The Beatles mentioned in other Artist's Songs
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Do not remember a thread like this for sure... There has to be several of them from all over the planet. I can think of 3 or 4 at the moment, but will let someone else start if they wish.
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"You can be my Yoko Ono" - bare naked ladies
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Thanks !
Summer Rain ~ Johnny Rivers "And, the jukebox kept on playin' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" -
The classic 'American Pie' is full of Beatles references: "And while Lennon read a book of Marx The quartet practiced in the park.... Helter Skelter in a summer swelter... While sergeants played a marching tune... The marching band refused to yield..."
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PEter Paul and Mary - I dig rock and roll music "And when the Beatles tell you they've got a word love to sell you, they mean exactly what they say"
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prudence1964:
PEter Paul and Mary - I dig rock and roll music "And when the Beatles tell you they've got a word love to sell you, they mean exactly what they say"
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The Dream Academy hit single 'Life In A Northern Town' mentions 'the Beatles'.
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Scissor Sisters - Paul McCartney "Here I was awaiting Praying for the muse I'm finally awake and you have Left me less confused Maybe now You will hear me now I'm just in love In love with your sound Is it the party that ain't over 'til it's through? Is it the wiring that's suddenly blown a fuse? Is it a chemical that makes this moment true? Is it the music that connects me to you? Your song it gets me by When you're singing I'll be with you 'til the exit time"
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El Vy - Paul Is Alive "Beatlemania made my mother Think the way she does She always said "Don't waste your life wishing everything was how it was" Paul is alive"
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The National - Don't Swallow the Cap "I'm not alone, I'll never be. And to the bone I'm evergreen. And if you want (dead seriously) To see me cry (don't swallow the cap) Play "Let It Be" (pat yourself on the back) Or "Nevermind" (dead seriously)"
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David Bowie - Life On Mars? "It's on America's tortured brow That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow Now the workers have struck for fame 'Cause Lennon's on sale again See the mice in their million hordes From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads Rule Britannia is out of bounds To my mother, my dog, and clowns"
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Bad company - shooting star "Johnny was a school boy when he heard his first Beatles song. LOve Me Do I think it was and from there it didn't take him long"
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"Never Been to Spain" by Three Dog Night "Well I never been to England, but I kinda like the Beatles" "Summer Rain" by Johnny Rivers "All summer long, we spent dancin' in the sand, And the jukebox kept on playin' Sargeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel "Hemingway, Eichmann, Stranger in a Strange Land Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson" "Ball of Confusion" by The Temptations "Unemployment rising fast, The Beatles' new record's a gas'
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The Who - The Seeker "I asked Bobby Dylan, I asked The Beatles I asked Timothy Leary, but he couldn't help me either"
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Not specifically mentioned in the lyrics, but John Lennon is clearly the subject of: Elton John - Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny) U2 - God Part 2
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Bob Dylan - Roll On John
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1. Paul Simon: The Late Great Johnny Ace 2. Queen: Life is Real 3. Ozzy Osborne: Dreamer
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Danish Macca:
The National - Don't Swallow the Cap "I'm not alone, I'll never be. And to the bone I'm evergreen. And if you want (dead seriously) To see me cry (don't swallow the cap) Play "Let It Be" (pat yourself on the back) Or "Nevermind" (dead seriously)"
Great tune. But I believe they were referencing The Replacement's Let It Be album - another classic.
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Billy Joel's "All You Wanna Do Is Dance" from "Turnstiles" (great album) "Why don't the Beatles get back together?"
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The Rolling Stones - "Look What The Cat Dragged In" from A Bigger Bang "You look like a leper Dressed as Sergeant Pepper"
