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Re: Songs that reference another artist/group name?
Barenaked Ladies - Blame It On Me
Milli Vanilli told you to Blame it On The Rain, but if you blame it on the rain tell me what can be gained so, if all else fails you can blame it on me. |
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Tenacious D- Dio
Dio has rocked (echo: rocked) for a long, long time, Now it's time for him to pass the torch. He has songs of wilderbeasts and angels, He has soared on the wings of a demon. It's time to pass the torch, You're too old to rock, no more rockin' for you. We're takin' you to a home, But we will sing a song about you. And we will make sure that you're very well taken care of. You'll tell us secrets that you've learned. Woah! Your sauce will mix with ours, And we'll make a good goulash baby. Dio, time to go! You must give your cape and scepter to me. And a smaller one for KG. Go! Go! Dio! Dio! |
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Originally Posted by Jason
(Post 9604191)
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Quite a few in this one. This one's much funnier too :) |
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Anyone mention the real slim shady yet?
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Originally Posted by tommyp007
(Post 9604357)
1985 by Bowling for Soup
Debbie just hit the wall She never had it all One Prozac a day Husband's a C.P.A. Her dreams went out the door Once she turned 24 Only been with one man What happen to her plans? She was gonna be an actress She was gonna be a star She was gonna shake her ass On the hood of Whitesnake’s car Now her SUV has become the enemy Looks at her average life Nothing has been alright... since Bruce Springsteen, Madonna Way before Nirvana There was U2 and Blondie And music still on MTV Her two kids in high school They tell her that she’s uncool Cause she's still preoccupied With 19, 19, 1985 Woohoohoo (1985) Woohoohoo She’s seen all the classics At least a hundred times Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink Fast Times At Ridgemont High She rocks out to Wham! Not a big Limp Bizkit fan Never knew George was gay Hoped they hook up one day Where’s her fairy tale Where's her dream? Where's the quarterback From her highschool footbal team? Where’s her fairy tale Where's her dream? How many times will she ask herself What happened to me? (The rubber broke!)...WHEN Springsteen, Madonna Way before Nirvana There was U2 and Blondie And music still on MTV Her two kids in high school They tell her that she’s uncool Cause she's still preoccupied With 19, 19, 1985 Woohoohoo She hates time make it stop When did Motley Crue become classic rock? She hates time make it stop Bruce Springsteen, Madonna Way before Nirvana There was U2 and Blondie And music still on MTV Her two kids in high school They tell her that she’s uncool Cause she's still preoccupied With 1985 And from the same album as the original version - Here We Go Again - SR-71 also had another song along a similar vein called "Axl Rose"... Where did you go Axl Rose? Ricky lives alone...mother's basement 37 got nothing to show for it Heavy metal man with his long hair The top is gone but he's rockin' the ponytail All he's got now is post grunge apathy...(catastrophe) He says The Vines and The White Stripes Just don't get it for me and my friends Take me back when... Whoa, oh...Where did you go Axl Rose? 'Til one night at karakoe Ricky was kickin' out Bon Jovi "Dead Or Alvie" I think it was And right then Angel fell in love |
Re: Songs that reference another artist/group name?
Originally Posted by Tscott
(Post 9607229)
Barenaked Ladies - Blame It On Me
Milli Vanilli told you to Blame it On The Rain, but if you blame it on the rain tell me what can be gained so, if all else fails you can blame it on me. Barenaked Ladies - "Brian Wilson" Dr. Landy tell me you're not just a pedagogue, cause right now I'm [Chorus] Lying in bed just like Brian Wilson did Well I'm lying in bed just like Brian Wilson did. So I'm lying here, just staring at the ceiling tiles. and I'm thinking about what to think about. Just listening and relistening to Smiley Smile, and I'm wondering if this is some kind of creative drought because I am [Chorus] And if you want to find me I'll be out in the sandbox, wondering where the hell all the love has gone. Playing my guitar and building castles in the sun, and singing "Fun, Fun, Fun." [Chorus] I had a dream that I was three hundred pounds and though I was very heavy, I floated 'til I couldn't see the ground I floated 'til I couldn't see the ground Somebody help me, I couldn't see the ground Somebody help me, I couldn't see the ground Somebody help me because I'm Barenaked Ladies - "One Week" Hot like wasabe when I bust rhymes Big like Leann Rimes Because I'm all about value Bert Kaempferts got the mad hits |
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I could do this all day, and still not hit upon all the ones I know. Here's a few more random ones off the top of my head...
New Radicals - "You get What You Give" Fashion shoots with Beck and Hanson Courtney Love and Marilyn Manson ...lots of songs that reference The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, such as... House of Love - "The Beatles and the Stones" Look at him shouting out Loud as thunder out at sea He wants a bomb So do we A bomb from the sky Is the perfect crime Shoulder on shoulder and heat The Beatles and the Stones Sucked the marrow out of bone Put the V in Vietnam The Beatles and the Stones Made it good to be alone To be alone Look at me, proud of being Proud of being seventeen Locking in the pocket a smile Soft from the school Cut by the rule Oh I'm dazed and I'm dazed and I'm dazed The Beatles and the Stones Sucked the marrow out of bone Put the V in Vietnam The Beatles and the Stones Made it good to be alone To be alone The Beatles and the Stones Sucked the marrow out of bone Put the V in Vietnam The Beatles and the Stones Made it good to be alone To be alone To be alone To be alone (Alone, alone, alone, alone, alone) To be alone... Metric - "Gimme Sympathy" I can feel it in my bones Gimme sympathy After all of this is gone Who'd you rather be? The Beatles or the Rolling Stones? Oh, seriously You're gonna make mistakes, you're young Come on, baby, play me a song Like, "Here Comes the Sun" Material Issue - "What Girls Want" She said... I want want love, I want drugs, I want sex and affection I want everyone in this room here to look I my direction I want a man with lips just like Mick Jagger Rod Stewart's hair, and Keith Richards swagger That's what girls want ...and a couple from one of my favorite albums from last year... Gaslight Anthem - "Miles Davis And The Cool" Look Miles Davis, I've been swayed by the cool. There's just something about the summertime. There's just something about the moon. Gaslight Anthem - "High Lonesome" (Elvis, Tom Petty & Springsteen refs) And Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand I always kinda sorta wished I looked like Elvis And in my head there's all these classic cars And outlaw cowboy bands I always kinda sorta wish I'm someone else There were Southern accents On the radio As I drove home And at night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet It's a pretty good song Maybe you know the rest |
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Shawn Mullins-Rockabye
She grew up with the children of the stars in the Hollywood hills and the boulevards. Her parents threw big parties. Everyone was there. They hung out with folks like Dennis Hopper and Bob Seger and Sonny and Cher. |
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Half Man Half Biscuit - Joy Division Oven Gloves
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Re: Songs that reference another artist/group name?
Originally Posted by Rocketdog2000
(Post 9607754)
Gaslight Anthem - "High Lonesome" (Elvis, Tom Petty & Springsteen refs)
And Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand I always kinda sorta wished I looked like Elvis And in my head there's all these classic cars And outlaw cowboy bands I always kinda sorta wish I'm someone else There were Southern accents On the radio As I drove home And at night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet It's a pretty good song Maybe you know the rest |
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Thanks, some good ones.
another one I remembered: "Instant Club Hit (You'll Dance to Anything)" By the Dead Milkmen She'll dance to anything You'll dance to anything Okay, look at you Don't you look like Siouxsie Sioux How long did it take to get that way What a terrible waste of energy You wear black clothes say you're poetic The sad truth is you're just pathetic Get into the groove get out of my way I came here to drink not to get laid So why don't you just go on home If you want to moan you'll have to moan alone You'll dance to anything... You'll dance to anything... Don't try to tell me that you're an intellectual Cause you're just another born bisexual ("I met Andy Warhol at a really chic party") Blow it out your hair cause you work at Hardees 80 pounds of make up on your art school skin 80 points of I.Q. located within Know what you are? You're a bunch of ... Artfags! Artfags! Choke on this you dance-a-teria types! You'll dance to anything by the Communards You'll dance to anything by Book of Love You'll dance to anything by The Smiths You'll dance to anything by De-peche Mode You'll dance to anything by Public Image Limited You'll dance to anything by Naked Truth You'll dance to anything by any bunch of stupid Europeans who come over here with their big hairdos bent on taking OUR money instead of giving your cash, where it belongs, to a decent American artist like myself! You'll dance to anythIng |
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Tool - Hooker With a Penis
I met a boy wearing Vans, 501s, and a Dope Beastie t, nipple rings, and New tattoos that claimed that he Was OGT, From '92, The first EP. |
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Supergrass - Prophet 15:
Well John Belushi, and Lady Day were close by And Joe the Lion and Marvin Gaye were right there Jason Mraz - The Dynamo of Volition I'm tryin' to keep with the Joneses While waiting for Guns and the Roses To finish what we all suppose is Gonna be the shit Everclear - Thrift Store Chair: Gonna put a John Prine record on I think we need to slow it down for a while Better Than Ezra - Lifetime: And that REM song was playing in my mind Three and a half minutes Felt like a lifetime Better Than Ezra - Extra Ordinary: Though I got more hooks like Madonna got looks. Just like that AC/DC song Come on baby shake me all night long Just like that Barenaked Ladies Song I'm hot like wasabi when I'm next to your body. Ben Folds - Rockin' the Suburbs I'm rockin' the suburbs Just like Michael Jackson did I'm rockin' the suburbs Except that he was talented I'm rockin' the suburbs Just like Quiet Riot did I'm rockin' the suburbs Except that they were talented Just like Jon Bon Jovi did I'm rockin' the suburbs Counting Crows - Mr. Jones: I want to be Bob Dylan Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky Everclear - Otis Redding Flight of the Conchords - Bowie |
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hmm off the top of my head
Local H - January: The One With Kid 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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"Pullin mad, so you know it's me
and your weed got more seeds than ODB"-Redman off of Buck 50 Pretty much any rap record. Put on any Jay-z song and he's either mentioning BIG or using one of his lines. |
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Originally Posted by Perkinsun Dzees
(Post 9607223)
Nick Lowe - All Men Are Liars
"Do you remember Rick Astley? He had a big fat hit that was ghastly." I'm surprised that the Stray Cat's "Gene & Eddie" hasn't come up yet! "Well be bop a lula she's my baby Well be bop a lula summertime blues Well it's something else man and you can't lose I'm gonna race with the devil and maybe I'll win And I'm gonna dance with skinny Jim Well hang on tight you better get ready We're gonna rock with Gene and Eddie Halleluja I love her so bee I bickey bop bo bo go Cut across shorty you can't fail She got a red blue jeans and a pony tail Well hang on tight man you better get ready Cause we're gonna rock with Gene and Eddie Well come on everybody let's get together tonight Say mama can I go out tonight Well I sure miss you and the twenty flight rock Get your dungarees on let's a blue jean bop Well hang on tight you better get ready Cause we're gonna rock with Gene and Eddie" Also, another (of I'm sure more-than-a-few) Eddie Cochran reference by Setzer in "'59" as well as another: "...And Bobby Darin sang "Mack The Knife" They took Eddie Cochran, what could we do Once he was gone we knew that rock and roll was through" |
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I've been listening to the new Bleu album for over a week now, and can't believe I forgot to list this one. Lots of references here...
Bleu - "Boy Meets Girl" I've got a tune for the bride and the groom and how they got here It starts out with a boy and a girl who met in senior year She hung out the outside crowd while he disappeared But the square and the rebel fit together like the treble and bass in their ears It's like Twisted Sister meets Mr. Mister It's like Rolling Thunder meets a Careless Whisper It's like Jesus Jones and The Rolling Stones in a game of Twister It's like boy meets girl He went to Boston and got a little lost in a frozen stare (Hallelujah) She looked at him with an L.A. grin and wondered if he cared (Hallelujah) He said someday when the Polaroids fade and we cut our hair (Hallelujah) We'll look back and we'll laugh 'cause the Queen and the Jack made a perfect pair It's like Twisted Sister meets Mr. Mister It's like Shout At The Devil meets a Careless Whisper It's like Motorhead and The Greatful Dead in a game of Twister It's like boy meets girl la la la la la la la la |
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X I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts
I hear the radio is finally gonna play new music, you know, the british invasion." But what about the Minutemen, Flesh Eaters, DOA, Big Boys. And the Black Flag? Will the last american band to get played on the radio please bring the flag? please bring the flag! Glitter-disco- synthesizer night school. All this noble savage drum, drum, drum. astronauts going back in time to hang out with the cave people. It's about time, it's about space. It's about some people in the strangest place. woody guthrie sang about b-e-e-t-s not b-e-a-t-s. I must not think bad thoughts, I must not think bad thoughts |
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Saw this post and had to add one. Don't agree with it, but it was a band I use to be into many years ago.
Mindless Self Indulgence - I Hate Jimmy Page |
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Originally Posted by cungar
(Post 9602508)
Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
We all came out to montreux On the lake geneva shoreline To make records with a mobile We didnt have much time Frank zappa and the mothers Were at the best place around "Elvis Costello Hurry Down Doomsday" _ Elvis Costello Any day now a giant insect mutation Will swoop down and devour the white man's burden Starting out with all of the sensitive ones Better make like a fly if you don't want to die Look out there goes Gordon (Sting of course) Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen The screen door slams Mary' dress waves Like a vision she dances across the porch As the radio plays Roy Orbison singing for the lonely refering to the Stones mobile unit. |
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Steely Dan - Everything You Did
"Turn up The Eagles the neighbors are listening" Cause Walt Becker's gf loved them or something. and the line in Hotel California about Steely knives is a shot back. |
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Bad Company - Shooting Star
Johnny was a schoolboy When he heard his first Beatles song 'Love Me Do' I think it was From there it didn't take him long |
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Syd Barrett- Bob Dylan Blues
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Any song by The Game.
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The Who-You Better You Bet
"The sound of old T Rex" |
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