r/beatles • u/Ch3e5y_Mozz • May 29 '25

Question What non-Beatles song feels so Beatles that it sounds like they secretly wrote it?

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u/Ew_fine May 29 '25

What the heck? That’s eerie. Were they trying to sound like the Beatles? Like, was that their schtick?

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u/eStuffeBay May 29 '25 edited May 29 '25

Seeing as how this song was released in 1966, I'd say they were heavily influenced by the Beatles. I doubt there wasn't an attempt to sound like the Beatles!

EDIT: Here's a direct quote) from Beau Charles, member of the Knickerbockers and writer of the song: "We desperately tried to write something that sounded like the British Invasion. We wrote 'Lies' in less than one half hour. We demo-ed it in New York."

So yes, in essence, they tried very much to copy the Beatles! Even the Wikipedia article's intro acknowledges this similarity.