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From: dthompson@vixvax.mgi.com
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Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
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Subject: Beatles novelty list (LONG)
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Message-ID: <1992Nov23.193517.2407@vixvax.mgi.com>
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Date: 24 Nov 92 00:35:17 GMT
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Organization: Management Graphics, Inc.
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BEATLES NOVELTY RECORDS November 22, 1992 compiled by Moko
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This list includes:
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songs about the Beatles
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songs that mention the Beatles
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songs that quote Beatles songs
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parody songs to the tune of Beatles songs
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covers of Beatles songs that are so bad as to be funny
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covers of Beatles songs by unexpected "artists" (e.g. William Shatner)
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songs that are deliberately and outrageously Beatlesque (e.g. Rutles)
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parodies of the Beatles' image, such as their appearance or album covers
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(All the above categories also apply to the ex-Fabs in their solo careers,
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as well as George Martin, Yoko, Julian, Sean, Zak, Pete Best, Macca's sheep-
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dog, etc.)
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This list does not include:
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songs performed by the Beatles or the ex-Fabs
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covers of Beatles songs which do not have some novelty value (These are
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well documented in Scott Galuska's "COVERS" list, available from saki
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at dmac@math.ucla.edu)
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Corrections, additional information and opinions are welcome.
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e-mail dthompson@mgi.com Moko
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For further information:
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In rec.music.beatles, Joe Brennan says:
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>Some of us here know this has been done before, although neither
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>source I can think of us up to date. See "All Together Now", a
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>Beatles Discography compiled around 1975 by Castleman and Podrazik,
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>for a list of the main ones; this is possibly still in print, since I
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>keep seeing copies of it around in the stores I go to. Also see
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>"You Can't Do That" from Pierian Press, around 1980, which is a lengthy
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>discography of Beatles bootlegs and novelty items.
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Most of the descriptions and opinions are those of the contributors.
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The cover of _The Abbey Road E.P._ by The Red Hot Chili Peppers is a parody of
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the _Abbey Road_ cover. It's a photo of the Peppers walking across the famous
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crosswalk, naked except for socks on their cocks (a fashion statement often on
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display in their stage shows).
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1988 EMI-Manhattan CD # CDP-7-90869-23
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"All Good People" by Yes: the background singers are chanting
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"All we are saying, is give peace a chance".
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[someone else says this song is "Your Move".]
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"Alison" by Elvis Costello:
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I'm not gonna get too sentimental,
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Like those other sticky valentines.
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'Cause I don't know if you were lovin' somebody;
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I only know it isn't mine.
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This may be a reference to:
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Would you believe in a love at first sight?
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Yes, I'm certain that it happens all the time.
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What do you see when you turn out the light?
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I can't tell you but I know it's mine.
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This sounds like a stretch, at first, but each couplet seems to refer to its
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counterpart.
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"All I Want for Christmas is a Beatle" by Dora Bryan was released during the
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Fabs-in-suits era. It might have been to the tune of "All I Want for Christmas
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is My Two Front Teeth".
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"All I Want Is Everything" by Jellyfish:
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"I think I'd like to play guitar and be a Beatle, and be so swell."
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"All the Young Dudes" by Mott the Hoople:
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"Well, my brother's back at home with his Beatles and his Stones."
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[winner in the song-most-often-contributed category]
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In 1976 a two-record set appeared with music from the soundtrack of a truly
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mutant documentary called "All This and World War II", which consisted entirely
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of Beatles songs don in (sometimes VERY odd) versions by a bevy of British
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singers of varying renown, along with some non-Brit pop stars of the 70's.
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20th Century Records LP # 2T-522
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"All You Wanna Do Is Dance" by Billy Joel:
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"Why don't the Beatles get back together?"
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"American Pie" contains many lines thought to refer to the Beatles.
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[I am seeking permission to quote from or point to the definitive Pie article.
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In the meantime, I will forward it to anyone who asks.]
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_Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles_ Chet plays Beatles songs on solo guitar,
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with occaisional harmonica. Liner note by George Harrison.
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RCA Victor LSP 3531
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_Bach, Bayless, Beatles_ [1985 Intersound, Inc./Pro Arte CD # CDD 413]
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_Bach Meets The Beatles_ [1984 " " " " " CDP 4211]
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[A third album is available. Title???]
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All by John Bayless. Various Beatles tunes are performed on piano as if
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composed by Bach. One of the albums (_B, B, B,_?) is a compilation of songs
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from the other two. Available in most record stores in the classical section.
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"Ball of Confusion" by The Temptations:
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"The Beatles' new record's a gas!"
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_Baroque Beatles_ Obviously, Beatles music as played in the Baroque style. I
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found it interesting as an undergrad to play it for unsuspecting visitors...
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who would invariably start humming along, amazed they knew this "classical"
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piece... and then watch their faces as they suddenly realized WHY they
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recognized it.
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_The Baroque Beatles Book_ [same as above album?] by the Baroque Ensemble of the
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Merseyside Kammermusikgesellschaft; Joshua Rifkin, conductor.
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It features several pre-1966 Beatles songs done up in a Baroque style, and has a
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recitative (that's a Baroque rap, basically) of some of John Lennon's writings.
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Elektra Records LP # EKL-306 (mono) EKS -7306 (stereo)
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_Beetle Beat_ by The Buggs (awaiting a review copy :-)
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"Beatlemania" by Jack Nitzsche - available on BEATLESONGS
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"Beatle Rap" by The Qworymen Each Beatle does a short autobiographical
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monologue. "Very funny!" raves Bill Gasarch. "Ditto!" rants Moko.
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available on BEATLESONGS
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"Beatles and the Stones" by The House of Love from self-titled album.
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1990 Fontana LP # 842 293-1 cassette # 842 293-4 CD # 842 293-2
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or (remixed) on 45 # 875 282-7
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"Beatles Breakfast" is not a song, but a parody of the Fabs having breakfast
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and dropping song lines (e.g. "You want eggs, while I AM
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the egg-man.")
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_BEATLESONGS: A Collection of Beatles Novelties Volume 1_
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This album is the easiest way to get some Beatles novelty songs. It is
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highly recommended by contributors to this list.
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Tracks: The Invasion by Buchanan and Greenfield
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Hold My Hand The Rutles
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We Love You Beatles The Carefrees
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My Boyfriend Got a Beatle Haircut Donna Lynn
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Letter From Elaina Casey Kasem
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Beatlemania Jack Nitzsche
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Beatle Rap The Qworymen
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L.S. Bumble Bee Peter Cook & Dudley Moore
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Pop Hates The Beatles Allan Sherman
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Letter to The Beatles The Four Preps
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The Beetle Gary Usher
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1982 Rhino LP # RHLP 803
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_Beattle Mash_ (front cover) The Liverpool Kids (front cover)
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_Beatle Mash_ (LP label) by The Liverpool Moptops (liner notes)
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The Schoolboys (LP label)
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This album was designed to cash in the first wave of Beatlemania.
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includes: "She Loves You", "Why Don't You Set Me Free (rips off "I Want to
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Hold Your Hand") and "Japanese Beatles" (instrumental)
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Palace Records LP # M-777 (no copyright date)
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"The Beetle" - available on BEATLESONGS
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"Between John & Yoko" by Easy is on _Magic Seed_ (1990) and _Mute International
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Sampler_
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"Bring the Noise" by Public Enemy: Yoko is mentioned in name only (as a
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rhyme with Sonny Bono, no less!).
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Peter Sellers did "Can't Buy Me Love" as a duet with himself (one male, one
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female). Available on a 1991 EMI compilation (title???).
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The Capitol Steps, a political novelty group, have done several songs to the
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tune of Beatles songs:
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"I Got High a Couple of Times With My Friends" about Doug Ginsberg's nomination
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to the Supreme Court
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"Fools On the Hill" about Congress (They've done two like this.)
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"Maxwell's Silver Stammer" about military jargon
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"When I'm Sixty-Two" about Social Security
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For more information on The Capitol Steps, call 800-733-STEP.
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"Car Phone" by Roger McGuinn from has a plot about a guy who dies as a hitman
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explodes some dynamite in the back of his car by calling him on the car phone.
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In the back, after this happens, is a little sighing chorus of "he blew his
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mind out in a caaaa---aar".
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"C'era un Ragazzo che Come me Amava I Beatles e I Rolling Stones",
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written by Lusini & Migliacci, by Joan Baez off "The Contemporary Ballad
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Book". [in the running for "most obscure reference"]
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As part of his Weird Al Yonkovic's food medley, he has "Chicken Pot Pie" instead
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of "Live and Let Die" (I have heard that this is true. I have not heard it
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myself.) [confirmation, anyone?]
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_The Chipmunks Sing The Beatles_ (aka _The Chipmunks Sing The Beatles Hits_)
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features some of the early songs.
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EMI-Manhattan Records CD # CDP-7-48370-2
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1982 Liberty Records LP # LN-10177
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The Chipmunks' _Alvin All-star Chipmunk Band_ is vaguely like SPLHCB.
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"Close But No Cigar" by Thomas Dolby samples some of the incidental sounds
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from Sgt Pepper's.
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Crazy Calls - many funny asswering machine messages. One of them is in
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Beatles style.
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"A Day In the Life of Green Acres" by Barnes and Barnes and Abraxas combines
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the tune (sort of) of "A Day In the Life" with the lyrics of "Green Acres".
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"A Day In the Life - 91" by Whimsical Will is a story constructed out of the
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titles of 91 Beatles songs. It's spoken, not sung.
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Utopia has an album entitled _Deface the Music_ in which all the songs are
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Beatlesque. The album cover is a sort of parody of the _With the Beatles_ cover.
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[Does this have anything to do with an ELO album called _Face the Music_?]
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1980 Rhino/Bearsville LP # RNLP 70873
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"Don't Get Me Wrong" by Bonzo Dog Band from _Let's Make Up & Be Friendly_ is
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a shameless Beatles parody, with someone who does a more-than-credible Lennon
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imitation. (1972?)
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"Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" by The Ramones:
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"Do you remember Jerry Lee, John Lennon, T. Rex and [can't hear this] too?"
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Available on _Ramonesmania_ 1988 Sire Records CD # 9 25709-2
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"Eddie Are You Kidding" by Flo & Eddie from _Illegal, Immoral & Fattening_
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has a segment that lampoons a lot of pop stars, including a bit of "My Sweet
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Lord" where George's voice breaks down.
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Doodles Weaver did "Eleanor Rigby" as if he was drunk.
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Available on _Dr. Demento's Delights_ 1975 Warner Bros. Records LP # BS 2855
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"Empty Garden" by Elton John is about the death of John Lennon.
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"Everybody's Making It Big But Me" by Doctor Hook mentions Elvis, Dylan,
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Mick Jagger, The Beatles and just about everyone else.
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"Evil Woman" by ELO:
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"There's a hole in my head where the rain comes in..."
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"Garden Party" by Rick Nelson:
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"Yoko brought her walrus, there was magic in the air."
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"Girl at the Window" by the Idle Race (Jeff Lynne):
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"John and Paul and Ringo and George
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were playing lovely tunes
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from the window of her room
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by the light of the moon..."
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"Give Booze a Chance" by the Bonzo Dog Band
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"Give Peas a Chance" (artist unknown)
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"God II" by U2 from _Rattle and Hum_
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a few sample lines:
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I don't believe the devil
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Don't believe in Goldman,
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His type like a curse
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Instant Karma's gonna get him, if I don't get him first
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I don't believe that rock-and-roll
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Can really change the world
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As it spins in revolutions, spirals and turns
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I...I believe in love...
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[The song is dedicated to Lennon.]
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_Golden Throats: The Great Celebrity Sing-Off!_ has a truly awful rendition
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of "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds" by William Shatner (!), originally from
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his _Transformed Man_ LP. Mae West does "Twist and Shout" on this album (cover
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of a cover).
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Rhino CD # R2 70187
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_Golden Throats 2: More Celebrity Rock Oddities!_ has Bing Crosby's version
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of "Hey Jude", and "Give Peace a Chance" by Mitch Miller & The Gang.
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Mitch: "Hassle the man! Hassle the Congress!"
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"The Great Late Johnny Ace" or "The Late Great Johnny Ace" by Paul Simon or
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Simon and Garfukel is about John Lennon, or is about another real or fictional
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person but mentions John ("A stranger came up and asked me if I'd heard John
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Lennon had died.")...or something. He sang part of it in _The Concert in
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Central Park_ (1981), but it isn't on the album because the song was
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interrupted by a loony getting on the stage and yelling at Mr. Simon. It is on
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the video of the concert. It was later (1983) included on an album (title?). Is
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that all clear, now? :-) The only thing I will swear to is that it is not
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currently available on 8-track tape.
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_A Hard Day's Night_
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"Starring The Manchesters"
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another "Let's rip off some unsuspecting kids before this Beatlemania thing
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dies" album
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includes: A Hard Day's Night
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Please Please Me
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I Want To Hold Your Hand
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She Loves You
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Diplomat Records LP # D2335 (no copyright date)
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Peter Sellers did "A Hard Day's Night" as Richard the Third and "Help!" as
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a vicar and choir. Available on a 1991 EMI compilation (title???).
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In the sixties there was a band in Israel that would take Beatles song and put
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Hebrew lyrics onto them - usually completely changing the point, but in very
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Beatles style. For example:
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"From Me to You"
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If there's anything that you want
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Lama at lo yotzeit iti?
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Why won't you go out with me?
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If there's anything I can do
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Mah at ratza achrel hahu
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Why do you run after him?
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...etc...
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The band was called Hagashash Ha'Chiver, I think
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"Here We Go" by C&C Music Factory mentions the Beatles and the Jackson 5.
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"Hey Jude" by Bing Crosby - see Golden Throats above
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"I Am the Walrus" by Men Without Hats
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"I Dig Rock-And-Roll Music" by Peter, Paul and Mary:
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And when the Beatles tell you
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Because they would love to tell you
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They mean exactly what they say.
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The second line has also been quoted as
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"There's something they'd love to sell you"
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and "They have a word - LOVE - to sell you". ???
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"If You Want It, I Can Get It For You Wholesale" by Lazlo and Gary satirizes
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"Come and Get It" by Badfinger (written, produced and arranged by Paul).
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"I Saw it on TV" by John Fogerty:
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"Cause four guys from England took us all by the hand..."
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Gene Moss sings "I Wanna Bite Your Hand" by Gene Moss is Dracula singing to
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the tune of "I Want to Hold Your Hand". RCA Records
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"I Remember You" by Mike Nesmith talks about John and the Beatles.
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Tim Curry (of Rocky Horror Picture Show fame) does a calypso "I Will".
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available on _Read My Lips_ 1978 LP # SP 4717 and _The Best of Tim Curry_
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1989 CD # CD5269 - both from A&M Records.
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"John Lennon" by The Outfield from _Diamond Days_ makes many references
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to Lennon songs.
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"John Lennon (Never Had a Day Job)" by The Strange Loves
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"Keep It Warm" from _Moving Targets_ by Flo & Eddie:
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And George is suing Paul suing Ringo
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And immigration wants John and Yoko
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All they need is love
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To keep it warm
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"The Late Great Johnny Ace" - see confusion at "The Great Late..." above.
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The La's
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Not a parody group, and they don't mention the Fabs in any of their songs. In
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fact, they don't belong on this list at all, but they *are* four boys from
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Liverpool who play great music, and yes, they have been called Beatlesque.
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That's my only excuse for this item. I just think they're a great band and
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I think most Beatlefans will like their music.
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_The La's_ 1990 Go!/London/Polygram Records CD # 828 202-2
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"Leprosy - I'm not half the man I used to be." to the tune of "Yesterday".
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No doubt there is more to this, but fortunately I haven't heard it.
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"Let There Be More Light" from _A Saucerful Of Secrets_ by Pink Floyd:
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They clearly sing "...like Lucy In The Skyyyyy!".
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"Life In A Northern Town" from _Dream Academy_ by Dream Academy (1983? 84?
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86? 87?):
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He said "In winter 1963
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It felt like the world would freeze
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With John F. Kennedy
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And The Beatles."
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(ghostly echo of crazed teenage screaming...)
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"Liverpool Bound" by Vito and the Salutations:
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"She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah,
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she loves you, no, no, no!
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We're packing our bags,
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and leaving for England,
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'cause those Beatles got it all over here.
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We're packing our bags,
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and leaving for England,
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We'll make it big over there..."
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"London Calling" by The Clash: "...phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust..."
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"Louisiana Hookers With Herpes" by Frank Zappa, to the tune of "Lucy In the
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Sky With Diamonds" (Have heard this is true; have never heard it.)
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"Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds" by William Shatner. see Golden Throats above.
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The Swinging Erudides did "Paul McCartney Massacre" which had several
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Beatles satires:
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"Silly Paul McCartney" to the tune of "Silly Love Songs"
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"Stupid People Living in the Past" (Sgt. Pepper)
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"Yesterday Pts 1 and 2"
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"Robert Plant Serenade" (Beatles connection???)
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"80's New Wave Anthem" " "
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"Losers in the Studio and Dying" ("Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds")
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"Michelle" by Xaviera Hollander (sp?)
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Monty Python did a routine which included several songs to the tune of
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Beatles songs.
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"Much Too Late to Get Fries" is a satire of Julian Lennon's "Too Late For
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Goodbyes". [artist?]
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"Negligee" to the tune of "Yesterday"
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Negligee,
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I look stupid in this negligee
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'Cause my butt sticks out this funny way --
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Oh, why'd I buy this negligee?
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Suddenly,
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I am twice the girl I used to be;
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Flab is hanging out all over me --
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This negligee's a travesty.
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Why it doesn't fit I don't know, I couldn't say;
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I did something wrong when I bought this negligee.
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Negligee,
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I would like to take it back today,
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But I threw the darn sales slip away --
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I'll have to keep this negligee.
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Hmm mm mm mm oo oo oooooo.
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Written by Marty Hale-Evans and Melinda Hale.
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(This has not yet been submitted to Dr. Demento's show. If you like to
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encourage this type of activity, you could nag them at marty@world.std.com)
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"Never Been to Spain" by Three Dog Night:
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"Well I've never been to England / But I kinda like the Beatles"
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"1977" by the Clash:
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...something like "No Elvis, no Beatles, no Rolling Stones - it's 1977"
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"No More Beatlemania!!!!!" by 1/2 Japanese
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"Obese Man" is to the tune of "Nowhere Man"
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"101 Dalmatians" (by Scarlet Party?) contains several lines borrowed
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from various Beatles and Lennon songs. For example:
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"... everyone's free,
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and nothing to kill or die for."
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"The Other Side of Summer" by Elvis Costello:
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"Was it a millionaire who said 'imagine no possessions'?" [Ouch!]
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"Poem 58" from Chicago Transit Authority's self-titled album contains exact
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citation from "I Am The Walrus".
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"Polkas on 45" by Weird Al Yankovic, contains a fragment of "Hey, Jude."
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"Pop Hates The Beatles" to the tune of "Pop Goes the Weasel" by Alan
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Sherman. It's on his Greates Hits album and _Beatlesongs_. He is a
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father who complains about the Beatles being too loud and having hair
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that is too long. (Also complains that ticket prices are 50 dollars
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each. Inflation makes that complaint seem trivial.)
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Roger Waters mentions Yoko Ono on "The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking".
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_Ragtime Beatles_ by John Arpin. Beatles tunes performed on piano
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as rags.
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Fanfare Records / Pro Arte CD # CDD 373 (widely available in the jazz section)
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"Randy Scouse Git" from _Headquarters_ by the Monkees:
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"The four kings of EMI are sitting stately on the floor."
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"Rest In Peace" by Extreme:
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"Someone said give peace a chance, and that was all that was said"
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"Ringo Deer" by Lorne Greene was a Christmas song, about the lead reindeer
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having a big nose 'a la Ringo Starr. [Not to be confused with "Ringo" (also
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by Lorne Greene, I think) which is about a gunfighter or a cowboy or something.]
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"Rocket" by Def Leppard mentions Sgt. Pepper and the band".
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"R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A." by John (Cougar?) Mellencamp (sp?) mentions
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the Beatles.
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The Rutles
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Hands down the most prefab group ever. More like the Beatles than the
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Beatles were. Both the movie and the album are the best parodies of our
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boys ever done. The movie is a documentary of the Rutles' career. The
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album contains songs from various stages in the band's development. Songs
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written by Neil Innes. Movie produced by George Harrison, who also has a cameo.
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album: _The Rutles_ 1978 Rhino CD # R2 75760
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movie: "The Rutles" aka "The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash" 1978 Broadway
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Video / Pacific Arts Video Records, Pacific Arts Building, Carmel CA 93923
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**************************************************************************
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The depths of Beatles-related obscurity: _Rutles Highway Revisited_ is
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a Rutles tribute album. Yes, *other* groups doing songs by the Rutles.
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Really. No kidding. Would I lie?
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Shimmy Disc CD # SDE 9028/CD
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"Sally Sails the Sky" by Ian Whitcomb: "Then Elvis Saint Pepper, the rock 'n'
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roll star / stopped in our town in his fiberglass car."
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"The Seeker" by The Who: "I asked Bobby Dylan, I asked the Beatles, I
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asked Timothy Leary, but he couldn't help me either."
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***** Sgt. Pepper wing ******************************************************
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The soundtrack album of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" is a treasure
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trove of godawful performances of Beatles songs. (The movie is even worse.)
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1978 RSO Records LP # RS-2-4100
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Abbey Road 78, "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." Songs from the movie
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but worse; fortunately only half as long.
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Springboard SPB-4111
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Bill Cosby did "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" on one of his albums.
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_Sgt. Pepper's_ by Big Daddy is the entire SPLHCB album in various 1950's
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styles.
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Rhino Records CD # R2 70371
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"Summer Rain" by Johnny Rivers:
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"...And the jukebox kept on playin' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
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The Mothers of Invention's _We're Only in it for the Money_ is a full album
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spoof of SPLHCB , complete with cutouts, and Frank Zappa with his back to
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the camera to indicate his recent death.
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Verve V6-5045X
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[also see _Alvin All-star Chipmunk Band_ above]
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"She Loves You" by Peter Sellers as Dr. Strangelove. (Is this from the
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previously-mentioned EMI compilation album?)
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"Shooting Star" by Bad Company:
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"Johnny was a school boy when he heard his first Beatles song.
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`Love Me Do' I think it was, and from then it didn't take him long."
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"A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into
|
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Submission)" by Simon and Garfunkel:
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"I've been Rolling Stoned and Beatled 'til I'm blind."
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"Simple Song By Paul MacHearthrob" by HeeBeeGeeBees from _439 of
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HeeBeeGeeBeees Greatest Hits_
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_Stars On_ by Stars On Long Play: Side one is disco versions of 29 Beatles
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songs in succession.
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Radio Records # RR16044
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"Sweet Soul Dream" by World Party: "I got rare '61 Beatles"
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_Alien Sleestacks from Brazil_ by Tater Totz (members of Redd Kross and
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various LA punk and alternative bands) contains numerous Beatle covers. The
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first side has an interesting melding of "Give Peace a Chance" and "We Will
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Rock You" and a cover of "I've Just Seen A Face", with Danny Bonaduce (of
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Partridge Family fame) singing lead. The second side is a long cover of Yoko
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Ono's "Don't Worry Kyoko".
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1988? Giant Records?
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"Texas Motel" by Frank Zappa to the tune of "Norwegian Wood" (have heard
|
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this is true, have never heard it)
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"This Song is Just Six Words Long" by Weird Al Yankovic to the tune of
|
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"Got My Mind Set On You" is on _Even Worse_.
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CBS / Rock 'n' Roll Records cassette # FZT 44149
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"All You Want to Do is Dance" by Billy Joel from _Turnstiles_:
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"Why don't the Beatles get back together?".
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"Twist and Shout" by Mae West (see Golden Throats above)
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-----
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UNIX Man (tune of "Nowhere Man")
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He's a real UNIX Man
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Sitting in his UNIX LAN
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Making all his UNIX .plans
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for nobody
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Knows the blocksize from 'du'
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Cares not where /dev/null goes to
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Isn't he a bit like you
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And me?
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UNIX Man, don't worry
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It's the tube that's blurry
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UNIX Man
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The new kernel boots, just like you had planned
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He's as wise as he can be
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Programs in lex, yacc and C
|
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UNIX Man, can you help me
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At all?
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UNIX Man, please listen
|
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My printout is missin'
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|
UNIX Man
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The wo-o-o-orld is your 'at' command
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Written by Brad Morrison? (no reply to confirmation requests)
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-----
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"We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel:
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|
...Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania...
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"We Love You Beatles" is a takeoff on "... Birdie". Available on _BEATLESONGS_
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_We're Only in it for the Money_ (see at SPLHCB above)
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|
-----
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"Where Have All the Good Times Gone?" by the Kinks has something like:
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Yesterday love
|
|
was such an easy game for you to play
|
|
but now let's face it
|
|
things are so much easier today
|
|
let it be like yesterday...
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|
|
This is horribly paraphrased, but it came out in 1966 or so, and makes
|
|
references to other current songs (including their own).
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|
-----
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"The World is Mine" by Wally Winger and the Amazing Skippy (as Gorbachev and
|
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Reagan) is a satire of "The Girl is Mine", written by Michael Jackson and
|
|
recorded with Paul.
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|
|
-----
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Write in C (tune of "Let It Be")
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|
|
When I find myself in tons of trouble,
|
|
Friends and colleagues come to me,
|
|
Speaking words of wisdom:
|
|
"Write in C."
|
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|
|
As the deadline fast approaches,
|
|
And bugs are all that I can see,
|
|
Somewhere, someone whispers:
|
|
"Write in C."
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Write in C, write in C,
|
|
Wtite in C, oh, write in C.
|
|
LOGO's dead and buried,
|
|
Write in C.
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|
|
I used to write a lot of FORTRAN,
|
|
For science it worked flawlessly.
|
|
Try using it for graphics!
|
|
Write in C.
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|
|
If you've just spent nearly 30 hours
|
|
Debugging some assembly,
|
|
Soon you will be glad to
|
|
Write in C.
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|
|
Write in C, write in C,
|
|
Write in C, yeah, write in C.
|
|
Only wimps use basic.
|
|
Write in C.
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Write in C, write in C,
|
|
Write in C, oh, write in C.
|
|
Pascal won't quite cut it.
|
|
Write in C.
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|
Write in C, write in C,
|
|
Write in C, yeah, write in C.
|
|
Don't even mention COBOL.
|
|
Write in C.
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|
[author???]
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-----
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|
|
Mark Russell did a song about the Congressional pay raise to the tune of
|
|
"Yesterday". I have this nagging feeling he also used the tune of
|
|
"Eleanor Rigby" sometime.
|
|
|
|
Harry Nilsson's version of "You Can't Do That" includes background bits (and
|
|
some not-so-background) of various other Beatles songs, and ends with "Lovely
|
|
Beatles Forever" sung to the tune of Strawberry Fields Forever? It's on a mid-
|
|
to-late 60s album called Pandemonium Shadow Show (also on another compilation
|
|
LP [_Aerial Pandemonium_?] which combined _Pandemonium Shadow Show_ and _Aerial
|
|
Ballet_) and it is apparently the album which triggered the Lennon/Nilsson
|
|
mutual admiration society.
|
|
|
|
"Young Americans" by David Bowie:
|
|
Background singers: "I read the news today, Oh boy"
|
|
|
|
"You're in a Bad Way" by The Happenings
|
|
"...water's coming down like pins and needles
|
|
stereo is blasting through your pad - probably the Beatles..."
|
|
|
|
In "Your Move" by Yes, at the end when they're singing didit didit didit didit
|
|
didit etc - Chris Squire and Steve Howe sing "All we are saying. . . is give
|
|
peace a chance!" [Someone else says this song is "All Good People".]
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[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]][]]][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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Thanks to all who contributed. They provided at least 95% of the information.
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Bill Gasarch
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Steve Adelson
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Timo Ahonen
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Dennis Alstrand
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Chuck Anderson
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Axl
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Pushpak Bapat
|
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Charles Board
|
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Jim Bohy
|
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Laurie Beth Brunner
|
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Chris Brunsdon
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Ed Bucholtz
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Ross Clement
|
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Maurizio Codogno
|
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David Cooke
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Joe D.
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Gina Mai Denn (The Mad Maidenn)
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Deryl
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Sean Donahue
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Kim Dyer
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e sharon fenick
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Eric Fischer
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David Gans
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Bill I-have-it-on-tape Gasarch
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William Graham
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Rob Granville
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David T. Greenfield
|
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Christer Gullstrand
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Jenny Gutbezahl
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Melinda Hale
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Marty Hale-Evans
|
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Rob Hartman
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Brian Harvey
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Jim Higdon
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Dave Hinz
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Hymie
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Infinite K
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Timothy Jehl
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Beata Jones
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Randolph M. Jones
|
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Nelson Jordan
|
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Mitchell Kotler
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Kristjan Gaukur Kristjansson
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Matt Landrum
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Charles Lavazzii
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Dave LeCompte
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Scot Leibacher
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William Lewis
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Lisa the wonder frod
|
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David Lloyd
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Benjamin D. Lukoff
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The Maven
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Joe McCombs
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K. J. McRae
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Doug Mitchell
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** Jonathan Morris **
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Brad Morrison
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Gabe Nahigian
|
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David Edward Nangle
|
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New Wave Dave
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Nowhere Man
|
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Douglas Pacchiana
|
|
Albert L. Papp III
|
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Nat Pearson Special thanks to
|
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Paul Penczek Viswanath Poosala (Vishy)
|
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Sue Price
|
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Anssi Puisto
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ravi
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Guy Ridley
|
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Pierre Rioux
|
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Michael S. Ritchie
|
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Eric Robinette
|
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Jason M. Roth
|
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Nancy Rudins
|
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saki
|
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Jeff Sensabaugh
|
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Richard Shapiro
|
|
Greg Skinner
|
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Pat Slane
|
|
Scott Slavin
|
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Russell Street
|
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Tony Sturgeon
|
|
Andrew Walker
|
|
Craig Walsh
|
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RU1 Welaratna
|
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Randall Whitaker
|
|
James Willer
|
|
Doctor Zero
|
|
Did I mention Bill Gasarch?
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(If your name is on this list and you don't remember contributing, it's because
|
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I lifted info from your news articles.)
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******************************************************************************
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Send additions, corrections, flames and information on where to buy a life to:
|
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|
|
Moko
|
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dthompson@mgi.com
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"THE LIVERPOOL MOPTOPS - these four young men, who with a group of excellent
|
|
musicians, have adopted the style of BEATLING, the hottest craze in show
|
|
business on either side of the Atlantic."
|
|
from the liner notes to _Beattle Mash_
|
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|
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|
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"At last! A game that rec.music.beatles and rec.music.dementia can play
|
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together."
|
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--Weird Al Yankovic & Ringo Starr
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