If The Beatles were Arab, their songs would be ...

We live in a "Yalla Submarine"
By Nourhan Nassar Contributor

Over 50 years have passed since the Beatles made their debut, forever changing the music industry. 

But have you ever wondered what their songs would be like if the band were Arab?

From the band's name to their song titles, here's our version of "the Fab Four." 

1. The name: "Al Khanafes"?

The beatles, arabic headline
Vintage Arabic article about the Beatles Source: Twitter/w_carruthers

From Beatles to Beetles to "Khanafes" (الخنافس) because why the hell not. 

2. "Norwegian wood"

From Japanese author Haruki Murakami's book Norwegian Wood - named after one of the Beatles' songs - to a bad Arabic translation: "الغابة النروجية."

3. "Yellow submarine"

4. "Drive my car"

This was, of course, prior to Saudi Arabia's lift on the women driving ban. 

5. "Ticket to ride"

6. "The Hippy, Hippy Shake"

7. "Can't buy me love"

How did Arabs manage to "sell cupid"? One wonders. 

From "can't buy me love" to "cupid for sale."

Copyright Notice

StepFeed
StepFeed

This website, newsletter, and its content are copyright of Step Platform DMCC - 2021. All rights reserved.

Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited other than the following:

  • You may print or download to a local hard disk extracts for your personal and non-commercial use only
  • You may copy or forward the content to individual third parties for their personal use, but only if you acknowledge the website and newsletter as the source of the material

You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content. Nor may you transmit it or store it in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system.

You may not, except by clearly referencing or crediting the website and newsletter, share or distribute the content. 

You may also like