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Songs that namecheck other artists

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by finishthehat, Nov 26, 2007.

  1. EStreetJoe

    EStreetJoe Well-Known Member

    "Thou Shalt Always Kill" by Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip
    includes the lines:
    "Thou shalt not take the names of Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer, Johnny Hartman, Desmond Decker, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix or Syd Barret in vain."
    and later in the song...
    "Thou shalt not put musicians and recording artists on ridiculous pedestals no matter how great they are or were.
    The Beatles - Were just a band.
    Led Zepplin - Just a band.
    The Beach Boys - Just a band.
    The Sex Pistols - Just a band.
    The Clash - Just a band.
    Crass - Just a band.
    Minor Threat - Just a band.
    The Cure - Just a band.
    The Smiths - Just a band.
    Nirvana - Just a band.
    The Pixies - Just a band.
    Oasis - Just a band.
    Radiohead - Just a band.
    Bloc Party - Just a band.
    The Arctic Monkeys - Just a band.
    The Next Big Thing - JUST A BAND."
     
  2. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

    "Bobcaygeon" by the Tragically Hip which mentions the Men They Couldn't Hang (if anyone, aside from Friend O'The Friendless, recalls them).
     
  3. X-Hack

    X-Hack Well-Known Member

    Pretty common in Southern rock too. In addition to Charlie Daniels' "The South's Gonna Do It Again," I bring you...

    Molly Hatchet -- "Gator Country":

    Ive been to alabama, people aint a whole lot to see;
    Skynyrd says its a real sweet home but it aint nothing to me.
    Charlie daniels will tell you the good lord lives in tenessee, ha!
    But Im going back to gator country where the wine and the women are free.

    Chorus:
    Theres a gator in the bushes, hes calling my name,
    And a saying come on boy, you better make it back home again.
    Theres many roads Ive travelled but they all kind of look the same.
    Theres a gator in the bushes, lord, he calling my name.

    Old richard betts will tell ya lord he was born a ramblin man.
    Well he can ramble back to georgia but I wont give a damn.
    Elvin bishop out struttin his stuff with little miss slick titty boom.
    But Im going back to gator country to get me some elbow room.

    Chorus:
    Theres a gator in the bushes hes calling my name.
    And saying come on boy, you better make it back home again.
    Theres many roads Ive travelled but they all kinda look the same.
    Theres a gator in the bushes, lord, he calling my name. yep.

    Theres marshall tucker riding a rainbow searching for a pot of gold.
    Well they can take the highway, baby, and they can take all they can hold.
    The outlaws down in tampa town its a mighty fine place to be.
    They got green grass and got high tides and sure looks good to me.
     
  4. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    And from "Bring the Noise"

    Beat is for Sonny Bono, beat is for Yoko Ono
    Run DMC proved that a DJ could be a band
    Stand on its own feet, get you out your seat
    Beat is for Erik B, and LL as well, hell
    Wax is for Anthrax, still it can rock bells
     
  5. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    Then there's John Lennon's "God"

    I don't believe in Elvis,
    I don't believe in Zimmerman,
    I don't believe in Beatles,
    I just believe in me,
    Yoko and me,
    And that's reality.
     
  6. Faithless

    Faithless Member

    Taylor Swift - "Tim McGraw"

    Dire Straits - "Calling Elvis"

    Grand Funk Railroad - "We're An American Band" ('Sweet, Sweet Connie' Hamzy, the groupie who's given head to every rock star who's passed through Little Rock).

    Shania Twain - "That Don't Impress Me Much" (Elvis, as well as Brad Pitt, Captain Kirk, John Wayne and Tarzan).

    Deep Purple - "Smoke on the Water" (Frank Zappa and the Mothers, Rolling 'truck' Stones)

    Hank Williams Jr. - "All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)" (Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, George Jones and "my father" - Hank Sr.)
     
  7. lono

    lono Active Member

    Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio - Ramones (Jerry Lee Lewis, John Lennon, T. Rex)

    It's The End Of The World As We Know It - R.E.M. (Leonard Bernstein, Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs.)

    Long White Cadillac - The Blasters (Hank Williams)

    Loretta Lynn's Lincoln - Josh Turner (Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton)

    Keep Playing That Rock 'N' Roll - Edgar Winter (Johnny Winter)

    Indianapolis - The Bottle Rockets (John Cougar)

    Play Some Skynyrd - John Eddie (Skynyrd, Seeger, Petty, Dead)

    Bill Haley - Dave Alvin (Bill Haley)

    Like A Rolling Stone - Jimi Hendrix Live at Monterrey (Bob Dylan, "That's his grandmother over there.")

    St. Jake - The Del Lords (Ray Charles)

    Ronnie & Neil - Drive-By Truckers (Ronnie Van Zant & Neil Young)

    Ashgrove - Dave Alvin (Big Joe Turner, Lightning Hopkins, Rev. Gary Davis

    Tennessee Plates - John Hiatt (Elvis)

    Wildwood Rose - Carlene Carter (Rosey Carter Adams)

    Bo Diddley's A Gunslinger - Bo Diddley (Bo Diddley)

    Lake Charles - Lucinda Williams (In a yellow El Camino, listening to Howlin' Wolf. Yowza!)

    Gangster Of Love - Pleasure Barons (Guitar Watson)

    Talk of the Town - Pretenders (about Ray Davies of the Kinks)

    Doublewide Blues - Todd Snider (Metallica)
     
  8. imjustagirl2

    imjustagirl2 New Member

    "Redneck Woman" by Gretchen Wilson -- Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kid Rock, George Strait, Charlie Daniels, Tanya Tucker and Hank Williams Jr.
     
  9. Jim Tom Pinch

    Jim Tom Pinch Active Member

    Counting Crows - If I could give All My Love - Richard Manuel is Dead
    Counting Crows - Monkey - Got nowhere but home to go, got Ben Folds on my radio...
    Counting Crows - Round Here - She said she'd like to meet a boy who looks like Elvis
     
  10. mike311gd

    mike311gd Active Member

    Lagwagon - Falling Apart

    I'll never be Ozzy
    On stage when I'm 50
    I'm gonna look like Elvis
    By the time I'm 40
    We're already bogus
    We're already fading
    We'll never be The Rolling Stones
    I'm staying home
     
  11. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    "New York City," John Lennon ("Standing on the corner, just me and Yoko Ono, we were waiting for Jerry to land...")

    "The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking," Roger Waters ("Did you understand the music, Yoko, or was it all in vain?")
     
  12. Piotr Rasputin

    Piotr Rasputin New Member

    "Alice in Chains", Wesley Willis

    "Rick Rubin", Wesley Willis

    Rock over London, rock on, Chicago . . . Budweiser, it's the king of beers.
     
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