Beatles lyrics and melodies borrowed from other songs

In Spite Of All The Danger..... Trying To Get To You - Elvis

 

Just you then?

 

Did we mention this here or elsewhere?
BATMAN

begat
TAXMAN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx9cMWF_ZiQ

 

Almost the exact same song

 

Apologies if this has already been mentioned, and it's not a new observation, but doesn't the verse of Get Back sound like Catch A Falling Star?

 

Not directly lyric or melody but certainly relevant to the discussion.

 

I always associated "Watch Your Step" more closely with "Day Tripper" than "I Feel Fine", but it clearly was an inspiration for both. To say it was an "inspiration" for Led Zep's "Moby Dick" is being kind

 

How... I tend to think the Ventures begat Batman and Taxman has no linkage aside from a six letter title that ends with "man".

 

During the Let It Be sessions, The Beatles kicking 'Daydream' around.

 

Yup. Led Zeppelin looses many many respect points for their "Inspirations". That alone makes them not worthy.

 

Stop! Thief! Beatles-ses!! We hates its forever!!!

 

Anyone who's played Rock Band should've figured out that the drum part in "I Feel Fine" is more-or-less "What'd I Say."

So much for Ringo not handling sophisticated drum parts...

 

it sounds a lot like the music playing in that dance routine in A Hard Day's Night...

 

Great Thread Class.... Made me think of the exchange from Back to School-Rodney ,Kinison and the Beatles
wearing Headbands ,(Dirty Hippies......) Turn Me on Dead Man..... Turn Me on Dead Man..... #9.......

Movie Name: Back to School (1986)
Quote:
[after a female student answered correctly why America pulled out of
Vietnam]
Professor Terguson: Is she right? Cause I know thats the *popular*
version of what went on there. And a lot of people like to believe
that. I wish I could, but I was *there*. I wasnt here in a class
room, hoping I was right, thinking about it.
[shouting]
Professor Terguson: I was up to my knees in rice paddies, with guns
that didnt work! Going in there, looking for Charlie, slugging it
out with him; While
[shouts]
Professor Terguson: pussies like you were back here partying, putting headbands on, doing drugs, and [shouts] Professor Terguson: listening to the goddamn Beatle albums! Oh! Oh! Oh!
Thornton Melon: Hey Professor, take it easy. These kids were in grade
school at the time, and as for me... Im not a fighter, Im a
lover.

 

Was just listening to Brubeck and this is note for note the same

 

Much of the melody & the reggae feel of "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" sounds like it was taken from this ditty:

 

Not really a rip-off, but "Pinball Wizard" had been a sizeable hit by the time "Polythene Pam" came to be recorded: I wonder if John was inspired by "PW" to give "PP" that chunky, chordal acoustic guitar intro?

 

"Yesterday"

 

John Lennon: There are no new chords.
No new lyrics either.

 

I personally think the similarity between All My Loving and the Brubeck song (Kathy's Waltz) is a coincidence, although it is a possibility. BUT as I said earlier: If Paul heard that Dave Brubeck song, and then picked up on the little 8- or 9-note riff, which is not repeated elsewhere in the song, and then wrote a whole song around it, I'd be even more impressed with Paul. To me, that would be more remarkable than him just thinking the whole song up himself.

Arnie