What bands namecheck themselves in song?
01-18-06, 09:09 PM
#1
DVD Talk Hero
Thread Starter
What bands namecheck themselves in song?
Morningwood does in the "Nth Degree".
Devo did more than once.
There are others but I'm drawing a blank right now.
Devo did more than once.
There are others but I'm drawing a blank right now.
01-18-06, 09:14 PM
#3
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Run-DMC in pretty much all of their songs. I've always thought that they were the most self-referential hip-hop group ever, sampling their earlier songs a whole lot.
They Might Be Giants have a self-titled song. And Bad Company.
They Might Be Giants have a self-titled song. And Bad Company.
01-18-06, 09:25 PM
#5
Originally Posted by Buford T Pusser
Morningwood does in the "Nth Degree".
Devo did more than once.
There are others but I'm drawing a blank right now.
Devo did more than once.
There are others but I'm drawing a blank right now.
"Your record collection don't exist
You don't even know who Liz Phair is"
01-18-06, 09:40 PM
#8
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
'Cause we are GWAR
And we'll go far
We've got guitars
We'll eat your car.....
GWAR GWAR GWAR GWAR
One of many, not even counting the ones where another character is referring to them [ie Morality Squad]
Alice Cooper
"I said I came from Detroit City
and played guitar in a long haired rock and roll band
She asked me why the singer's name was Alice
I said well listen baby you know you really wouldn't understand"
Mojo Nixon in his cover of that song, and I'm sure some others.
Does namechecking have to be obvious and literal, or can it be subtle?
"I've got suicidal tendencies, but i can't kill myself" Suicidal Tendencies, "Suicidal Failure"....this is quite a depressing album upon rethinking it.
Pop Will Eat Itself
lots of times
one song is just them repeating "PWEI" dozens of times.
otherwise, "Like a ten ton truck, don't give a f*ck, and if you don't like the Poppies [their nickname], that's your hard luck"
Murphy's Law
"We're Murphy's Law OI OI OI"
And we'll go far
We've got guitars
We'll eat your car.....
GWAR GWAR GWAR GWAR
One of many, not even counting the ones where another character is referring to them [ie Morality Squad]
Alice Cooper
"I said I came from Detroit City
and played guitar in a long haired rock and roll band
She asked me why the singer's name was Alice
I said well listen baby you know you really wouldn't understand"
Mojo Nixon in his cover of that song, and I'm sure some others.
Does namechecking have to be obvious and literal, or can it be subtle?
"I've got suicidal tendencies, but i can't kill myself" Suicidal Tendencies, "Suicidal Failure"....this is quite a depressing album upon rethinking it.
Pop Will Eat Itself
lots of times
one song is just them repeating "PWEI" dozens of times.
otherwise, "Like a ten ton truck, don't give a f*ck, and if you don't like the Poppies [their nickname], that's your hard luck"
Murphy's Law
"We're Murphy's Law OI OI OI"
Last edited by tonyc3742; 01-18-06 at 09:45 PM.
01-18-06, 11:11 PM
#15
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Originally Posted by dtcarson
Alice Cooper
"I said I came from Detroit City
and played guitar in a long haired rock and roll band
She asked me why the singer's name was Alice
I said well listen baby you know you really wouldn't understand"
Sort of like in Pink Floyd's "Have A Cigar" - "...oh by the way, which one's Pink?"
01-18-06, 11:29 PM
#17
DVD Talk Special Edition
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Home of the Maize & Blue (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Posts: 1,119
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Metallica - Whiplash
The show is through the metal is gone
it is time to hit the road
another town another gig
again we will explode
hotel rooms and motorways
life out here is raw
but we will never stop
we will never quit
cause we are "METALLICA"
Adrenalin starts to flow
you're thrashing all around
acting like a maniac
whiplash
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
Won't you come into my room,
i want to show you all my wares,
i just want to see your blood,
i just want to stand and stare,
See the blood begin to flow,
as it falls upon the floor,
"IRON MAIDEN" can't be fought,
"IRON MAIDEN" can't be sought.
Oh well, wherever wherever you are,
IRON MAIDEN'S gonna get you,
no matter how far, see the blood flow,
watching it shed up above my head,
IRON MAIDEN wants you dead.
Twisted Sister - Come out and play
Another one off the top of my head..
Damn Yankees
The show is through the metal is gone
it is time to hit the road
another town another gig
again we will explode
hotel rooms and motorways
life out here is raw
but we will never stop
we will never quit
cause we are "METALLICA"
Adrenalin starts to flow
you're thrashing all around
acting like a maniac
whiplash
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
Won't you come into my room,
i want to show you all my wares,
i just want to see your blood,
i just want to stand and stare,
See the blood begin to flow,
as it falls upon the floor,
"IRON MAIDEN" can't be fought,
"IRON MAIDEN" can't be sought.
Oh well, wherever wherever you are,
IRON MAIDEN'S gonna get you,
no matter how far, see the blood flow,
watching it shed up above my head,
IRON MAIDEN wants you dead.
Twisted Sister - Come out and play
Another one off the top of my head..
Damn Yankees
Last edited by johnbook; 01-18-06 at 11:57 PM.
