Koo-koo-ka-choo, Mrs. Robinson!
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There's also Paul Simon's song "The Late Great Johnny Ace," which is partially a tribute to John Lennon, but it has the line: "It was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones."
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LiveForever:
One of my favorite references to the Beatles (and certainly most fun in my opinion) was from the Simpsons episode featuring Homer's barber shop quartet. The entire show was a subtle (and at times not so subtle) tribute to the Beatles. If I recall correctly George Harrison even lent his voice to the show in the closing scene were the group reunites for a rooftop concert on top of Moe's Tavern. Barney is even wearing the iconic brown fur coat in the scene. George drives by in a limo steps out and utters "it's been done" before driving off. Another great scene is in the beginning of the episode Bart asks Homer why the band's success was so short-lived. Bart asks, "what did you all do, screw up like the Beatles and say you were bigger than Jesus?" Homer's reply: "all the time. It was the title of our second album." Then the image of the album cover "Bigger than Jesus" appears with the group members walking on water abbey road style. Classic!
LOVE IT when The Simpsons has Beatles parody (or actual Beatles like when Paul & Ringo were also on the show)
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Audley's Piano:
WixRocks!:
Not a hit or even one of my favorites but from Billy Joel's All You Wanna Do is Dance... Woh baby, don't get turned on by the raio Woh baby, you got nothing to play on the stereo Why don't The Beatles get back together? Why don't nobody sing of romance? I find this one to be especially important in a cultural sense as it was released in 1976 at a time when I suppose there was quite a yearning in the hearts of Beatles fans for a reunion to still occur.
In the early 70's, I think I survived on the solo efforts and Badfinger.
Me too!
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Nancy R:
LOVE IT when The Simpsons has Beatles parody (or actual Beatles like when Paul & Ringo were also on the show)
What was the Paul episode like? I saw the B-sharps parody, but not the Paul and Ringo appearances.
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Erik in NJ:
Nancy R:
LOVE IT when The Simpsons has Beatles parody (or actual Beatles like when Paul & Ringo were also on the show)
What was the Paul episode like? I saw the B-sharps parody, but not the Paul and Ringo appearances.
Paul & Linda were on and Lisa was I believe deciding to go vegetarian at the time. I haven't seen the episode in ages. Can't remember what the Ringo one was! I have them both on tape somewhere!
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Nancy R:
Erik in NJ:
Nancy R:
LOVE IT when The Simpsons has Beatles parody (or actual Beatles like when Paul & Ringo were also on the show)
What was the Paul episode like? I saw the B-sharps parody, but not the Paul and Ringo appearances.
Paul & Linda were on and Lisa was I believe deciding to go vegetarian at the time. I haven't seen the episode in ages. Can't remember what the Ringo one was! I have them both on tape somewhere!
The Ringo one involved him still going through his fan mail from the sixties, and he comes across a letter from Marge as a young girl. Somehow he finds her, but I forget how.
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Does any one remember when Ringo played the role of Mr. Conductor on the show Shining Times Station (starring Thomas the Tank Engine)? So very random!
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LiveForever:
Does any one remember when Ringo played the role of Mr. Conductor on the show Shining Times Station (starring Thomas the Tank Engine)? So very random!
Oh yeah, sure. Never watched it though!
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Nancy R:
LiveForever:
Does any one remember when Ringo played the role of Mr. Conductor on the show Shining Times Station (starring Thomas the Tank Engine)? So very random!
Oh yeah, sure. Never watched it though!
I think I watched it once, and that was enough. I skipped my way through that "Powerpuff Girls" show also, just to try to catch his parts.
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Nancy R:
LiveForever:
Does any one remember when Ringo played the role of Mr. Conductor on the show Shining Times Station (starring Thomas the Tank Engine)? So very random!
Oh yeah, sure. Never watched it though!
George Carlin also played the role, which was equally as random!
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Here's one my buddy Tom (a huge Beatles fan gave me): From Mott the Hoople's "All The Young Dudes" (lyric written by David Bowie) And my brother's back at home with his Beatles and his Stones We never got it off on that Revolution stuff
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Scissor Sisters had a song called "Paul McCartney", but it doesn't mention him in the lyrics, and doesn't sound like his style at all. However, the group co-wrote the song with the guitarist Carlos Alomar, who has played with Paul in the past (not sure when/where) and may be best-known for co-writing "Fame" with David Bowie and John Lennon.
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Nancy R:
Erik in NJ:
Nancy R:
LOVE IT when The Simpsons has Beatles parody (or actual Beatles like when Paul & Ringo were also on the show)
What was the Paul episode like? I saw the B-sharps parody, but not the Paul and Ringo appearances.
Paul & Linda were on and Lisa was I believe deciding to go vegetarian at the time. I haven't seen the episode in ages. Can't remember what the Ringo one was! I have them both on tape somewhere!
The Ringo one involved him still going through his fan mail from the sixties, and he comes across a letter from Marge as a young girl. Somehow he finds her, but I forget how.
He didn't find her. He just wrote her back after 30 years or something.
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Nancy R:
Kathryn O:
The X Files had an episode called The Lazurus Bowl where one hears "I am the Walrus, koo koo ka choo" in Airimaic (spelling) some sacred biblical language
It's "I am the walrus. Goo Goo Ga Joob," "Koo Koo Ka Choo" is from the song Mrs. Robinson.
Yes, but Koo Koo Ka Choo was on the episode. I think it was meant to be a joke.
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Apollo C. Vermouth:
Australian singer Kevin Johnson's great 1973 song Rock and Roll I Gave You the Best Years of My Life has the lyric - 'Bought all The Beatles records , sounded just like Paul' . I also know a song called Titles by Barclay James Harvest which lyrics are basically a whole lot of Beatles song titles strung together. Not a bad song either. Then there is The Clashes London Calling lyric - 'phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust' Note : There obviously wasn't anything phoney about Beatlemania it was real hysteria. I think this was just typical punk negativity and slagging off mainstream culture.
Beatlemania was also the only form of sexuality expressed in Rock and Roll that was female oriented.
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favoritething:
There's also Paul Simon's song "The Late Great Johnny Ace," which is partially a tribute to John Lennon, but it has the line: "It was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones."
He also sings a verse in that song about where he was the night John Lennon died
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To be honest, there are some horrid anti-Beatles songs out there. I get them sung at me all the time. Case in point: The Meat Puppets.
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I used to dig the Meat Puppets. What was their anti-Beatles song?
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Kathryn O:
To be honest, there are some horrid anti-Beatles songs out there. I get them sung at me all the time. Case in point: The Meat Puppets.
I think good and bad Beatle references are allowed (excluding profanity). We're more interested on the lyrical impact in music and not so much what a band actually thought of them.
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Erik in NJ:
Kathryn O:
To be honest, there are some horrid anti-Beatles songs out there. I get them sung at me all the time. Case in point: The Meat Puppets.
I think good and bad Beatle references are allowed (excluding profanity). We're more interested on the lyrical impact in music and not so much what a band actually thought of them.
Well in that case, John Lennon once sang "I don't believe in Beatles I just believe in me." What a horrid thing for a singer to say
