Escludendo le cover band, quanto i Beatles hanno influenzato la musica che è venuta dopo di loro? Qui proviamo a scovare nei dettagli dei minutaggi loops, campioni, samples, assonanze e testi utilizzati anche dai più impensabili, e ce ne sarebbero, come è ovvio, molti altri.
Massimo Troisi (Non ci resta che piangere) – Yesterday
Raffaella Carrà – Ballo ballo (ritornello di Eleonor Rigby) Sample appears at 0:02 (and throughout)
Beastie Boys – I’m down (campioni di I’m down) Sample appears at 0:14 (and throughout)
The Beatle-Ettes – Only seventeen (citazioni di She loves you, I saw you standing there, I wanna hold your hand)
David Bowie – Young Americans (“I heard the news today oh boy”) Sample appears at 3:54
Devo – The 4th dimension (chitarra di Day Tripper) Sample appears at 2:19 and 3:57
Jet – Look what you’ve done (Sexie Sadie) Sample appears at 0:14
Kula Shaker – Tattva (organetto di Strawberry fields forever) Assonance appears at 1:01
The Animals – Story of Bo Diddley (A hard day’s night, I wanna be you man) Sample appears at 3:16
Blur – Charmless Man (citazione musicale di Back in the USSR) Assonance appears at 1:25
The Jam – Start! (riff di chitarra e basso di Taxman) Sample appears at 0:00-bass and 0:19-guitar (and throughout)
The Waterboys – Sweet thing (Blackbird) Sample appears at 4:26
Elio e le Storie Tese – Pipppero (chitarra di I feel fine) Sample appears at 3:24 (and throughout)
Queen – Bycicle race (assonanza in “Bicycle races are coming your way”) Assonance appears at 1:00
The Happy Mondays – Desmond (Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da) Sample appears at 0:21
Keith & Ken – The Beatles got to go (I wanna hold your hand) Sample appears at 1:57 (and throughout)
Urban Dance Squad – Routine (Mother nature’s song) Sample appears at 4:51
Pink Floyd – Let there be more light (Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds) Sample appears at 2:50
The Beatles – Glass onion (Strawberry fields, The fool on the hill, Lady Madonna, Fixing a hole)
George Harrison – Isn’t it a pity (assonanze con The End, Within you without you e Hey Jude)
The Fab Four – Greetings