COMPILED BY Moko... Subject: Beatles novelty list #202 BEATLES NOVELTY RECORDS May 31, 1993 compiled by Moko ======================= This list includes: songs about the Beatles songs that mention the Beatles songs that quote Beatles songs parody songs to the tune of Beatles songs covers of Beatles songs that are so bad as to be funny covers of Beatles songs by unexpected "artists" (e.g. William Shatner) songs that are deliberately and outrageously Beatlesque (e.g. Rutles) parodies of the Beatles' image, such as their appearance or album covers (All the above categories also apply to the ex-Fabs in their solo careers, as well as George Martin, Yoko, Julian, Sean, Zak, Pete Best, Macca's sheep- dog, etc.) This list does *not* include: songs performed by the Beatles or the ex-Fabs (e.g. "Early 1970") songs or groups which are merely "Beatlesque" covers of Beatles songs which do not have some novelty value (see note below) break-in songs that are only Beatles-related by virtue of using bits of Beatles songs (e.g. "Three Mile Island Interlude") (see note below) parody album covers from Beatles bootlegs (e.g. _Beatles for Auction_) books, magazines, etc. with Beatles parodies (e.g. _Paperback Writer_) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corrections, additional information and opinions are welcome. Help with the questions at the end of the list would be especially appreciated. Nothing is too silly or too obscure to be considered. I have a mailing list for automatic updates of the list. (Strange, but true.) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- A note about covers of Beatles songs: These are well-documented in Scott Galuska's COVERS list, which is available from saki at . [1-11-95 note from jbmorris@mango.ucs.indiana.edu: saki's address has changed to saki@evolution.bchs.uh.edu] Obviously, there is some overlap between the lists, but I've tried not to include borderline-novelty entries which are on Scott's list (e.g. _Ragtime Beatles_). A note about "break-in" songs: These are songs in which someone (usually a DJ) asks questions that are "answered" by bits of popular songs. About 200 Fab songs, ranging from "Love Me Do" to "Magneto and Titanium Man" have been used in break-ins. For a list of break-ins using Beatles songs, see the book "You Can't Do That". (see note below) ---------- For further information: See "All Together Now: The First Complete Beatles Discography 1961-1975", by Harry Castleman and Walter J. Podrazik, for a list of the main ones. "You Can't Do That: Beatles Bootlegs & Novelty Records, 1963-1980" by Charles Reinhart contains detailed discographies and cross-referenced indexes. It gives more details about many of the songs in this list, as well as many more songs I have not included. I recommend it. Both of these books are published by Popular Culture, Ink. (yes, "Ink.") Available direct from the publisher. E-mail me for details. ---------- Most of the descriptions and opinions are those of the contributors. Alphabetization is letter-by-letter, not word-by-word. [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] The cover of _The Abbey Road E.P._ by The Red Hot Chili Peppers is a parody of the _Abbey Road_ cover. It's a photo of the Peppers walking across the famous crosswalk, (hereinafter referred to as "The Street") naked except for socks on their cocks (a fashion statement often on display in their stage shows). 1988 EMI-Manhattan CD # CDP-7-90869-23 _Alien Sleestacks from Brazil_ by Tater Totz (members of Redd Kross and various LA punk and alternative bands) contains numerous Beatle covers. The first side has an interesting melding of "Give Peace a Chance" and "We Will Rock You" and a cover of "I've Just Seen A Face", with Danny Bonaduce (of Partridge Family fame) singing lead. The second side is a long cover of Yoko Ono's "Don't Worry Kyoko". 1988? Giant Records? ---------- "Alison" by Elvis Costello from _My Aim is True_: I'm not gonna get too sentimental, Like those other sticky valentines. 'Cause I don't know if you were lovin' somebody; I only know it isn't mine. This may be a reference to: Would you believe in a love at first sight? Yes, I'm certain that it happens all the time. What do you see when you turn out the light? I can't tell you but I know it's mine. This sounds like a stretch, at first, but each couplet seems to refer to its counterpart. In the context of "Alison", "those other stick valentines" probably refers to former boyfriends, but considering the sentimentality of the first "With a Little Help..." couplet, it could also refer to Paul and John. 1977 Columbia CD # CK 35037 Editorial comment: ELVISISKINGELVISISKINGELVISISKINGELVISISKINGELVISISKING ---------- "All Good People" [see "I've Seen All Good People" below] "All I Want for Christmas is a Beatle" by Dora Bryan might have been to the tune of "All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth". **1963** Fontana 45 # 427 "All I Want Is Everything" by Jellyfish from _Bellybutton_: "I think I'd like to play guitar and be a Beatle, and be so swell." "All My Loving" by Honor Blackman (of TV's _The Avengers_ and _Kinky Boots_ and the movie _Goldfinger_) is diabolically bad. "All My Loving" by Frivolous Five from _Sour Cream and Other Delights_ A brass group like Herb Alpert with the talent of Mrs. Miller RCA Victor # LSP-3663 "All the Way Home" from _Break Like the Wind_ by Spinal Tap reminds me of "One After 909". 1992 MCA Records (also heard briefly in the movie "This is Spinal Tap"). "All the Young Dudes" by Mott the Hoople: "Well, my brother's back at home with his Beatles and his Stones." [winner in the song-most-often-contributed category] "All You Need Is Love" by the Justified Ancients of MuMu from _1987 What the Fuck is Going On?_ samples the "love love love" intro from the Beatles song of the same name. (The album was deleted and destroyed due to a copyright violation [using Abba's "Dancing Queen"].) "All You Wanna Do Is Dance" by Billy Joel from _Turnstiles_: "Why don't the Beatles get back together?" _Alvin All-star Chipmunk Band_ by the Chipmunks is vaguely like _Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band_. ************************************************************************ "American Pie" by Don McLean contains many lines thought to refer to the Beatles. The following are excerpts from a rec.music.misc post by Rich Kulawiec (version 18 Aug 92). If you would like the entire article, e-mail Rich at . And while Lennon read a book on Marx, Literally, John Lennon reading about Karl Marx; figuratively, the introduction of radical politics into the music of the Beatles. The quartet practiced in the park There are two schools of thought about this; the obvious one is the Beatles playing in Shea Stadium, but note that the previous line has John Lennon *doing something else at the same time*. This tends to support the theory that this is a reference to the Weavers, who were blacklisted during the McCarthy era. McLean had become friends with Lee Hays of the Weavers in the early 60's while performing in coffeehouses and clubs in upstate New York and New York City. Helter Skelter in a summer swelter "Helter Skelter" is a Beatles song which appears on the "white" album. Charles Manson, claiming to have been "inspired" by the song (through which he thought God and/or the devil were taking to him) led his followers in the Tate-LaBianca murders. Is "summer swelter" a reference to the "Summer of Love" or perhaps to the "long hot summer" of Watts? While sergeants played a marching tune Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". Or, perhaps McLean refers to the Beatles' music as "marching" because it's not music for dancing. We all got up to dance Oh, but we never got the chance The Beatles' 1966 Candlestick Park concert only lasted 35 minutes. Or, following on from the previous comment, perhaps he meant that there wasn't any music to dance to. 'Cause the players tried to take the field, The marching band refused to yield. This could be a reference to the dominance of the Beatles on the rock and roll scene. For instance, the Beach Boys released "Pet Sounds" in 1966, an album which featured some of the same sort of studio and electronic experimentation as "Sgt. Pepper", but the album sold poorly because the Beatles' release got most of the press. Some folks think this refers to either the 1968 Deomcratic Convention or Kent State. This might also be a comment about how the dominance of the Beatles in the rock world led to more "pop art" music, leading in turn to a dearth of traditional rock and roll. ******************************************************************************* ---------- _And the BEATles Go On and On_, created by Ambrose Brazelton is instrumentals with narration of rythmic motion activities for kids (i.e. clap hands, hop, sway, etc.). It comes with a booklet illustrating the body motions. Ticket to Ride (Internalization of Rhythmic Beat, Body Coordination) Eleanor Rigby (Mastery of Five Locomotor Movements) Ob-La_Di, Ob-La-Da (Gallops and Slides) Something (Body Control Through Slow Motion Movements) Got to Get You into My Life (Endurance, Coordination and Rythms) With a Little Help From My Friends (Balance) Side A - narration and music Side B - music only ---------- "Annie Christian" by Prince from _Controversy_: Annie Christian, anti-christ Before you're crucified I live my life in taxi cabs You shot John Lennon... "A Background to History" by Monty Python from _Matching Tie & Handkerchief_: An interviewer asks questions about medieval agrarian history and is answered with a brief explanation followed by a fully orchestrated Beatles song with new words. "Bad to Me" by Leif Garrett - a truly awful version of the Lennon/McCartney song (originally recorded by Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas in 1963). "Ball of Confusion" by The Temptations: "The Beatles' new record's a gas!" "The Baegles [no typo] Lonely Hearts Club Band" is by the Baefgles [no typo]. _Beatle Barkers_ by the Woofers and Tweeters Ensemble is an entire album of Lennon/McCartney hits performed by dogs. Recordings of real dogs have been spliced together note-by-note (bark-by-bark) to come up with the songs. It's...ummmm...unique. Passport LP # PB 6032 "The Beatle Bounce" by Bobby Comstock & The Counts 1964 Lawn 45 # 229 "Beatle Disco" by Cafe' Cre^me (a Dutch group?) is a medley of Beatles songs in disco style. "Beatlemania" by Jack Nitzsche is an instrumental mishmash of "Please Please Me", "From Me to You", "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "Needles and Pins". It sounds like the Beach Boys on Seconal. available on BEATLESONGS (q.v.) ---------- _Beatle Mania! in the U.S.A._ The Liverpools The cover of this album is very similar to _A Hard Days Night_ (the one by the Manchesters, not the one by the Beatles, whoever they were): a drawing of four haircuts with eyes. includes: She Loves You I Want to Hold Your Hand I Saw Her Standing There Please Please Me ["Cornerstone Songs ASCAP" ???] Liner notes: "IMITATION IS THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY!" "Four _liver_-uppers have _pooled_ their talents to present a 'model' album." "... presented here is the down-beat quartet with the down-sweep hair-set...THE LIVERPOOLS." Wyncote LP # W 9001 (no copyright date) ---------- "Beatle Rap" by The Qworymen: Each Beatle does a short autobiographical monologue. "Very funny!" raves Bill Gasarch. "Ditto!" rants Moko. available on BEATLESONGS (q.v.) "Beatles and the Stones" by The House of Love from self-titled album. 1990 Fontana LP # 842 293-1 cassette # 842 293-4 CD # 842 293-2 or remixed as 45 # 875 282-7 ---------- _BEATLESONGS: A Collection of Beatles Novelties Volume 1_ This album is the easiest way to get some Beatles novelty songs. It is highly recommended by contributors to this list. I have never seen any indication that Volume 2 exists. Tracks: The Invasion by Buchanan and Greenfield Hold My Hand The Rutles We Love You Beatles The Carefrees My Boyfriend Got a Beatle Haircut Donna Lynn Letter From Elaina Casey Kasem Beatlemania Jack Nitzsche Beatle Rap The Qworymen L.S. Bumble Bee Peter Cook & Dudley Moore Pop Hates The Beatles Allan Sherman Letter to The Beatles The Four Preps The Beetle Gary Usher 1982 Rhino LP # RHLP 803 I believe this is out of print, but I've seen it offered in "Goldmine". ---------- ---------- _Beattle Mash_ (front cover) The Liverpool Kids (front cover) _Beatle Mash_ (LP label) by The Liverpool Moptops (liner notes) The Schoolboys (LP label) This album was designed to cash in the first wave of American Beatlemania. includes: "She Loves You", "Why Don't You Set Me Free (rips off "I Want to Hold Your Hand") and "Japanese Beatles" (instrumental) Palace LP # M-777 (no copyright date) ---------- "The Beetle" by Gary Usher is a dance instruction song. "Use a little English / And comb your hair down in your face" 1964 Capitol 45 # 5128 - also available on _BEATLESONGS_ (q.v.) ---------- _The Beetle Beat_ by The Buggs "THE ORIGINAL LIVERPOOL SOUND" "RECORDED IN ENGLAND" Similar to _Beattle Mash_, but with a more professional look. The cover is a semi-silhouette photo of four not-quite-young men with longish hair, wearing black turtlenecks. Tracks: I Want to Hold Your Hand She Loves You Mersey Mercy Liverpool Drag Soho Mash Swingin' Thames East End Big Ben Hop London Town Swing Teddy 'Boy Stomp (sic) Liner notes: "In this album you will hear the original Liverpool sound recorded on location in England by the Buggs, a fast moving, well paced group that we are sure you will like." Coronet LP # CX-212 "a division of Premier Albums, Inc." (no copyright date) This is not the same group that did "Buggs vs. the Beatles" (q.v.) ---------- "Beauty and Sadness" by the Smithereens uses Ringo's drum riff from "Tomorrow Never Knows". 1983 (rereleased on a 1992 CD EP) "Be My Yoko Ono" by Barenaked Ladies is from _Gordon_. _The Best of Benny Hill_ has Benny crossing The Street on the front cover. "Between John & Yoko" by Easy is on _Magic Seed_ (1990) and _Mute International Sampler_. _Bird/Period_ by B.A.L.L. The CD cover is a parody of the butcher cover. [or is this _B.A.L.L._ by Bird/Period ???] _The Black Album_ by Prince [bootleg only] "Bring the Noise" by Public Enemy: Yoko is mentioned in name only (as a rhyme with Sonny Bono, no less!). "Buggs vs. The Beatles" by the Buggs: "We'll have to rumble / Beatles vs. Buggs" 1964 Soma 45 # 1413 Peter Sellers did "Can't Buy Me Love" as a duet with himself (one male, one female). (availability uncertain - might be on a 1991 EMI compilation) See also _The Songs of Peter Sellers_ below. ---------- The Capitol Steps, a political novelty group, have done several songs to the tune of Beatles songs: "Fatal Distractions" (to the tune of "With a Little Help From My Friends") is about the Supreme Court nominations of Bork, Ginsburg and Kennedy. "Fools On the Hill" about Congress. (They've done two like this.) "I Got High a Couple of Times With My Friends" about Doug Ginsberg's nomination to the Supreme Court "Maxwell's Silver Stammer" is about military budgets and jargon. "When I'm Sixty-Two/COLA" is about retirement benefits. For more information on The Capitol Steps, call 800-733-STEP. ---------- "Career of Evil" by Blue Oyster Cult: "I'd like to do it like you ought-a ... on a dirt road." [first runner-up: Yoko Ono Walking On Thin Ice Award] "Car Phone" by Roger McGuinn from has a plot about a guy who dies as a hitman explodes some dynamite in the back of his car by calling him on the car phone. In the back, after this happens, is a little sighing chorus of "he blew his mind out in a caaaa---aar". "C'era un Ragazzo che Come me Amava I Beatles e I Rolling Stones", written by Lusini & Migliacci, by Joan Baez off _The Contemporary Ballad Book_. [in the running for "most obscure reference"] "Chelsea in Disguise (With Braces)" is by Scary Gary Alan. I haven't heard it, but it's just *gotta* be another "Lucy..." parody. _The Chipmunks Sing The Beatles_ (aka _The Chipmunks Sing The Beatles Hits_) features some of the early songs. 1990 EMI-Manhattan CD # CDP-7-48370-2 1982 Liberty LP # LN-10177 1964 Liberty LP # 3388 1964 Liberty EP # 7388 "Close But No Cigar" by Thomas Dolby samples some of the incidental sounds from Sgt Pepper's. Crazy Calls - many funny asswering machine messages. One of them is in Beatles style. ---------- "Cygnet Committee"? by David Bowie? has: Infiltrated business cesspools Hating through our sleeves And we slit the Catholic throat Stoned the poor on slogans such as "Wish You Could Hear" "Love Is All We Need" "Kick Out the Jams" ... ---------- ---------- "Dakota" by Christine Lavin is about John's death, sung from a cab outside the Dakota: I don't believe in coincidence, so why then on the radio Did an old familiar voice echo back from not so long ago It said "Imagine all the people, living life in peace" Well, that's hard to do when you're on this blood-stained street ---------- "A Day In the Life of Green Acres" by Barnes and Barnes and Damaskas combines the tune (sort of) of "A Day In the Life" with the lyrics of "Green Acres". 1979 Asanine 45 # 1 "A Day In the Life - 91" by Whimsical Will is a story constructed out of the titles of 91 Beatles songs. It's spoken, not sung. "Day Tripper" by Mae West from _Way Out West_ Tower LP # ST 5028 ---------- "Dead Egyption Blues" by Michael Smith on _Fast Folk Musical Magazine_ Volume 5, Number 3 [Fast Folk FF503] has: [...] Oh Mr. Tut You wait and see Another few thousand years there're gonna dig up me I'll have all my little treasures near at hand A CD of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band This song is covered by Trout Fishing In America on _Over the Limit_ Trout Records TRT-8CD ---------- Utopia has an album entitled _Deface the Music_ in which all the songs are Beatlesque. The album cover is a sort of parody of the _With the Beatles_ cover. 1980 Rhino/Bearsville LP # RNLP 70873 _The Dinosaurs_ (exact title?) has something to do with the (ABC?) TV show of the same name. The (back?) cover shows four of the Dinosaur characters crossing what is labeled "Pre Abbey Road". ---------- "The Disappointed" by XTC from _Nonesuch_: The disappointed Will bear me on their shoulders To a secret shadow land Where a sombre marching band Plays a tune for broken hearts ---------- "Don't Get Me Wrong" by the Bonzo Dog Doo Da Band from _Let's Make Up & Be Friendly_ is a shameless Beatles parody, with Neil Innes (also of The Rutles, q.v.) doing his John Lennon imitation. (1972?) "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" by The Ramones: "Do you remember Jerry Lee, John Lennon, T. Rex and [can't hear this] too?" Available on _Ramonesmania_ 1988 Sire CD # 9 25709-2 "Drive My Car" by Gina X is done in an odd accent with sound effects mixed in. "Eddie Are You Kidding" by Flo & Eddie from _Illegal, Immoral & Fattening_ has a segment that lampoons a lot of pop stars, including a bit of "My Sweet Lord" where George's voice breaks down. ---------- The 1985 movie _The Goonies_ has this in the music credits: EIGHT ARMS TO HOLD YOU Performed by GOON SQUAD Produced by Arthur Baker Written by Arthur Baker, Robbie Kilgore, and Jimmy Bralower Presumably, this is the instrumental played while two of the young heroes are being attacked by a giant octopus. :-) I hereby give myself honorable mention in the "obscure references" category. ---------- "Eleanor Rigby" is done by Doodles Weaver as if he was drunk. Available on _Dr. Demento's Delights_ 1975 Warner Bros. LP # BS 2855 "Empty Garden: Hey Hey Johnny" by Elton John is about the death of John Lennon. ?1982 _Too Low For Zero_? _Elton John's Greatest Hits III 1979-1987_ "Everybody's Gumby" by Flo and Eddie from _The Gumby Album_ (a collection of songs about Gumby) [don't look at me, I just work here :-)] is a parody of "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "I Am the Walrus", or is a style-parody of many middle-to-late-period Beatles songs [duke it out amongst yourselves :-)]. Beuna Vista CD-017 "Everybody's Making It Big But Me" by Doctor Hook mentions Elvis, Dylan, Mick Jagger, The Beatles and just about everyone else. "Evil Woman" by ELO: "There's a hole in my head where the rain comes in..." "Fatal Distractions" - see Capitol Steps above "Fools On the Hill" - see Capitol Steps above "The French Lesson" by Sandler and Young from _In Person_ is based on the French version of "Mr. Bass Man": "When the Beatles sing, on every record you'll always hear 'yeah yeah yeah'...". Other "yeah yeah yeah"'s occur later in the song. "From Me to You" by Mae West from: _Mae in December_ AEI LP # AEI 2104 _Wild Christmas_ Dagonet LP # DG-4 (same album with different titles and track orders) "Garden Party" by Rick Nelson: "Yoko brought her walrus, there was magic in the air." "Girl at the Window" by the Idle Race (Jeff Lynne): "John and Paul and Ringo and George were playing lovely tunes from the window of her room by the light of the moon..." "Give Booze a Chance" - see "Sofa Head" below "Give Peaks a Chance" is about the TV series "Twin Peaks". (artist unknown) "Give Peas a Chance" (artist unknown) ---------- "God II" by U2 from _Rattle and Hum_ a few sample lines: I don't believe the devil Don't believe in Goldman, His type like a curse Instant Karma's gonna get him, if I don't get him first I don't believe that rock-and-roll Can really change the world As it spins in revolutions, spirals and turns I...I believe in love... [The song is dedicated to Lennon.] ---------- _Golden Throats: The Great Celebrity Sing-Off!_ has a truly awful rendition of "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds" by William Shatner(!), originally from his _Transformed Man_ LP. Mae West does "Twist and Shout" on this album (cover of a cover). The CD cover is a parody of the SPLHCB cover, with the various artists and the Beatles in a montage. Rhino CD # R2 7018 _Golden Throats 2: More Celebrity Rock Oddities!_ has Bing Crosby's version of "Hey Jude", and "Give Peace a Chance" by Mitch Miller & The Gang. Mitch: "Hassle the man! Hassle the Congress!" The CD cover shows five of the "artists" (in 3D, no less) in clothes that look like castoffs from the "Magical Mystery Tour" costume department, but it's not clear if this a MMT parody. Rhino CD # R2 71007 "Gonna Send 'em Home" by Homer & Jethro: The first time I saw the four Beatles They were singing on the video tape Old Jack Paar said "Here they are." And the whole wide world went ape. Gonna send 'em home... ---------- In the sixties there was a band in Israel that would take Beatles songs and put Hebrew lyrics onto them - usually completely changing the point, but in very Beatles style. For example: "From Me to You" If there's anything that you want Lama at lo yotzeit iti? Why won't you go out with me? If there's anything I can do Mah at ratza achrel hahu Why do you run after him? ...etc... The band was called Hagashash Ha'Chiver, I think. ---------- "A Hard Day's Night" by Mrs. Miller "A Hard Day's Night" by Peter Sellers - see _The Songs of Peter Sellers_ below ---------- _A Hard Day's Night_ (big red letters) "Starring The Manchesters" (small print) This is another "Let's rip off some unsuspecting kids before this Beatlemania thing dies" album. The cover has a drawing of four Beatles haircuts. That's right, just the hair. It includes reasonable imitations of: A Hard Day's Night Please Please Me I Want To Hold Your Hand She Loves You My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean Diplomat LP # D2335 "A product of Synthetic Plastics Co." (as always, no copyright date) ---------- "Hay Chewed" by Elton John from _Empty Sky_ ... complete with "Na-na-na" ending. "Help" by Peter Sellers - see _The Songs of Peter Sellers_ below "Here We Go" by C&C Music Factory mentions the Beatles and the Jackson 5. "Hey Food" by the Sesame Street Beatles from _Born to Add_is a reworded "Hey Jude" sung by Cookie Monster. ATV sued the record company for copyright infringement. "Hey Jude" by Bing Crosby - see Golden Throats above "Hey Jude" by that other Elvis (Presley, that is). No, not just 'cuz it's easy to pick on the Pretender To The Throne, but because Taxman inflicts it on his (probably ex-) friends as part of something he calls "Nightmares On Tape". ---------- "Hringur og Bitlagaeslumennirnir" (i.e. Ring(o) and the Beatle caretakers) (artist unknown) begins something like this: Hringur, vid hvern sinn fingur leikur og syngur, af lifi og sal. Hann olli, tol'verdum hrolli, lifrar-i-polli, hann tendradi bal. Hann lamdi thett a ludvikinn... ... ... med adstod vina sinna. in other words: Ringo, to every finger plays and sings, of life and soul He caused, a bit of gooseflesh Liver-in-pool , he lit a fire. He hit hard on his Ludwig... ... ... with help from his friends. ---------- "I Am the Walrus" by Men Without Hats ---------- "I Could Eat Eggrolls Forever" by Ed [not Led, not Dred] Zeppelin from _The Loop. Family Album_: Let me take you down 'Cause I'm going to the Ho Cow Cafe [...] I could eat eggrolls forever Eating is easy with eyes closed Open up your mouth and wrench it in [...] I am the Walrus coo-coo ca choo number nine, number nine, one one, nine, one one, nine, one one a benefit compilation album put out by Chicago radio station WLUP, "The Loop." ---------- ---------- "I Dig Rock & Roll Music" by Peter, Paul and Mary: And when the Beatles tell you Because they would love to tell you They mean exactly what they say. The second line has also been quoted as "There's something they'd love to sell you" and "They have a word - LOVE - to sell you". Does anyone have the published lyrics? 45 # 7067 and _Album 1700_ LP #1700 - both 1967 from Warner Bros. ---------- ---------- "I Do The Rock" by Tim Curry: John and Yoko farming beef Raising protein quota Sometimes they make love and art Inside the Dakota These lines were not included in the updated version of the song that Curry performed on "The Tracy Ullman (sp?) Show" in the late 80's. available on _The Best of Tim Curry_ 1989 A&M CD # CD5269 and (I think) the 1978 A&M LP _Read My Lips_. ---------- ---------- "I Feel Like Buddy Holly" by Alvin Stardust: Well, I feel like Buddy Holly 'Cause it's raining in my heart All the sad songs take me back to you Now that we are apart Now I know how Paul McCartney felt When he got up to say "I wish it was yesterday." There are also references to Elvis, Roy Orbison and Paul Simon. 1984 ---------- "If You Want It, I Can Get It For You Wholesale" by Lazlo and Gary satirizes "Come and Get It" by Badfinger (written, produced and arranged by Paul). "I Got High a Couple of Times With My Friends" - see Capitol Steps above "I Hate The Beatles" - see "Pop Hates The Beatles" below "I'm the Meany" by Wild Man Fischer Mr. Fischer's favorite film was "Yellow Submarine". Unfortunately, this led him to write and (sort of) sing: "I'm the Meany / I'm the Meany / I'm evil and wicked and stingy." (That's pronounced as in biting, not as is in tightfisted.) Very, very odd. available on _BEATLESONGS_ (q.v.) "The Invasion" by Buchanan and Greenfield is a "break-in" record with a description of the Beatles' arrival in the U.S. intercut with bits of top-40 songs. available on _BEATLESONGS_ (q.v.) "I Remember You" by Mike Nesmith talks about John and the Beatles. "I Saw it on TV" by John Fogerty: "Cause four guys from England took us all by the hand..." "I've Seen All Good People a)Your Move b)All Good People" by Yes: The background singers are chanting "All we are saying / Is 'give peace a chance'." This is in the "Your Move" section. This is true of the live version from _Yessongs_, but maybe not on the studio version. [I double-checked the title on this song myself, so please stop your bickering. :-)] "I Wanna Be a Beatle" by Gene Cornish & The Unbeetables - 1964 Dawn 45 # 551 "I Want to Bite Your Hand" by Gene Moss is Dracula singing to the tune of "I Want to Hold Your Hand". 45 # 8438 and _Dracula's Greatest Hits_ LP # 2977 - both 1964 from RCA "I Will" by Tim Curry (of Rocky Horror Picture Show fame) is a calypso version. available on _Read My Lips_ 1978 LP # SP 4717 and _The Best of Tim Curry_ 1989 CD # CD5269 - both from A&M Records. "John Lennon" by The Outfield from _Diamond Days_ makes many references to Lennon songs. "John Lennon (Never Had a Day Job)" by The Strange Loves "John You Went Too Far This Time" by Sissy Spacek(!), using the name Rainbo, is about the _Two Virgins_ album cover. 1969 Roulette 45 # 7030 "Just Like Me" by Paul Revere and the Raiders: "Love me do - and I'll be true" ---------- "Keep It Warm" from _Moving Targets_ by Flo & Eddie: And George is suing Paul suing Ringo And immigration wants John and Yoko All they need is love To keep it warm Also, the "All You Need is Love" riff is dropped in. ---------- "Land of Confusion" by Genesis has a picture sleeve that is a parody of the _With the Beatles_ album cover. ---------- "The Late Great Johnny Ace" by Paul Simon from _Hearts and Bones_ is about John Lennon, and a singer named Johnny Ace: The year was 1954 [...] ...Johnny Ace is dead [...] It was the year of the Beatles It was the year of the Stones It was 1964 [...] I was walking through the Christmas tide When a stranger came up and asked me If I'd heard John Lennon had died 1983 Warner Bros. CD # 9 23942-2 ---------- "Leprosy" by Jasper Carrot is to the tune of "Yesterday": "Leprosy - I'm not half the man I used to be." "Let It Be" by Chevy Chase from _Chevy Chase_ is done in Chipmunks-type voice. Arista #AL 9519 "Let It Be" by Rouvaun - "religious in the style of a lounge singer" I just qoute 'em; I don't explain 'em. "Letter B" by the Sesame Street Beatles from _Born to Add_ is a reworded "Let it Be". It was performed on the TV show by four purple beetle muppets. ATV sued the record company for copyright infringement. "Letter From Elaina" by Casey Kasem. Casey reads the letter, from a fan who ambushed George for a hug. 1964 Warner Bros. 45 # 5475 - also available on _BEATLESONGS_ (q.v.) "Letter to The Beatles" by The Four Preps satirizes the fab marketing of the gear Beatles. It's right on the money. :-) 1964 Capitol 45 # 5143 - also available on _BEATLESONGS_ (q.v.) "Let There Be More Light" from _A Saucerful Of Secrets_ by Pink Floyd: They clearly sing "...like Lucy In The Skyyyyy!". ---------- "Life In A Northern Town" from _The Dream Academy_ by Dream Academy: He said "In winter 1963 It felt like the world would freeze With John F. Kennedy And The Beatles." (ghostly echo of crazed teenage screaming...) 1985 Reprise LP # 1-25265 45 # 7-28841 ---------- "Life is Real (Song for Lennon)" by Queen is done in Lennonesque style. It sounds like a combination of "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "A Day in the Life". ---------- "Liverpool Bound" by Vito and the Salutations: She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, She loves you, no, no, no! We're packing our bags, And leaving for England, 'Cause those Beatles got it all over here. We're packing our bags, And leaving for England, We'll make it big over there... 1964 Wells 45 # 1008 ---------- "London Calling" by The Clash: "All that phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust." "Louisiana Hookers With Herpes" by Frank Zappa, to the tune of "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds" (Have heard this is true; have never heard it.) "L.S. Bumble Bee" by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore is an ode to a psychedelic bee, Broadway musical style. Not, as sometimes rumored, an unreleased Beatles song. It was released just before SPLHCB, and was identified by some DJ's as an advance track from the album. Moore was satirizing the music of the Beach Boys as well as the Lucy...Sky...Diamonds = LSD furor. available on _BEATLESONGS_ (q.v.) "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds" by William Shatner. see Golden Throats above. "The Man Who Never Died" by Elton John is an instrumental tribute to John. [Am I the only one who finds this an odd concept?] It is one of the CD singles that feature "The Last Song". In the US it was the B-side of "Wrap Her Up", in the UK the B-side of "Nikita". "Maxwell's Silver Stammer" - see Capitol Steps above "Medley: Sometimes I'm Happy / I May Be Wrong / When I'm 64 / It's a Wonderful World" is from _Side by Side_ by Carrol O'Connor and Jean Stapleton as Archie and Edith Bunker. RCA LP # APL1-0102 _Meet the Residents_ (presumably by the Residents): The album cover is a parody of the _Meet the Beatles_ cover. "Michelle" by Xaviera Hollender (sp?) "Money For Nothing" by Dire Straits: "Maybe get a blister on your finger, maybe get a blister on your thumb" [Winner: "Yoko Ono Walking On Thin Ice Award] Monty Python - see "A Background to History" above _The Moonlight Tapes_ (compilation) [various artists?]: The album cover is a black-and-white parody of the SPLHCB cover. Danceville DANCE 1 [British?] "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon and Garfunkel from _Bookends_ and the movie soundtrack _The Graduate_. Many people have said that "coo coo ca-choo" is the same as "GOO GOO GOO JOOB" from "I am the Walrus". Goo preceded coo by one year, but I'm *very* skeptical about the connection. Any evidence pro or con, folks? "Much Too Late to Get Fries" (? "It's Not Too Late to Get Fries"?) by Wally Winger is a satire of Julian Lennon's "Too Late For Goodbyes". "My Boyfriend Got a Beatle Haircut" by Donna Lynn: "Now I can't chase the girls away." 45 # 5127 and _Java Jones / My Boyfriend Got a Beatle Haircut_ LP # 2085 - both 1964 from Capitol - also available on _BEATLESONGS_ (q.v.) ---------- "My Second to Last Will and Testament" by Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine from _30 Something_ is partially sung to the tune of "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds". This is my second to last will and testament Only a rough draft, a handwritten estimate Left on a shelf never signed or delivered With a picture of myself on a boat by the river ---------- "The Other Ringo" by Don Bowman ---------- "Negligee" to the tune of "Yesterday" Negligee, I look stupid in this negligee 'Cause my butt sticks out this funny way -- Oh, why'd I buy this negligee? Suddenly, I am twice the girl I used to be; Flab is hanging out all over me -- This negligee's a travesty. Why it doesn't fit I don't know, I couldn't say; I did something wrong when I bought this negligee. Negligee, I would like to take it back today, But I threw the darn sales slip away -- I'll have to keep this negligee. Hmm mm mm mm oo oo oooooo. Written by Marty Hale-Evans and Melinda Hale. (This has not yet been submitted to Dr. Demento's show. If you like to encourage this type of activity, you could nag them at marty@world.std.com) ---------- "Never Been to Spain" by Three Dog Night: "Well I've never been to England / But I kinda like the Beatles" "1977" by the Clash: ...something like "No Elvis, no Beatles, no Rolling Stones - it's 1977" "No More Beatlemania!!!!!" by 1/2 Japanese "Not John" by Loudan Wainwright III from _I'm Alright_ (1985) is about Lennon's murder. ---------- "A Noun is a Person, Place or Thing" was part of a series of 2 to 3 minute educational cartoons shown on ABC TV. I put a dime in the drugstore record machine ... The Beatles and the Monkees were going like this ... Well every person you can know The Beatles and the Monkees, Chubby Checker ... You know they're nouns ---------- ---------- "Nowhere Man" by Tiny Tim is available on: _The Beatles Sixth Christmas Record - Christmas 1968_ LYN 11743/4 (fan club flexi-disc single) _From Them to You - The Beatles Christmas Record 1970_ Apple LYN2154 (fan club LP - UK version) _The Beatles Christmas Album_ Apple SBC100 (US version - same songs, different cover) ---------- "Obese Man" is to the tune of "Nowhere Man" _Off-White Album_ by Dennis Miller "101 Dalmatians" (by Scarlet Party?) contains several lines borrowed from various Beatles and Lennon songs. For example: "... everyone's free, and nothing to kill or die for." "The Other Side of Summer" by Elvis Costello from _Mighty Like a Rose_: "Was it a millionaire who said 'imagine no possessions'?" [Ouch!] Warner Bros. CD # 9 26575-2 ---------- "Paul McCartney Massacre" by The Swinging Erudites from _Unchained Parodies_ has several Beatles satires: "Silly Paul McCartney" to the tune of "Silly Love Songs" "Stupid People Living in the Past" (Sgt. Pepper) "Yesterday Pts 1 and 2" "Robert Plant Serenade" (Beatles connection???) "80's New Wave Anthem" (Beatles connection???) "Losers in the Studio and Dying" ("Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds") ---------- _Peace Love Groove_ by Blue Meanies: The CD cover is a parody of the butcher cover. [or is this _Blue Meanies_ by Peace Love Groove ???] "Please Please Me" by Barnes and Barnes is talked/sung in typical B&B odd voices with electronic accompaniment. "Poem 58" from Chicago Transit Authority's self-titled album contains exact citation from "I Am The Walrus". "Polkas on 45" by Weird Al Yankovic, contains a fragment of "Hey, Jude." ---------- "Pop Hates The Beatles" by Alan Sherman is about the British Invasion from a father's point of view, to the tune of "Pop Goes the Weasel". This song is typical Sherman: "If this is what the British desire / God save the Queen". 1964 Warner Bros. 45 # 5490 (here called "I Hate The Beatles") " " " LP # W1569 _For Swingin' Livers Only_ (mono) " " " " WS1569 " " " " (stereo) also available on his Greatest Hits album and _BEATLESONGS_ (q.v.) ---------- "The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking" by Roger Waters mentions Yoko Ono. "Purple Aeroplane" by Spike Milligan is a take-off on "Yellow Submarine". "Rain" by Bongwater - "very strange version" "Rainy Day Sun" from _Break Like the Wind_ by Spinal Tap out-fabs "I am the Walrus" rather well. 1992 MCA Records "Randy Scouse Git" from _Headquarters_ by the Monkees: "The four kings of EMI are sitting stately on the floor." "Rest In Peace" by Extreme: "Someone said 'Give peace a chance', and that was all that was said" "Rhythm of the Rain" by Dan Fogelberg includes a line from "Rain" at the end. "Ringo" by Lorne Greene is about a gunfighter, not Mr. Starr. "Ringo Bells" by Three Blonde Mice - Atco 45-6324 "Ringo Deer" by Garry Ferrier is a Christmas song, about the lead reindeer having a big nose 'a la Ringo Starr. (Is this the same song the Fabs sang as "Rudolph the Red Nosed Ringo" on _The Beatles Christmas Record_ of 1963?) 1964 Academy 45 # 112 "Ringo I Love You" is by Cher(!), using the name Bonnie Jo Mason. 1964 Annette 45 # 1000 ---------- "Ringo ja Aku" (Ringo and Aku) by Aku Syrja. This 1980 solo single by the drummer of the Finnish band Eppu Normaali (Abe Normal) takes some shots at Ringo which roughly translate as: Surely this Ringo Starr made trouser legs flutter ... But The Beatles quit in '69 And after that he hasn't been the same He has run out of the "yeah-yeah-yeah"s He's stayed in Monaco, so I can play now ... Ringo did it yesterday Today Aku's doing it Then in English, to the appropriate tune: Oh yeah, oh right Are you gonna be in my dreams tonight Then Aku starts his drum solo by quoting Ringo, but moves on to his own stuff. ---------- "Rocket" by Def Leppard mentions "Sgt. Pepper and the band". "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A." by John Cougar Mellencamp from _Scarecrow_ mentions the Beatles. 1985 Polygram CD # 824 865-2 M-1 ************************************************************************** The Rutles Hands down the most prefab group ever. More like the Beatles than the Beatles were. Both the movie and the album are the best parodies of our boys ever done. The movie is a documentary of the Rutles' career. The album contains songs from various stages in the band's development. The songs were written by Neil Innes. The movie (originally a TV special) was produced by George Harrison, who also has a cameo. CD tracks: Goose Step Mama It's Looking Good Number One Doubleback Alley Baby Let Me Be Good Times Roll Hold My Hand Nevertheless Blue Suede Schubert Love Life I Must Be in Love Piggy in the Middle With a Girl Like You Another Day Between Us Cheese and Onions Living in Hope Get Up and Go Ouch! Let's Be Natural The CD itself has a yellow and orange swirl, ala Capitol Records. The LP has only 14 tracks, but has a much better booklet than the CD. The EP has 5 tracks and is on yellow vinyl. There is some debate as to which Beatles songs are being parodied by which Rutles songs, and some are more style parodies than take-offs of a particular song. Here are some suggestions which have been made: Another Day = Eleanor Rigby = Martha My Dear Baby Let Me Be = There's A Place Between Us = And I Love Her = It's Only Love Blue Suede Schubert = Boys = Roll Over Beethoven Cheese and Onions = A Day in the Life = Glass Onion = Hey Bulldog = Imagine Doubleback Alley = Penny Lane Get Up and Go = Get Back Good Times Roll = Getting Better = Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds Goose Step Mama = Some Other Guy Hold My Hand = All My Loving = Eight Days a Week = I Want to Hold Your Hand = Please Please Me = She Loves You I Must Be In Love = Boys = Can't Buy Me Love = She Loves You = Ticket to Ride = What Goes On It's Looking Good = Gettin Better = I Don't Want to Spoil the Party = I Feel Fine = If I Needed Someone = I'm Happy Just to Dance With You = I'm Looking Through You Let's Be Natural = Across the Universe = Because = Dear Prudence = Mother Nature's Son Living in Hope = Act Naturally = Don't Pass Me By = Honey Don't = Octopus's Garden = What Goes On? Love Life = All You Need is Love Nevertheless = Love You To = Within You, Without You Number One = Twist and Shout Ouch! = Help! Piggy in the Middle = I am the Walrus With a Girl Like You = If I Fell Thanks to Jonathan Morris for compiling the Rutles/Beatles song comparisons. album: _The Rutles_ 1990 Rhino CD # R2 75760 1978 Warner Bros. LP # 3151 " " " EP # E723 single: I Must Be in Love/Doubleback Alley - 1978 Warner Bros. 45 # 8560 movie: "The Rutles" aka "The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash" 1978 Broadway Video / Pacific Arts Video Records, Pacific Arts Building, Carmel CA 93923 widely available for around US$15 ************************************************************************** The depths of Beatles-related obscurity: _Rutles Highway Revisited_ is a Rutles tribute album. Yes, *other* groups doing songs by the Rutles. Really. No kidding. Would I lie? Includes "Number One" by Bongos, Bass & Bob, with bass played by Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller [He's the one who talks.]). Shimmy Disc CD # SDE 9028/CD "Saint Paul" by Shane was a 1969 hit in New Zealand. It has some riffs from "Hey Jude", plus a few snippets from other Beatles songs. It's about how musicians (Paul, et al.) changed (or thought they could change) the world. "Sally Sails the Sky" by Ian Whitcomb: "Then Elvis Saint Pepper, the rock 'n' roll star / stopped in our town in his fiberglass car." "Sebrina, Paste and Plato" by Jellyfish from _Spilt Milk_ supposedly contains at least three Beatles reference from SPLHCB, but I don't hear them. Anyone want to back this up with specifics? 1993 Charisma CD # V2-86459 "The Seeker" by The Who: "I asked Bobby Dylan, I asked the Beatles, I asked Timothy Leary, but he couldn't help me either." "Senior Service" by Steeleye Span from _Sails of Silver_ has: "Here come the sailor boys, George, John, and Paul ..." "Serious Boys" by Rooster Head has: "We're not the Beatles." The soundtrack album of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" is a treasure trove of godawful performances of Beatles songs. (The movie is even worse.) 1978 RSO LP # RS-2-4100 Abbey Road 78, _Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band_. Songs from the movie but worse; fortunately only half as long. Springboard SPB-4111 Bill Cosby did an awful version of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" on _Bill Cosby Sings Hooray for the Salvation Army Band!_ Warner Bros. LP # W1728 (mono) WS1728 (stereo) _Sgt. Pepper's_ by Big Daddy is the entire SPLHCB album in various 1950's styles. The CD cover is a parody of the SPLHCB cover. Rhino CD # R2 70371 "Shangri-La" by ELO from _A New World Record_ (1975) has: "My Shangri-La has gone away, fading like the Beatles on 'Hey Jude'." "Sheer Heart Attack" by Queen from _News of the World_: "Well you're just seventeen...and you know what I mean." Also, "news of the world" is a line from "Polythene Pam", but I'm guessing the album was named after the British tabloid newspaper, not after "Polythene Pam". After all, the line in "...Pam" is also referring to the paper. "She Loves You" by Peter Sellers - see _The Songs of Peter Sellers_ below "Shooting Star" by Bad Company: "Johnny was a school boy when he heard his first Beatles song. `Love Me Do' I think it was, and from then it didn't take him long." "A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission)" by Simon and Garfunkel: "I've been Rolling Stoned and Beatled 'til I'm blind." "Simple Song By Paul MacHearthrob" by HeeBeeGeeBees from _439 of HeeBeeGeeBeees Greatest Hits_ "Smell the Glove" is a fictitious album from the movie _This is Spinal Tap_. It has an all-black cover and goes the white album one better by not even having the title or the name of the group on the cover. (also see _Spinal Tap_ below) "Sofa Head" by The Bonzo Dog Doo Da Band from _Peel Sessions_ has "give booze a chance". Strange Fruit CD # DEI8326-2 "Sokrates" - see "Thu og their" below "Something" by Rouvaun - "religious in th style of a lounge singer" "Something" by Telly Savalas from _Telly_ is amazingly awful. MCA-436 ---------- _The Songs of Peter Sellers_, a compilation album, has: "A Hard Day's Night" - Peter sings as Richard III "Help" - as a vicar and choir "She Loves You" - as Dr. Strangelove "She Loves You" - with Cockney accent 1983 EMI/Music for Pleasure Limited LP # 41 5640 1 [This album does not have "Can't Buy Me Love" (qv)] "A Hard Day's Night" / "Help" 1966 Capitol 45 # 5580 ---------- "Southern California Purples" by Chicago Transit Authority borrows the first line of "I am the Walrus". _Spinal Tap_ by Spinal Tap ("The original soundtrack recording from the motion picture 'This is Spinal Tap'") has, naturally, an all-black cover. (also see _Smell the Glove_) 1984 Polygram CD # 817 846-2 "Stairway to Heaven" by The Sydney Philharmonia Beatnix from _Stairways to Heaven_ (various artists) is a choral version performed in Beatles style. The album has about 24 versions of the song recorded as rotating theme songs for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's TV show "The Money or the Gun". Available on CD and video in Australia from record stores or ABC Shops. _Stars On_ by Stars On Long Play: Side one is disco versions of 29 Beatles songs in succession. Radio Records # RR16044 "Story of Bo Diddley" by Eric Burdon includes part of the lyrics of "A Hard Day's Night". "Summer Rain" by Johnny Rivers: "...And the jukebox kept on playin' 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'" "Sweet Soul Dream" by World Party: "I got rare '61 Beatles" Tater Totz - see _Alien Sleestacks from Brazil_ above ---------- There's a group called the Tape-beatles who have a CD out called _Music With Sound_. It's best described as "found music", being comprised of broadcast audio from newscasts, info-mercials, commercials, and TV shows, as well as snippets of songs by the Beatles themselves. (The melody of one song is a re-worked "Eleanor Rigby", and later, for a few seconds one can hear the opening crow and music to "Good Morning Good Morning", which is then immediately "rewound" to play backwards [hm, kind of like Lennon would do himself].) for more information: The Tape-beatles PO Box 8907 Iowa City, Iowa 55245 USA (319)354-2334 ---------- "Texas Motel" by Frank Zappa to the tune of "Norwegian Wood" (have heard this is true, have never heard it) "Thanks John" by the Flamin' Groovies from _Rock Juice_ is a Lennon tribute with lyrics mainly drawn from the titles of John's Beatles songs National CD # NAT 030-2 _Their Satanic Majesties Request_ by the Rolling Stones: According to "The Encyclopedia of Bad Taste" (p. 327), this 1968 album was originally issued with a "winky" (a plastic-ribbed picture that moves or produces a 3D image) on the cover. "Careful wiggling revealed all four Beatles secreted among a bunch of flowers." According to Roger Shouse, Paul is the only one with his eyes closed. "This is Spinal Tap" - see _Spinal Tap_ above "This Song is Just Six Words Long" by Weird Al Yankovic to the tune of "Got My Mind Set On You" is on _Even Worse_. Very funny, even to us Harrison fans. Besides, George didn't write this one. :-) CBS / Rock 'n' Roll cassette # FZT 44149 ---------- "Thu og their" (You and Them) by Sverrir Stormsker (from the '88 or '89 Eurovision Song Contest) has: og Mendelsohn og Paul og John og John Paul Sigmarsson in other words: I sing about Columbus and Solon Islandus [Icelandic peculiarman] and Mendelsohn and Paul and John and John Paul Sigmarsson [the world's strongest man] ---------- "Ticket to Ride" by New Seekers is intermixed with "Georgy Girl" - very strange "Titles" by Barclay James Harvest consists solely of Beatles titles. "Twist and Shout" by Mae West from _Way Out West_ (OK, it's a cover of a cover.) Tower LP # ST 5028 [also on _Golden Throats_ (qv)] ---------- UNIX Man (tune of "Nowhere Man") He's a real UNIX Man Sitting in his UNIX LAN Making all his UNIX .plans for nobody Knows the blocksize from 'du' Cares not where /dev/null goes to Isn't he a bit like you And me? UNIX Man, don't worry It's the tube that's blurry UNIX Man The new kernel boots, just like you had planned He's as wise as he can be Programs in lex, yacc and C UNIX Man, can you help me At all? UNIX Man, please listen My printout is missin' UNIX Man The wo-o-o-orld is your 'at' command Written by Brad Morrison? (no reply to confirmation requests) ---------- "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel: ...Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania... "We Love You Beatles" by the Carefrees is a takeoff on "We Love You Birdie". "We love you Beatles / Oh yes, we do...." 1964 London International 45 # 10614 _From England! The Carefrees_ 1964 London LP # 3379 also available on _BEATLESONGS_ (q.v.) "We Love You Beatles" by the Trixies (same song as above?) 1964 Twinhit 45 # 5059 The Mothers of Invention's _We're Only in it for the Money_ is a full album spoof of SPLHCB , complete with cutouts, and Frank Zappa with his back to the camera to indicate his recent death. Verve V6-5045X "What Can An Old Fart Do" by Spitting Image features sections 'sung' by the Rolling Stones, The Who and Paul McCartney. Paul's part includes: "I worked with Elvis Costello / Whoever the hell he is..." "When I'm Sixty-five" by Spitting Image is a parody song about the paucity of Social Security benefits. "Nobody cares if you're dead or alive / When you're sixty-five" "When I'm Sixty-four" by Archie and Edith Bunker - see "Medley..." above "When I'm Sixty-two/COLA" - see Capitol Steps above ---------- "Where Have All the Good Times Gone?" by the Kinks has something like: Yesterday love was such an easy game for you to play but now let's face it things are so much easier today let it be like yesterday... This is horribly paraphrased, but it came out in 1966 or so, and makes references to other current songs (including their own). ---------- "White Lightning" by John Waite includes part of the lyrics of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". _The Whitey Album_ by Ciccone Youth (aka Sonic Youth) _With the Roogalator_ by Roogalator is an EP from around 1975. The cover is a defaced (graffitied up) version of the the actual album cover of _With the Beatles_. This was done by Stiff Records without the permission of Apple / EMI and the record had to be withdrawn. "The World is Mine" by Wally Winger and the Amazing Skippy (as Gorbachev and Reagan) is a satire of "The Girl is Mine", written by Michael Jackson and recorded with Paul. ---------- Write in C (tune of "Let It Be") When I find myself in tons of trouble, Friends and colleagues come to me, Speaking words of wisdom: "Write in C." As the deadline fast approaches, And bugs are all that I can see, Somewhere, someone whispers: "Write in C." Write in C, write in C, Wtite in C, oh, write in C. LOGO's dead and buried, Write in C. I used to write a lot of FORTRAN, For science it worked flawlessly. Try using it for graphics! Write in C. If you've just spent nearly 30 hours Debugging some assembly, Soon you will be glad to Write in C. Write in C, write in C, Write in C, yeah, write in C. Only wimps use basic. Write in C. Write in C, write in C, Write in C, oh, write in C. Pascal won't quite cut it. Write in C. Write in C, write in C, Write in C, yeah, write in C. Don't even mention COBOL. Write in C. [author???] ---------- _Yellow Album_ by The Simpsons "Yellow Submarine" by Mrs. Miller "Yesterday" by Liberace - nuff said. Mark Russell did a song about the Congressional pay raise to the tune of "Yesterday". I have this nagging feeling he also used the tune of "Eleanor Rigby" sometime. Harry Nilsson's version of "You Can't Do That" includes lots of snippets of various other Beatles songs, and ends with "lovely Beatles forever" spoken/sung to (kind of) the tune of Strawberry Fields Forever. 1967 RCA 45 # 9298 _Pandemonium Shadow Show_ - 1967 RCA LP # 3874 (apparently the album which triggered the Lennon/Nilsson mutual admiration society) "Young Americans" by David Bowie: Background singers: "I read the news today, Oh boy" "You're in a Bad Way" by The Happenings "...water's coming down like pins and needles stereo is blasting through your pad - probably the Beatles..." "Your Move" [see "I've Seen All Good People" above.] [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Thanks to all who contributed. They provided at least 95% of the information. 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A game that rec.music.beatles and rec.music.dementia can play together." --Weird Al Yankovic & Ringo Starr ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUESTIONS PUZZLES UNKNOWNS HALF-TRUTHS PARTIALS ---------- I have heard there is a (disco?) song (by Deborah Harry?) with lyrics something like: From Becky to Bebe to Billy to Boz You've got more power than the wizard of Oz You got the Beatles, got the Band, got the Rolling Stones You never have to be alone ---------- An R&B band (on Motown?) had as their debut album cover a clone of the _Meet the Beatles_ covers, both front and back with members of that band in place of the Beatles. ---------- There is an album by a 5 or 6 member black group with a cover that is a parody of _With the Beatles_. ---------- Does anyone know the titles of two songs based on "Lady Madonna" that have been played on _The Doctor Demento Show_? ---------- The Residents had an album cover that parodied _With the Beatles_. ---------- As part of Weird Al Yankovic's food medley, he has "chicken pot pie" instead of "Live and Let Die". What is the title of this medley? Was this only done in concert? ---------- In what song (and album, etc.) did P.M. Dawn sing "How does it feel to be one of the beautiful people?" as the chorus? ----------