Songs that reference other musicians.

[stupid dogbot]

Atmosphere - Bob Seger

 

[stupid dogbot]

Astronauatlis - A Love Song For Gary Numan

 

[butchersapron]

Dillinger, Leroy Smart, Delroy Wilson, Ken Boothe, Four Tops and The Jam:

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[stupid dogbot]

Bob Dylan, Joe Strummer, Richard Hell...



Bob Dylan



Michael Jackson

 

[butchersapron]

Bob Dylan, Joe Strummer, Richard Hell...

Ooh yeah, that was the one that was floating around in my head earlier that i just couldn't quite grasp. Lovely song.

 

[Libertad]

What a great thread

 

[stupid dogbot]

Not the song, so much, but the video? Freddie Mercury, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Buddy Holly, John Lennon, Joey Ramone...

 

[butchersapron]

Audio references:

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[rubbershoes]

have we had Gil Scott Heron yet?

 

[rekil]

Half Man Half Biscuit - Look Dad No Tunes

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Pavement - Range Life

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Miley - Party In The USA (Jay Z and Britney) (Andy Rehfeldt's metal version)

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[Blagsta]

Have we had "Brian Eno / What the fuck does he know", yet?

http://sleafordmods.bandcamp.com/track/shitstreet

 

[butchersapron]

Cave and the King

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[rekil]

Shonen Knife - Ramones Forever

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Pop Will Eat Itself - Can U Dig It

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[stupid dogbot]

Fugazi

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The oval office and the lobby prolly listen to Fugazi singin
This one's ours lets take another
This one's ours lets take another
This one's ours lets take another
Then they dance away clean like Savion Glover

Although it is on False Hopes, it's really a P.O.S. song, rather than a Doomtree one.

 

[rekil]

Calexico - Victor Jara's Hands

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The Pennywhores - Cutting Crew And It Bites

http://www.gencodesigns.com/thepennywhores/cutcrewitbitesdemo.mp3

 

[rutabowa]

Jonathan Richman Velvet Underground

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Jeffrey Lewis Complete History of Punk on the Lower East Side 1950-1975

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[stupid dogbot]

Looking back over the thread, it appears that copliker has already posted some of my faves!!

So...

Jerry Lee, John Lennon, T. Rex (amongst others)



Pretty much the least Ramones-y Ramones song there is.

 

[jakethesnake]

 

[Kuso]

 

[stavros]

 

[billy_bob]

"Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo...."

I think that beats the Reynolds Girls in bottom-of-the-barrel stakes

 

[butchersapron]

Hey, is Dee Dee home?

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[rutabowa]

The Unreleasables

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[butchersapron]

Can we have this even though the only actual reference is in the title?

You're Lionel Richie

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[rutabowa]

only a live version "I Am Mark E Smith"

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[butchersapron]

I am Damo Suzuki

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[rutabowa]

Beck does Rollins

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[rutabowa]

I am Damo Suzuki

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ha i just realised i had posted the entirely wrong video. THIS is I Am Mark E Smith:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=_fFtzQct8SU#t=276

 

[butchersapron]

And you mess that up too!

 

[rutabowa]

i tried to make it skip straight to the part of the video with the song. oh well you get the idea