sprocketflup Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 fIREHOSE (again) - Under the Influence of Meat Puppets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriswareham Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Totally Random Man by Therapy? "I feel like Captain Beefheart sounds" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriswareham Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Here Today by The Chameleons Written in the first person about John Lennon's final moments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriswareham Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Left To My Own Devices by Pet Shop Boys "Che Guevera and Debussy to a disco beat" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 "When Smokey Sings" by ABC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinArto Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 (edited) [quote name='darkandrew' timestamp='1482069820' post='3197337']... I was thinking of other bands / artists that have written songs about other bands / artists.[/quote] Can't believe nobody's mentioned Wesley Willis. About 99% of his output was songs about other bands / artists: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m1yqrmMpec"]https://www.youtube....h?v=5m1yqrmMpec[/url] [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5k6G439vYY"]https://www.youtube....h?v=K5k6G439vYY[/url] [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-WuR51w9yU"]https://www.youtube....h?v=s-WuR51w9yU[/url] [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3Q5DPHpw7E"]https://www.youtube....h?v=w3Q5DPHpw7E[/url] etc. Lots of bands returned the favour and referenced Wesley in their lyrics. He also did songs about other stuff: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFjuPbCShBw"]https://www.youtube....h?v=BFjuPbCShBw[/url] Edited December 19, 2016 by AustinArto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRev Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 John Martyn's 'Solid Air' was about Nick Drake [url="https://youtu.be/ohmSPv-rtSQ"]https://youtu.be/ohmSPv-rtSQ[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magee Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 (edited) Leonard Cohen's Tower Of Song has a lovely reference to Hank Williams: 'I said to Hank Williams, how lonely does it get? Hank Williams hasn't answered yet But I hear him coughing all night long Oh, a hundred floors above me in the Tower of Song' Edited December 19, 2016 by magee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJB Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 (edited) Arthur Conley's "Sweet Soul Music" name checks Sam and Dave, Lou Rawls, Otis Reading, James Brown and Wilson Pickett! Kid Rock's " All Summer Long" is a shameless rip off of Sweet Home Alabama and mentions the original in the Chorus. Madness "The Prince" is about Prince Buster U2 "Angel of Harlem" is a tribute to Billie Holiday The Who's "The Seeker" has the line... "I asked Bobby Dylan, I asked The Beatles" Edited December 19, 2016 by MarkJB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 (edited) - Edited February 22, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Sun Kil Moon/Jesu's Fragile mentions Chris Squire a fair amount: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaKdI7v8XxU[/media] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Alice Cooper, has the song 'Poison'. The band Poison, are yet to release a song called 'Alice Cooper'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCrane Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Billy Bragg - Levi Stubb's Tears [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbdJ8OGYtzM[/media] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRiBrWY3NB4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 The Gonads - I lost my love to a UK Sub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razze06 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 (edited) Tickets to see Iron Maiden feature quite prominently in Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus. Have a good version of that: [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw8ZDwdyHJQ[/media] Edited December 19, 2016 by razze06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCrane Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 David Bowie's "Low" and Nick Lowe's "Bowi" EP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDaveTheBass Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 David Bowie's 'Song for Dylan' RHCP's 'Californication' references Kurt Cobain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 The Who - You Better, You Bet has the line "[color=#252525][font=sans-serif]I drunk myself blind to the sound of old T. Rex".[/font][/color] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 [quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1482085856' post='3197527'] Spandau Ballet - Listening to Marvin all night long (Hank or Gaye)? [/quote] Are you sure it isn't about Lee Marvin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niagra Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 From the missus: Vegas by Sleeper mentions Elvis and Sinatra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Japanese nutters Polysics have a track called "Kaja Kaja Goo" which has Nick Beggs playing Chapman Stick somewhere in the mix... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aEwoEB7Xng Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainS Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Ben Folds' Rockin' the Suburbs is about Korn and mentions Michael Jackson, Quiet Riot and Jon Bon Jovi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low End Bee Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 King Kurt - **** Off Status Quo Motorhead - R.A.M.O.N.E.S. Half Man Half Biscuit - Joy Division Oven Gloves Vic Goddard & The Subway Sect - Johnny Thunders (tune!) Denim - Middle of the Road (I count 11 references plus a Chicory Tip riff) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 (edited) [quote name='Maude' timestamp='1482079799' post='3197450'] The folks at TOTP thought it was about Jockey Wilson [/quote] I heard that was actually an 'in-joke' by Kevin Rowland....ignore, already commented on! How about 'Everything you did' on The Royal Scam by Steely Dan? The line was 'turn up the Eagles, the neighbours are listening'. The Eagles responded on the track Hotel California with 'they stab it with their Steely Knives' which originally was 'they stab it with their Steely Dans'. They shared the same Manager (Irv Azoff) and there was some competition between them. Edited December 19, 2016 by yorks5stringer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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