Farin Posted March 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 Bad Touch - Bloodhound Gang Sweat baby sweat baby sex is a Texas drought Me and you do the kind of stuff that only Prince would sing about So put your hands down my pants and I'll bet you'll feel nuts Yes I'm Siskel, yes I'm Ebert and you're getting two thumbs up or from the same band: "I'm not black like Barry White No, I'm white like Frank Black is" ~ Fire Water Burn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)-Reunion That´s the one I was trying to remember for so long... I think I have a cover by Tracey Ullman... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeBB Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 (edited) Super Freak - Rick James, "Temptations, sing!!" Rock Show - Paul McCartney and Wings, "looks a lot like the one used by Jimmy Page" Crew Slut - Frank Zappa... a Catholic Girl trades sexual favours so that she can get in backstage at a Toto concert L Edited March 1, 2009 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 One that just made the Top Ten: Sweet Soul Music -- Arthur Conley Spotlight on Lou Rawls y'all Ah don't he look tall y'all Singin' loves a hurtin' thing now Oh yeah, oh yeah Spotlight on Sam and Dave now Ah don't they look boss y'all Singin' hold on I'm comin' Oh yeah, oh yeah Spotlight on Wilson Pickett That wicked picket Pickett Singin Mustang Sally Oh yeah, oh yeah Spotlight on Otis Redding now Singing fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa Oh yeah, oh yeah Spotlight on James Brown now He's the king of them all, yeah He's the king of them all, yeah Oh yeah, oh yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeBB Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 (edited) Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) - Scritti Politti ... and has nobody mentioned: Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) - Neil Young ?? LB Edited March 1, 2009 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeBB Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 (edited) Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry... Beethoven, Tchaikovsky Talking New Bob Dylan lyrics - Loudon Wainwright... mentions Dylan, SPringsteen, John Prine, Steve Forbert, Mitch Miller, Johnny Mathis... Song To Woody - Bob Dylan... Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, Sonny Terry and Cisco Houston You Better You Bet - The WHo ... "drunk myself blind to the sound of old T-Rex, and Who's Next" Surrender - Cheap Trick... "put my KISS records on" L.. Edited March 1, 2009 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeBB Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 Boys Of Summer - Don Henley... "saw a Dead Head sticker on a Cadillac" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumboXL Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 Arthur Conley's sixties hit Sweet Soul Music: Do you like good music That sweet soul music Just as long as it's swingin' Oh yeah, oh yeah Out here on the floor now We're going to a go go Ah dancin to the music Oh yeah, oh yeah Spotlight on Lou Rawls y'all Ah don't he look tall y'all Singin' loves a hurtin' thing now Oh yeah, oh yeah Spotlight on Sam and Dave now Ah don't they look boss y'all Singin' hold on I'm comin' Oh yeah, oh yeah Spotlight on Wilson Pickett That wicked picket Pickett Singin Mustang Sally Oh yeah, oh yeah Spotlight on Otis Redding now Singing fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa Oh yeah, oh yeah Spotlight on James Brown now He's the king of them all, yeah He's the king of them all, yeah Oh yeah, oh yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 You're six hours too late Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 "Punk Is Dead" by Crass mentions The Clash , Steve Jones (Sex Pistols' guitarist) and Patti Smith, in a non-too complimentary way. Yes that's right, punk is dead, It's just another cheap product for the consumers head. Bubblegum rock on plastic transistors, Schoolboy sedition backed by big time promoters. CBS promote The Clash, But it ain't for revolution, it's just for cash. Punk became a fashion just like hippy used to be And it ain't got a thing to do with you or me. Movements are systems and systems kill. Movements are expressions of the public will. Punk became a movement cos we all felt lost, But the leaders sold out and now we all pay the cost. Punk narcissism was social napalm, Steve Jones started doing real harm. Preaching revolution, anarchy and change As he sucked from the system that had given him his name. Well I'm tired of staring through *******-stained glass, Tired of staring up a superstar's arse, I've got an arse and crap and a name, I'm just waiting for my fifteen minutes fame. Steve Jones you're napalm, If you're so pretty (vacant) why do you swarm? Patti Smith, you're napalm, You write with your hand but it's Rimbaud's arm. And me, yes I, do I want to burn? Is there something I can learn? Do I need a business man to promote my angle? Can I resist the carrots that fame and fortune dangle? I see the velvet zippies in their bondage gear, The social elite with safety-pins in their ear, I watch and understand that it don't mean a thing, The scorpions might attack, but the systems stole the sting. PUNK IS DEAD. PUNK IS DEAD. PUNK IS DEAD. PUNK IS DEAD. PUNK IS DEAD. PUNK IS DEAD. PUNK IS DEAD. PUNK IS DEAD. PUNK IS DEAD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 ^ I know Crass, they're really anti-sellout punk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 "American Hair Band" by Tuff mentions nearly every 80's hair band and a few 90's grunge bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicalcure Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Lady by Regina Spektor is all about Billie Holiday and refers to some of her songs. She even sings like her in the song. She doesn't actually mention her by name though. I know I have another song by Regina like that and I'll find it later. "lady sing the blues so well as if she mean it as if it's hell down here in the smoke filled world where the jokes are cold, they don't laugh at jokes they laugh at tragedies" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberjudge Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 Hey Nineteen-Steely Dan "Hey Nineteen That's 'Retha Franklin She don't remember the Queen of Soul" Black Velvet-Alannah Myles "Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell Jimmy Rodgers on the Victrola up high" (Also has references to Elvis, but doesn't mention him by name ... but this next one does) Walking in Memphis-Marc Cohn "Saw the ghost of Elvis On Union Avenue Followed him up to the gates of Graceland Then I watched him walk right through" Life in a Northern Town-Dream Academy "And through an open window came, Like Sinatra in a younger day. Pushing the town away..." (and later in the same song) "He said in Winter 1963 It felt like the world would freeze, With John F. Kennedy and the Beatles." The Motown Song-Rod Stewart with the Temptations "Bring over some of your old Motown records. We'll put the speakers in the window and we'll go on the roof and listen to the Miracles echo to the alley down below, oh yeah." On and On-Stephen Bishop "Poor ol'Jimmy Sits alone in the moonlight Saw his woman kiss another man So he takes a ladder Steals the stars from the sky Puts on Sinatra and starts to cry" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 Spray on Pants by Kisschasy mentions the Smiths and Reel Big Fish She used to love Reel Big Fish, Then she decided she loved the Smiths So she downloaded all their greatest hits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberjudge Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 And the hits just keep on coming: Come On Eileen-Dexy's Midnight Runners "Poor old Johnny Ray Sounded sad upon the radio He moved a million hearts in mono" If It Makes You Happy-Sheryl Crow "You get down, real low down You listen to Coltrane, derail your own train Well who hasn't been there before?" We Belong Together-Mariah Carey "I can't sleep at night When you are on my mind Bobby Womack's on the radio Saying to me "If you think you're lonely now" Wait a minute This is too deep (too deep) I gotta change the station So I turn the dial Trying to catch a break And then I hear Babyface "I only think of you" And it's breaking my heart I'm trying to keep it together But I'm falling apart" Take Me home Tonight-Eddie Money with Ronnie Spector "Just like Ronnie sang Be my little baby." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars88 Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 Pink's Hazard To Myself mentions (being compared to) Britney Spears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Pink's Hazard To Myself mentions (being compared to) Britney Spears. The song title is actually "Don't Let Me Get Me" Her song So What also mentions (makes fun of) Jessica Simpson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'" "Shes a good girl, crazy bout Elvis" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 ...when people starred at Jagger´s eyes... David Bowie. Don´t remember the name of the song, I believe it s part of Aladin Sane album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicalcure Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 (edited) I have to mention this song I'm listening to, even though it doesn't QUITE fit. This singing duo with beautiful soft voices refer to THEMSELVES in their own song, without being obvious. It's a gorgeous song. If you like Simon and Garfunkel, you might like this. Homesick- Kings of Convenience "I'll lose some sales and my boss won't be happy but I can't stop listening to the sound of two soft voices blended in perfection from the reels of this record that I found every day there's a boy in the mirror asking me what are you doing here finding all my previous motives growing increasingly unclear....." Edited March 5, 2009 by Guest confusing myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeBB Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 I have to mention this song I'm listening to, even though it doesn't QUITE fit. This singing duo with beautiful soft voices refer to THEMSELVES in their own song, without being obvious. It's a gorgeous song. If you like Simon and Garfunkel, you might like this. Homesick- Kings of Convenience "I'll lose some sales and my boss won't be happy but I can't stop listening to the sound of two soft voices blended in perfection from the reels of this record that I found every day there's a boy in the mirror asking me what are you doing here finding all my previous motives growing increasingly unclear....." It's not obvious from that quote that they are referring to themselves... they could actually be talking about Simon and Garfunkel... ? LBBB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicalcure Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 (edited) Yes, it's possible they are not talking about themselves, but if you listen to the video, or any of their music, it seems likely, esp since he talks about the "boy in the mirror". Of course, it's open to interpretation, so I guess it's off the list. Well. I tried. They are Danish, by the way. I hope you all listen, it's beautiful. ----------- Here's another maybe... what about mentioning songs by other artists? Does that count? Regina Spektor -On the Radio "while we were on our knees praying that disease would leave the ones we love and never come again and on the radio we heard november rain the solo's really long but it's a pretty song we listened to it twice cause the dj was asleep" Regina LOVES to make refers to things in her songs, mythology, bible, history, and music. Here's one for ya! Raindrops -Regina Spektor "Round each corner there’s a chance People searching glance to glance Moving bout real fast Like insects and fish when they’re scared And they sing the same old song Though it’s been so very long They sing, raindrops falling on my head But that doesn’t mean that i am dead " -------------- (she sings the line about it with the melody of the original song) Ahh... but then again, she did not mention the artist! Lol, I guess I'm not doing this right, eh? Edited March 6, 2009 by Guest adding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted March 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 They are Danish, by the way. I hope you all listen, it's beautiful. that can be seconded without a doubt... Kings of Convenience make some fine kind of music (but, psst, they're from Norway ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicalcure Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 ohhh Norway is it? Sorry, I added more while you were posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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