gary puckett sang she's a woman by the beatles.
who sings she's a woman by the beatles?
gary puckett
the episode makes several references to the beatles. their first album, "meet the be sharps", is a parody of the "meet the beatles!" album. moe's tavern changes its name to moe's cavern, a reference to the cavern club in liverpool where the beatles frequently performed in the early 1960s. chief wiggum, thrown out of the band because he was "too village people", mirrors pete best, an early member of the beatles who was replaced by ringo starr. the cover of "bigger than jesus", the be sharps' second album, features the group walking on water, and is a visual parody of the art on the beatles' album "abbey road". the name is a reference to a controversial quote made by john lennon in 1966. bart references this by asking, "what did you do [to lose your popularity]? screw up like the beatles and say you were bigger than jesus?", to which homer replies "all the time. that was the title of our second album." at the end of the episode, the album's back cover is revealed, on which homer is seen turned away from the camera, as opposed to the rest of the band. this is a parody of the "sgt. pepper's lonely hearts club band" lp reverse, in which paul mccartney is in the same position. barney's japanese conceptual artist girlfriend is a parody of yoko ono. their song repeats the phrase "number 8" and a burp by barney, a reference to the beatles' "revolution 9". the group performing atop moe's tavern at the end of the episode is a parody of the beatles' impromptu concert on the apple corps rooftop during their "get back" recording sessions in 1969, hence george harrison's line, "it's been done." in addition, the be sharps are wearing the same outfits as the beatles during the rooftop concert scene: barney in a brown fur coat (john), homer in a bright red coat (ringo), skinner in a black suit (paul), and apu in a black mongolian lamb coat with green trousers (george). after the performance, homer says, "i'd like to thank you on behalf of the group and i hope we passed the audition", paraphrasing a quote by john lennon at the end of the beatles rooftop performance.
homer's barbershop quartet
as early as 1962, the beatles had been playing live versions of the songs on both sides of alexander's single, with "where have you been (all my life)" being unofficially recorded at the star club hamburg in december that year. they recorded a cover of soldiers of love on july 2, 1963, the day after recording the "she loves you"/"i'll get you" single. unterberger rates the beatles' performance of the song as "fabulous," calling it probably "the greatest gem" on "live at the bbc". unterberger enumerates a number of ways in which the beatles' recording differs from the original, such as the beatles playing the main riff on guitar, while on alexander's recording the riff was played on piano. the beatles also add vocal harmonies, which unterberger describes as "excellent," and eliminate alexander's "somber" violins. unterberger states that the cumulative effect of the differences is to make the beatles' version "exuberant," compared to alexander's sad version, claiming that it sounds "as if the beatles expected to win over the woman as a matter of course, whereas there was a sense of desperate last-hope begging in alexander's vocal." critic robert christgau calls it one of the beatles greatest covers. "rolling stone" critic anthony decurtis uses john lennon's "crooning" on the song as an example of why lennon was a great rock 'n' roll singer. author ian macdonald describes it as an "ideal vehicle for lennon," who sings the lead vocal. macdonald also suggests that three songs from the beatles 1963 album "with the beatles"—"not a second time", "it won't be long" and "all i've got to do"—were influenced by "soldier of love (lay down your arms)."
soldier of love (lay down your arms)