Calling,
The Clash
- a song I can't remember the title of, by the Troggs, wherein
the singer dreams, "If I could sing like Paul McCartney..."
Good Night,
Mike Baldwin / Toronto
David Fell
Barenaked Ladies have a great song called "Be My Yoko Ono." Check it out.
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ALIZADEH ALI
Teenage Fanclub's last album "Thirteen" had a track on it in which
they sing "I don't care if you see other people (?) I only get jealous when
I listen to the Beatles."
Ali.
Lawrence Dunn
already come up, namely Mott the Hoople's "All the Young Dudes":
And my brother's back home with his Beatles and his Stones,
But he never got it off on that "Revolution" stuff.
What a drag.....
Too many snags......
LAWRENCE DUNN JSR...@prodigy.com
Christine Franklin
> How about the following:
>
> "...John F. Kennedy, and the Beatles" 'Life in a Northern Town' by Dream
> Academy.
>
> "...I asked Bobby Dylan, I asked the Beatles" 'The Seeker' by the Who
>
> "...With a holy host of others standing round me..." 'Carolina On My
> Mind' by James Taylor.
Here's 3 I thought of...
"...British Beatlemania..." in 'We Didn't Start the Fire' by Billy Joel
The entire "When we was Fab" song by George Harrison
"I don't believe in Beatles" in 'God' by John Lennon
Ok, so the last two were kind of cheats, but who cares!!! > > Any more
Maurizio Codogno
Stephen P. Espinola <spe...@is2.nyu.edu> wrote:
>There's some Joan Baez song, sung in Spanish, on some live album of hers,
>about a soldier who's left with "no More Beatles, no more Rolling Stones"
>just the "rat tat tat" of machine guns.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGHHH!
It's not Spanish!
The song is _C'era un ragazzo (che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling
Stones)_.
(I still wonder why people should think that the words in _Sun King_ should
be in Italian)
.mau.
Seltaeb225
John Lennon's death. Pretty sad.
"It's all too much, for me to take." -- The Dark Horse, George Harrison.
DimeKing
and is on Harding's It Happened One Night live CD.
BEAUVALLET
includes the
line: "Sometimes he thinks of Woodstock and the day John Lennon died"
another
line, then, "Yeah, sometimes he thinks of John and he has to wonder why."
(Please don't anyone flame me for not getting the lyrics perfect. I don't
have a copy of the song and it's been a long time since I heard it.)
Also the Temptations song "Ball of Confusion" says "the Beatles' new
record's a gas."
Ross Laugher
What about Elton John's " Empty Garden " - The song is a John Lennon memmorial
David Bowie's " Young Americans " has a line in it: " I read the News today oh boy"
Cheap trick's version of Magical Mystery Tour has a music sequence of " I am the
Walrus " in it ( I note that this is more likely a commercial attempt)
Laura J Valentine
> Also, there is a song called "crazy john" about lennon. I think it is
> by Tom Rush
>
> ca...@inforamp.net wrote:
>
> >Some others I've noticed are:
>
> >- "John Lennon knows your name/And I've seen his"
> > Ballrooms of Mars, T. Rex.
> >- something in "I Dig Rock'n'Roll Music" by Peter, Paul
> >and Mary about the Beatles *always* saying what they mean.
> >- "Beatles and Stones" reference in "All the Young Dudes"
> > (David Bowie/Mott the Hoople)
There's another Bowie one: "'cause Lennon's on sale again" from _Life
on Mars?_ on HUNKY DORY.
--Random
"Well, I ain't gonna suck no radar wing, cause inside is Timmy's tin
Would you like technoplate, cause I'm your Candidate..." --David Bowie
fie...@cmu.edu -<|>- http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~lv28/
"Pleased to meet you, hope you've guessed my name..." --The Rolling Stones
Diana Morris
Forget about dignity
You could get a spot on MTV
If you only knew how bad people want to get a look at you
The multitudes are waiting
Waiting on pins & needles
For the one more famous than the Beatles
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From "One Man Gets Around".
BTW, you can download this song via the WWW and listen to it.
Check out the Very Official Charlie Peacock Internet site at
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Robb Scott
the singer dreams, "If I could sing like Paul McCartney..."
Actually, that's Bob Welch , former Fleetwood Mac lead vocalist (after the
Peter Green years, but before the Buckingham/Nicks era). I can't remember the
title, either. Did "Bermuda Triangle" with the Mac, then went solo and did
"Ebony Eyes" and other sub-Steve Miller swill like the song in question. Punk
started as a reaction to brain-rot like this. Not recommended........rs
Joe Epperson
by Tom Rush
ca...@inforamp.net wrote:
>Some others I've noticed are:
>- "John Lennon knows your name/And I've seen his"
> Ballrooms of Mars, T. Rex.
>- something in "I Dig Rock'n'Roll Music" by Peter, Paul
>and Mary about the Beatles *always* saying what they mean.
>- "Beatles and Stones" reference in "All the Young Dudes"
> (David Bowie/Mott the Hoople)
>- "Be My Yoko Ono", song by the Barenaked Ladies
>- obvious but indirect references by Klaatu, eg. "in their
>time/ya ya ya", California Jam
>- "phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust", from London Calling,
>The Clash
>- a song I can't remember the title of, by the Troggs, wherein
>the singer dreams, "If I could sing like Paul McCartney..."
>Good Night,
>Mike Baldwin / Toronto
William Bell
Sargeant Pepper's lonely hearts club band......"
Dave Kobayakawa
Fruvous' "Green Eggs and Ham". The quote is "not here there and everywhere,
didn't even like the beatles with their long long hair..hey, you lay off
the beatles, buddy!" Yes, I know "Green Eggs and Ham" sounds stupid but I
actually love Moxy. Anyone else?
...~Heth / "Life goes on within you and without you" /
>
Bob Stahley
: How's this for obscure:
: Lindberg (a Japanese band), from Lindberg VI, "Kimi ni fuku kaze":
: "Karita mama no Let It Be, mada kiku koto ga dekinai kedo..."
Not quite so obscure, but pretty close:
"I Don't Want To Hold Your Hand", Rupert Holmes (from his second album,
"Rupert Holmes" (Epic KE33443):
As the evening ends, I feel as if we're friends;
And I know it's hard, baby, making up your lonely mind.
If you want Love Forever, you'd better slip away--
And I don't want to hold your hand.
Hold your hand, hold your hand,
I don't want to hold your hand.
That was ten long years ago,
I no longer move so slow.
Hold your hand, hold your _hand _?
How I want to be your man.
Back in '65, when I was half-alive,
I begged, "Please, please me! Baby, baby, love me do!"
But the days are gone forever of hearing John and Paul--
And I don't want to hold your hand.
And when I touch you, I can feel you pull back inside,
But you show too much to try to hide...
Try to hide...
Try to hide.
Hold your hand, hold your hand,
I don't want to hold your hand.
That won't do for me right now.
Draw me close, I'll show you how...
(c) 1975 Widescreen Publishing Inc. (ASCAP)
The Epic album is long out of print, but Varese Sarabande has recently
released a 'best of' album from Rupert Holmes' first three albums
("Widescreen", "Rupert Holmes" and "Singles"), as well as the *best*
(IMNSHO) album released in the seventies, his first album, "Widescreen"
(which includes the song, "Soap Opera", which has the distinction
of having, arguably, the most words in any pop song ever).
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Braaelab User
Hey what about Roxette's How do you do ...
In the music video they show the Beatles coming down the steps of a plane !
john anderson mcgraw
On Pink Floyd's 'Let There Be More Light' from _Saucerful of Secrets_,
the lyrics run thusly:
"the servicemen were heard to sigh,
for there appeared in glowing (something)
was Lucy in the Sky."
John and Rebecca
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Fred Gurzeler
> Mind' by James Taylor.
This song has been mentioned several times in this thread. Forgive my
ignorance, but if this is a reference to the Beatles, it's certainly a
very oblique one! What's the connection?
Fred
Richard Lee
> - a song I can't remember the title of, by the Troggs, wherein
> the singer dreams, "If I could sing like Paul McCartney..."
>
> Actually, that's Bob Welch , former Fleetwood Mac lead vocalist (after the
> Peter Green years, but before the Buckingham/Nicks era). I can't remember the
> title, either. Did "Bermuda Triangle" with the Mac, then went solo and did
> "Ebony Eyes" and other sub-Steve Miller swill like the song in question. Punk
> started as a reaction to brain-rot like this. Not recommended........rs
The Welch song (done while he was still with Fleetwood Mac) is, I
believe, "Silver Heels" on "Heroes are hard to find."
I happen to enjoy much of the Bob Welch "brain-rot," as you put
it. De gustibus non disputandum, I guess.
The original poster (I believe) tells me the version he(?) had in
mind was different from the Welch song. Welch continues with "or get
funky like Etta James; I'd never change (I'd never change, I'd never
change) my silver heeled ways."
--
Richard Lee rl...@comp.uark.edu
Christine Franklin
> Sorry if this has been mentioned (I missed part of this thread), but
> Barenaked Ladies have a great song called "Be My Yoko Ono." Check it out.
>
GREAT SONG!!! As a Canadian, we are always proud when home-grown talent
is recognized and appreciated in the USA and abroad.
The best line in the song is:
If I were John and you were Yoko
I would gladly give up musical genius
Just to have you as my very own
Personal Venus
If anyone is interested in seeing the complete lyrics, let me know and I
will post them or e-mail personally. They really are quite clever, and
the lead singer has stated he is a HUGE fan of the Beatles.
Christine
Andrew Scott
Anybody listen to the latest album by Boingo? I have always been a fan
of theirs, and I thought it was especially cool that Danny Elfman listened
to the Beatles alot before making the album. It's fairly Beatlesque; it
contains a good cover of "I Am The Walrus" and some other songs that make
it clear that Elfman was influenced by the Beatles.
Obviously Boingo is not nearly as good as the Beatles, so please no
flames...
Andrew
usc...@physics.ucla.edu
Andrew Scott
Here's another one:
from the British band Bush, a song called glycerine...
"we live in a wheel
where everyone steals
but when we rise it's like strawberry fields"
Andrew
usc...@physics.ucla.edu
Salvatore Parise
"i've never been to Spain"- Three Dog Night
Plus, a song from Billy Squire's Never Enough album..the song is a tribute
to John Lennon...i can't recall the name of the song off the top of my
head, but its a classic
Plus, i'd imagine ELO must have some references since the whole concept
of the group is based on the beatles...jeff lynne has to be the biggest beatle
wannabee
also, in billy Joel's "piano man", joel mentions the names Paul, John,
& I believe George as some of the characetrs...does anyone know, if there
is any connection to the beatles here?x..i know the beatles were a big
influence on him...
Phil Miller
Temptation's "Ball of Confusion". The song is basically
a laundry-list of what's wrong with the world, and one of
the items mentioned is something like: "the Beatles break-up again".
philll
Mr DM Sharp
Billy Joel's "We didn't start the fire" mentions "British Beatlemania"
followed by a flicking noise from a Beatles track (Maybe Lovely Rita)
David Bowie's "Young Americans" features in the background,
"I heard the news today, oh boy" Well, it's close... and remember
that Lennon was involved in that record.
An old Ricky Nelson song, "Garden Party" has the line,
"Yoko brought her walrus, there was magic in the air"
(or something like that, anyway)
There's another Sixties song which I don't know the title of (it
might be "Summer Dreams"). It has "...playing Sgt Pepper's Lonely
Hearts Club Band" followed by a few guitar twags which sound like
SPLHCB. Later in the song, the phrase and guitar bit are repeated
but followed by a very brief violin crescendo as in DITL.
There are heaps of Beatles solos with references, including an early
version of Just Like Starting Over, where the chorus went "It's
time for bed, the walrus said".
That's all I can think of now.
Gabe Tucker
"There are three of us but we are not the Beatles"
Tasteless, maybe, but it is a reference.
Gabe
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"Beatles references in other -SONGS-" :)
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Andrew Rogers
>There's another Sixties song which I don't know the title of (it
>might be "Summer Dreams"). It has "...playing Sgt Pepper's Lonely
>Hearts Club Band" followed by a few guitar twags which sound like
"Summer Rain" by Johnny Rivers, from the fall of (when else?) '67. One of
my favorites...
Andrew
Irv Handler
"Everybody kept on singing Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
:) Irv
Bryan D. Woolley
Actually, they say "the Beatle's new record's a gas.
Great song Btw.
Bryan
no email please
Matt Cherry
Band album.
"I don't believe, in Beatles..."
Matt
Robin C. Morrison
Da Lench Mob metioned the Beatles in their song "Gorillas in tha Mist"
with the line "The Beatles, I can't fade"
--Rob
David G. Baird
"Johnny was a schoolboy when he heard he first Beatles song
Love Me Do I think it was and from there it didn't take him long"
Simon & Garfunkel - A Simply Desultory Philippic
"I've been Rolling Stoned and Beatled till I'm blind"
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David Baird
R.N. Weinstein
it is Lennon playing the jangle-ie guitar bits in Bowie's song "Fame?"
Rick
Edward of Sim
: Not exactly a Beatles reference in another song, but isn't it true that
Lennon also co-wrote and sings backup on that track. He's the high falsetto
"fame" that follows each Bowie slide-down "Faaaaaame." Lennon also sings
the last line in the song, the half-shouted and echoey "What's your name!?"
(Bowie also covered "Across the Universe" on that same album, "Young
Americans," and my ears tell me Lennon's voice is on Universe as well,
during the fade.)
peace
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Vijay Ramanujan
dms...@mdw085.cc.monash.edu.au writes:
>David Bowie's "Young Americans" features in the background,
>"I heard the news today, oh boy" Well, it's close... and remember
>that Lennon was involved in that record.
I always thought the line
"There's only one damn song that can make me break down and cry" was a
reference to "A Day In The Life" as well.
Others:
World Party - "I've got rare '61 Beatles ... I've got a book of my
dreams."
Slick Rick (via Nice 'N Smooth) - "Rippin' up shop like needles. Selling
more records than the Beatles."
Dream Academy - "In summer 1963 it felt like the world would freeze ...
with John F. Kennedy and the Beatles."
The B-side live version of some Billy Joel song ends with Libery DeVito
screaming "I've got blisters on my fingers" and then laughing.
(I think - second hand info)
The Who - "I asked Bobby Dylan. I asked the Beatles. I asked Timothy
Leary - but he couldn't help me either. They call me the Seeker."
Wonder Stuff - have a compilation entitled "If the Beatles Had Read
Hunter".
World Party - has also nicked a little bit of Beatle for his song "You're
Invited to a Party" ... in which the line "You're invited to a world
party" is sung to the same tune as "Yes, we're going to a party, party."
There's a million more, I am sure, and I have a nagging feeling there are
some obvious ones I am missing, but that's for later, I guess.
Jem
all the young dudes written by david bowie, sung by mott the hoople
"i am he & she is me and we are all together"
South California purples written by robert lamm? sung by chicago
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David William Knauff
Dave
R.N. Weinstein
Little Thing" .... but the "beatles reference" in the song is that, after
beginning the song with a "jam" and before breaking into "Every Little
Thing," they slip in a riff from "Day Tripper." YES were always big
Beatles fans.
Vijay Ramanujan
They Might Be Giants "Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes" (Or Going to,
not sure). I've heard it was a play on "Across the Universe", which is
plausible. It's on the same album as "Hope I Get Old Before I Die".
Vijay R.
John Michael Patterson
The The, _Delirious_ on Burning Blue Soul
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"Ed Sullivan to be seen on the BBC with the Beatles and the Jackson 5, The
who, The Doors, the Rolling Stones and even I"
Or something like that! :)
BTW, this is my first post to this, actually I just found this news group
today! :)
Angie
Andrew Henning
"I was in love with the Beatles
I was in love with the Stones
I was in love with Bobby Dylan
'Cause I'm in love with rock'n'roll..."
"Lazybone" by Shonen Knife:
"You don't need to be serious
You don't need to be a walrus
You don't need to be nervous
You don't need to be an eggman..."
(These Japanese punk/pop goddesses also do great covers of "Rain" and
"The Luck of the Irish", mention the Beatles along with the Ramones and
Buzzcocks as their idols in their eponymous rap song, and have a heavy
dose of Beatlesque flavor in many of their songs ["Little Tree,"
"Watchin' Girl," "Get The Wow," and others.])
Run-DMC's "King of Rock":
"There's three of us, but we're not the Beatles..."
"Triumph of the Swill" by the Dead Kennedys:
"Ever wonder why commercial radio's so bad?
It's 'cause someone upstairs wants it that way
If the Doors or John Lennon were getting started now
The Industry wouldn't sign 'em in a million years!
So what do we get? Government music!"
"Frank Mills" by the Lemonheads:
"He resembles George Harrison of the Beatles..."
And "Stepping Stone" by Jimi Hendrix has the line "all you want is a
ticket to ride." I assume this is a Beatles reference (though I could
be wrong).
Andy 42 (Life, The Universe and Everything)
wa...@cmc3.akcess.com
In article <3rb85f$q...@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu>, Vijay Ramanujan <vrm...@umich.edu> writes:
|> In article <3r304p$2...@harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au> Mr DM Sharp,
|> dms...@mdw085.cc.monash.edu.au writes:
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|> There's a million more, I am sure, and I have a nagging feeling there are
|> some obvious ones I am missing, but that's for later, I guess.
I don't know if this one has been mentioned but, a very obvious one,
in my opinion, is Peter, Paul and Mary's I Dig Rock and Roll Music.
Where they sing:
And when the Beatles tell you
You know they would love to tell you
They mean exactly what they say.
De Repentigny Yves
April Wine's (a Canadian group, for those who don't know) "I want to Rock".
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David William Knauff
>
> "Frank Mills" by the Lemonheads:
>
> "He resembles George Harrison of the Beatles..."
>
Actually, this was a song from the musical "Hair". I didn't
realize this until I saw a production of the play last fall.
Dave
Ross Clement
>"Lazybone" by Shonen Knife:
>
> "You don't need to be serious
> You don't need to be a walrus
> You don't need to be nervous
> You don't need to be an eggman..."
>
>(These Japanese punk/pop goddesses also do great covers of "Rain" and
>"The Luck of the Irish", mention the Beatles along with the Ramones and
>Buzzcocks as their idols in their eponymous rap song, and have a heavy
>dose of Beatlesque flavor in many of their songs ["Little Tree,"
>"Watchin' Girl," "Get The Wow," and others.])
They also appeared on Rutles Highway Revisited, the album of Rutles
cover versions. I *think* they did "Goose Step Mama".
Cheers,
Ross-c
Andrew Rogers
>YES were always big Beatles fans.
Sure - their original logo ("YES" in a cartoon balloon, not the later
swirly-trippy Roger Dean graphic) was straight out of "Yellow Submarine".
Andrew
John Edward Martin
An old Sugarloaf (?) tune "Don't call Us.." had the line
It sounds like... John Paul and George
Then instantly goes into the I Feel Fine riff
John
Bruce Dumes
I've heard that "yes" was originally a Beatles cover band. Anyone
able to confirm or deny this? They were obviously fans, covering
"Every Little Thing" on their first LP.
Bruce
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R.N. Weinstein
And oh yeah...(how'd I forget this one?)...YES chants "all we are saying
is give peace a chance" during "Your Move" on The Yes Album. Its a
Lennon solo song, but I believe it is credited to Lennon/McCartney.
Rick W.
Eric Fleming
"John Lennon knows your name, and I've seen him..."
"Frank Mills", incidentally, is a song from the musical Hair.
Another poster mentioned a cover version done by the Lemonheads (?).
Here's an iffy one: Stars on 45. One line, after the medley portion,
is something like:
"Remember Twist and Shout/and please (?) don't Tell me Why there's
no reply"
From that same era, M's Pop Music mentions "Get Back".
Eric