Beatles lyrics in other songs, other lyrics in Beatles songs

Live, Manson would quote HOw does it feel to be one of the bEuatiful People (from BYARM) introducing, and during, you guessed it; The bEautiful People.

 

I think "I heard the news today, oh boy" qualifies as much as some of the others here.

 

Does "Mrs. Robinson" count too then?

 

And then there was Sonny Bono (correctly) quoting the news line only a few months after Pepper came out (first time at 3:39):

 

There's Paul's "Whatever happened to.." in "Free As A Bird", lifting a bit from The Shangri-La's "Remember Walking In The Sand".....

 

"I wanna be your lover baby, I wanna be your man"

The Beatles - I Wanna Be Your Man
Bob Dylan - I Wanna Be Your Lover

 

Here's a "dangerous slippery slope" tangent of this. Beatles lyrics that originated in nursery rhymes.

Does the phrase "see how they run" intentionally come from Three Blind Mice? (Modern English would probably be something like "look at them run(ning)".

"O-U-T spells out" is obviously from the UK children's "choosing chant".

The slippery slope is that most common phrases in English originated from somewhere, so pretty much any lyrics could ultimately be an unintentional quote of something.

BTW, I consider any lyrics written by JPGorR to be "Beatles lyrics". They just never got around to recording some of their songs together at Abbey Road with George Martin producing.

 

Joe Walsh had a song with the line "they blew his mind out in a car" in a reference to the JFK assassination. Can't remember the title at the moment.

 

From John's original demo.

 

No, it comes from 'I Am The Walrus' - "See how they run like pigs from a gun..."

 

Rainbo - "John, You Went Too Far This Time"
"...alone on a hill, the man with the foolish grin..."

 

There's a really weird bit in Ian McDonald's Revolution In The Head, where he claims that the line 'see how they run' In Lady Madonna is an intentional reference to 'I Am The Walrus'. I thought it was obvious that they were both (whether consciously or not) quoting 'Three Blind Mice', and it seems weird to me that a great writer like McDonald wouldn't have realised this.

 

Bad Religion's "You" - "There's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend"

 

Speaking of "Three Blind Mice", wasn't John accused (during his solo years) of overusing the 3-note melody behind the words "three blind mice"? (Oh Yoko comes immediately to mind.) And after he became aware of this, that he had either a doorbell or phone answering message begin with the 3 notes?

 

Oasis: "The fool on the hill and I feel fine" from D'You Know What I Mean?

 

"I'd like to be under the sea" - Take Me Away by Oasis

 

"All you need is Love" .......

Contains :
Yesterday (Love is all you need)
Love is all you need (Love is all you need)
Love is all you need (Love is all you need)
Love is all you need (Love is all you need)
Oh yeah! (Love is all you need)
She loves you, yeah yeah yeah (Love is all you need)
She loves you, yeah yeah yeah

 

Tao Te Ching - Inner Light?

 

Pink Floyd, "Echos": "Cloudless everyday you fall upon my waking eyes/ Inviting and inciting me to rise" (from "Across the Universe").

 

Yes's "Your Move" quotes "Give Peace a Chance" (not technically a "Beatles" song, but at the time at least it was a Lennon/McCartney original, written and recorded while the Beatles were still active.)

 

Chicago's "South California Purples" with its "I Am The Walrus" bit

 

The Three O'Clock named one of their albums Arrive Without Travelling after a lyric from The Inner Light.

 

No, actually.
John had the choruses written and little else. Paul contributed the majority of lyrics from there.

 

Actually, Bowie even quoted the melody from "A Day in the Life" in this bit.