Farin Posted April 1, 2008 Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 Sitting, Waiting, Wishing ~ Jack Johnson Oh, maybe you've been through this before But it's my first time, so please ignore The next few lines, cause they're directed at you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dappled Posted April 1, 2008 Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 Savoy Brown Boogie - Savoy Brown This is the Boogie, the Savoy Brown Boogie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Udo Posted April 1, 2008 Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 (edited) Oops. wrong thread Edited April 1, 2008 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epiphany Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 Wow, I can't believe that no one wrote George Harrison's "This Song" yet. That's a great one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epiphany Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 Also The Beatles' "Only A Northern Song" and "Mother Nature's Son" (kind of). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 It has been suggested that Bob Dylan wrote and sung Like a Rolling Stone about himself. "How does it feel How does it feel To be on your own With no direction home Like a complete unknown Like a rolling stone?" then A songwriter writing about songwriters - Who Put The Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) - Barry Mann - co-written with Gerry Goffin "I'd like to thank the guy who wrote the song that made my baby fall in love with me... Who put the bomp in the bomp-a-bomp-a-bomp Who put the ram in the ram-a-lam-a-ding-dong Who put the bop in the bop-she-bop-she-bop Who put the dip in the dip-de-dip-de-dip Who was that man, I'd like to shake his hand He made my baby fall in love with me (yeah!) When my baby heard bomp-bomp-a-bomp-a-bomp-bo-bomp-bomp Every word went right into her heart And when she heard them singing ram-a-lama-lama-lama-lama-ding-dong She said we'd never have to part" another Rolling Stones song is Jigsaw Puzzle "Me, I'm waiting so patiently, Lying on the floor; I'm just trying to do my jig-saw puzzle, Before it rains anymore" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 This is that new song ~ Badly Drawn Boy And if i knew the answers i would tell you now Just what would be the chances that i could show you how If i knew where all the tears were coming from Add up all the years that you've been gone This is that new song I told you about 20 years ago Do you know what true romance is and could you show me now Just what would be the chances that i could tell you how If i knew where all the tears were flowing to Guide them to a river where i'd swim with you downstream This is that old dream i told you about 20 years ago And could you hold me now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 You Can All Join In --Traffic Here's a little song you can all join in with It's very simple and I hope it's new Make your own words up if you want to Any old words that you think will do ------ This Note's For You -- Neil Young Ain't singin' for Pepsi Ain't singin' for Coke I don't sing for nobody Makes me look like a joke This note's for you. Ain't singin' for Miller Don't sing for Bud I won't sing for politicians Ain't singin' for Spuds This note's for you. ------ Sing This All Together -- The Rolling Stones Why don't we sing this song all together? Open our heads let the pictures come And if we close all our eyes together Then we will see where we all come from Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumboXL Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 Johnny Rotten's PIL (Public Image Ltd) hit: This is not a love song. Was Carly Simon's You're so vain already mentioned? "You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you...". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumboXL Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 David Bowie, in the song 5 Years: "I think I saw you in an ice-cream parlour, drinking milk shakes cold and long Smiling and waving and looking so fine, dont think you knew you were in this song". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 I Got The Blues -- The Rolling Stones If you don't believe what I'm singing At three o'clock in the morning, babe, well I'm singing my song for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Udo Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 The Garry Shandling Show Theme Song: This is the theme to Garry's Show, The opening theme to Garry's show. This is the music that you hear as you watch the credits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted May 16, 2008 Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 "For Milton Mapes" - The Broken Family Band Take yourself back to your boyfriend And tell him what you just told me See if he finds it amusing Let me know if he and I would agree You can't build a life on this, You can't live your life like this Breaking stealing cheating hiding wanting waiting wanting Save your energy for someone More inclined to sit around Run away to your friends All those hair-cut kids on the indie-rock underground They can't write songs like this They can't sing songs about this Breaking stealing cheating hiding wanting waiting wanting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Udo Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 Happy to Give by Journey A song for the singer One book of dreams Take this heartache Away from me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 I Write The Songs - Barry Manilow I Dig Rock And Roll Music - Peter, Paul and Mary "I think I could say somethin' if you know what I mean But if I really say it, the radio won't play it Unless I lay it between the lines" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Robert Mitchum by Julian Cope Robert Robert Mitchum I wrote a song for you Robert Robert Mitchum I love you, yes I love you, yes I Really do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 You gotta love tough to love Robert Mitchum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heard It On The XM Posted June 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco is another song that refers to itself (not to mention the artist) by name: 1985, Austrian rock singer Falco records "Rock Me Amadeus" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco is another song that refers to itself (not to mention the artist) by name: 1985, Austrian rock singer Falco records "Rock Me Amadeus" umm... that's not part of the lyrics though, is it? at least not in the version I know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skuff Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 How about "Red Rebbits" by the Shins? (In a vacuum you were charged to record THIS.) [Emphasis mine.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Udo Posted June 8, 2008 Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 (edited) 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?" Edited June 8, 2008 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Or Jimi Hendrix in Fire, and the Chili Peppers in This Velvet Glove (and also Me and My Friends, If You Have To Ask and Purple Stain, if you count band member mentions). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluesky Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 From James Taylor's Fire and Rain "I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 I believe every one of Prince's songs was self-referencial. If it wasn't .... it should have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberjudge Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 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. There were actually 2 versions of this song, the original version was recorded in German, and also used in the video. A separate remixed version was released for radio airplay in the U.S., and this is the version with the lyrics you cited. Rock Me Amadeus German & U.S. remix lyrics It would be deja vu all over again 11 years later when Macarena by Los del Rio, a Spanish-language song that became a world-wide sensation, became a U.S. hit only with the release of a remix featuring English lyrics by the Bayside Boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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