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13 Ringo Starr Songs That Reference The Beatles As A Band Or Solo Work (Straight up covers or recordings don’t count):

1. Instant Amnesia (“Just like Instant Karma we’ve been there before)

2. Never Without You (“Within You Without You ” / “Here Comes The Sun is about you” / “I know All Things Must Pass ” / “I Dig Love is about you”)

3. Rory and the Hurricanes (Next time we went to London town / We didn’t do much hangin’ around / I was with you know who / I played the drums like I always do)

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13 Ringo Starr Songs That Reference The Beatles As A Band Or Solo Work (Straight up covers or recordings don’t count):

1. Instant Amnesia (“Just like Instant Karma we’ve been there before)
2. Never Without You (“Within You Without You ” / “Here Comes The Sun is about you” / “I know All Things Must Pass ” / “I Dig Love is about you”)
3. Rory and the Hurricanes (Next time we went to London town / We didn’t do much hangin’ around / I was with you know who / I played the drums like I always do)
4. Liverpool 8 (Went to Hamburg, the red lights were on / With George and Paul, and my friend John / We rocked all night, we all looked tough / We didn’t have much, but we had enough)

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13 Ringo Starr Songs That Reference The Beatles As A Band Or Solo Work (Straight up covers or recordings don’t count):

1. Instant Amnesia (“Just like Instant Karma we’ve been there before)
2. Never Without You (“Within You Without You ” / “Here Comes The Sun is about you” / “I know All Things Must Pass ” / “I Dig Love is about you”)
3. Rory and the Hurricanes (Next time we went to London town / We didn’t do much hangin’ around / I was with you know who / I played the drums like I always do)
4. Liverpool 8 (Went to Hamburg, the red lights were on / With George and Paul, and my friend John / We rocked all night, we all looked tough / We didn’t have much, but we had enough)
5. Early 1970 – Each verse is about one of the other three Beatles and how Ringo would like to play with them again.

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13 Ringo Starr Songs That Reference The Beatles As A Band Or Solo Work (Straight up covers or re-recordings don’t count):

1. Instant Amnesia (“Just like Instant Karma we’ve been there before)

2. Never Without You (“Within You Without You ” / “Here Comes The Sun is about you” / “I know All Things Must Pass ” / “I Dig Love is about you”)

3. Rory and the Hurricanes (Next time we went to London town / We didn’t do much hangin’ around / I was with you know who / I played the drums like I always do)

4. Liverpool 8 (Went to Hamburg, the red lights were on / With George and Paul, and my friend John / We rocked all night, we all looked tough / We didn’t have much, but we had enough)

5. Early 1970 – Each verse is about one of the other three Beatles and how Ringo would like to play with them again.

6. Postcards From Paradise (Just about every lyric in the song is a Beatles song title.)

  

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13 Ringo Starr Songs That Reference The Beatles As A Band Or Solo Work (Straight up covers or re-recordings don’t count):

1. Instant Amnesia (“Just like Instant Karma we’ve been there before)

2. Never Without You (“Within You Without You ” / “Here Comes The Sun is about you” / “I know All Things Must Pass ” / “I Dig Love is about you”)

3. Rory and the Hurricanes (Next time we went to London town / We didn’t do much hangin’ around / I was with you know who / I played the drums like I always do)

4. Liverpool 8 (Went to Hamburg, the red lights were on / With George and Paul, and my friend John / We rocked all night, we all looked tough / We didn’t have much, but we had enough)

5. Early 1970 – Each verse is about one of the other three Beatles and how Ringo would like to play with them again.

6. Postcards From Paradise (Just about every lyric in the song is a Beatles song title.)

7. After All These Years (We didn’t have the time to think things over / We had a lot of fun / We had some tears.)

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13 Ringo Starr Songs That Reference The Beatles As A Band Or Solo Work (Straight up covers or re-recordings don’t count):

1. Instant Amnesia (“Just like Instant Karma we’ve been there before)

2. Never Without You (“Within You Without You ” / “Here Comes The Sun is about you” / “I know All Things Must Pass ” / “I Dig Love is about you”)

3. Rory and the Hurricanes (Next time we went to London town / We didn’t do much hangin’ around / I was with you know who / I played the drums like I always do)

4. Liverpool 8 (Went to Hamburg, the red lights were on / With George and Paul, and my friend John / We rocked all night, we all looked tough / We didn’t have much, but we had enough)

5. Early 1970 – Each verse is about one of the other three Beatles and how Ringo would like to play with them again.

6. Postcards From Paradise (Just about every lyric in the song is a Beatles song title.)

7. After All These Years (We didn’t have the time to think things over / We had a lot of fun / We had some tears.)

8. I’m The Greatest (“I was in the greatest show on earth…”)

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13 Ringo Starr Songs That Reference The Beatles As A Band Or Solo Work (Straight up covers or re-recordings don’t count):

 

1. Instant Amnesia (“Just like Instant Karma we’ve been there before)

2. Never Without You (“Within You Without You ” / “Here Comes The Sun is about you” / “I know All Things Must Pass ” / “I Dig Love is about you”)

3. Rory and the Hurricanes (Next time we went to London town / We didn’t do much hangin’ around / I was with you know who / I played the drums like I always do)

4. Liverpool 8 (Went to Hamburg, the red lights were on / With George and Paul, and my friend John / We rocked all night, we all looked tough / We didn’t have much, but we had enough)

5. Early 1970 – Each verse is about one of the other three Beatles and how Ringo would like to play with them again.

6. Postcards From Paradise (Just about every lyric in the song is a Beatles song title.)

7. After All These Years (We didn’t have the time to think things over / We had a lot of fun / We had some tears.)

8. I’m The Greatest (“I was in the greatest show on earth…”)

9. Choose Love (“The Long And Winding Road is more than a song / Tomorrow Never Knows What Goes On ” and “You’ve got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues”)

  

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13 Ringo Starr Songs That Reference The Beatles As A Band Or Solo Work (Straight up covers or re-recordings don’t count):

 

1. Instant Amnesia (“Just like Instant Karma we’ve been there before)

2. Never Without You (“Within You Without You ” / “Here Comes The Sun is about you” / “I know All Things Must Pass ” / “I Dig Love is about you”)

3. Rory and the Hurricanes (Next time we went to London town / We didn’t do much hangin’ around / I was with you know who / I played the drums like I always do)

4. Liverpool 8 (Went to Hamburg, the red lights were on / With George and Paul, and my friend John / We rocked all night, we all looked tough / We didn’t have much, but we had enough)

5. Early 1970 – Each verse is about one of the other three Beatles and how Ringo would like to play with them again.

6. Postcards From Paradise (Just about every lyric in the song is a Beatles song title.)

7. After All These Years (We didn’t have the time to think things over / We had a lot of fun / We had some tears.)

8. I’m The Greatest (“I was in the greatest show on earth…”)

9. Choose Love (“The Long And Winding Road is more than a song / Tomorrow Never Knows What Goes On ” and “You’ve got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues”)

10. Fading In, Fading Out (Lightening strikes and shines so bright / But when it’s gone we’re never left without the light) (at least I hear this as being about the Beatles)

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13 Ringo Starr Songs That Reference The Beatles As A Band Or Solo Work (Straight up covers or re-recordings don’t count):

1. Instant Amnesia (“Just like Instant Karma we’ve been there before)

2. Never Without You (“Within You Without You ” / “Here Comes The Sun is about you” / “I know All Things Must Pass ” / “I Dig Love is about you”)

3. Rory and the Hurricanes (Next time we went to London town / We didn’t do much hangin’ around / I was with you know who / I played the drums like I always do)

4. Liverpool 8 (Went to Hamburg, the red lights were on / With George and Paul, and my friend John / We rocked all night, we all looked tough / We didn’t have much, but we had enough)

5. Early 1970 – Each verse is about one of the other three Beatles and how Ringo would like to play with them again.

6. Postcards From Paradise (Just about every lyric in the song is a Beatles song title.)

7. After All These Years (We didn’t have the time to think things over / We had a lot of fun / We had some tears.)

8. I’m The Greatest (“I was in the greatest show on earth…”)

9. Choose Love (“The Long And Winding Road is more than a song / Tomorrow Never Knows What Goes On ” and “You’ve got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues”)

10. Fading In, Fading Out (Lightening strikes and shines so bright / But when it’s gone we’re never left without the light) (at least I hear this as being about the Beatles)

11. Devil Woman (mentions Sexy Sadie )

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13 Ringo Starr Songs That Reference The Beatles As A Band Or Solo Work (Straight up covers or re-recordings don’t count):

1. Instant Amnesia (“Just like Instant Karma we’ve been there before)

2. Never Without You (“Within You Without You ” / “Here Comes The Sun is about you” / “I know All Things Must Pass ” / “I Dig Love is about you”)

3. Rory and the Hurricanes (Next time we went to London town / We didn’t do much hangin’ around / I was with you know who / I played the drums like I always do)

4. Liverpool 8 (Went to Hamburg, the red lights were on / With George and Paul, and my friend John / We rocked all night, we all looked tough / We didn’t have much, but we had enough)

5. Early 1970 – Each verse is about one of the other three Beatles and how Ringo would like to play with them again.

6. Postcards From Paradise (Just about every lyric in the song is a Beatles song title.)

7. After All These Years (We didn’t have the time to think things over / We had a lot of fun / We had some tears.)

8. I’m The Greatest (“I was in the greatest show on earth…”)

9. Choose Love (“The Long And Winding Road is more than a song / Tomorrow Never Knows What Goes On ” and “You’ve got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues”)

10. Fading In, Fading Out (Lightening strikes and shines so bright / But when it’s gone we’re never left without the light) (at least I hear this as being about the Beatles)

11. Devil Woman (mentions Sexy Sadie )

12. Sneaking Sally Through The Alley (a nod to Long Tall Sally )

 

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13 Ringo Starr Songs That Reference The Beatles As A Band Or Solo Work (Straight up covers or re-recordings don’t count):

1. Instant Amnesia (“Just like Instant Karma we’ve been there before)

2. Never Without You (“Within You Without You ” / “Here Comes The Sun is about you” / “I know All Things Must Pass ” / “I Dig Love is about you”)

3. Rory and the Hurricanes (Next time we went to London town / We didn’t do much hangin’ around / I was with you know who / I played the drums like I always do)

4. Liverpool 8 (Went to Hamburg, the red lights were on / With George and Paul, and my friend John / We rocked all night, we all looked tough / We didn’t have much, but we had enough)

5. Early 1970 – Each verse is about one of the other three Beatles and how Ringo would like to play with them again.

6. Postcards From Paradise (Just about every lyric in the song is a Beatles song title.)

7. After All These Years (We didn’t have the time to think things over / We had a lot of fun / We had some tears.)

8. I’m The Greatest (“I was in the greatest show on earth…”)

9. Choose Love (“The Long And Winding Road is more than a song / Tomorrow Never Knows What Goes On ” and “You’ve got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues”)

10. Fading In, Fading Out (Lightening strikes and shines so bright / But when it’s gone we’re never left without the light) (at least I hear this as being about the Beatles)

11. Devil Woman (mentions Sexy Sadie )

12. Sneaking Sally Through The Alley (a nod to Long Tall Sally )

13. Peace Dream (“Just like John Lennon said in Amsterdam from his bed…”)

13 Beatles Songs That Reference Vision/Seeing/Eyes

1. Chains (“They ain’t the kind that you can see”)

GEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty. 

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13 Beatles Songs That Reference Vision/Seeing/Eyes

1. Chains (“They ain’t the kind that you can see”)

2. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (“A girl with kaleidoscope eyes”)

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13 Beatles Songs That Reference Vision/Seeing/Eyes

1. Chains (“They ain’t the kind that you can see”)

2. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (“A girl with kaleidoscope eyes”)

3. You Won’t See Me

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13 Beatles Songs That Reference Vision/Seeing/Eyes

1. Chains (“They ain’t the kind that you can see”)

2. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (“A girl with kaleidoscope eyes”)

3. You Won’t See Me

4. Bungalow Bill (“If looks could kill it would have been us instead of him”)

GEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty. 

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13 Beatles Songs That Reference Vision/Seeing/Eyes

1. Chains (“They ain’t the kind that you can see”)

2. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (“A girl with kaleidoscope eyes”)

3. You Won’t See Me

4. Bungalow Bill (“If looks could kill it would have been us instead of him”)

5. Long Long Long (“Now I can see you be you”)

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13 Beatles Songs That Reference Vision/Seeing/Eyes

 

1. Chains (“They ain’t the kind that you can see”)

2. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (“A girl with kaleidoscope eyes”)

3. You Won’t See Me

4. Bungalow Bill (“If looks could kill it would have been us instead of him”)

5. Long Long Long (“Now I can see you be you”)

6. Across The Universe (“Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes”)
  

My hot take is that after the Beatles split they went down the paths of spiritualism, solipsism, alcoholism, and Paul McCartney

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13 Beatles Songs That Reference Vision/Seeing/Eyes

1. Chains (“They ain’t the kind that you can see”)

2. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (“A girl with kaleidoscope eyes”)

3. You Won’t See Me

4. Bungalow Bill (“If looks could kill it would have been us instead of him”)

5. Long Long Long (“Now I can see you be you”)

6. Across The Universe (“Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes”)

7. Don’t Pass Me By (“See the hands a-moving, but I’m by myself…, I don’t see you, does it mean you don’t love me anymore?”)  

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13 Beatles Songs That Reference Vision/Seeing/Eyes

1. Chains (“They ain’t the kind that you can see”)

2. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (“A girl with kaleidoscope eyes”)

3. You Won’t See Me

4. Bungalow Bill (“If looks could kill it would have been us instead of him”)

5. Long Long Long (“Now I can see you be you”)

6. Across The Universe (“Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes”)

7. Don’t Pass Me By (“See the hands a-moving, but I’m by myself…, I don’t see you, does it mean you don’t love me anymore?”)  

8. Eleanor Rigby (“Look at him working”)

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13 Beatles Songs That Reference Vision/Seeing/Eyes

1. Chains (“They ain’t the kind that you can see”)

2. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (“A girl with kaleidoscope eyes”)

3. You Won’t See Me

4. Bungalow Bill (“If looks could kill it would have been us instead of him”)

5. Long Long Long (“Now I can see you be you”)

6. Across The Universe (“Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes”)

7. Don’t Pass Me By (“See the hands a-moving, but I’m by myself…, I don’t see you, does it mean you don’t love me anymore?”)  

8. Eleanor Rigby (“Look at him working”)

9. Come Together (“Got to be good-looking cause he’s so hard to see”)

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13 Beatles Songs That Reference Vision/Seeing/Eyes

1. Chains (“They ain’t the kind that you can see”)

2. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (“A girl with kaleidoscope eyes”)

3. You Won’t See Me

4. Bungalow Bill (“If looks could kill it would have been us instead of him”)

5. Long Long Long (“Now I can see you be you”)

6. Across The Universe (“Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes”)

7. Don’t Pass Me By (“See the hands a-moving, but I’m by myself…, I don’t see you, does it mean you don’t love me anymore?”)  

8. Eleanor Rigby (“Look at him working”)

9. Come Together (“Got to be good-looking cause he’s so hard to see”)

10. Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes

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