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The Tragically Hip - Don't Wake Daddy
"Sled dogs after dinner close their eyes on the howlin' wastes Kurt Cobain, reincarnated sighs and licks his face" For Squirrels - Mighty K.C. |
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"Unseen Power of the Picket Fence" - Pavement
Some bands I like to name check, And one of them is REM, Classic songs with a long history Southern boys just like you and me. R - E - M Flashback to 1983, Chronic Town was their first EP Later on came Reckoning Finster's art, and titles to match: South Central Rain, Don't Go Back To Rockville, Harbourcoat, Pretty Persuasion, You were born to be a camera, Time After Time was my least favourite song, Time After Time was my least favourite song. The singer, he had long hair And the drummer he knew restrait. And the bass man he had all the right moves And the guitar player was no saint. So lets go way back to the ancient times When there were no 50 states, And on a hill there stands Sherman Sherman and his mates. And they're marching through Georgia, we're marching through Georgia, we're marching through Georgia G-G-G-G-Georgia They're marching through Georgia, we're marching through Georgia, marching through Georgia G-G-G-G-Georgia and there stands REM |
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Originally Posted by starman9000
(Post 9602580)
Weezer, El Scorcho:
I asked you to go to the Green Day Concert...you said you never heard of them. Weezer "Heart Songs" Gordon Lightfoot sang a song about a boat that sank in the lake at the break of the morn' and a cat named Stevens found a faith he could believe in and Joan Baez never listened to too much jazz but hippie songs could be heard in our pad Eddie Rabbit sang about how much he loved a rainy night Abba, Devo, Benatar were there the day John Lennon died Mr Springsteen said he had a hungry heart Grover Washington was happy on the day he topped the chart These are the songs... these are my heart songs they never feel wrong and when I wake for goodness sake... these are the songs I keep singing Quiet Riot got me started with the banging of my head Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and Slayer taught me how to shred I gotta admit though, sometimes I would listen to the radio Debbie Gibson, tell me that you think we're all alone Michael Jackson's in the mirror Gotta have faith if I wanna see clear Never gonna give you up, this new love a wishing well It takes two to make a thing go right, if the fresh Prince starts a fight Don't you worry for too long 'cause you know... These are the songs... these are my heart songs they never feel wrong and when I wake for goodness sake... these are the songs I keep singing Back in 1991 I wasn't having any fun 'til my roommate said "come on" and put a brand new record on Had a baby on it, he was naked on it then I heard the chords that broke the chains I had up on me got together with my bros at some rehearsal studios then we played our first rock show and watched the fanbase start to grow signed the deal that give the dough to make a record of our own the song come on the radio and now people go "This is the song" These are my heart songs (these are my songs) they never feel wrong (never feel wrong) and when I wake for goodness sake these are the songs I keep singing (these are my heart songs) these are the songs I keep singing (they never feel wrong) these are the songs I keep singing (these are my heart songs) these are the songs I keep singing These are the songs I keep singing |
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Originally Posted by Chrisedge
(Post 9604376)
Weezer "Heart Songs"
Debbie Gibson, tell me that you think we're all alone |
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Originally Posted by Liver&Onions
(Post 9604381)
-ohbfrank-
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Haven't heard it in a long time, but here is a ton:
Mary Lou Lord (His Indie World) I don't think I fit into his indie world Guided By Voices and Velocity Girl Eric's Trip and Rocket Ship, Rancid and Rocket from The Crypt Bikini Kill and Built to Spill, it's plain to see that I don't fit He says my songs are too deep and gloomy He wishes that I could be more like Jenny Toomey Just give me my Joni my Nick, Neil, and Bob You can keep your Tsunami, your Slant 6 and Smog What's the story he says Butterglory I say what's the news he says the Silver Jews His heavenly hang-up is getting me down And it's making me wonder why he's hanging around Cause I don't fit into his indie scene Huggy Bear and Helium and Half-Japanese Sebadoh and Sentridoh and Superchunk and I don't know Doug and Lou and Calvin too and Kim and Kim and Kim and Kim Yeah I’m stuck in the past and he's stuck on his four-track But I can't get through to his one-track mind I push play and record and a major chord Maybe I’ll win his heart this time Maybe I’ll win his heart this time |
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Local H "The One with 'Kid'" (song's about a messy breakup).
Give me my Zeppelin CDs You know you took 'em, I know you did Where's my Pretenders record You know the one, the one with "Kid" Where's all my AC/DCs My Interpol, my Libertines Where's all my Kyuss records You never liked 'em until you met me Sensations, frustrations, barbed wire for coronations My "Heart of Glass" 12-inch is scratched No matter what it's costing Make sure you leave with nothing Won't stand and watch you gut our home |
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Originally Posted by pinata242
(Post 9602556)
Any Eminem song.
One of my favorites: That shit's way off course It's like me telling Johnny Cash how to sing about his horse Ice T, "Rap Games Hijacked" A non rap one: I said to Hank Williams, how lonely does it get. Hank Williams hasn't answered yet But I still hear him coughing all night long Leonard Cohen, "Tower of Song" Too many in this one to just post an excerpt: Gas Giants, "I Hope My Kids Like Marilyn Manson" |
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Originally Posted by The Bus
(Post 9604369)
First song that popped into my head strangely was Ice Cube's "Down for Whatever" with the line "I'm cool like that like Digable Planets" |
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Def Leppard - Rocket
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Mary's Danish - Axl Rose is Love
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Mojo Nixon - Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant with My Two-Headed Love Child
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Originally Posted by 12thmonkey
(Post 9602484)
Twisting - They Might Be Giants
"She doesn't have to have her Young Fresh Fellows tape back now. But there's not a lot of things that she'll take back." |
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The Scorpions - Speedy's Coming
"Do you like Alice Cooper Do you like Ringo Starr You like David Bowie And friends in the Royal Albert Hall." |
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I'm positive that if this were a contest, mentions of Bing Crosby would win hands down. I listen to a lot of old standards and big band era stuff, and Bing gets name-checked in almost half the songs from that period (often as "Der Bingle"). It's absolutely astounding to think of what a huge star he must have been.
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Remembered more Weezer:
Jaimie (Youve got the beach boys, and your firms(?) got the Stones) Suzanne (Even Izzy Slash and Axle Rose, when I call you put them all on hold) |
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Although the name isnt mentioned in the song,
Dangerous Toys "Scared" is about Alice Cooper |
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Originally Posted by I Make the Dough, You Get the Glory by Kathleen Edwards
You're cool and cred like Fogerty
I'm Elvis Presley in the 70's You're Chateauneuf, I'm Yellow Label You're the buffet I'm just the table I'm a Ford Tempo you're a Maserati You're the Great One, I'm Marty mcsorley You're the Concorde, I'm economy I make the dough but you get the glory
Originally Posted by Fuck the Pain Away by Peaches
Sucking' on my titties like you wanted me
Calling me all the time like Blondie Check out my Chrissy behind It's fine all of the time. What else is in the teaches of peaches? Like sex on the beaches, Huh? What?
Originally Posted by Glory of the '80s
In the glory of the 80s
I may not have to die I'll clone myself like that blonde chick That sings Bette Davis eyes and then When it all seemed to clear Just then you go and disappear .
Originally Posted by Space Dog
Is she still pissing in the river now
Heard she'd gone Moved into a trailer park.
Originally Posted by Springtime of His Voodoo
Standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona
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Charlie Daniels Band - The South's Gonna Do It Again:
Well, the train to Grinder's Switch is runnin' right on time And the Tucker Boys are cookin' down in Caroline People down in Florida can't be still When ol' Lynyrd Skynyrd's pickin' down in Jacksonville People down in Georgia come from near and far To hear Richard Betts pickin' on that red guitar Chorus: So gather 'round, gather 'round children Get down, well just get down children Get loud, well you can be loud and be proud Well you can be proud, hear now Be proud you're a rebel 'Cause the South's gonna do it again and again Elvin Bishop sittin' on a bale of hay He ain't good lookin', but he sure can play And there's ZZ Top and you can't forget That old brother Willie's gettin' soakin' Wet And all the good people down in Tennessee Are diggin' Barefoot Jerry and the C.D.B. Molly Hatchet - Gator Country: I've been to Alabama, people ain't a whole lot to see; Skynyrd says it's a real sweet home but it ain't nothing to me. Charlie Daniels will tell you the good Lord lives in Tennessee, ha! But I'm going back to gator country where the wine and the women are free. There's a gator in the bushes, he's calling my name, And a saying come on boy, you better make it back home again. There's many roads I've traveled but they all kind of look the same. There's a gator in the bushes, Lord, he calling my name. Old Richard Betts will tell ya Lord he was born a Ramblin' Man. Well he can ramble back to Georgia but I won't give a damn. Elvin Bishop out struttin' his stuff with little Miss Slick Titty Boom. But I'm going back to gator country to get me some elbow room. There's a gator in the bushes he's calling my name. and saying come on boy, you better make it back home again. There's many roads I've traveled but they all kinda look the same. There's a gator in the bushes, Lord, he calling my name. Yep. There's Marshall Tucker riding a rainbow searching for a pot of gold. Well they can take the highway, baby, and they can take all they can hold. The Outlaws down in Tampa town it's a mighty fine place to be. They got green grass and they got high tides and sure looks good to me. There's a gator in the bushes, he's calling my name. Saying come on boy, you better make it back home again. There's so many roads I've traveled but they all kinda look the same. There's a gator in the bushes , Lord, he's calling my name. |
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<table border="1" width="80%" cellpadding="8"><tr><td valign="top">Dyke & the Blazers - We Got More Soul (Arlester Christian):
Tell the world Sisters and my brothers We got more soul, dig it Sisters and my brothers We got more soul We got Ray Charles Doing his thing We got James Brown, yeah Doing his thing too We got more soul We got more soul We got more soul We got more soul Dig it now When we walk We got more soul We got it, when we talk We got more soul We got it, when we sing Lord, have mercy We got more soul We got it When we dance We got more soul We got Johnnie Taylor Doing his thing We got Johnnie Taylor Yeah, doing his, ow Listen! We got more soul We got more soul We got more soul We got more soul Dig it We got Aretha Franklin Doing her thing We got Nancy Wilson Doing her thing We got Pearl Bailey (!) Yeah, doing her thing We got more soul We got more soul, dig it My sisters and my brothers We got more soul When we walk We got it...</td><td valign="top">Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music (Sam Cooke, Arthur Conley, Otis Redding): Do you like good music That sweet soul music Just as long as it's swingin' Oh yeah, oh yeah Out here on the floor now We're going to a go go Ah dancin to the music Oh yeah, oh yeah Spotlight on Lou Rawls y'all Ah don't he look tall y'all Singin' loves a hurtin' thing now Oh yeah, oh yeah Spotlight on Sam and Dave now Ah don't they look boss y'all Singin' hold on I'm comin' Oh yeah, oh yeah Spotlight on Wilson Pickett That wicked picket Pickett Singin Mustang Sally Oh yeah, oh yeah Spotlight on Otis Redding now Singing fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa Oh yeah, oh yeah Spotlight on James Brown now He's the king of them all, yeah He's the king of them all, yeah Oh yeah, oh yeah</td></tr></table> American Pie if oblique references count. |
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The Police- When The World is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around
Turn on my VCR Same one I've had for years James Brown on the Tammi Show same tape I've had for years Turn on the Stereo it's played for years & years An Otis Redding song, It's all I own |
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And here's another good one with zillions of them:
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Weezer - In The Garage
I've got posters on the wall My favorite rock group KISS I've got Ace Frehley I've got Peter Criss Waiting there for me Yes I do, I do (Courtesy of Rocketdog2000) |
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Nick Lowe - All Men Are Liars
"Do you remember Rick Astley? He had a big fat hit that was ghastly." |
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