At this stage, John [Lennon] and Paul [McCartney] were both magpies, lifting whatever took their fancy from other people’s songs: the ‘woo woo’ came from the Isley Brothers’ ‘Twist and Shout.’ (Craig Brown, 150 Glimpses of the Beatles, FSG [2020], p.113.)
a magpie, as in one who appropriates concepts and ideas from others plagiarist is also a synonym for plagiarist, copycat and imitator
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