A tide of commuters came and went as a Brooklyn-bound F train stopped at the 14th Street station in Manhattan, and a smattering of others milled around the platform, staring at their phones or nothing at all as they waited. None of them paid any attention as Rahiem Taylor strummed his bass guitar and his twin brother, Amiri, tried to reattach the strap to his acoustic guitar.

Then, they started to play.

“Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you,” the brothers sang, echoes of John and Paul in their voices. “Tomorrow I’ll miss you. Remember I’ll always be true.”

The people waiting on the platform perked up. Cellphone cameras were pointed in their direction. The brothers kept playing with Amiri turning to face his brother as they sang.

The effect was one that the 23-year-old brothers, whose band is called Blac Rabbit, have grown somewhat accustomed to over years of playing in the subway, their effervescent vibe seemingly as infectious as the Beatles songs they cover (“Love Me Do,” “Eight Days a Week” and “Another Girl,” among them).