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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2019 22:14:54 GMT -5
I was listening to my favourite Tom Petty song earlier and it made me wonder how many songs mention other well known songs in them (not the self-referencing variety, though). There has to be a ton. Here are a few I can think of off the top of my head...
Runnin' Down a Dream - Tom Petty
"It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down I had the radio on, I was drivin' The trees went by, me and Del were singin' Little Runaway, I was flyin'"
Fairytale of New York - The Pogues
"The boys of the NYPD choir were singin' Galway Bay And the bells were ringin' out for Christmas Day"
The Lines You Amend - Sloan
"You'll always come to mind whenever I hear that song The one about Photographs, sung by Ringo Starr Especially in the chorus part, you always said now don't you start"
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2019 22:54:03 GMT -5
The most obvious example has to be Glass Onion by the Beatles.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2019 23:20:43 GMT -5
Neil Young "Long May You Run"...Maybe The Beach Boys have got you now, with those waves singing "Caroline, No"...
Sparks "When Do I Get To Sing 'My Way'"...When do I get to sing "My Way", when do I get to feel like Sinatra felt...
The Beach Boys "Summer In Paradise"...Well we came out rockin' with "Rhonda" and "Barbara Ann"...
A bit of a reach - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)"...I tripped on a cloud and fell-a Eight Miles High...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2019 23:36:10 GMT -5
Practically every song Mike Love wrote post-1980 (or at least post-Kokomo)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2019 23:45:05 GMT -5
Practically every song Mike Love wrote post-1980 (or at least post-Kokomo) You could make the argument that "Do It Again" made a few references with "the California girls and a beautiful coastline" and "with a girl the lonely sea looks good in moonlight".
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2019 2:20:48 GMT -5
Barenaked Ladies, ‘Brian Wilson’, mentions ‘Fun Fun Fun’.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2019 5:06:19 GMT -5
Practically every song Mike Love wrote post-1980 (or at least post-Kokomo) I've been laughing about this all morning. But it's probably true! The Airplane have done it too, you know. On "3/5 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds" Marty Balin quotes a Buddy Holly title ("Maybe Baby") in a Buddy Holly voice. And that in an age when classic rock'n'roll was considered passé and even parodied (Sha Na Na anyone?).
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Post by kds on Jan 24, 2019 8:05:11 GMT -5
Let There Be More Light by Pink Floyd mentions Lucy in the Sky.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2019 12:44:57 GMT -5
Take Me Home Tonight by Eddie Money, featuring Ronnie Spector on the line "be my little baby"
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Post by kds on Jan 24, 2019 12:57:45 GMT -5
Take Me Home Tonight by Eddie Money, featuring Ronnie Spector on the line "be my little baby" Somewhat oddly, his daughter now sings Spector's line in concert.
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Post by B.E. on Jan 24, 2019 13:13:03 GMT -5
There are many examples of songs mentioning other songs and songs mentioning other artists/bands. The Beach Boys and The Beatles both have quite a few examples of the self-referencing variety. One of the more interesting examples, I believe, is solo John referencing a solo Paul song ("Another Day" in "How Do You Sleep?"). I don't even want to attempt to compile all of Mike and Ringo's self-referencing.
Moving away from that variety...Weezer's "Heart Songs" names a bunch of songs/lyrics and even more artists/bands. Then, of course, there's Nilsson's "You Can't Do That". Which isn't exactly what you're looking for, but it's always a fun listen!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2019 17:48:01 GMT -5
Somewhat oddly, his daughter now sings Spector's line in concert. Hmm... but is it as odd as Mike Love and Ambha Love singing together on the UTL version of Kiss Me Baby? LOL
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2019 18:05:00 GMT -5
There are many examples of songs mentioning other songs and songs mentioning other artists/bands. The Beach Boys and The Beatles both have quite a few examples of the self-referencing variety. One of the more interesting examples, I believe, is solo John referencing a solo Paul song ("Another Day" in "How Do You Sleep?"). I don't even want to attempt to compile all of Mike and Ringo's self-referencing. Moving away from that variety...Weezer's "Heart Songs" names a bunch of songs/lyrics and even more artists/bands. Then, of course, there's Nilsson's "You Can't Do That". Which isn't exactly what you're looking for, but it's always a fun listen! For the win... Haha, that was fun, thanks for sharing! I like the sentiment behind the song and can relate to it pretty hard... so I won't nitpick on the fact that Rivers mixed up Tiffany and Debbie Gibson (DG might have written her own songs but the award for the best cover of a Tommy James and the Shondells song easily goes to Tiffany )
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2019 8:28:05 GMT -5
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Post by kds on Jan 25, 2019 8:30:02 GMT -5
Def Leppard's Rocket name checks a ton of songs and artists from the early 70s.
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Post by The Cap'n on Jan 25, 2019 14:42:29 GMT -5
Not a song, but close: Wilco's "Heavy Metal Drummer" includes the line "playing KISS covers, beautiful and stoned."
Of Montreal's "St. Exquisite's Confessions" references the Shuggie Otis song "Strawberry Letter 23" with the line "come and see, there's still some gentle people fucking to 'Strawberry Letter 23.'"
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2019 10:26:02 GMT -5
Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2019 10:45:16 GMT -5
This theme song is on a J&D comp that I have, and it throws out a number of big names as well as mentioning songs. My favorite part is where they seemingly get sidetracked into the tag of I Get Around!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2019 10:55:28 GMT -5
Black Velvet--Alannah Myles
Up in Memphis the music's like a heat wave
White Lightnin' bound to drive you wild
Mama's baby's in the heart of ev'ry school girl
"Love Me Tender" leaves 'em cryin' in the aisle
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2019 11:07:04 GMT -5
This theme song is on a J&D comp that I have, and it throws out a number of big names as well as mentioning songs. My favorite part is where they seemingly get sidetracked into the tag of I Get Around! Thank you for posting this; I enjoyed it very much. I was surprised to see Toni Basil's name pop up in the credits! I think it is long overdue for a well-written, professionally made documentary on Jan & Dean. The Dead Man's Curve movie was fine, but I think a documentary would better serve the legacy of Jan & Dean. To me, Jan was such a charismatic figure...
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Post by kds on Jan 26, 2019 14:32:15 GMT -5
The closing song to Pink Floyd's Division Bell, High Hopes, doesn't contain any lyrical references to past songs, it does include sound effects used on Granchester Meadows, Fat Old Sun, Bring the Boys Back Home, and Young Lust.
Also, the intro to Roger Waters' What God Wants Part III contains musical nods to Floyd classics Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Echoes, and Breathe before the opening lyric "Don't be afraid, it's only....business," obviously a dig at his former bandmates carrying on without him.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2019 21:28:52 GMT -5
This theme song is on a J&D comp that I have, and it throws out a number of big names as well as mentioning songs. My favorite part is where they seemingly get sidetracked into the tag of I Get Around! Wasn't that video used as the opening to the T.A.M.I. show? So cool. Damn, I really was born in the wrong time.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2019 7:27:23 GMT -5
In 1961 James Sheppard co-wrote and recorded "Daddy's Home" as Shep and the Limelites, which reached #2 in the US that March. It refers back to an earlier (1957) Sheppard co-write for The Heartbeats called "A Thousand Miles Away". Only this time, he sings "I'm not a thousand miles away", at the very end. (The line that breaks me up is "I've been waiting for this moment".) See the wiki page for more information on what was the first career-spanning cycle of related song titles.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy%27s_Home_(song)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2019 6:31:16 GMT -5
Not so much a mention as a musical quote (I think I can safely squeeze it into this topic). In Captain Beefheart's "Sugar N' Spikes", there's a broad Spanish-sounding melody that occurs twice, once vocally (here at 0:26) and once instrumentally (at 1:55). Now this comes from Miles Davis and Gil Evans's reworking of the slow movement of Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez (here at 8:32). Looking for the original version of this passage, I went through Rodriguez's guitar concerto with a toothcomb but couldn't find it! It now transpires that it's an original element, a "chorus" that Evans composed for the Davis version (with grateful thanks to the hard-working lads and lasses at Wikipedia). Frank Zappa was clearly influenced by another Davis track on Sketches of Spain but that's for another time. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sketches_of_Spain
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Post by kds on Feb 1, 2019 3:48:58 GMT -5
Deep Purple's King of Dreams from their lone album with Joe Lynn Turner on vocals, 1990's Slaves and Masters, references the DP song Smooth Dancer in the chorus.
Also, after Blackmore's solo, Joe Lynn Turner throws in some references to songs from Turner's 80s stint in Rainbow with Blackmore and Glover - Power and I Surrender.
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