Lyrics mentioning other artists: "You Get What You Give" by New Radicals.
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Subject: HELP: Lyrics/Titles That Mention Other Performers/Groups
From: rep...@twcny.rr.com (The RepoMan)
Date: Sun, Jun 6, 1999 04:43 EDT
Message-id: <375a2641.54043360@news-server>
I am requesting your help in compiling a list of song lyrics and
titles that mention other performers or groups. Examples are:
Titles:
"Jackie Wilson Said"
(Van Morrison)
"Roll Over, Beethoven"
(Chuck Berry)
"Don Henley Must Die"
(Mojo Nixon, not to overlook his
"Bring Me The Head Of David Geffen"
or
"Debby Gibson Is Pregnant With My Two-Headed Love Child")
Lyrics:
". . .Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around . . ."
(Deep Purple in "Smoke on the Water")
". . . I hope Neil Young will remember,
A Southern man don't need him around anyhow . . ."
(Lynyrd Skynyrd in "Sweet Home Alabama")
Interestingly, Mojo Nixon also wrote
"Elvis is Everywhere",
while Frank Zappa performs an instrumental titled
"Elvis Has Left the Building".
Less well known is the fact that then-20-year-old Ludwig von
Beethoven, having completed the funeral cantata on the death of Holy
Roman Emperor Joseph II in 1790, lightened up long enough to write
"Elvis Won't Even Be Born for Another Hundred and Forty-Five Years
Yet".
;-)
But I think the REAL examples above should illustrate what I'm looking
for.
I would appreciate ANY references that the readers of this group can
provide, even if it's "I think the Inkspots sang one that mentioned
Paul Whiteman's Orchestra in 1946 or so . . ."
If you can supply a source or a URL, great, but ANY leads would help
me out. I'll mention you on my web page when the project gets enough
material.
Send 'em to me,
The RepoMan
rep...@twcny.rr.com
TIA
-----Lyrics Mentioning Other Artists-----
"You Get What You Give" by New Radicals.
The lyrics mention Beck, Hanson, Courtney Love (from the Seattle-based rock
band Hole), and Marilyn Manson.
98YCR, Playing Tomorrow's Music Today, York, Pennsylvania.
Listening to anything else is like kissing your sister.
The radio station promoting family values: ROCKIN' like a MOTHER!
Chaelysq
Just like Bryan Wilson did..."
davibo
from the album "BLOOD ON THE BRICKS"
YOUNG LOVE
(Aldo Nova/Jon Bon Jovi/Jim Vallance)
...playing saxophone
All dressed in black
His boombox blaring
Some METALLICA track....
ABBA LIVE <abba...@aol.com> wrote in message
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Todd & Sharon Peach
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Subject: HELP: Lyrics/Titles That Mention Other Performers/Groups
> From: rep...@twcny.rr.com (The RepoMan)
> Date: Sun, Jun 6, 1999 04:43 EDT
> Message-id: <375a2641.54043360@news-server>
>
> I am requesting your help in compiling a list of song lyrics and
> titles that mention other performers or groups. Examples are:
>
> Titles:
>
> "Jackie Wilson Said"
> (Van Morrison)
>
> "Roll Over, Beethoven"
> (Chuck Berry)
Elvis' Rolls Royce
(Was Not Was)
I believe some Rap music (not really my thing) has "diss" references to
other artists; wasn't this an issue when Tupac and Biggie Smalls were
killed?
-Todd
--
Todd & Sharon Peach
Seattle, Washington (zone 7)
tpe...@gte.net
http://home1.gte.net/tpeach/NoPlaceLikeHome.htm
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Ella Fitzgerald Lyrics:
http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Alley/5201/Ella/Ella.html
Ray Charles Lyrics:
http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Alley/5201/RayCharles/Ray.html
Vintage R&B Lyrics:
http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Alley/5201/RandB/VintageRandB.html
BANNETTS3
There was a NY "house music" club hit about 5 years ago by someone with the
last name Fuentes titled "If Madonna calls (I'm not here)".
Not sure if you want this: The artists aren't named but their music is. Johnny
Rivers in song Summer Rain from late 60's sings: "...and everybody kept on
playin' Sargeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band..."
Not sure if you wnat this either but John Lennon sings "I don't believe in
Beatles" in one of his SOLO recordings which, after namimg many things he
doesn't believe in, he ends: "I just believe in me."
Also, I don't have lyrics to Mamas and Papas' "I love rock and roll music" but
I'll bet there's something for you there.
FYI: There are many hard-core rap recordings with other rappers "dissed" by
name, but you'll have to consult a rap expert to identify them
BANNETTS3
>titles that mention other performers
Rogers on the Victrola..."
BANNETTS3
Us Together (BIG hit of mid '70's) they sing (Neil) "Sedaka is back"....but it
may not count since I think he wrote the song for them.
Mark L. Levinson
recollections on TV are to be believed, Sedaka didn't write it for
Captain and Tenille. He was singing it at his own gigs, they
heard it, and they liked it.
ML
Debbie
davibo wrote:
> ALDO NOVA
> from the album "BLOOD ON THE BRICKS"
>
> YOUNG LOVE
> (Aldo Nova/Jon Bon Jovi/Jim Vallance)
>
> ...playing saxophone
> All dressed in black
> His boombox blaring
> Some METALLICA track....
>
> ABBA LIVE <abba...@aol.com> wrote in message
> 19990606124003...@ng-fs1.aol.com...
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > Subject: HELP: Lyrics/Titles That Mention Other Performers/Groups
> > From: rep...@twcny.rr.com (The RepoMan)
> > Date: Sun, Jun 6, 1999 04:43 EDT
> > Message-id: <375a2641.54043360@news-server>
> >
> > I am requesting your help in compiling a list of song lyrics and
> > titles that mention other performers or groups. Examples are:
> >
> > Titles:
> >
> > "Jackie Wilson Said"
> > (Van Morrison)
> >
> > "Roll Over, Beethoven"
> > (Chuck Berry)
> >
Jen Nance
BANNETTS3 <bann...@aol.com> wrote in article
<19990609040236...@ng-cq1.aol.com>...
> .>song lyrics and titles that mention other performers or groups.
>
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Spider Web by Joan Osborne: "I dreamed about Ray Charles last night, that
he could see just fine."
Nightshift by the Commodores "Jackie, hey whatcha' doin' now?"....."Marvin
he was a friend of mine."
The Ballad of John and Yoko- The Beatles (Yoko wasn't a Beatle, so I guess
this song fits the description.)
I'm Missing You- Diana Ross
"As I look around I see things that remind me...Just to see your smile
made my heart fill with joy....I still recall all those things we shared
together, where did you run to boy?"
"I'm missing you" was written for Marvin Gaye in the wake of his death.
Reasons To Be Beautiful by Hole "Named a star for your eyes did you freeze,
did you weep, turn to gold, baby sleep." Apparently Courtney Love wrote
this one for Kurt Cobain, according to speculation.
Let Me In by R.E.M. -----Lead singer Michael Stipe said on MtV that he
wrote this song for Kurt Cobain of Nirvana when Stipe began to feel like
"we were loosing him."
davibo
From the album "TEMPLE BAR"
DOWNTOWN
...Christ I wish someone would call me
Johnny Thunders on the Radio
Ah, but "you can't put your arms around a memory"...
Debbie <fr...@sweet.as> wrote in message 37602582...@sweet.as...
Monique
On and on
Stephen Bishop
...
Poor ol'Jimmy
Sits alone in the moonlight
Saw his woman kiss another man
So he takes a ladder
Steals the stars from the sky
Puts on Sinatra and starts to cry
...
davibo <dav...@global.it> wrote in message
news:7jqqcl$a97$1...@ffx2nh3.news.uu.net...
Andrew Stewart
A piece on trivia on the song - it inspired the title of Joy
Division's classic "Love Will Tear Us Apart Again".
(np: Dr. David Bowie - Never Let Me Down)
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