HELP: Lyrics/Titles That Mention Other Performers/Groups
The RepoMan
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
"Sit down as much as you can."
-- Roger Corman's response when asked what advice he would
give young film directors
mavco
> I am requesting your help in compiling a list of song lyrics and
> titles that mention other performers or groups.
Here's a few to get you started:
Radar Love - Golden Earring (Brenda Lee)
The Fat Angel - Donovan (Jefferson Airplane)
I Dig Rock And Roll Music - PP&M (Donovan, Beatles, Mamas & Papas)
Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley (Lou Rawls, Sam & Dave, Wilson
Pickett, Otis Redding, James Brown)
Monterey - Eric Burdon & The Animals (Byrds, Ravi Shankar, Jefferson
Airplane, Who, Hugh Masakela, Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix)
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spake thusly:
>I am requesting your help in compiling a list of song lyrics and
>titles that mention other performers or groups. Examples are:
>
<snip>
How about Spandau Ballet - True.
2nd or 3rd verse goes;
"With a thrill in my head and a pill on my toungue"... ... "Listening
to Marvin all night long".
A reference to Marvin Gaye.
Regards
_____________
Gollum
"Nowadays, the illiterates can read and write."
Erin Wilson
The Beatles - Yer Blues (feel like Dylan's Mr. Jones)
Bob Dylan - Song For Woody (Woody Guthrie)
From a Buick 6 (Bo Diddley)
The Who - You Better You Bet (T.Rex)
Barenaked Ladies - Brian Wilson
Be My Yoko Ono
One Week (Sting, Bert Kaempfert (sp?))
http://www.bnl.org/html/lyrics_and_chords.html
Elton John - Empty Garden (John Lennon)
Concrete Blonde - God Is A Bullet (John Lennon)
They Might Be Giants - We're The Replacements (The Replacements)
Twisting (dBs & Young Fresh Fellows)
They Might Be Giants (They Might Be Giants)
The Day (Phil Ochs and Marvin Gaye)
Spandau Ballet - True (Marvin Gaye)
ABC - When Smokey Sings (Smokey Robinson)
Scritti Politti - Wood Beez (i pray like Aretha Franklin)
Commodores - Night Shift (mentions Marvin Gaye & Jackie Wilson)
Tom Petty - Runnin' Down a Dream (mentions Del Shannon)
Free Fallin' (mentions "crazy 'bout Elvis")
Righteous Brothers - Rock and Roll Heaven
John (Cougar) Mellencamp - R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.
Mentions: Frankie Lymon, Bobby Fuller, Mitch Ryder,
Jackie Wilson, Shangri-las, Young Rascals, Martha Reeves
AND James Brown
Prince - Ballad of Dorothy Parker (mentions Joni Mitchell)
Gett Off (mentions James Brown)
http://www.dttlyrics.com/albums/A-Z.html
Rick Springfield - Bruce (about the confusion between Springfield
and Springsteen)
Bruce Springsteen - 57 Channels (And Nothin' On) (mentions Elvis)
Johnny Bye Bye (mentions Elvis)
There Will Never Be Any Other For Me But You (mentions Elvis)
Thunder Road (mentions Roy Orbison)
(there's GOTTA be more Bruce songs)
http://www.xs4all.nl/~maroen/engels/brucetxt.html
Public Enemy (and Anthrax) - Bring The Noise!
Beat is for Sonny Bono, beat is for Yoko Ono
Run-DMC first said a deejay could be a band
Stand on its feet, get you out your seat
Beat is for Eric B, and L.L. as well, hell
Wax is for Anthrax, still it can rock bells
http://louis.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~rvn95r/public_e/lyrics/
Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love
mentions Smokey Robinson, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins,
Bob Marley, Sly and Robbie, Kurtis Blow & James Brown
The Police - When the World Is Running Down, You make the Best
of what's still around (mentions James brown on the T.A.M.I.
Show)
Bette Midler - Fat As I Am (mentions Lainie Kazan)
Schoolhouse Rock - A Noun's A Person Place and Thing
(mentions Chubby Checker, Beatles and Rolling Stones)
U2 - Angel of Harlem (mentions John Coltrane and Billie "Lady Day"
Holiday)
Shonen Knife (Japanese band, has MANY songs named after groups or
artists)
Shonen Knife
Blue Oyster Cult
Redd Kross
White Flag
Redd Kross (American band that seems to have some songs named
after groups or artists)
Janus, Jeanie and George Harrison
Shonen Knife
X - I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts (mentions The Minutemen, Flesh
Eaters, DOA, Black Flag)
Living Colour - Elvis Is Dead
Teenage Bandwagon - The Concept ("Says she's gonna get some records
by the Status Quo")
Counting Crows - Mr. Jones (mentions Dylan)
uhh.. something Conley (arthur?) - Sweet Soul Music
Mamas and the Papas - Creeque Alley (themselves, Barry McGuire,
Jim/Roger McGuinn, Zal Yanovsky, The Mugwumps & John Sebastian
http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~rthorpe/creeque.html
Don McLean - American Pie (everyone, metaphorically)
oy... i think i'm done for the night... i could go on!
erin
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The RepoMan wrote:
>
> I am requesting your help in compiling a list of song lyrics and
> titles that mention other performers or groups. Examples are:
>
W C
(Marvin Gate-Jackie Wilson etc)
Matthew Montchalin
Everybody knows this song as "There Is a Man" but the real title is
"Closer to the Truth." What are the lyrics to this song? The first 10
seconds on my CD suffer from (deliberately introduced) mechanical errors
or aberrations intended to be sound effects. The rest of the song is
an interesting mix of separate tracks...
But what were the lyrics to that song? I can't make them out very well.
--
Matthew Montchalin
In a previous article, miss...@home.com (Erin Wilson) says:
>The ones that come to mind off the top of my head are:
>
>The Beatles - Yer Blues (feel like Dylan's Mr. Jones)
>Bob Dylan - Song For Woody (Woody Guthrie)
> From a Buick 6 (Bo Diddley)
>The Who - You Better You Bet (T.Rex)
<snip>
>Teenage Bandwagon - The Concept ("Says she's gonna get some records
> by the Status Quo")
<snip>
How about "Monterey" by Eric Burdon & The Animals? What were the lyrics
to that song, anyway?
--
hart...@athenet.net
One that come to mind is in the CW area, "You Never Even Called Me By My
Name", sung by David Alan Coe and written by Randy Goodman. Sometimes
referred to as the world's best country and western song; refers to Bill
Anderson, Merle Haggard and so on.
Another from French music, is Charles Trenet's, "Moi J'aime le
music-hall" where he refers to himself, Aznavour, Piaf, Rossi,
Chevallier and others. If you need the lyrics, I have his book.
Regards,
J. Hart
lst...@webtv.net
IdolBlonde
Moment," in which he mentions and/or references several artists and even Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (where has he gone, the man who said, "I have a
dream"), the Beatles (where have they gone, the four who sang to Let it Be),
Janis Joplin (sweet Janis cried, "Lord, won't you buy a Benz for me"), Jimi
Hendrix (Jimi was right, castles made of sand slip to the sea), Jim Morrison
(one open Door, he tried to set the night on fire), Sam Cooke (LA motel, one
sad mistake took Sam away), Otis Redding (Otis was right, a little tenderness
we gotta try).
Also,
A lot of country performers mention each other. Hank Williams, Jr. does it too
many times to cite them all, but "All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)" and
"If You Don't Like Hank Williams" spring to mind. Travis Tritt mentions Billy
Ray Cyrus and Merle Haggard in "Old Outlaws Like Us" (you can talk all day
'bout the next Billy Ray, but I'll cast my vote for Hag). He mentions Roy
Acuff, George Jones, Hank, Jr., Waylon Jennings and Duane Allman in "Put Some
Drive In Your Country."
On a more current note, one of my new faves, The Marvelous 3, mention Blur, the
Cure and Oasis in their song "#27." They also mention KISS in the song
"Lemonade." And Cheap Trick mentions KISS in the song "Surrender."
Those are the ones I could think of right away! Fun!
Molly
--Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket?--
Erin Wilson
The Doors - Runnin' Blue (Otis Redding)
Dead Milkmen - You'll Dance to Anything (Siouxsie Sioux,
"Depeche Commode", Communards, Book of Love, The Smiths,
Public Image Limited, Naked Truth)
Going to Graceland (Elvis Presley)
Big Time Operator (Charlie Sexton, Stevie Ray Vaughan)
Punk Rock Girl (Minnie Pearl ;)
http://www.cclabs.missouri.edu/~c510292/dead.milkmen/lyrics/
Stephen Bishop - On and On (Frank Sinatra)
Cracker - Teen Angst (Frank Sinatra)
Cake - Frank Sinatra
http://jolene.8m.com/cgi-bin/framed/1614/lyrics.html
Squeeze - Picadilly (Trini Lopez)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder)
Soft Cell - A Mug's Game (Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple)
Beastie Boys - Maestro (Rufus Thomas)
Sure Shot (Dr. John, Lee Dorsey, Doug E. Fresh)
Rugburns - Me and Eddie Vedder (Led Zeppelin, Eddie Vedder)
Stray Cats - Elvis on Velvet
Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight (Ronnie Spector)
REM - Wake Up Bomb (Queen, T.Rex)
E-Bow the Letter (Maria Callas)
Pee - Michael Stipe
Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (Chaka Khan)
Weezer - Buddy Holly
Noel Coward - Let's Do It (Liberace, Victor Borge, LOTS of people)
Cowboy Junkies - 200 More Miles (Willie Nelson)
Erin Wilson wrote:
<snip>
> The RepoMan wrote:
> > I am requesting your help in compiling a list of song lyrics and
> > titles that mention other performers or groups.
<snip>
mavco
> I am requesting your help in compiling a list of song lyrics and
> titles that mention other performers or groups.
OK, a couple more:
The Animals - The Story Of Bo Diddley
Pavement - Range Life (Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Temple Pilots)
davibo
Of Morrison, Elvis and Lennon
Stands in their shadow of their name
Mercury, Joplin and Mr. Nelson
All heroes of fallen fame
Well there's Marley, Croce, Holly and Mamma Cass
Oh Carpenters, Vallens and Gaye
And Mr. Gibb, Bon Scott, Lynott and Marriott
You know they all took the midnight train
They were shot down, with the bullets of time
Phantoms forever young
They couldn't slow down, well maybe they knew
Yeah was this the thing they were born to do
CHORUS
In the Lap of Legends, monuments of man
It's the state of the arts
With a tainted vision, get it while you can
On that crossway to the stars
Now Robert Johnson, Rhodes and Hendrix
Yeah they were makin' all the noise
With Stevie Ray Vaughan and Duane Allmond
You know we lost those Skynyrd boys
Well there's Bonham, Wilson and Buddy Rich
And oh we can't forget Keith Moon
Well their names are written in the wind
Struck with an immortal wound
They were shot down, with the bullets of time
Phantoms forever young
They couldn't slow down, when it's said and done
Heaven waits for another immortal song
CHORUS
CIAO.
The RepoMan <rep...@twcny.rr.com> wrote in message
375a2641.54043360@news-server...
> I am requesting your help in compiling a list of song lyrics and
davibo
Of Morrison, Elvis and Lennon
Stand the shadow of their name
Mercury, Joplin and Mr. Nelson
All heroes of fallen fame
Well there's Marley, Croce, Holly and Mamma Cass
Oh Carpenter, Vallens and Gaye
And Mr. Gibb, Bon Scott, Lynott and Marriott
You know they all took the midnight train
They were shot down, with the bullets of time
Phantoms forever young
They couldn't slow down, well maybe they knew
Yeah was this the thing they were born to do
CHORUS
In the Lap of Legends, monuments of man
It's the state of the arts
With a tainted vision, get it while you can
On that crossway to the stars
Now Robert Johnson, Rhodes and Hendrix
Yeah they were makin' all the noise
With Stevie Ray Vaughan and Duane Allmond
You know we lost those Skynard boys
lau...@my-deja.com
name from lyrics:
Restless Heart, from a song by the Eagles (no, I don't remember which
song, sorry.)
Also, the group Mannheim Steamroller. They're the ones who did the
(mostly) instrumental Christmas albums that most people recognize
without knowing exactly who they are. (Rush Limbaugh always uses their
Christmas songs as bumper music from Thanksgiving to Christmas.) They
did a series of albums named "Fresh Aire". This was taken from a song
by Mason Williams, of "Classical Gas" fame.
I know this is not what you asked for, but I hope you can use it anyway.
LauraJo
W C
Christian Neumaier
mentions Neil Diamond, Paul Mc Cartney, etc.
Matthew Montchalin schrieb:
> In a previous article, miss...@home.com (Erin Wilson) says:
>
> >The ones that come to mind off the top of my head are:
> >
> >The Beatles - Yer Blues (feel like Dylan's Mr. Jones)
> >Bob Dylan - Song For Woody (Woody Guthrie)
> > From a Buick 6 (Bo Diddley)
> >The Who - You Better You Bet (T.Rex)
>
> <snip>
>
> >Teenage Bandwagon - The Concept ("Says she's gonna get some records
> > by the Status Quo")
>
charlie glasgow
<neum...@netway.at> wrote:
>Dr. Hook - Everybody╢s makin╢ it big but me
>mentions Neil Diamond, Paul Mc Cartney, etc.
>
>Matthew Montchalin schrieb:
>
>> In a previous article, miss...@home.com (Erin Wilson) says:
>>
>> >The ones that come to mind off the top of my head are:
>> >
>> >The Beatles - Yer Blues (feel like Dylan's Mr. Jones)
>> >Bob Dylan - Song For Woody (Woody Guthrie)
>> > From a Buick 6 (Bo Diddley)
>> >The Who - You Better You Bet (T.Rex)
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> >Teenage Bandwagon - The Concept ("Says she's gonna get some records
>> > by the Status Quo")
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> How about "Monterey" by Eric Burdon & The Animals? What were the lyrics
>> to that song, anyway?
>>
Cheap Tricks "Surrender"....Mom and Dad are on the couch,
got my Kiss records out,
Deep Purple.....Smoke on the Water....We all came out to Montreax,
on the lake Geneva shoreline....Frank Zappa and the Mothers., etc...
Grand Funk...We're and American Band....up all nite with Freddy King,
I got to tell ya man, poker's his game...
Lynyrd Skynryd....Sweet Home Alabama....2nd verse...now Neil Young he
sings about her.....
John Cougar....Rockin' in the USA has a last verse that lists about
half a dozen performers....Frankie Lymon, Mitch Ryder, etc...James
Brown
these are just a few off the top of my head...
charlie glasgow
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mavco
> I am requesting your help in compiling a list of song lyrics and
> titles that mention other performers or groups
Oh, why not add a few more....
Lucinda Williams - Metal Firecracker (ZZ Top)
Lucinda Williams - Lake Charles (Howlin Wolf)
John Hiatt - Memphis In The Meantime (Ronnie Milsap)
Tim Hardin - Bo Diddley
Tim Hardin - Tribute To Hank Williams
Catherine Wheel - Phantom Of The American Mother (Sonic Youth)
Neil Young - My My Hey Hey (Johnny Rotten)
The Chills - Song For Randy Newman Etc.
Sleater-Kinney - I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone
Neil Young - Downtown (Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin/Jimmy Page)
Fountains Of Wayne - Denise (Puff Daddy)
The Queers - Tamara Is A Punk (Black Flag, The Germs, The Ramones)
The Replacements - Alex Chilton
Belle & Sebastian - Like Dylan In The Movies
Sonic Youth - Tunic (Karen Carpenter)
The Fall - I Am Damo Suzuki
Mott The Hoople - Honaloochie Boogie (Chuck Berry)
The Ramones - Do You Remember Rock'n'Roll Radio (Jerry Lee Lewis, John
Lennon, T.Rex, Moulty)
Al Stewart - You Don't Even Know Me (Jimi Hendrix)
David Bowie - Song For Bob Dylan
Ian Dury - Sweet Gene Vincent
WeirdScenes
>I am requesting your help in compiling a list of song lyrics and
>titles that mention other performers or groups. Examples are:
>
<snip>
ZZTop - Jesus Just Left Chicago - mentions Muddy Waters
Stevie Ray Vaughan(&and others, well worn cover tune) - Aint Gone And
Give Up On Love - mentions Little Johnnie Taylor
The Who - You Better, You Bet - mentions T.Rex
Charlie Daniels - It's Alright Now - mentions Elvis, Janis Joplin and
Ronnie Van Zandt (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Swamp Music - mentions Son House
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Don't Ask Me No Questions - mentions The Allman
Brothers by the name "do ya dig the Brothers?"
Skynyrd also mentions Neil Young and Jimmy Rodgers
country tunes mention too numerous to name and Elvis is in lots of
ppl's songs.
Cailean L. Shearer
Cailean
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Christian Neumaier
"Cailean L. Shearer" schrieb:
BANNETTS3
Rex?"
Andrew Stewart
wrote:
>I am requesting your help in compiling a list of song lyrics and
>titles that mention other performers or groups. Examples are:
David Bowie has namechecked John Lennon (Life On Mars?), Mick Jagger
(Drive In Saturday), Bob Dylan (Song For Bob Dylan) and Michael
Jackson (Shopping For Girls), and has himself been namechecked by Nina
Hagen, The Clash (Clash City Rockers), Bush, Kraftwerk (Trans Europa
Express), Phish (David Bowie) and an American girl group whose name
escapes me right now (With David Bowie).
(np: Dr. David Bowie - Never Let Me Down)
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