Songs Mentioning Beatles: All the Young Dudes

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Happy June! In America, it’s the start of meteorological summer, and it’s also the start of the Atlantic hurricane season. In myLot land, it’s the start of two countdowns to celebrate Sir Paul McCartney’s 84th birthday later this month. This first countdown features songs that namedrop the Beatles or one of them. And here we go! All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople Name dropping central here. We have T Rex and the Stones in addition to the Beatles being mentioned. Then you have David Bowie writing the song and the band named after a 1966 novel, and it’s enough to send you into a rabbit hole. (Well, enough to send me into one. ) Bowie wrote the song for Mott the Hoople because he heard they were about to break up after a few years of lackluster sales and success. Bowie persuaded them to stay together. He initially offered “Suffragette City” to the band, then gave them this song. He even produced the album. The combination worked. “All the Young Dudes” became Mott the Hoople’s biggest international hit and made them the poster children for glam rock (despite T Rex being around longer, even to the point of being name checked in this song!). Ian Hunter went on to have a relatively successful solo career. He’ll be 87 on Wednesday (no kidding!!), a remarkable age for a man who sang this song with its opening line about how kids “don’t want to stay alive when you’re 25.” All the Young Dudes Written by David Bowie Recorded by Mott the Hoople From All the Young Dudes, 1972 BEATLE REFERENCE LYRICS: My brother’s back at home with his Beatles and his Stones