1964 http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location;=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FThe-Beatles%2Fe%2FB000APTK6K%3Fqid%3D1289755917%26sr%3D1-2-ent&tag;=concerts0b-20&linkCode;=ur2&camp;=1789&creative;=9325 Watch more: http://lifeofthebeatles.blogspot.com/ In May 1966, John Lennon said of people covering their songs, "Lack of feeling in an emotional sense is responsible for the way some singers do our songs. They don't understand and are too old to grasp the feeling. Beatles are really the only people who can play Beatle music." Although many artists have performed covers of songs by The Beatles, the following are among the most notable. Oasis Both Noel and Liam Gallagher of Oasis have revealed the massive influence The Beatles have on their music. On their EP Cigarettes & Alcohol, there is a live version of Beatles' song "I Am The Walrus". Oasis have also covered "Helter Skelter" and "Strawberry Fields Forever". Oasis songs also often contain references to Beatles' songs, such as: * "Sing a song to me/One from 'Let It Be'" -- "Be Here Now" off Be Here Now. * "You can sail with me/In my yellow submarine" - "Supersonic" off Definitely Maybe * "I'd like to be/Under the sea" - "Take Me Away" off Supersonic [EP] (This is a direct line-take from Beatles song "Octopus's Garden") * "Fool on the Hill and I Feel Fine" - "D'You Know What I Mean?" off Be Here Now * "Down the long and winding road/and back home to you" - "My Big Mouth" off Be Here Now The song "Morning Glory" off (What's the Story) Morning Glory features a reference to "Tomorrow Never Knows" in the lyric "Walking to the sound of my favourite tune, Tomorrow Never Knows what it doesn't know too soon." On the way to the studio to record an extra verse for "Shakermaker", Noel realised he had no lyrics for it. On the way, the car stopped at some traffic lights by a familiar record shop, Sifter's. Noel turned this journey into the missing verse "Mr Sifter sold me songs/When I was just 16/Now he stops at traffic lights/But only when they're green." The video for the single was shot partly at the record shop, and during this verse Liam is seen holding the Paul McCartney and Wings LP Red Rose Speedway. The video to "All Around the World" (itself a nod to "Yellow Submarine") features the band in white suits. The Beatles wore white suits while performing "Your Mother Should Know" during the film Magical Mystery Tour. The front cover of the "Live Forever" single features a photograph of the childhood home of John Lennon. The cover of "Don't Look Back in Anger" is a reference to the story when Ringo left The Beatles for a short time, only to be welcomed back with flowers all over his drum set. The melody for the Liam track "Guess God Thinks I'm Abel", by his own admission, is a slowed down version of "I Wanna Be Your Man". John Lennon was once asked to sum up the 60s in one phrase. His answer was "Be Here Now", the title of Oasis' 1997 album. On 2008's Liam penned song, "I'm Outta Time", there features an audio-clip of Lennon defending his right to live in New York, when he says "As Churchill said, 'It's every Englishman's inalienable right to live where the hell he likes. What's it gonna do? Vanish? Is it not going to be there when I get back?'" Jimi Hendrix On June 4, 1967, the Jimi Hendrix Experience played their last show in England, at London's Saville Theatre, before heading to America. Two Beatles (Paul McCartney and George Harrison) were in attendance, along with a roll-call of UK rock stardom: Brian Epstein, Eric Clapton, Spencer Davis, Jack Bruce, and pop singer Lulu. Hendrix opened the show with his own rendition of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", which he had learned in the few days leading up to the show. Harrison and McCartney were extremely impressed by this, especially because it was played on the Sunday after the release of Sgt. Pepper the previous Friday. McCartney had publicly endorsed Hendrix for months, before Hendrix broke into the UK music scene. Hendrix also played "Day Tripper," which can be found on the live albums Radio One and BBC Sessions. Joe Cocker Joe Cocker's first album was called With a Little Help from My Friends and contained a song with the same name. He had completely revamped the Lennon/McCartney song by changing it to a 12/8 blues/rock song. The Beatles heard it before its release, as the producer was uncertain as to how they would react to such a radical overhaul of one of their tracks. The Beatles agreed that it was a great version. Cocker's version was later used as the theme song for the TV show The Wonder Years. Cocker later sang and acted the song "Come Together" in the feature film Across the Universe.

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