Songs with lyrics that namecheck an artist other than the one singing it
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QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
Queen - "Life is Real"
"Lennon is a genius
Living in ev'ry pore"
"Lennon is a genius
Living in ev'ry pore"
clicker
nanook rubs it....
Deep Purple - Smoke on the water ( altogevver now.....)
We all came out to Montreux
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didn't have much time
Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground
Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky, smoke on the water
We all came out to Montreux
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didn't have much time
Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground
Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky, smoke on the water
Ted Striker
Foot's on the other hand
I'm gonna play this Vandross/You gonna take your pants off
Take a bow Mr Kanye West, arguably the greatest rap lyric ever written
Take a bow Mr Kanye West, arguably the greatest rap lyric ever written
clicker
nanook rubs it....
Ian Dury & The Blockheads...
sweet gene vincent
there's nowhere left to hide
with lazy skin and ash-tray eyes
a perforated pride.
Frank Zappa....
Elvis has just left the building, there are his footprints right there,Elvis has just left the building, to climb up the heavenly stair...
sweet gene vincent
there's nowhere left to hide
with lazy skin and ash-tray eyes
a perforated pride.
Frank Zappa....
Elvis has just left the building, there are his footprints right there,Elvis has just left the building, to climb up the heavenly stair...
toblerone3
Grrrrr
This is the Daddy
Mylo's "Destroy Rock and Roll"
namechecks the following:
Michael Jackson,
Prince,
Bruce Springsteen,
Tina Turner,
David Bowie (mispronounced "boo-eey"),
Van Halen,
Madonna,
Huey Lewis and the News,
The Cars,
Herbie Hancock,
Bonnie Tyler,
Stevie Nicks,
Men at Work,
ZZ Top,
Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson,
"Weird Al" Yankovic,
Cyndi Lauper (mispronounced as "looper"),
Pink Floyd,
The Pretenders,
Billy Joel,
Billy Idol,
Elton John,
Neil Young,
Sheena Easton,
Patty Smyth and Scandal,
Fashion,
Big Country,
Morris Day and The Time,
John Lennon (mispronounced "Linen"),
Apollonia 6,
REO Speedwagon,
David Gilmour,
The Rolling Stones,
Pat Benatar,
Hall & Oates,
Wham!,
Rebbie Jackson,
Adam Ant,
Bananarama,
Christine McVie,
Queen,
John Cougar Mellencamp, (mispronounced "Jack Cougar Mellencamp")
U2,
Spheres, (possibly singer-songwriter Jimmie Spheeris)
Fleetwood Mac,
The Alan Parsons Project,
Rick Springfield,
The Thompson Twins,
Missing Persons, Duran Duran (this pair repeated many times),
The Police,
Eurythmics,
Culture Club including Boy George,
Band Aid,
"Relax" (possibly the track "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood),
Stevie Wonder.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroy_Rock_%26_Roll_(song)"
Mylo's "Destroy Rock and Roll"
namechecks the following:
Michael Jackson,
Prince,
Bruce Springsteen,
Tina Turner,
David Bowie (mispronounced "boo-eey"),
Van Halen,
Madonna,
Huey Lewis and the News,
The Cars,
Herbie Hancock,
Bonnie Tyler,
Stevie Nicks,
Men at Work,
ZZ Top,
Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson,
"Weird Al" Yankovic,
Cyndi Lauper (mispronounced as "looper"),
Pink Floyd,
The Pretenders,
Billy Joel,
Billy Idol,
Elton John,
Neil Young,
Sheena Easton,
Patty Smyth and Scandal,
Fashion,
Big Country,
Morris Day and The Time,
John Lennon (mispronounced "Linen"),
Apollonia 6,
REO Speedwagon,
David Gilmour,
The Rolling Stones,
Pat Benatar,
Hall & Oates,
Wham!,
Rebbie Jackson,
Adam Ant,
Bananarama,
Christine McVie,
Queen,
John Cougar Mellencamp, (mispronounced "Jack Cougar Mellencamp")
U2,
Spheres, (possibly singer-songwriter Jimmie Spheeris)
Fleetwood Mac,
The Alan Parsons Project,
Rick Springfield,
The Thompson Twins,
Missing Persons, Duran Duran (this pair repeated many times),
The Police,
Eurythmics,
Culture Club including Boy George,
Band Aid,
"Relax" (possibly the track "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood),
Stevie Wonder.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroy_Rock_%26_Roll_(song)"
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Elves - the fall
ivebeenhigh
Well-Known Member
Motown Junk - MSP "I laughed when Lennon got shot"
ivebeenhigh
Well-Known Member
Pavement - Unseen Power Of The Picket Fence
Some bands I like to name check,
And one of them is REM,
Classic songs with a long history
Southern boys just like you and me.
R - E - M
Flashback to 1983,
Chronic Town was their first EP
Later on came Reckoning
Finster's art, and titles to match:
South Central Rain, Don't Go Back To Rockville,
Harbourcoat, Pretty Persuasion,
You were born to be a camera,
Time After Time was my least favourite song,
Time After Time was my least favourite song.
The singer, he had long hair
And the drummer he knew restrait.
And the bass man he had all the right moves
And the guitar player was no saint.
So lets go way back to the ancient times
When there were no 50 states,
And on a hill there stands Sherman
Sherman and his mates.
And they're marching through Georgia,
we're marching through Georgia,
we're marching through Georgia
G-G-G-G-Georgia
They're marching through Georgia,
we're marching through Georgia,
marching through Georgia
G-G-G-G-Georgia
and there stands REM
Some bands I like to name check,
And one of them is REM,
Classic songs with a long history
Southern boys just like you and me.
R - E - M
Flashback to 1983,
Chronic Town was their first EP
Later on came Reckoning
Finster's art, and titles to match:
South Central Rain, Don't Go Back To Rockville,
Harbourcoat, Pretty Persuasion,
You were born to be a camera,
Time After Time was my least favourite song,
Time After Time was my least favourite song.
The singer, he had long hair
And the drummer he knew restrait.
And the bass man he had all the right moves
And the guitar player was no saint.
So lets go way back to the ancient times
When there were no 50 states,
And on a hill there stands Sherman
Sherman and his mates.
And they're marching through Georgia,
we're marching through Georgia,
we're marching through Georgia
G-G-G-G-Georgia
They're marching through Georgia,
we're marching through Georgia,
marching through Georgia
G-G-G-G-Georgia
and there stands REM
ivebeenhigh
Well-Known Member
R.E.M. - Ebow the Letter
I wore it like a badge of teenage film stars
Hash bars, cherry mash and tinfoil tiaras
Dreaming of Maria Callas
Whoever she is
This fame thing, I don't get it
I wrap my hand in plastic to try to look through it
Maybelline eyes and girl-as-boy moves
I can take you far
This star thing, I don't get it
I wore it like a badge of teenage film stars
Hash bars, cherry mash and tinfoil tiaras
Dreaming of Maria Callas
Whoever she is
This fame thing, I don't get it
I wrap my hand in plastic to try to look through it
Maybelline eyes and girl-as-boy moves
I can take you far
This star thing, I don't get it
Bernie Gunther
Fundamentalist Druid
No lyrics here, but there's always ...
scumbalina
Scummy Mummy
Patti Smith - Rock n Roll Nigger
Jimi Hendrix was a nigger.
God, that sounds awful out of context
Jimi Hendrix was a nigger.
God, that sounds awful out of context
Also Emmy the Great:
'you are still not Charles Bukowski, and I am not Diane Cluck'
And in 'Canopies'
S Club 7
Billy Bragg
The Jam
KD Lang
Billy Joel
New Kids on the Block
David Bowie
AverageJoe
...
Chiddy Bang - The Opposite of Adults
"Somebody tell Roth I dont love college"
And then of course there is Scroobius Pips ....'just a band' lyrics in Thou Shalt Always Kill.
"Somebody tell Roth I dont love college"
And then of course there is Scroobius Pips ....'just a band' lyrics in Thou Shalt Always Kill.
kained&able
Here for the football.
lol, hardcore man, hardcore.
dave
Half Man Half Biscuit have done loads:
24 Hour Garage People - mentions Leadbelly
Albert Hammond Bootleg
The Bastard Son Of Dean Friedman
Styx Gig (Seen By My Mates Coming Out Of A)
Irk The Purists - mentions Love, Can, Meatloaf, Rush, Marquee Moon, Michael Ball, the Fall, Hall and Oates, Miles Davies, Patti Smith, Simply Red, Sly Stone, Husker Du, Captain Beefheart, ELO, Chris De Burgh, Sun Ra, Del Amitri, John Coltrane
Eno Collaboration
Ballad of Climie Fisher
Joy Division Oven Gloves
24 Hour Garage People - mentions Leadbelly
Albert Hammond Bootleg
The Bastard Son Of Dean Friedman
Styx Gig (Seen By My Mates Coming Out Of A)
Irk The Purists - mentions Love, Can, Meatloaf, Rush, Marquee Moon, Michael Ball, the Fall, Hall and Oates, Miles Davies, Patti Smith, Simply Red, Sly Stone, Husker Du, Captain Beefheart, ELO, Chris De Burgh, Sun Ra, Del Amitri, John Coltrane
Eno Collaboration
Ballad of Climie Fisher
Joy Division Oven Gloves
ouchmonkey
Singe Gainsbourg
'this is the story of Johnny Rotten' - Neil Young, Hey hey, My My
'I said I wanna be a singer like Lou Reed,
"I Like Lou Reed" she said sticking her tongue in my ear - Pixies, I've Been Tired
a particular favourite....
'Out on tour with the Smashing Pumpkins,
nothing kids they don't have a function
I don't understand what they mean and I could really give a fuck
Stone Temple Pilots they're elegant batchelors
they're foxy to me are they foxy to you' - Pavement, Range Life
Jonathon, Jonathon - The Rockingbirds (whole thing's about how ace Jonathon Richman is and as a bonus mentions the Velvets)
'I said hello, hello, I'm Johnny Cash' - Alabama 3, Hello I'm Johnny Cash
god there's hundreds
'I said I wanna be a singer like Lou Reed,
"I Like Lou Reed" she said sticking her tongue in my ear - Pixies, I've Been Tired
a particular favourite....
'Out on tour with the Smashing Pumpkins,
nothing kids they don't have a function
I don't understand what they mean and I could really give a fuck
Stone Temple Pilots they're elegant batchelors
they're foxy to me are they foxy to you' - Pavement, Range Life
Jonathon, Jonathon - The Rockingbirds (whole thing's about how ace Jonathon Richman is and as a bonus mentions the Velvets)
'I said hello, hello, I'm Johnny Cash' - Alabama 3, Hello I'm Johnny Cash
god there's hundreds
rekil
to menny cranks
Gillian Welch's Wayside/Back In Time mentions Norman Blake and his Nashville Blues (album) - Wikipedia.
Speeded up version sung by AJ Lee.
Speeded up version sung by AJ Lee.
Johnny Canuck3
Well-Known Member
Life in a Northern Town - The Dream Academy
Sea Star
have you ever explored your dark side?
Undertone's 'My Perfect Cousin' mentions the Human League
Was listening to a St Etienne track yesterday that mentions Whitesnake. something off the new album i think but can't remember the name of the track.
The Fall name check loads of people too but I am not in thinking mode right now.
Was listening to a St Etienne track yesterday that mentions Whitesnake. something off the new album i think but can't remember the name of the track.
The Fall name check loads of people too but I am not in thinking mode right now.
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