Song References
mavco
but I thought it might be fun. Last night a few friends were listening to
Elliott Smith's XO album where he references "Cathy's Clown" and
"Crimson And Clover". We then tried to name as many songs as we could that
contain references (explicit or implicit) to other songs. The following
is what we came up with - which probably reflects our age. Please feel
free to comment, add to the list, or ignore this.
Song Refers To
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Summer Rain - Johnny Rivers Sergeant Pepper - Beatles
Creeque Alley - Mamas+Papas California Dreamin' - Mamas+Papas
Radar Love - Golden Earring Coming On Strong - Brenda Lee
Jackie Wilson Says - Van Morrison Reet-Petite - Jackie Wilson
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynrd Southern Man - Neil Young
Three Stars - Tommy Dee Chantilly Lace - Big Bopper
I Dig Rock'n'Roll Music - P, P & M All You Need Is Love - Beatles
Land Of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
Bony Maronie - Larry Williams
Glass Onion - Beatles Strawberry Fields Forever - Beatles
I Am The Walrus - Beatles
Lady Madonna - Beatles
Fool On The Hill - Beatles
Fixing A Hole - Beatles
Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley Going To A GoGo - Smokey Robinson
Love Is A Hurting Thing - Lou Rawls
Hold On Im Coming - Sam + Dave
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
FA FA FA FA FA - Otis Redding
Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack American Pie - Don McLean
American Pie - Don McLean That'll Be The Day - Buddy Holly
Book Of Love - Monotones
Pink Carnation - Marty Robbins
Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
Eight Miles High - Byrds
Sergeant Pepper - Beatles
Jumpin Jack Flash - Rolling Stones
Sympathy For The Devil - Stones
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lugnut
Well, Aerosmith has a few little self-references...
I don't remember what song it is, but one line is "The one last shot's
a permanent vacation," a reference to their 1987 album; and then the
next line is "and how high can you fly without your wings," which may
be a reference to their old "Get Your Wings" album. I think maybe the
song is "Amazing"
Also, their "Cryin" has a line "Girl, before I met you, I was F.I.N.E.
fine" - "F.I.N.E" is the title of a song on their Pump album.
Also, rap songs it seem, tend to have at least one of these sort of
references in every one. Two that spring to mind are Digital
Underground's "The Humpty Dance" which references their own "Do What
Ya Like," and then Eazy E's "Real Muthafuckin' G's" which references
Dr. Dre's "Dre Day."
But maybe one of the biggest ones is Peter Schilling's "Major Tom
Coming Home" which just picks up where David Bowie's "Space Oddity"
leaves off.
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atama karappo no hou ga yume tsume komeru
This is a message to all the cute people in the world. If you are cute, if you are even beautiful, listen:
there are more of us ugly motherfuckers than you, so watch out"
Burn down the disco
Hang the blessed DJ
Because the music they constantly play
Says nothing to me about my life
BMR r0x j00
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Hoodoo Gurus (from their debut album "Stoneage Romeos"). The whole song is
basically a list of various songs and artists that they like. Here are the
lyrics:
(Let's All) Turn On
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Words and Music by
Dave Faulkner/J.Baker/D. Condon/R. Radalj
Shake Some Action, Psychotic Reaction,
No Satisfaction, Sky Pilot, Sky Saxon.
That's what I like.
Blitzkrieg Bop to the Jailhouse Rock
Stop Stop Stop, At The Hop, do the Bluejean Bop.
That's what I like.
Better get off my cloud 'cos two's a crowd,
Better get off the phone - there's nobody home.
I'm gonna work it on out, I'm gonna Twist & Shout.
I'm gonna Ride A White Swan and Get it on,
Let's all turn on!
Born To Lose those Summertime Blues
In Blue Suede Shoes, Le Hoodoo Gurus.
That's what I like.
Waiting for My Man, baby, Can The Can,
I Wanna Hold Your Hand, remember Sam The Sham?
That's what I like!
When You Walk in The Room, Sunny Afternoon,
A-Wop-Bop A-Loo-Bop, A-Lop-Bam-Boom
That's what I like.
I like Sugar Sugar, Talk Talk, Money Honey, Boardwalk
Who wears Short Shorts? (We wear Short Shorts!)
That's what I like!
Turn on.
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Andrew Stewart
>Hi. I'm new to this group so apologies if this has been done before,
>but I thought it might be fun. Last night a few friends were listening to
>Elliott Smith's XO album where he references "Cathy's Clown" and
>"Crimson And Clover". We then tried to name as many songs as we could that
>contain references (explicit or implicit) to other songs. The following
>is what we came up with - which probably reflects our age. Please feel
>free to comment, add to the list, or ignore this.
I can think of a few Bowie-related cross references:
Bowie's "Young Americans" contains the line "I heard the news today,
oh boy", a reference to the Beatles song
Bowie's "Ashes To Ashes" refers to his own "Space Oddity" ("Do you
remember a guy that's been/In such an early song?" "We know Major
Tom's a junkie")
A Bush song refers to Bowie's "Life On Mars" with the line "Mickey
mouse has grown up a cow, Cos Dave's on sale again")
(np: Best Of Bowie 69/74)
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Gerrit de Blaauw
> We then tried to name as many songs as we could that
> contain references (explicit or implicit) to other songs.
This song is from the album Strictly Personal (1968). It contains
references to Strawberry Fields Forever. See the "Note" at the end.
Beatle Bones And Smokin' Stones
beatle bones and smokin' stones
The dry sands fall
the strawberry mouth strawberry moth STRAWBERRY CATERPILLAR
strawberry
butterfly strawberry fields
All the winged eel slither on the heels of today's children
"Strawberry Fields Forever"
yeah roosters ol glass roosters stick to your race
in a drag queen live wood farmhouse
tractors are clawin people are crawlin
trees in a row climbin a coach and I blow rich
red blue yellow sunset
where I set you set and I've loved and you've loved
And I've seen and you've seen
Chalk man has just made his mark and crumbled
the dark- the light -the dark -the day
Porcelain children see thru white lights
Soft cracker bats Cheshire cats named
The Dark The light The Dark
The day
Blue veins thru gray felt tomorrows
Sell your sailboat ye ole feathered kind
blow it into a pond swayin' in circles
red blue yellow sunset
Where I've set and you've set and I've loved and you've loved
What I saw and you saw
"Strawberry fields Forever"
(NOTE: written to putdown "Pepper "and "Satanic" style psychedelia
these
lyrics are intentionally ridiculous)
Transcribed by John Ellis, typed by cbm. Thanks to both.
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Gerrit de Blaauw
http://people.a2000.nl/blaauw/partlinks.html
links to lyrics sites 60s and 70s
Grant Davidson
"mr. whirly" by the replacements is to the tune of "oh, darlin" by the
beatles and it starts out with a very fast version of "twist and shout."