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@Joylibelle

Жыл бұрын

Saturday... in the park... I think it was the 4th of July - Chicago When I call... you up... your line's engaged - The Beatles

@juliosanchez95

Жыл бұрын

Please check out Rod Stewart's rip of Don't Let Me Down

@leonirurzo7037

Жыл бұрын

Another song that I consider very inspired by The Beatles would be Rock n' roll with me by David Bowie, using progressions and ornaments on the guitar and the voice very similar to the melodies of Let it be

@marceloraulmoran8919

9 ай бұрын

champagne supernova tiene cosas de los beatles

thought it’d be 6 oasis songs

@owenstunes5804

Жыл бұрын

Oasis sound nothing like the beatles. They sound more like the rolling stones or slade or t-rex.

@Nerkin610

Жыл бұрын

@@owenstunes5804 “Nothing like The Beatles”

@owenstunes5804

Жыл бұрын

​@@Nerkin610beatles use a wide range of chords, styles and tempos in their songs, oasis do not. They are more like the rolling stones in that regard.

@bourbon2242

Жыл бұрын

they really don’t sound like The Beatles as much as people say they do. they sound more like bands such as T. Rex, Slade, The Rolling Stones, The Stone Roses, Sex Pistols, The Jam, and XTC, who were themselves influenced by The Beatles (I would say even more so than Oasis).

@ChicoStopMotion

Жыл бұрын

@@owenstunes5804they were heavily inspired by them tho

A rock critic in my hometown said that when he was young, he yelled "Skynyrd rules!" as Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Ronny Van Zant was walking past him. Van Zant stopped and said, "Son, the Beatles rule. Never forget that."

@maxblatter

Жыл бұрын

Nobody "rules" in music - not even The Beatles. Nor does Bach, or Mozart, or Beethoven ...

@lofi-guy

Жыл бұрын

@@maxblatter You've obviously never heard of Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band

@ALDOSIVIToN

Жыл бұрын

And then the Free bird started playing?

@phantomvhs3537

Жыл бұрын

And then everybody clapped

@MrThedonhead

Жыл бұрын

Is that true? If so it's cool and the Beatles did rule along with Dylan and the stones

The end of Badfinger’s “Baby Blue” always felt to me like a lift from various Beatle’s tunes, so it made sense when I learned it was recorded at at George Martin's AIR Studios.

@RockinAllDay

Жыл бұрын

Also their song "Believe Me" has a suspiciously similar verse to that of "Oh! Darling".

@welltoucansamatthatgame

Жыл бұрын

It reminds me of the conclusion to the Abbey Road Medley

@ricardo_miguel13

Жыл бұрын

they were also at the beatles apple label and Paul wrote a song for them

@victorhugo-wo2ci

Жыл бұрын

And published under Apple Corps

@Parc_Ferme

Жыл бұрын

And George Harrison partially produced the album

As a 71 years old Beatles Freak, I say this. All artists are influenced by other artists, including the Beatles. How can you listen to any music and not be influenced by it? All songwriters have "lifted" words or melodies from other artists, including the Beatles. This has been going on forever. I see it more as a salute to the original artists than plagiarism. Just enjoy the music, that is why it is made.

@CaptainJackSparrowSavvy

Жыл бұрын

Wise Words. But sometimes it's undeniable that a song is just Plagiarism.

@dirtonknees2

Жыл бұрын

Completely agree!

@waynechapman9823

Жыл бұрын

George Harrison himself got into legal hot water because “My Sweet Lord” sounded so similar to the Chiffons’ “He’s So Fine.” But my favorite is Neil Young’s “Borrowed Tune,” which admits in the lyrics that the melody was ripped off from the Rolling Stones’ “Lady Jane.”

@FigglersFacts

Жыл бұрын

What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again, there is nothing new under the sun

@deanronson6331

11 ай бұрын

You're confusing influence and straight-out stealing, which that segment from "She's Electric" clearly represents.

A couple more: The Jam's "Start!" clearly uses the bass line from "Taxman", and King Crimson's "Walking On Air" has a very strong influence from "Sun King" (the outro of their song "People", off the same album, also has a very similar feel to the coda of "I Want You (She's So Heavy)"). Jackie Mittoo's "Wishbone" is largely "Carry That Weight" to the rhythm of "Obla-di-obla-da".

@andrewchapman4267

Жыл бұрын

In turn, Sun King was clearly influenced by Fleetwood Mac's Albatross!

@kristinagoss6349

Жыл бұрын

I agree about the Jam song very similar to Taxman

@VMBFV

Жыл бұрын

"Wishbone" is transparent. If Lennon/McCartney are not credited, that's absolute robbery 😅

@langstonanderson6558

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking that too!

@langstonanderson6558

Жыл бұрын

Well, the Beatles ripped off Fleetwood Mac's Albatross with Sun King. The Beatles ripped off "Daydream" with "Good day Sunshine".

I always thought “Mr. Blue Sky” was really, really similar to the second part of “A day in the life”. They even copied the heavy breathing after the line “and looking up I noticed I was late”

@fbm22

Жыл бұрын

ELO loved the Beatles and is probably one of the most directly Beatles-inspired groups of all time. Jeff Lynne was friends with George and produced Anthology in the 90s. The Diary of Horace Wimp sounds so much like a Beatles song it's hard to believe it's not. The recurring chorus bit "Horace Wimp, this is your life, Go out and find yourself a wife (come on, Horace), Make a stand and be a man" sounds a lot like end of Dear Prudence "The wind is low, the birds will sing, That you are part of everything" in a similar rhythm. But apart from that the storytelling and whimsy of the song sounds so much like a 1967/68 era Beatles song. Most of ELO's stuff you can see Beatles influence tho, just in their use of strings combined with their high energy rock. But they make it their own for sure

@jbfeat

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Also the chords are incredibly similar to the ones used for Yesterday and the sentiment is identical to Here Comes the Sun. It does irk me slightly that he didn't give any of the Beatles any songwriting credit for that song, given that the combination of influences from different Beatles songs have to be deliberate

@palpytine

Жыл бұрын

It's not uncommon. Pretty much any era you'll find a lot of groups converging on similar ideas, similar progressions, similar styles, and similar studio techniques. It's often nothing more than a combination of cross-fertilisation from listening to each other, shared producers, shared engineers, shared studios, and the same new technology becoming available to everyone at much the same time.

@tupojohn1509

Жыл бұрын

Mr. Blue sky= Martha my dear

Start! by the Jam always comes to mind when talking about 'Beatles-influenced' tracks - the bass and guitar riffs are pretty much exact copies of those found in Taxman

@lofi-guy

Жыл бұрын

Think the Jam had to pay royalties for that, if I remember correctly.

@tonycowin

Жыл бұрын

@@lofi-guy I think Harrison was so bruised by his own copyright case that he said he didn't hear any similarities to Start, or something similar. As he thought the whole thing was toxic.

@Iain1962

Жыл бұрын

Paul Weller even says so.. On one of their live albums as they start the song he introduces it as "Beatles..."

The Offspring song also works if you alternate lyrics between songs: 'Desmond has a barrow in the market place/he tells me every day/Desmond says to Molly girl I like your face/in the worst kind of way' 'She sits on her ass he works his hands to the bone/buys a 20 carot golden ring/but she wants more deniro just stay at home/and when he gives it to her she begins to sing'

@miguelbenitez4548

Жыл бұрын

"more dinero"

i would nominate Sowing the Seeds of Love by Tears for Fears which proudly captures that Magical Mystery Tour era Beatles sound. The verse is very I am the Walrus, the chorus has echoes of Hello, Goodbye, and there’s even a cornet solo as a deliberate nod to Penny Lane.

@abigail71636

Жыл бұрын

What's more shocking is that you can tell the difference of Trumpet and cornet by ear... and I play cornet and I can't!!

@Alef.93

Жыл бұрын

I think Skylarking by XTC is one of the most Beatlesque albums of the 80s.

@tommyrawson1556

Жыл бұрын

Midnight in a perfect world by dj shadow has the exact same chord progression as sowing the seeds of love. I believe the DJ shadow tune is a sample from an older track. I reckon T4F stole it from this track

@Denis_Santos909

Жыл бұрын

The drums intro is tottaly I Am The Walrus.

@phatato

Жыл бұрын

I always say sowing the seeds of love is the best Beatles song not written by The Beatles.

The beat in Let Forever Be by Chemical Brothers, a straight rip from Tomorrow Never Knows. Incidentally, it also features a certain singer...

@SAK1855

Жыл бұрын

Different drum beat; not a rip. Bassline does the hopskip, though.

@lofi-guy

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, Setting Sun is very similar too. Shows a lack of imagination.

Roll It Over by Oasis literally plays the final Come Together's riff in the middle of the song. It even harmonizes the voices in a pretty Beatlesque way...

imo the end of 'She's Electric' to me sounds more like a deliberate callback/reference than attempt at plagarism. The song wouldn't sound that different without it but it makes you go notice

@badgasaurus4211

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s a clever reference that wasn’t in the demo.

I'm surprised you didn't mention "What I Got" by Sublime (same melody as "Lady Madonna"). Also, I'm not that familiar with ELO's catalog, but they have some really obvious ones. For example, "Telephone Line" has a chorus extremely similar to "Hello Goodbye", and it also seems to contain similarities to a few other 60's/Beatles songs I can't always put my finger on.

@cocuto864

Жыл бұрын

I think of All the Young Dudes by Mott The Hoople (written by Bowie) everytime I hear Telephone Line

@rome8180

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, "What I Got" was the first one I thought of. Not only does it have the same melody, but it uses the same I-IV chord progression (though "Lady Madonna" has a couple other chords at the end of the progression).

@SAK1855

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, that's the strongest likeness to a Beatles song I know of.

@gunthro3327

Жыл бұрын

Wow I never noticed that

@lofi-guy

Жыл бұрын

ELO lifted from the Beatles as much as Oasis did. I can't listen to 'Don't Bring Me Down' without hearing 'You can't Do That' by the Beatles.

The Tears for Fears song "Sowing the Seeds of Love" was stylistically an homage to The Beatles, but the chorus bass notes are identical to the chorus bass notes of Hello Goodbye. Love this idea by the way. Good work!

The long outro from The Killing of Georgie by Rod Stewart is basically the chorus from Don't Let Me Down, Lennon himself acknowledged it but refrained from suing.

@XCodeHelpHub

Жыл бұрын

Yes it is and I remember hearing that the first time I played it back in 76.

@CB-xr1eg

7 ай бұрын

It's not an outro it's part 2 of the song. Wise up kiddo.

Look What You’ve Done by Jet is a strong nod to Sexy Sadie as well. Also, Someone to Love by Fountains of Wayne is structured line for line and message-wise exactly like Eleanor Rigby. Both are worth a listen!

She's electric by Oasis also barrows a bit of melody from The Kinks Wonderboy. (For reference) The 1 minute and 20 second mark of She's Electric And The 1 minute mark of Wonderboy

@lofi-guy

Жыл бұрын

Wonderboy! what a tune

@jorjorbinks8928

Жыл бұрын

@@lofi-guy one of my favorites!

@lofi-guy

Жыл бұрын

@@jorjorbinks8928 Great isn't it. Like many of the Kinks songs, it has a hint of ole music hall whimsy

Good on George for not taking Indus to task on that, given what happened to him with The Chiffons

@SAK1855

Жыл бұрын

It seems he did take them to task, in that he got a co-write credit and royalties, which is what he would have gotten with a successful lawsuit. And the Chiffons thing was really egregious.

@idaslpdhr

Жыл бұрын

Actually he got his revenge by buying the publishing, so he got the royalties for 'My sweet lord' back and the royalties for 'He's so fine' and the rest of the catalogue

One of my favorite Beatles reference in a song is from "Volcano Girls" by Veruca Salt. The bridge towards the end is a direct reference to the Beatles "Glass Onion."

@davidfranklin5426

Жыл бұрын

On an album called Eight Arms to Hold You, no less.

Fascinating how so many artists were influenced by the Beatles! And they often include little easter eggs in their songs for acute listeners to find. Nice video, David!

@Lekreot

Жыл бұрын

Copy and paste

She's Electric also rips the progression of Lithium by Nirvana, with the exact same rhythm. It really is a Frankenstein song.

@slidenaway

Жыл бұрын

Actually it’s ripping off the earlier Oasis song Married With Children, which in turn ripped off Lithium 😏

@JakeyG-eq1un

Жыл бұрын

there is so many songs and so few chord progressions, i'd me more suprised if no one had ever used those chords before

@georgewhite1972

Жыл бұрын

Oasis also directly ripped off the lyrics from the theme tune to a kid's UK TV Show in the 80's called You and Me. Lyrics from the show - You and me, me and you Lots and lots for you to do Lots and lots for you to see Me and you, you and me

@JakeyG-eq1un

Жыл бұрын

@@georgewhite1972 I'm pretty sure it was subconscious but yeah

@fenhen

Жыл бұрын

@@georgewhite1972 Liams got a version of that song. It’s called Me and Me.

These are my favourite videos you do. I think a great example you’ve missed so far is Coldplay’s ‘Adventure of a lifetime’, in the ending part that goes ‘If we’ve only got this life, An adventure oh then I’ It is the exact same melody and chord progression as the chorus of ‘It’s Only Love’ from the Help! album. I’d love to see it featured because it’s such a recent song and so massive as well.

Got another one for you, Oasis's 'whatever' opening violins and the Beatles 'strawberry fields forever' opening.

I have to mention a song by The New Kids On The Block called "Tonight", has a lot of references to Beatles tunes. I really like the song and I am also a Beatles fan. "In the deep" by Adele has similarities to "Lady Madonna", every time I listen to Adele's song I begin to sing "Lady Madonna" lyrics.

Deep Purple's first hit, Hush, is based on a melody lifted verbatim from A Day in the Life (the transition from McCartney's part to the last verse, but sped up).

@jeromesnail

Жыл бұрын

Yes, YES, Deep Purple version is a cover though.

@whycantiremainanonymous8091

Жыл бұрын

@@jeromesnail And the original is still a few months post Sgt. Pepper.

@lionheartroar3104

Жыл бұрын

Hush was originally written and recorded by Joe South.

@whycantiremainanonymous8091

Жыл бұрын

@@lionheartroar3104 And released Sept. 1967. A Day in a Life was released in May 1967.

@lionheartroar3104

Жыл бұрын

@@whycantiremainanonymous8091 Fot years i thought it was a DP original. Jokes on me. Then again, it wasn't unusual for the early Brit bands to cut their teeth on American music .Beatles. Who, Stones. Yardbirds,Animals Searchers and so nany more covered rock, r&b, blues Motown, country etc. during their nascent years.

When I first read the title the song that jumped into my head was Start by the Jam. Go on, have a listen and tell me what Beatles song jumps out at you. Different melody line, different lyrics but undeniably the same song. Even the tone of the guitar in the guitar solo.

@alesildan

Жыл бұрын

Taxman

@SAK1855

Жыл бұрын

@@alesildan Totally -- though George would have had cajones to call that out given that he clearly took the Taxman chorus from the TV Batman Theme, which premiered a month before George wrote the song.

@sourisvoleur4854

Жыл бұрын

Went to listen. ONE BAR and I nailed it. Geeze.

@seragx99

Жыл бұрын

Damn! Even the bloody solo is the same!

Hi - I've just discovered you while trying to look for something on the intros to Jungle Boogie and Brooklyn 99 - I've had a scroll through but don't know the technical term for it - what would you recommend? Also, my son is v into Bad Sounds - they have a song called Couldn't Give It Away which uses a beat of completely blank space - are there other pieces that use this?

Slightly off topic, but I couldn't help but notice in the Pianote ad, that they used the bit of Baroque-like keyboard bridge from In My Life as an example, speeding it up or slowing it down as one might want. As David well knows, George Martin himself had a bit of a problem playing that part fast enough and ended up using a sped up version of it on the recording. I couldn't help but think how he would have loved this kind of instant feature back then. Considering what he did back then with four and eight track technology, I can't imagine what he might have been able to do if today's tech had been available then.

@adrianholovaty

Жыл бұрын

FYI, that technology is called Soundslice, and it's available for anybody to use for free (though there's a paid version as well).

“She’s Electric” is a banger tho you gotta admit

@aldeayeah

Жыл бұрын

It's a very fun, very silly song. I wish Oasis had more of those. Reminds me of The Pillows.

@badgasaurus4211

Жыл бұрын

@@aldeayeah I’d recommend Bonehead’s Bank Holiday, great joke song

The piano at the start of "Mr Blue Sky" is very similar to the piano at the start of Paul's bit in "A Day In The Life" and there's even the same rhythmic panting after the line "Running down the avenue" as there is after the line "And looking up, I noticed I was late".

@seragx99

Жыл бұрын

From the little I know about ELO, Jeff Lyne loved the sonority and style of late Beatles albums, and wanted to continue exploring what the Beatles contributed to music.

Kasabian's "Put your life on it" shows striking similarities to John Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance".

You probably know this and maybe mentioned it in a video already but Shakermaker directly lifts the chords and structure of Flying by the Beatles. Supposedly, anyway. I mean it kinda does but it’s also just a standard 12 bar blues. It’s also funny because Noel only said that after people pointed out it rips off I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing, and he says INSTEAD it’s Flying. So I guess it’s both 😂😂

I always thought Mr. Blue Sky by Electric Light Orchestra sounded like the Beatles style.

6:40 Bad Religion has done this as least one more time, in the song Anesthesia. In the end of the chorus they sing “1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 all good children goes to heaven” just like in the Beatles song “You never give me your money”. Maybe that’s a classic phrase or something, but since they have already quoted The Beatles on the record that came out only one year earlier I thought that it might be another Beatles quote. I haven’t seen anyone else mentioning this online so maybe I’m just reading too much in to this haha.

Totally original and never before mentioned similarity, but Mr. Blue Sky by ELO quotes the Beatles a couple times. 1. The opening with the quick upbeat piano stabs and the narrator joyfully recalling how he woke up in the morning is straight out of the McCartney Bridge from a Day in the Life 2. The fire hydrant percussion is very reminiscent of Penny Lane 3. And the orchestral outro is very reminiscent of George Martins orchestral arrangement on Good Night from the end of the White Album 4. This one is kind of a stretch but the whole idea of the sun finally coming after days of pouring rain is very reminiscent of Here Comes the Sun. Although this is definetly just a coincidence, and probably happened because Jeff Lynne and George Harrison both live in England, the country where the sky being clear is a special occasion.

@TedsonJones

6 ай бұрын

Apparently Jeff was in a soggy Switzerland when the sun came out and inspired him

Both are obviously Paul songs, but the guitar riff in Paperback Writer is a sped up version of the beginning of Got To Get You Into My Life. Also, John's Mr. Kite melody lifts heavily from his other song It's Only Love.

@secularZoo

Жыл бұрын

"Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite" is a Lennon composed song, not Paul.

@stupidactivities1424

Жыл бұрын

@@secularZoo I'm aware, I meant "both" as in Paperback Writer and Got To Get You Into My Life. I edited it to avoid any more confusion.

You forgot the Sugarloaf song from 1974 “ don’t call us we’ll call you,“ which uses the chords from “I feel fine.”

@sourisvoleur4854

Жыл бұрын

Although to be fair that was 100% intentional and they even announced it by saying "Sounds like John Paul and George" right before it.

I've detected quite a Beatles influence in Robbie Williams' I've been expecting you album, particularly in Strong and She's the one, but I haven't decided from which Beatles songs in specific, I will give them a listen at some point and be back!

The guitar riff on The Cars song "My Best Friend's Girlfriend" is almost identical to that on "I Will".

No mention of “Taxman” and “Start” by The Jam!!!

I was waiting for Jet's 'Look What You've Done'. It IS basically 'Sexy Sadie', musically, lyrically and arrangement-wise.

@Topher714

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, this is the first one that came to mind for me. Was surprised when it wasn't mentioned when he talked about Sexy Sadie.

@NewFalconerRecords

Жыл бұрын

@Topher714 I'm amazed that the song ever left the studio. If I'd been in on the sessions I would've said "Hey guys, you realise that you're basically imitating a Beatles song."

@Topher714

Жыл бұрын

Seriously. The other ones require some musical analysis of scales and contours and chord progressions... This one is the equivalent of copying someone else's homework and just rearranging a few of the sentences.

Motley Crue, of all bands, used the same exact harmonies as She's So Heavy for a track on Dr. Feelgood. Also they sing it for several minutes as well. To their credit, they harmonized well.

Only saw one other commenter mention Volcano Girls by Veruca Salt, so I'll second that. Very clear nod to Glass Onion. I'll also mention that the melody of the Silvio Rodriguez classic Quién Fuera is similar (but shifted down a few notes) to the opening melody of Please, Please Me ("Last night I said these words to my girl").

I would go for the intro piano chords of "Size of a cow" by The Wonder stuff. Exact copy of the ones used frequently during Octopus's garden on Abbey Road. The brief parts leading into each chorus

@vickielawson3114

Жыл бұрын

Octopus’s Garden is from Abbey Road.

Definitely George Harrison's When We Was Fab :) I just love that song ❤

@Vloodzy

Жыл бұрын

So you're saying a Beatle ripped off The Beatles? Sounds fun.

@PlanetoftheDeaf

Жыл бұрын

@@Vloodzy I hope he sued himself 😁

@MobiusBandwidth

Жыл бұрын

@@PlanetoftheDeaf it is suspiciously Beatle-esque! Sting nearly sued himself! someone from his label heard him singing on the Dire Straits track where he quotes his own melody from Don't stand so close to me, and not realising it was in fact Sting on the track, started legal proceedings until someone clued him in.

@sd3457

Жыл бұрын

@@MobiusBandwidth John Fogarty is the only artist I'm aware of that was sued for sounding too much like himself. (Old man down the road vs Run Through the Jungle).

For Beatles rip-offs that still manage to sound like new and different songs, listen to The Rutles. Most of their catalogue is very close to what John, Paul, George and Ringo produced (deliberately, I know), but Get Up and Go was so similar to Get Back that I really don't know how they were not sued.

Incredibly late here but there’s a South Korean band I really like, Jannabi, who are inspired by the Beatles, and one of the songs from their latest album (titled The Ballad of Non Le John) literally shouts out the Beatles by name, includes an old John Lennon interview quote, and has a stacked vocal build-up and vocal line that directly quotes at least two Beatles songs. They’ve also covered multiple Beatles songs in concert, and, in a long-form interview on the process behind that particular track, the frontman said he deliberately made it as Beatles-esque as he could. It’s pretty cool.

Sowing The Seeds Of Love by Tears For Fears is often referred as a mix between All You Need Is Love and I Am The Walrus.

@DavidBennettPiano and what about the "aahs" of Let's Dance by David Bowie with Twist and Shout (I know, in theory this not a Beatle's original song but it's a good mention) :3

@konstkaras

Жыл бұрын

Speaking of Bowie, in The Man Who Sold The World ascending arpeggios before the chorus imho sound much like those in Across The Universe.

Paseando por Roma by the Argentinian band Soda Stereo borrows from Taxman and Got To Get You Into My Life and openly acknowledged it. There are YT videos from Tehran, Tashkent, Tokyo touting Beatles covers. You can't escape the Beatles. They got us into their life and have graciously agreed to never leave.

This is going to sound strange, but your US followers may have noticed that the theme song to National Public Radio’s All Things Considered news program is identical to the “say it loud so I can hear you” bit from “I Will”.

Don't forget the "Worldwide Privacy Tour"... South Park paying tribute to Magical Mystery Tour 😆

@tcwofficalchannel

14 күн бұрын

I actually think that was a really funny parody, they probably didn’t mean to parody that song but in the end they kinda did.

Don't forget the intro to Don't Look Back in Anger, which is Imagine before it diverts into an actual song. That's an homage that I can respect. Radiohead gets a pass because it's subtle. Even if they directly took the chord progression, I don't see any problem with that because they made it very different. The Offspring song is so obviously ripped off. That was a song from my childhood so I heard it before the original, but when I eventually heard the original it was obvious. I bet that several lawyers tried to raise the issue with Paul and Yoko hoping to make some money, but they clearly refused.

The Bee Gees' "Bad, Bad Dreams" from 'To Whom it May Concern' (1972) is VERY similar to "Day Tripper"! kzread.info/dash/bejne/d59tz8SiitnQYrg.html&ab_channel=BeeGees-Topic

Morrissey's song 'How Could Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel' uses both the chord sequence of 'I Want You (She's So Heavy)' and a snippet of the melody from 'Here Comes The Sun'.

West Coast by Lana del Rey has the And I Love Her riff, and it suit it pretty good

Jet uses Sexy Sadie's lyrics in the chorus of Look What You've Done. The bass riffs are McCartneyesque, and even the drum fills are right out of Ringo's playbook. It is careful not to be a direct rip-off, so the melody might be safe, but the influences are worn right on the sleeve of Jet's homage.

@trustnopun8922

Жыл бұрын

Came here to mention this song

@85geoffm

Жыл бұрын

I mean, it borrows everything from Sexy Sadie. It's practically a direct rip-off lol.

@EzequielGarcia-fd3bg

Жыл бұрын

Yes, that Jet's song is a completely rip off of Sexy Sadie.... They also did a rip off from Lust for Love of Iggy Pop.. i don't recall the Jet's song but a totally ripoff

@85geoffm

Жыл бұрын

@@EzequielGarcia-fd3bg Are You Gonna Be My Girl? Right?

@EzequielGarcia-fd3bg

11 ай бұрын

@@85geoffm exactly ! What a rip-off!

I never thought my favourite band of all time, Bad Religion, would feature in a David Bennett video!

There's a moment in the bridge of "Mother Superior" (by Coheed & Cambria) where Claudio sings "frightened of leaving" that always evokes "I Me Mine", where George sings the same phrase in a very similar cadence.

You missed out Jeff Lynne's entire back catalogue of copying The Beatles.

The bass lines of Gorillaz's first album pays homage to Flying from the Magical Mystery Tour.

I have one for you, Radioheads 'wolf at the door' and the Beatles 'because' exact same opening melody.

Quotations are fun but more interesting to pick out basic sounds, introduced by The Beatles & now taken for granted. Example, "Axis chords" first had an enduring smash hit (after 2-3 minor forgotten hits) with _Let It Be_ . Or, _Hey Jude_ "piano-feel" is everywhere, recognizable even when chords are far different, as in Coldplay _The Scientist_ . Or any song saying "Yeah Yeah Yeah" - there's a gazillion.

@jcarty123

11 ай бұрын

Thought of more. _Tomorrow Never Knows_ - first use of sampling, in pop music. And maybe first I -VII - I chord loop? _Rain_ - first pop use of backwards tapes. _Paperback Writer_ - first "psychedelic" vocal manipulation. _Yesterday_ - first use of string quartet & neo-classical in pop, or was there something earlier? _Revolver_ album - first use of ADT. _Helter Skelter_ - first Heavy Metal track.

I want a part 2 already lmao

Oasis usually have a tradition of including at least one joke/piss take song on each album during the 90's. That includes Digsy's Dinner, Bonehead's Bank Holiday, She's Electric and The Girl in the Dirty Shirt. So yes, they did that intentionally. Let's be honest, Oasis sounds nothing like the Beatles, but they are unashamedly inspired by them. Oasis is Oasis and The Beatles are the Beatles.

@NmpK24

Жыл бұрын

But with Oasis it isnt just Beatles songs that sound a lot like theirs. They even admitted in a 1997 interview that they stole from other artists and were also famously sued by Coca-Cola for one.

@hmat3255

Жыл бұрын

@@NmpK24 Yes, I know. You're missing my point. My point is Oasis always sounds like Oasis even when they lift someone else's parts. 😄For example, you immediately know it's Oasis just by hearing their trademark sound. The Beatles too. Even when Oasis sounds Beatlesque, they still sound like Oasis and vice versa.

XTC’s Earn Enough for Us has a very similar ending to We Can Work It Out.

@TonyLovell

11 ай бұрын

Just found your comment -- I said the same thing. This is immediately preceded by a trick used at the end of "I Wanna Hold Your Hand".

what do you think about the bass line of The Word vs Smooth Criminal? pretty similar to me

All of these feel very much like what I'd call "quoting" the earlier works in question. It's also very surprising to me to see they're almost all exactly thirty years apart.

I don't think it "rips off the song" more than naturally they were probably inspired by these tunes. I like the differences in the use of harmony and melody for these songs. I think of it as you're giving a thanks to the Beatles as well.

Also the delighting and innocent All That's Left of Me is You by Vulfpeck. Beyond the clear Sexy Sadie schtick, the whole vibe is wonderfully McCartney-esque :)

The pre-chorus of the Pointer Sisters song "Neutron Dance" sounds very similar to the bridge section ("well, my heart went boom") of "I Saw Her Standing There."

Not rip-off's, but definitely heavily influenced by The Beatles - Bourgeois Tagg's "I Don't Mind at All" and Billy Joel's "Laura". Both fantastic songs.

@glenbarkwith7758

Жыл бұрын

'She's Always a Woman' by Billy Joel is the most Paul McCartney song Paul McCartney never wrote. lol Not a rip off though.

What I Got by Sublime basically starts as a Lady Madonna cover

I have an example that shows the opposite I guess in which a Beatles song is similar to an older song (for me at least). In Hey Jude, the melody of the part where Paul sings "Remember to let her into your heart/Then you can start to make it better" is similar to a part in the song Save the Last Dance for Me where the lyrics go "But don't forget who's taking you home/And in whose arms you're gonna be".

The verse of "Waltz darling" by Malcolm McLaren (1989) also has some resemblance with "Within you, without you" by the Beatles.

Talking about similar lyrics, I always liked the part "It's time to spread our wings and fly, don't let another day go by, my love" from Just Like (Starting Over) of John Lennon ❤❤ I dunno if the wings/another day/my love was deliberate but I would find it hard to believe he didn't notice it.

@olihhayes

Жыл бұрын

I think it was deliberate, especially since they're all in the same verse

@evelynelessard5275

Жыл бұрын

@@olihhayes I think so too!

The Who - The Kids are Alright has a similar section to The Beatles's All My loving (that borrows a small phrase from Dave Brubeck - Kathy 's Waltz)

@SharkEatFish

Жыл бұрын

Woah, I never knew abt the borrowing from "Kathy's Waltz" that's really neat

@lofi-guy

Жыл бұрын

Talking of Dave Brubeck lifts, Golden Brown by The Stranglers & Take Five. I still love Golden brown all the same though.

The piano bit from the chorus of Karma Police is most similar to the intro of Sexie Sadie, rather than the equivalent section of the song itself. I got into Radiohead long after the Beatles, my friend showing me the song said "this one sounds like the Beatles apparently" and I figured it out eventually (a bit like your guess the song from the bassline videos :P ).

@ewest14

8 ай бұрын

Paul added that piano bit late into the songs production. If you listen to the demo and early takes of the song, it’s sounds totally different. Paul made the song what it is and gave it its whole vibe

Hi i love the content. What the song by nine in the afternoon by panic at the disco. I always thought it sounded very much the Beatles

The Rutles were really fantastic! Get up and go is much better than Get back!

@sschmidtevalue

Жыл бұрын

Those were certainly not accidental or subconscious, since the Rutles are a parody work.

@vib80

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Every Rutles song has multiple references to Beatle songs, which makes them a joy to listen to. IIRC, Get Up and Go was the one that George (who was involved with the project from the start) warned them about being careful with because it was a little too close and might have the corporates go after them.

@sourisvoleur4854

Жыл бұрын

@@vib80 I had heard it was John, but yeah.

@vib80

Жыл бұрын

@@sourisvoleur4854 Yeah, it could have been John. Paul was the only one that didn't care for it at first, but came around because Linda liked it and he found out Eric Idle grew up across the river from Liverpool in Wallasey.

@davidfranklin5426

Жыл бұрын

@@sourisvoleur4854 I thought I recalled that John said that Ouch was the one that was a bit too close for comfort (to Help, of course).

She's electric is a completely different song to while my guitar gently weeps. Totally different tempo and style. In fact I would consider it a touch of genius by NG to turn a slow downbeat beatles song into an upbeat happy tune.

@JakeyG-eq1un

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I don't get people who hate on him for this, he nicks a few riffs and melodies and turns them into new tunes

@HearszAM

Жыл бұрын

Noel (quote from 1995): "You see, what you do is find your favourite record, put it on, work out what the chords are, move it up two keys, switch all the chords around, knick somebody else's lyrics, if they're preferably dead then they can't sue you, throw a few of your own in, put written by Noel Gallagher and sit back and just hope that nobody sues you... It's worked so far!"

@owenstunes5804

Жыл бұрын

@@HearszAM OK if its that easy why don't you do it????

@badgasaurus4211

Жыл бұрын

@@HearszAM ‘switch all the chords around’ so write a completely different song you mean? 🤡

@HearszAM

Жыл бұрын

@@owenstunes5804 Exactly!

For years I thought 'Because' by The Dave Clark Five was actually The Beatles, since it sounded so much like them. So not a specific song, but their overall sound.

Fast As You by Dwight Yoakam has the bassline and melody of The Ballad Of John And Yoko. I found this out yesterday when my step father played the Dwight Yoakam song in the car. Its exactly the same!!

@ruthellwethbrook5166

Жыл бұрын

Not really

Of course Oasis takes the title of "Most Beetlesque Big Name Act," but my favorite Beetlesque band is Semisonic. "Feeling Strangely Fine" is such a great album, I think it would be a good idea for Mr. Bennett to go through some of the songs on that album and identify what makes them Beetlesque. Although I realize I'm rather on the fringe with that opinion.

@jamesdignanmusic2765

Жыл бұрын

Another band that often wore its Beatles influence on their sleeves is the sadly neglected but excellent XTC.

So, the first day I heard Karma Police in 97, it immediately reminded me of Sexy Sadie. I remember mentioning it to my brother as we were watching the RH video, and he agreed. I am surprised it wasn't obvious to you, my friend. Anyway, great video as usual.

@prettyshinyspaghetti8332

Жыл бұрын

To top it all off, Julian Lennon covered this same song a couple of years ago

@MobiusBandwidth

Жыл бұрын

@@prettyshinyspaghetti8332 he stole it back! XD half kidding. it's clearly a loving homage to the Beatles.

Girl Don't Tell Me by the Beach Boys is very similar to Ticket to Ride, especially its guitar breaks and drum fills, as well as the chorus being "Girl don't tell me you'll wri-i-ite", which is the same as "she's got a ticket to ri-i-ide", but with different lyrics. Of course, both bands were taking from each other around this time and Wilson openly admitted it in this song.

@palpytine

Жыл бұрын

Sure. But there's a world of difference between a band who are genuinely novel and talented in their own right (exhibit A: God Only Knows) paying an occasional moment of homage vs a pair of brothers from Manchester whose *entire back catalogue* lifts from the fab four in one way or another.

@dj71162

Жыл бұрын

@@palpytine Definitely. I lost respect for Noel when he said Brian was overrated and that so was Pet Sounds.

Not sure if you still take suggestions like this, but one of your old-school analyses on Radiohead's "The Daily Mail" would be incredible

I've got one. It will never qualify as plagiarism. But, it annoys me. As a '70s teenager, I was listening to the Beatles (if not on record, then in my head) non-stop. And whenever I was listening to "Old Brown Shoe", I always heard the lyric as "blah blah blah blah, some day, Lady, you'll accomp'ny me". I later learned that the line was "Someday, maybe, you will comfort me.". Then, some time later, I heard Bob Seager singing "Someday, Lady, you'll accomp'ny me." Immediately I knew exactly what'd happened. Bob Seager, that rat bastard, stole my misheard lyric!!! That is no joke. Bob Seager totally stole that mis-heard line. (I know he did because that's exactly what I would have done.)

Don't forget that Paul McCartney's "New" song from 2013 is basically the sequel to "Penny Lane". And "Tonight" by New Kids On The Block is very Beatlesque, with a "Lady Madonna" riff in the middle.

@Vel_0000

Жыл бұрын

Never realised the former

@vickielawson3114

Жыл бұрын

The New Kids’ “Tonight” is definitely Penny Lane-like. It even has the piccolo trumpet in it.

@michaeldouthitt6138

Жыл бұрын

@@vickielawson3114 Also, "Sowing the Seeds of Love" by Tears for Fears combines elements of "Penny Lane" (trumpet solo), "I am the Walrus" and "Hello Goodbye."

I love this video. It's a different a different set of bands... But Pink Floyd " On the turning away" is the same chords as "I wanna know what love is" from Foreigner

5:40 What version is that?

The Offspring also owes a nod to Simon & Garfunkel's "Cecilia"

@NewFalconerRecords

Жыл бұрын

I hear more 'Ceclia' than 'O-Bla-Di...'

I dont think anything on this list is outright plagiarism, but the piano on Karma Police was always immediately identifiable as nearly identical to Sexy Sadie to me, so you not noticing it until it was later pointed out just doesnt seem right. It doesn't sound like something you would accidentally miss.

@georgemckenna7570

Жыл бұрын

So David is... lying?

@DavidBennettPiano

Жыл бұрын

😂 I can confirm that what I said in the video is true, I never noticed a similarity between Karma Police and Sexy Sadie prior to KZread commenters pointing it out

@SoleaGalilei

Жыл бұрын

What a weird thing to say.

@Zveebo

Жыл бұрын

I certainly didn’t notice it. And if David says he didn’t notice it, he obviously didn’t notice it. Weird thing to comment on.

@badgasaurus4211

Жыл бұрын

⁠@@Zveebo It is blatantly obvious. Radiohead is not above lifting ideas

Have you compared Let It Be with Bridge Over Troubled Water? It seems obvious that he used Let It Be as a template. For example: Let it be... Like a bridge. Times of trouble... Troubled water. In my hour of darkness... When darkness comes. Shine until tomorrow... Your time has come to shine. Many music similarities too, e.g. same genre (Gospel). Of course, most Beatles songs were inspired by other people's songs too.

Great list! I thought that the guitar riff in “I Will” (each time after Paul sings (i Will) sounds a lot like the guitar riff in “Best Friend’s Girl” by the Cars (after they say “she used to be mine”

@davidfranklin5426

Жыл бұрын

This is going to sound strange, but some of your US followers may have noticed that the theme song to National Public Radio’s All Things Considered news program is identical to the “say it loud so I can hear you” bit from “I Will”.

@sourisvoleur4854

Жыл бұрын

@@davidfranklin5426 It is, and they made fun of that once, where they played all of the songs people had suggested it ripped off, then they said people had suggested "I will" but said they couldn't hear the similarity, so they played it backwards instead. Not entirely subtle but rather clever for a news program.

@sourisvoleur4854

Жыл бұрын

Daniel --- Oooh, played it in my mind and it's identical.

@randyk1919

Жыл бұрын

I think that riff dates back to the 50's.. perhaps Buddy Holly or Chet Atkins.

Decades ahead of their time, the greatest composing, song writing and singer group of all time. 4 lads from Liverpool

this entire video could just be oasis

@badgasaurus4211

Жыл бұрын

Tell me you haven’t listened to Oasis, without telling me you haven’t listened to Oasis

Noel Gallagher made a Drum and bass song with Goldie and even that just uses the drum from Tomorrow Never Knows.

My son first heard Why don’t You Get a Job he thought it was a Weird Al parody.