Talk:Money (That's What I Want)

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Infoboxes for The Kingsmen and The Flying Lizards versions of the song were requested at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Missing_encyclopedic_articles/List_of_notable_songs/9.

I was just wondering, is "Gimme Some Money", the song by Spinal Tap, a reference to "Money" by The Beatles? I mean, it looks fairly obvious to me, but can anyone confirm this? In that case it should be mentioned both here and on the appriopriate Spinal Tap page. DodgeK 20:52, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I Need Some Money

"I Need Some Money," a song John Lee Hooker may have been performing live for some time previous to 1959, has lyrics that are more than coincidentally similar to "Money (That's What I Want)". For example, the first verses are "The best thing in life are free/But you can give it to the birds an' bees/ I need some money/ Need some money/ Oh yeah, what I want" versus "The best things in life are free/But you can keep 'em for the birds and bees/

Now give me money, (that's what I want) that's what I want". The music is, however, different.

The question of which lyrics came first never seems to have been settled in any formal way; John Lee Hooker has full composition credits for this song, and it has been independently covered by other artists such as James Blood Ulmer and The Doors.

Flying Lizards:

Is the word "thing", "things", most correct in the singular, or the plural?

I do note that the singular does not seem to comport with the preposition "are". Nor does it seem to match what I do think that I hear on Democracy Now!, Worldlink.

Thank You,

[[ hopiakuta Please do sign your signature on your message. ~~ Thank You. -]] 17:50, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

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