Songs that reference other musicians.

[jakethesnake]

There are a couple of obvious ones:

(refers to Neil Young)

(Frank Zappa and the Mothers)

 

[clicker]

Ian dury - sweet gene vincent....can't embed you tube clip on this phone.

 

[jakethesnake]

Geno Washington:

 

[kittyP]

Dandy Warhols - Cool as Kim Deal

 

[fishfinger]

Iggy Pop and David Bowie

 

[Geri]

Neil Young - Hey Hey My My






The Pogues - A Pair of Brown Eyes

 

[jakethesnake]

Refers to Hank Williams

 

[friedaweed]

On my feet I wear two shoes for dancing, dancing to be free
Wo my feet they're playing tribute to the Bobby Marley legacy


Hank to Hendrix
Marlyn to Madonna

 

[Greebo]

 

[colacubes]

Sorry

 

[friedaweed]

Johnny Cash, Bob Marley, Woody Guthry and Billie Holiday in the first 40 seconds

 

[Johnny Vodka]

 

[Johnny Vodka]

 

[Johnny Vodka]

 

[Arty Drum]

he's not mentioned by name but it's pretty clear who this is about...

 

[jakethesnake]

Not about a darts player!

 

[Johnny Vodka]

(inspired by Greebo's choice)

 

[free spirit]

I'm laying odds that Daft Punk got the most different references in to Teachers

 

[Johnny Vodka]

 

[Puddy_Tat]

DJ's spinning I said my, my
Flash is fast, Flash is cool

(Grandmaster Flash) - Rapture, Blondie

But I was caught, like a fleeting thought,
Stuck inside Leonard Cohen's mind

A Drop in Time, Mercury Rev

And at a tangent, mentioning other songs

The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in
They were playin' 'Desolation Row'
On the radio

Spanish Eddie, Laura Branigan

 

[Arty Drum]

ugh, i suppose i'd better. someone will before long

 

[Johnny Vodka]

(This is actually quite amusing, especially the pronounciation of some of the names. )

 

[Greebo]

Sorry about this, it's crap, but fits the criteria...

 

[Sirena]

Since Buddy Holly has occurred a fair bit, best include this song which remembers the deaths of Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens in a plane crash

 

[Sirena]

And this references Bob Marley

 

[Nanker Phelge]

 

[Nanker Phelge]

 

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[Nanker Phelge]