# Beatles-fans help me out. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 9, 2007, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-fans-help-me-out/391484 "2007-02-09T12:56:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Greebo\_Ogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19adc/32.png) [@Greebo\_Ogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greebo_Ogg)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-fans-help-me-out/391484/1 "2007-02-09T12:56:28Z")
Hi there, For a pub-quiz I’m looking for the following; Songs that have an intro that sounds like a Beatles song, but isn’t. One I could come up with is “Don’t look back in anger” by Oasis, but I think there are more out there. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-fans-help-me-out/391484/2 "2007-02-09T14:01:46Z")
Most Badfinger songs that I’ve heard sounded a LOT like Beatles songs…not terribly surprising, as they worked with the Beatles quite a few times. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-fans-help-me-out/391484/3 "2007-02-09T14:05:45Z")
There’s a band called the Redwalls that sound EXACTLY like the Beatles circa about 1962 - scary good. They have a song on their first CD, Universal Blues, called “Colorful Revolution” that sounds like O-bla-di, O-bla-da (I know, not from 1962, but when you hear the other tracks on the CD, you’ll know what I mean…) ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-fans-help-me-out/391484/4 "2007-02-09T14:08:56Z")
The Monkees (do they count as a real band?) had songs that sounded a lot like early Beatles music. Last Train to Clarksville etc. I don’t know if this is what yo’re looking for, but good luck anyhow! ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-fans-help-me-out/391484/5 "2007-02-09T14:22:11Z")
Didn’t like the [first](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=407030) set of suggestions, eh? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-fans-help-me-out/391484/6 "2007-02-09T14:45:21Z")
I’ve always thought the intro and the rest of the guitar work on Cake’s “It’s Coming Down” sounded like it could have come off the ‘Revolver’ album. Wilco’s “Hummingbird” sounds kind of Beatles-y to me. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-fans-help-me-out/391484/7 "2007-02-09T14:48:12Z")
The organ beginning of “Swing, Swing” by the All-American Rejects sounds like the organ background in the “well, well, well” parts of Doctor Robert. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-fans-help-me-out/391484/8 "2007-02-09T15:01:14Z")
I don’t know if these all have Beatles-ey _intros_, (that’s for you to find out) but this is my _Beatlesque_ playlist (they get more Beatles-y as the playlist progresses). **Poor Places** - Wilco **All That I Know** - The Get Up Kids \*\*Missing the War \*\*- Ben Folds Five **I’m the Man Who Loves You** - Wilco **1000 Miles Per Hour** - OK Go **Evangeline** - Matthew Sweet **Big Blue Sun** - Adrian Belew **Pretty (Ugly Before)** - Elliott Smith **This Will Be Our Year** - OK Go (originally the Zombies) **Look What You’ve Done** - Jet \*\*All Around the World \*\*- Oasis **One of Those Days** - Adrian Belew **Everything Starts at the Seams** - The Polyphonic Spree **Divine Intervention** - Matthew Sweet **1967** - Adrian Belew ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-fans-help-me-out/391484/9 "2007-02-09T16:03:13Z")
“Uncontrollable Urge” by Devo (first song on their first album) opens with a ripoff of the “I Want to Hold Your Hand” intro. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Bongo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9adbd/32.png) [@Winston\_Bongo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Bongo)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-fans-help-me-out/391484/10 "2007-02-09T16:17:32Z")
“Sowing the Seeds of Love” by Tears for Fears. It not only sounds exactly like the Beatles at the beginning, but at the middle and end as well. I like the song, but it’s the most obvious Beatles rip – er, _homage_ – I’ve ever heard. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-fans-help-me-out/391484/11 "2007-02-09T17:20:50Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Bongo] “Sowing the Seeds of Love” by Tears for Fears. It not only sounds exactly like the Beatles at the beginning, but at the middle and end as well. I like the song, but it’s the most obvious Beatles rip – er, _homage_ – I’ve ever heard. [/QUOTE] And you can sing “stealing the Beatles’ song” perfectly over the chorus. As to the OP – _Why Don’t You Get A Job_ by **Offspring** is pretty much just a reworking of _Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da_ ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-fans-help-me-out/391484/12 "2007-02-09T17:24:28Z")
[QUOTE=Hey you!] **Big Blue Sun** - Adrian Belew [/QUOTE] Actually, that one always struck me as more ELO-ey. But “The War In The Gulf Between Us” would be on _my_ Beatlesque playlist (specifically, it reminds me of “And Your Bird Can Sing”). ---
**Author:** ![No\_Me\_Ayudes\_Compadre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/no_me_ayudes_compadre/32/5224_2.png) [@No\_Me\_Ayudes\_Compadre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Me_Ayudes_Compadre)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-fans-help-me-out/391484/13 "2007-02-09T17:41:06Z")
Of course, any song by the Rutles. Sounds like a Beatles song, but isn’t… ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-fans-help-me-out/391484/14 "2007-02-09T17:52:31Z")
[QUOTE=No Me Ayudes Compadre] Of course, any song by the Rutles. Sounds like a Beatles song, but isn’t… [/QUOTE] That, or any song off of Utopia’s album [Deface The Music](http://www.amazon.com/Deface-Music-Utopia/dp/B0000032PF/sr=1-2/qid=1171043412/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/104-7813837-2739133?ie=UTF8&s=music). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-fans-help-me-out/391484/15 "2007-02-10T02:38:06Z")
Then there’s XTC recording as the long-lost ‘60’s psychedelic band “The Dukes of Stratosphear,” which is one continuous tribute to that period. The song “Brainiac’s Daughter” is like a rehash of "Octopus’ Garden" if Macca had written it. “The Mole From the Ministry,” OTOH, is definitely more Lennonish. ---
**Author:** ![don\_Jaime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@don\_Jaime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_Jaime)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-fans-help-me-out/391484/16 "2007-02-10T06:57:37Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] _Why Don’t You Get A Job_ by **Offspring** is pretty much just a reworking of _Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da_ [/QUOTE] I thought that was a non-Beatles oldie called “Just One Look.” ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-fans-help-me-out/391484/17 "2007-02-10T12:28:13Z")
A Philly DJ runs a Sunday morning show about the Beatles using his own personal collection. It is not the sydicated “Beatles Brunch” many may know. Anyhow, he mentioned a band from Canada called something like Kluge(?). They wrote the original “Calling Occupants (of interplanetary craft)” which has very much Beatles-like guitar rifs and piano segments. This band was a pet project of some bigwig owner of a Toronto (IIRC) music studio who took these boys under his wing. They worked their day jobs while working in the studio for free in their free time. Their first (and only?) album took three years to develop. This relationship sounds like what Alan Parsons was to several British Bands of the 1970’s. I’ll email the Philly DJ to get the exact name of the band to which I refer. - Jinx ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-fans-help-me-out/391484/18 "2007-02-10T13:48:06Z")
[QUOTE=Jinx] A Philly DJ runs a Sunday morning show about the Beatles…I’ll email the Philly DJ to get the exact name of the band to which I refer. - Jinx [/QUOTE] The band was named “Klaatu”. I have no idea to what this names refers. I should Google on it some time soon… - Jinx ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-fans-help-me-out/391484/19 "2007-02-10T14:36:55Z")
Most songs by **Big Star**. ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-fans-help-me-out/391484/20 "2007-02-10T14:39:20Z")
[QUOTE=don Jaime] I thought that was a non-Beatles oldie called “Just One Look.” [/QUOTE] …which is by **The Hollies** , another very Beatles-esque band. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-fans-help-me-out/391484.md?page=2)