Top Five Beatles Songs Referenced in Other Beatles Songs
1. “She Loves You” (in “All You Need Is Love”)
2. “I Am the Walrus” (in “Glass Onion”)
3. “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” (in “I Am the Walrus”)
4. “Strawberry Fields Forever” (in “Glass Onion”)
5. “You Never Give Me Your Money” (in “Carry That Weight”)
posted 25 August 2010 in Tasty Bits and tagged The Beatles, top five. 3 comments
August 25th, 2010 at 11:28 am
One more, but it’s so quick it’s practically a drive-by rather than a full-blown allusion:
6. “Yesterday” (in “All You Need Is Love”)
What I love about this one is how it can be read as an early dig by John at Paul, poking fun at his big pseudo-solo smash in the middle of the Summer of Love, before things turned really sour.
By contrast, John’s loud “She Loves You” singalong as “AYNIL” fades out is more clearly read as a satire of the whole group’s moptop past.
August 25th, 2010 at 12:28 pm
“You Never Give Me Your Money” is more of a reprise than a reference. I’d sub in “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” (in “Savoy Truffle”).
August 26th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
Excellent suggestion.