10 Perfect Rock Music Songs That Were Inspired By The Beatles

10. Why Don't You Get a Job - The Offspring

The Beatles and the world of punk rock don't really feel like they belong in the same sentence most of the time. When bands like the Ramones and the Sex Pistols got things started in the late '70s, it almost seemed like the antithesis of what the Beatles were doing in the first place, getting away from those pop masterpieces and bringing it back to basics. Once they did admit that the Beatles had some good songs though, the next generation didn't even bother hiding their ideas.

Although Americana gave us some of the best Offspring songs like The Kids Aren't Alright, Why Don't You Get a Job practically feels like the band taking the piss out of the Beatles, framing the whole song as a bit of a satire of Paul McCartney's song Ob La Di Ob La Da. While the original song from the White Album was already a bit divisive, this is the kind of homage that makes the original sound doubly annoying, being barked out by Dexter Holland's screeching high voice and sounding closer to a children's version of what a punk rock song should sound like.

This isn't just a play on the typical Beatles kick either, with the band practically lifting the entire vocal melody and just rewriting the entire song with a few different lyrics thrown in here and there. There's always the old expression of artists wearing their influences on their sleeve, but this song just wears its Beatles influence like a mask and hopes that you don't tell the difference.