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Songs that reference another artist/group name?
I’m looking for songs that reference another artist in the lyrics, here are a few that I could think of. Give me more.
Neil young : "Borrowed Tune" “I'm singin' this borrowed tune I took from the Rolling Stones, Alone in this empty room Too wasted to write my own.” Kraftwerk: Trans-Europe Express "From station to station back to Dusseldorf City Meet Iggy Pop and David Bowie Trans-Europe Express" The Band: Up on Cripple Creek "Now me and my mate were back at the shack We had Spike Jones on the box She said, "I can't take the way he sings But I love to hear him talk" " The Who: You Better You Bet Lyrics (with bonus self reference!) " love to hear you say my name especially when you say yes I got your body right now on my mind but I drunk myself blind to the sound of old T-Rex, Mmmmm To the sound of old T-Rex oh, and Who's Next" |
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My Sister - Juliana Hatfield
"I miss my sister, why'd she go? Shes the one who would have taken me To my first all-ages show. It was the Violent Femmes and the Del Fuegos, Before they had a record out. before they went gold..." 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." All The Young Dudes - Mott The Hoople "And my brother's back at home with his Beatles and his Stones We never got it off on that revolution stuff, What a drag. Too many... snags" |
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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 |
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Cheap Trick - Surrender
Whatever happened to all this season's losers of the year? Every time I got to thinking, where'd they disappear? When I woke up, Mom and Dad are rolling on the couch Rolling numbers, rock and rolling, got my KISS records out |
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Red Hot Chili Peppers "Bob Marley, poet & a profit, Bob Marley taught me how to off it"
Lynyrd Skynryd "I hope Neil Young will remember, a southern man don't need him around anyhow" Beastie Boys "If I play guitar I'll be Jimmy Page, the girlies I like are underage - check it" Weezer "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." Neil Young "The king is gone but he's not forgotten, this is the story of Johnny Rotten." Cult "Kurt Cobain was so young, don't you know your poets gone" Cypress Hill "Like louie armstrong played the trumpet, I'll hit dat bong and break ya off something soon" Pantera "Your trust is in whiskey and weed and Black Sabbath, it's Goddamn Electric" and the second chorus goes "Your trust is in whiskey and weed and Slayer, it's Goddamn Electric Ol' Dirty Bastard name checked himself numerous times |
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Any Eminem song.
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Weezer, El Scorcho:
I asked you to go to the Green Day Concert...you said you never heard of them. |
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Edan — "Rock n Roll" [Dagha] I be the headbanger with the double-edge razor The breathtaker, dragon slayer slash savior Assassinator, flame thrower, fascinator My dagger blade cascade, and catch the mayor Captivator, spectator, activator Palladium's packed, they pay me a stacks of paper Aggravated assault, halt the batch of strangers The strangler, long ranger, the devil devestator Educated rebel with the heavy metal flavor Levels is elevated to decibels of danger Volts from that generator blow the detonator Decimate the place and left the radius a crater I cater to the greater entertainer and blaze the remainder with the energy of anger Celebrate the maker, I mutilate later And play a naysayer like a amplified bass player [Edan] The Riders of the Storm enter when Doors open To bring raw dosage in the form of swarm locusts Beetles and Birds that seem evil and absurd Gather with The Eagles that swerve to form herds Butterflies made of Iron ride the horizon Giving Credence to the Revival of Poseidon Who feeds in the Clearwater, you feel slaughter But Lovecraft author pens the horror for tomorrow Zombies and walking dead stalk the Talking Heads Insects with awkward legs haunt with awful dread All along the web the thread remains rare With bloodshed that led to where the Little Feat fled To lost places, thoughts lost for all ages Where Small Faces sit on the walls of tall Mazes That overlook the 13th Floor with long gazes Connected to the earthly core through elevators Check it, the Underground is made of Velvet Where buttersoft brothers talk tough on wax but ain't sell shit Every cracka that rap, ain't the Elvis My Aqualung cultivates the blue oyster shellfish I design my Pearls Before Swine And form rhymes that take you to a world before time Where Living Things coexisted with Crimson Kings Who on the Moon's Dark Side painted pretty things That illustrated lessons conceived by the mothers of invention Who also built the Stairway To Heaven, it's a present Only to be stolen by a Thief, the Judas Preist Who unleash his devil magic My mental fabric too thick for Lenny Kravitz Who imitates Jimi Hendrix in every facet Semi-Automatic Rap Heavy Metal Jackets Kill with mathematics to build with Black Sabbath And some I missed, probably. |
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Ween: I hate the Smiths (I hate the Smiths and Steven Morrissey)
the Mountain Goats: Anti-Music Song i saw you on tv doing a bad imitation of van morrison and i saw you on tv doing a bad imitation of a second rate songwriter from the eighties named morrissey i never liked morrissey and i don't like you. |
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Van Halen (Sammy Hagar) - Nerf Herder
Is this what you wanted, Sammy Hagar? Sammy Hagar, is this what you wanted, man? Dave lost his hairline but you lost your cool buddy Can't drive 55 I'll never buy your lousy records again Again, again, again, never again: |
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Tori Amos, Precious Things
With their nine-inch nails and little fascists panties tucked inside the heart of every nice girl |
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Leonard Cohen - "Memories"
"Frankie Laine was singing 'Jezebel' " Descendents - "Catalina" "....put on my Beatles tape" & "put on my Doors tape" |
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Gym Class Heroes - Taxi Driver (referenced band list) I took cutie for a ride in my deathcab She tipped me with a kiss I dropped her off at the meth lab Before she left she made a dashboard confessional And spilled her guts in cursive but whats worse is I could still see her bright eyes like sunny day real estate Oh my and in a funny way the ceiling tastes So high but no chance My little chemical romance left a bad taste in my mouth But I approached her like hey mercedes why the long face Why you cryin? theres no need Just put on this coheed and fallout Boy meets girl jimmy eat world But Schlep eats pills till hes all out Not once not twice she was thrice times a lady Mackin on brand new, but I had to Bounce over to the postal service to Pick up these pills that take care of my nervousness And all the way I saw planes and mistook 'em for stars She played games but she took em too far At the drive in Watching soft porn and you can tell By the trail of the dead, that there was somethin in the popcorn I hop in my cab destination midtown Just to get up with some kids that like to get down I'd made my rounds and that was that In between the frowns and scraps and heart attacks And I remember I seen her ass in early november On a Thursday taking back Sunday for a refund She shot a wink like no hard feelings Then she jetted to brazil man them pills had me spun This is the story of the year right here This is hot water music Put ya ramen into it |
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How about "My Baby's In Love With Eddie Vedder" by Weird Al....
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Righteous Brothers-"Rock And Roll Heaven"
Hendrix,Janis,Morrison,Croce,Otis,and Bobby Darin (Might be a few others) |
Re: Songs that reference another artist/group name?
Originally Posted by WMAangel
(Post 9602664)
How about "My Baby's In Love With Eddie Vedder" by Weird Al....
Local H: "If I were Eddie Vedder, would you like me any better" |
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Pavement - "Range Life"
Out on tour with the smashing pumpkins Nature kids, I they don't have no function I don't understand what they mean And I could really give a fuck The stone temple pilots, they're elegant bachelors They're foxy to me are they foxy to you? I will agree they deserve absolutely nothing Nothing more than me Dreamin' dream dream dream Local H - Eddie Vedder If I was Eddie Vedder Would you like me any better That's it I quit I don't give a shit |
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Rockshow-McCartney w/Wings mentions Jimmy Page
Drive-In Saturday-Bowie mentions Jagger I Dig Rock And Roll Music-Peter, Paul & Mary mentions a couple but can't remember who Creeque Alley-Mamas and Papas mentions one of them, Mama Cass Some song mentions T-Rex. All The Young Dudes? |
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Eighteen posts, no mention of "Sweet Home Alabama"?
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Post 5 -ohbfrank-
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Quite a few in this one. |
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Phish - Tube
Robert Palmer is employed again, again, again So stupendous, living in this tube. Phish - David Bowie (That's the name of the song, here are all the lyrics) David Bowie UB 40 John Lennon - God I just believe in me, Yoko and me, |
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Mott The Hoople-Born Late '58 "Tell Chuck Berry the news"
Edit: Don't think that's right. Might be "Honoloochie Boogie" |
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1985 by Bowling for Soup
Debbie just hit the wall She never had it all One Prozac a day Husband's a CPA Her dreams went out the door When she turned twenty four Only been with one man What happen to her plan? She was gonna be an actress She was gonna be a star She was gonna shake her ass On the hood of white snake’s car Her yellow SUV is now the enemy Looks at her average life And 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 She knows every line Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink Even Saint Elmo’s Fire She rocked out to Wham Not a big Limp Bizkit fan Thought she’d get a hand On a member of Duran Duran Where’s the mini-skirt made of snake skin And who’s the other guy that's singing in Van Halen When did reality become T.V. Whatever happened to sitcoms, game shows (on the radio was) 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? And when did Ozzy become an actor? Please make this stop Stop! And bring back 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 Woohoohoo Bruce Springsteen, Madonna Way before Nirvana There was U2 and Blondie And music still on MTV (woohoohoo) Her two kids in high school They tell her that she’s uncool Cause she's still preoccupied With 19, 19, 1985 |
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"Was is for Anthrax" - Public Enemy, "Bring the Noise"
"Give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld, so I can sigh eternally" - Nirvana, "Pennyroyal Tea" "Smashing Young Man" by Collective Soul is (allegedly) about Billy Corgan. |
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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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