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7.13am
4 November 2010
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There was another thread, "Any Beatles songs sound exactly alike?", where we were talking about similar melodies. Then the convo got steered towards Oasis, so I thought it appropriate to start a new thread dedicated towards lyrical references and/or similarities to the Beatles.
Some that I can name off the top of my head are:
"Sheer Heart Attack" by Queen: "Well you're just seventeen, and you want to disappear/you know what I mean, there's a lot of space between your ears"
"Young Americans" by David Bowie: "I read the news today, oh boy"
"(What's the Story) Morning Glory?" by Oasis: "Listening to my favorite song, Tomorrow Never Knows"
7.48am
25 November 2010
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American Pie by Don McLean mentions "Helter Skelter" (in the summer swelter)
The Monkees have a song that was called over here "Randy Scouse Git" which mentioned them as The 4 Kings of EMI.
Bad Company did a song called Shooting Star about a boy who gets into music and forms a band because he heard the Beatles (Love Me Do).
Hmmm…interesting topic to think about! 
10.12am
8 April 2010
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StarWisher said:
Bad Company did a song called Shooting Star about a boy who gets into music and forms a band because he heard the Beatles (Love Me Do).
DON'T YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE A SHOOTING STAR
*cough*
There's a song called Be My Yoko Ono by Barenaked Ladies.
OH, and just recently, I found out that in Crazy in Love by Beyonce, there's a Beatles reference: "Star like Ringo"
3.51pm
25 November 2010
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Oh yeah! What is it? "It's no jokey, I want you for my Yokey…" something like that!
3.58pm
20 December 2010
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Sugaroaf: Don't Call Us
"Listen kid, you pay for the call, you ain't bad, but we've heard it all before. Yeah, it sounds like John, Paul and George.
3.59pm
20 December 2010
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Sorry, I meant Sugarloaf!
4.19pm
4 September 2010
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There's plenty of Beatles references in Oasis lyrics, here are some I know off the top of my head:
'The Fool on the Hill and I Feel Fine' lyric from 'D'You Know What I Mean?'.
The song 'Wonderwall' taken from George's Wonderwall Music.
Noel recites Octopus's Garden at the end of 'The Masterplan' ('I'd like to be under the sea)
'Don't Look Back in Anger' features the lyric 'gonna start a revolution from my bed', reference to John and Yoko's bed ins.
The song 'Be Here Now' features the lyric 'sing a song for me, one from Let it Be'.
The song 'The Shock of the Lightning' mentions 'Magical Mystery Tour'.
4.34pm
14 April 2010
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Simon and Garfunkel…
Coo coo ca-choo, Mrs. Robinson. (should have been goo goo goo joob).
To the fountain of perpetual mirth, Let it roll for all its worth.
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4.41pm
1 May 2010
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Zig said:
Simon and Garfunkel…
Coo coo ca-choo, Mrs. Robinson. (should have been goo goo goo joob).
11.16pm
4 December 2010
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Green Day- 21st Century Breakdown
I never made it as a working class hero.
Queen- Life is Real (song for Lennon)- as you can probably tell from the title, the whole song is essentially about John. It also begins with a bell like (Just Like) Starting Over.
Not the most complimentary, but The Clash- London Calling
Don't look to us- phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust.
11.57pm
4 December 2010
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Gorgeous- Kanye West
I don’t believe in yesterday
and what’s a black beetle anyway, a f-cking roach
It is a weird reference, but it's a reference nonetheless.
6.47am
4 November 2010
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I used to think: "And if there is no fool upon the hill" was a Beatles reference in the Pink Floyd song "Brain Damage", but it turned out to just be "And if there is no room upon the hill." Stupid Pink Floyd.
Oh, and:
"There's a hole in my head where the rain comes in" from "Evil Woman" by ELO
1.11pm
13 November 2009
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I should have known that, as many times as I've listened to it.
7.09pm
1 May 2010
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This headline caught my attention in Rolling Stone's newsletter.
Liam Gallagher says Noel is recycling Oasis songs for Solo Debut
and the comment of this person made me ROFLMAO
Mike C
3 hours, 26 minutes ago
Considering they just recycled a bunch of Beatles songs to begin with, this is nothing new.
And to be on topic, I swear to God that the guitar of Fucking in the bushes sounds very Beatle-esque, but I can't really identify which one. (Great tune by Oasis. I prefer them instrumental). 
17… a Paul song maybe?? 
7.37pm
14 December 2009
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Temptations, "Ball of Confusion": "The Beatles' new record's a gas!" (Great single, but an ironic lyric, considering that it was released in May 1970, 11 days before the last new Beatles record ever.)
8.32pm
4 December 2010
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Radiohead have a song called "Paperbag Writer".
*20*
8.48pm
14 December 2009
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Heh, so they have a a sense of humour after all!
8.50pm
25 November 2010
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mithveaen said:
This headline caught my attention in Rolling Stone's newsletter.
Liam Gallagher says Noel is recycling Oasis songs for Solo Debut
and the comment of this person made me ROFLMAO
Mike C
3 hours, 26 minutes ago
Considering they just recycled a bunch of Beatles songs to begin with, this is nothing new.
I know, right? I like Oasis a lot, but I have to say I think I know why…
10.10pm
4 December 2010
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DoctorRobert said:
'Don't Look Back in Anger' features the lyric 'gonna start a revolution from my bed', reference to John and Yoko's bed ins.
It also has a very similar starting chord pattern to Watching the Wheels.
1.54am
5 July 2010
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Lil Wayne has a song called help. It Samples Help! in the beginning and has the lyrics "I'm from the dirt where the Beatles and John Lennon be at" 
Pink floyd's song "Echoes" has the lyric "Inviting and Inciting Me" (Lyrics from Across The Universe)
Billy Joel's We Didn't Start The Firey has "British Beatlemania" in it.
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