Udo
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Lil Troy (Baller) goes for the Chevy:
Wanna be a baller, shotcaller
twenty-inch blades on the Impala
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Make Me Lose Control by Eric Carmen names four songs: Uptown, Stand by Me, Be My Baby and Back in My Arms.
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Back on topic, do songs that didn't ever reallt exist count? For Example, ..."An English teacher," from Bye Bye Birdie....
I'll allow it. :strikes gavel:
Meanwhile, I was just listening to Garden Party by Rick Nelson.
Yoko brought her Walrus
Said hello to Mary Lou, she belongs to me
Out stepped Johnny B. Goode, playing guitar like a-ringin' a bell, looking like he should
He also mentions Dylan, but I'm not sure if there's a song reference in there.
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What, you mean like 20-minute versions?
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What, no Manic Monday?
Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting, says Bernie Taupin (using Elton John's voice).
And I'm fairly certain that there are Eight Days a Week. The eighth day is Lazy Day (by Spanky & Our Gang).
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Right now, I'm thinking Too Hot by Kool and the Gang.
but seriously folks....
I Know I'll Never Love This Way Again brings back childhood memories.
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Goodbye grey skies, hello blue,
The TV version of this song isn't bad. The radio version is forgettable.
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Yes, the Entertainer!
That reminded me of the Masterpiece Theatre theme, aka Rondeau by Mouret. Not necessarily piano...
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Ode to Joy by Beethoven, written when he was almost completely deaf.
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Dreams by the Cranberries features some excellent cacophonic percussion.
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Vital Signs is another good allegorical song, which I like the lyrics but the song is a little too "pop" for my taste.
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Maneater by Hall and Oates.
Which also contains one of the best lines in music history:
The woman is wild oooooh [while shuddering].
I mean, who else could pull off this line? NOBODY I tell you.
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Sailing, by Christopher Cross
It's not far down to paradiseAt least it's not for me
And if the wind is right you can sail away
And find tranquility
The canvas can do miracles
Just you wait and see
Believe me
It's not far to never never land
No reason to pretend
And if the wind is right you can find the joy
Of innocence again
The canvas can do miracles
Just you wait and see
Believe me
Sailing
Takes me away
To where I've always heard it could be
Just a dream and the wind to carry me
And soon I will be free
Fantasy
It gets the best of me
When I'm sailing
All caught up in the reverie
Every word is a symphony
Won't you believe me
It's not far back to sanity
At least it's not for me
And when the wind is right you can sail away
And find serenity
The canvas can do miracles
Just you wait and see
Believe me
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Rush,
There is unrest in the forest,
There is trouble with the trees,
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their pleas.
The trouble with the maples,
(And they're quite convinced they're right)
They say the oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light.
But the oaks can't help their feelings
If they like the way they're made.
And they wonder why the maples
Can't be happy in their shade.
There is trouble in the forest,
And the creatures all have fled,
As the maples scream "Oppression!"
And the oaks just shake their heads
So the maples formed a union
And demanded equal rights.
"The oaks are just too greedy;
We will make them give us light."
Now there's no more oak oppression,
For they passed a noble law,
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet, axe, and saw.
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Rise by Herb Alpert. One of the best.
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I thought Tommy James wrote decent bass lines.
Also, (though it's simple) Love is Alive by Gary Wright has a good bass line.
So does Wild Night by Van Morrisson.
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re: Rock Me Amadeus; Actually it is. I heard this on the radio a couple of weeks ago. Before I had thought it was only in the video.
How about artists referring to themselves, like Chaka Khan in "I feel for You" and Wang Chung in "Everybody Have Fun Tonight?"
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Let me preface this by stating that I have been a Journey fan since as far back as I can remember. I have no allegiance, however, to Steve Perry. I was very disappointed when he fired Ross Valory and Steve Smith to make the Raised on Radio album. Ross was a founding member of the band, and RoR was a relatively weak album.
This is the first album by Journey to be advertised since Raised on Radio over 20 years ago. Trial by Fire, Red 13, Generations and Arrival all were released with little or no marketing, and few if any songs released as singles. In the Revelation package, you receive three discs: one has all new songs, one has old hits remade with the current lineup performing, and one is a concert DVD with the current lineup. The price was under $12.
Arnel Pineda is new to the band. He has a great voice. He would make a good frontman for any rock band. The other performers in Journey continue to be excellent.
So the question is, why is this an average album and not a superior album? The answer is simple: it lacks the songwriting diversity of the previous albums. Journey used to be an undefinable band: are they hard rock, pop, blues? Departure and Trial by Fire are a couple of the most musically diverse albums of the 20th century: hard rock, soft ballads, punk, blues, raggae, etc. Now they are simply soft rock, AOR type. Only the final song, an instrumental, really sounds different. In short, the ballads aren't soft enough and the rock songs aren't rockin' enough.
To test my point, I scanned the first few seconds of all the songs on disc 1 and then on disc 2. I don't think there's a comparison. These are the same performers, but the songs on disc 2 are much better. True, that's something of a "greatest hits" type, but that's not the difference.
When I listen to Infinity or Frontiers, when I think 'what song is next?' the answer is: oh yeah, another great song. With Revelation, the answer is 'oh yeah, another average song.' Can tell the difference, after two listens, between "Like a Sunshower" and "Change for the Better?" [not really]...versus Can I tell the difference, after two listens, between "Just the Same Way" and "Do You Recall?" [absolutely]
So I give this album a C+. I like the performers, I like the music, but I don't want to keep thinking that this band is underperforming.
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Steve Perry's Captured by the Moment mentions:
Let It Be by the Beatles
Mercedes Benz by Janis Joplin
Sand Castles by Jimi Hendrix
Try a Little Tenderness by Otis Redding
though not always by name. Apologies if I misnamed the songs.
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I'm Okay by Styx starts with:
If I could stand beside myself,
Would I see me or maybe someone else?
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For instance:
Authority Song by Jimmy Eat World refers to John Cougar's Authority song
I Ain't Even Done with the Night by John Cougar refers to Sam Cooke on the radio
Runnin' Down a Dream (Tom Petty) mentions singing "Little Runaway" with Del (Shannon)
Golden Earring's Radar Love mentions Peggy Lee
True by Spandau Ballet mentions listening to Marvin (Gaye)
Journey's Castles Burning talks describes a hollywood romance as "crimson and clover"
That's not to mention "montage songs" like We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel, Rocket by Def Leppard, Raised on Radio by Journey, etc.
Hmm... after writing this, I notice that Songfacts has a Group for songs that mention other artists, and Rocket's not included. But Songfacts doesn't seem to have a group for songs that mention other songs (which Rocket also should be in).
So this post has evolved.
What it Takes by Aerosmith also mentions other Aerosmith songs.
Fat Bottomed Girls and Bicycle Race by Queen refer to each other.
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Rush:
Finding My Way (Rush)
Anthem (Fly by Night)
The Sprit of Radio (Permanent Waves)
Journey:
Of a Lifetime (Journey)
Majestic (Evolution, and Captured)
Anyway You Want It (Departure)
Don't Stop Believin' (Escape)
Separate Ways (Frontiers)
Red 13 (Red 13)
Van Halen:
Runnin' with the Devil (Van Halen)
1984/Jump (1984)
Good Enough (5150)
Styx:
Light Up (Equinox)
Put Me On (Crystal Ball)
A.D. 1928/Rockin' the Paradise (Paradise Theater)
Piano songs
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Patiently by Journey--piano starts as acoompaniment to the guitar, builds to lead, switches to rhythm for the bridge, and re-takes the lead at the end. [This is a live recording; I prefer the studio verson, personally.]
Bat Out of Hell by Meatloaf.