Name a song that mentions another band/solo artist.

[slj0101]

That is, a band or solo artist not related to the artist that does said song. It can be either in the title or in the lyrics themselves.

This has something to do with the fact that I've had "Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above" stuck in my head all day.

Some more:

Wheatus- Teenage Dirtbag (mentions Iron Maiden)
Pink Floyd- Nobody Home (the "obligatory Hendrix perm")
Dead Milkmen-Punk Rock Girl (the Beach Boys)
LCD Soundsystem- Daft Punk's Playing at my House
Motorhead- R.A.M.O.N.E.S.

[MonkeyFunk]

1. "All the Young Dudes"

mentions T-Rex.

[shawmut]

28. and REM mentions Mott The Hoople

in "Man on the Moon"

[lildreamer316]

2. Only Wanna Be With You--Hootie & The Blowfish

"Put on a little Dylan, sitting on a fence"

-is actually a sideways reference to the band that they used to tour all over the southeast with; Dillon Fence. It played both ways and only those who saw them often really got it.

[taterguy]

111. Behind the music

Darius added the lyric about Dylan and the fence because he thought the song sounded like a Dillon Fence song. That was their reward in lieu of royalties. Dillon Fence broke up after getting sick of people asking them if they got their name from that lyric.

[wildhorses]

3. lynard skynard~neil young

[Arugula Latte]

62. whoops -- posted in wrong place

[Generic Brad]

4. The South's Gonna Do It Again

Charlie Daniels names Wet Willie, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Elvin Bishop among others.

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. Alan Jackson "Don't Rock The Jukebox"...

He wants to hear some "Jones" aka George Jones

[momophile]

6. "Instant Club Hit (You'll Dance to Anything)"

by the Dead Milkmen.

"you'll dance to anything by the Communards, ... Book of Love, ... the Smiths, ... Depeche Mode, ... Public Image Limited, ... Naked Truth."

[Magrittes Pipe]

14. You'll dance to anything by any bunch of stupid Europeans...

...who come over here intent on taking our money; instead of giving your cash, where it belongs, to a decent American artist like myself.

[taterguy]

74. Stuart by the Dead Milkmen

Mentions Superchunk's drummer Johnny Wurster, the kid who just wanted a burrow owl

[Roon]

7. The Bob Dylan Blues

By Syd Barrett
Got the bob dylan blues
And the bob dylan shoes
And my clothes and my hairs in a mess
But you know I just couldn't care less

Gonna write me a song bout whats right and whats wrong
Got God 'n my girl and all that
Quite while I make like a cat

Cause I'm a poet, dontcha know it
And the wind you can blow it
Cause I am mister dylan the king
And I'm free as a bird on the wing

Roam from town to town, guess I get people down
But I dont care too much about that
Cause my gut and my wallet are fat

Make a whole lot of dough but I deserve it though
I got soul and a good heart of gold
So I'll sing about war and the cold

Cause I'm a poet, don'tcha know it
And the wind you can blow it
Cause I am mister dylan the king
And I'm free as a bird on the wing

Well I sings about dreams and I rhymes it with seams
Cause it seems that my dream always means
That I can prophesies all kinds of things
But I don't give a damn about that!"

Well the guy who digs me Should try hard to see That he buys all my discs and a hat And when I'm town, go see that!
Cause I'm a poet, don'tcha know it
And the wind you can blow it
Cause I am mister dylan the king
And I'm free as a bird on the wing

[BurtWorm]

43. Bob Dylan's Thunder on the Mountain

mentions Alicia Keys.

[fishwax]

130. I love that song

I love Dylan, too, but I always crack up when I hear Bob Dylan Blues :rofl:

The Barf List is a list of dozens of songs that mention Dylan, in one way or another: http://expectingrain.com/dok/edlis/barf.html

[momophile]

8. Peter, Paul and Mary

"I dig rock and roll music"

[Coloradan4Truth]

140. and whom do they mention? n/t

[momophile]

143. oh you're just being a pain in the butt now!

hi sister! They mention the Beatles, of course, and the Mamas and Papas.

Hope you had a good week.
:hi:

[driver8]

9. Fountains of Wayne -- "Denise" and "Red Dragon Tattoo"

From "Denise":

I heard she used to be married
She listens to Puff Daddy
She works at Liberty Travel
She got a heart made of gravel


From "Red Dragon Tattoo"

Will you stop pretending I've never been born
Now I look a little more like that guy from KorN
If you came a little bit closer
You'd see it isn't painted on
Oh no no no

[Starbucks Anarchist]

10. "Root Down" by The Beastie Boys.

"Jimmy Smith is my man, I wanna give him a pound."

They sampled the song from Jimmy Smith's original one.

[slj0101]

11. The Beasties are perfect for this thread.

They're always name-dropping, as do many hip-hop artists.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

13. I immediately thought of hip-hop when I saw this thread.

[slj0101]

16. "Sure Shot" alone

mentions Lee Dorsey, Lee "Scratch" Perry, and Doug E. Fresh.

[flvegan]

26. Not just a mention...

But on the "hey, I f'ing shot that" DVD Doug E. Fresh has quite the spotlight.

the BBoys have no reason not to promote those that got them there.

[guitar man]

12. Out of the Blue (Hey Hey My My)

By Neil Young

"This is the story of Johnny Rotten"

[driver8]

15. Cheap Trick "Surrender"

Whatever happened to all this season's losers of the year?
Ev'ry time I got to thinking, where'd they disappear?
When I woke up, Mom and Dad are rolling on the couch.
Rolling numbers, rock and rolling, got my Kiss records out.

[ForrestGump]

17. There are many hundreds recorded about Elvis, during his life and after

Some of the better known ones that are about him or mention him include:

"Black Velvet" - Alannah Myles
"Walking in Memphis" - Mark Cohen
"Elvis is Everywhere" - Mojo Nixon
"Elvis Presley And America"-U2
"Elvis Presley Boulevard" - Billy Joel
"Went to See the Gypsy" - Bob Dylan
"Calling Elvis" - Dire Straits
"Bye Bye Johnny" - Bruce Springsteen
"Graceland" - Paul Simon
"From Graceland to the Promised Land" - Merle Haggard
"Blue Suede Heaven" - Bill Medley?
"The King is Gone" - Ronnie McDowell
"I Remember Elvis Presley" - Danny Mirror
"All American Boy" - Bill Parsons
"Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?" - George Jones
"Freefalling" - Tom Petty
"Elvis & Andy" - Confederate Railroad
I Saw Elvis in A UFO" - Ray Stevens
"I Try To Think About Elvis" - Patti Loveless
"Tupelo, Mississippi Flash" - Jerry Reed

[taterguy]

88. You left out Public Enemy's Fight the Power

I don't exactly agree with what they say about Elvis in that song, but I understand why they say it

[City Lights]

18. Blessed Union of Souls - Hey Leonardo (She Likes Me For Me)

She likes me for me
Not because I sing like Pavorotti

[guitar man]

19. "The Late Great Johnny Ace"

by Paul Simon

[slj0101]

20. I almost forgot Wesley Willis!

Basically any band he claimed to see in concert became fodder for a song.

[Magrittes Pipe]

23. You are a good punk rocker.

You are a singing maniac.
You are a good person.

[City Lights]

21. New Radicals "You Get What You Give"

with the aid of 8 dust brothers Beck, Hanson
Courtney Love and Marilyn Manson

[Art_from_Ark]

22. "We're the Boingers" by Billy and the Boingers,

a.k.a Deathtongue.

Sung by Steve Dallas, Opus the Penguin, and Bill the Cat:

Jimmy dropped his pants,
And Ozzy dines on bats,
And Hendrix played guitar with his teeth.
The Deadheads got their Jerry,
And Mom's got her Barry,
And Ronnie listens to guys like Falwell and Meese.

Was Bowie ever a fairy?
Was Debbie ever Harry?
Was Elvis ever the King? Let's not be reflective.
Does Barbra wish she was a goy?
Is George really a boy?
Is Filthy ever Divine? It's all subjective.

[Magrittes Pipe]

24. "Letter to a Fanzine" by Great Plains

Why do punk rock guys go out with new wave girls?
Why do punk rock guys go out with new wave girls?
Why do punk rock guys go out with new wave girls?
Why do punk rock guys go out with new wave girls?

Isn't my haircut really intense?
Isn't Nick Cave a genius in a sense?
You didn't print my last letter: what's better, drugs or sex?
Isn't my haircut really intense?

You like everything that comes out on 4AD
You like everything that comes out on SST
You like almost everything that comes out on Homestead
I like everything I get in the mail for free!
How 'bout that?

Why do punk rock guys go out with new wave girls?
Why do punk rock guys go out with new wave girls?
Why do punk rock guys go out with new wave girls?
Why do punk rock guys go out with new wave girls?

[Zookeeper]

25. Tullycraft, "Orange Cake Mix Song"

"The rhythms are weak and you can't sing along.
Does the world really need another Orange Cake Mix song?"

[shawmut]

27. James Brown, "Get Up Offa That Thing"

mentions the Ohio Players and Barry White.

[Connonym]

29. "Van Halen" by Nerf Herders

[sniffa]

93. great fucking song!!

and aLso, "pantera fans in Love"

[Connonym]

99. Awesome! nobody else I know likes that song

You,sniffa, have excellent taste in music :)

[flvegan]

30. Not a song, but a video

Rage Against the Machine, "Renegades of Funk" are the epitome of this.

NWA to Chavez, EPMD to MLK, Beasties to Malcolm X.

[Burma Jones]

31. Arthur Conley. 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

[Shakespeare]

32. "Extraordinary" by Better Than Ezra

mentions the Barenaked Ladies

[Chiyo-chichi]

78. same song also mentions AC/DC and Madonna.

Still I couldn't get arrested
Though I got more hooks
Than Madonna got looks
And just like that AC/DC song
Come on baby, shake me all night long

But just like that Barenaked Ladies' song
I'm hot like wasabi when I'm next to your body


And "A Lifetime" from the same album mentions REM:

And that REM song was playing in my mind.
And three and a half minutes
Felt like a lifetime

[Chiyo-chichi]

82. And BTE's "A Southern Thing" mentions Robt. Johnson & Elvis

I heard Robert Johnson playing on a steel guitar
In the heat of the Delta sun
When Kelly drove them back up to Memphis
To finish what the King had once begun

[Chiyo-chichi]

84. Better Than Ezra/King of New Orleans - Cat Stevens

Got a ticket to a show.
Going to see him take a blow.
When the drunk one said,
"Cat Stevens was the greatest singer!"

[Poiuyt]

33. Creeque Alley by the Mamas and the Papas

John and Mitchy were getting kind of itchy
Just to leave the folk music behind
Zal and Denny, working for a penny
Trying to get a fish on the line
In a coffee house Sebastian sat
And after every number they'd pass the hat
McGuinn and McGuire's just a-getting higher
In L.A., you know where that's at
And no one's getting fat except Mama Cass

Zally said, Denny, you know there aren't many
Who can sing a song the way that you do, let's go south
Denny said Zally, golly, don't you think that I wish
I could play guitar like you
Zal, Denny and Sebastian sat, at the Night Owl
And after every number they'd pass the hat
McGuinn and McGuire's still a-gettin' higher
In L.A., you know where that's at
And no one's getting fat except Mama Cass

When Cass was a sophomore, planned to go to Swarthmore
But she changed her mind one day
Standing on the turnpike, thumb out to hitch hike
Take her to New York right away
When Denny met Cass he gave her love bumps
Called John and Zal and that was the Mugwumps
McGuinn and McGuire couldn't get no higher
But that's what they were aiming at
And no one's getting fat except Mama Cass

Mugwumps, high jumps, low slumps, big bumps
Don't you work as hard as you play
Make up, break up, everything you shake up
Guess it had to be that way
Sebastian and Zal formed the Spoonful
Michelle, John, and Denny getting very tuneful
McGuinn and McGuire just a-catching fire
In L.A., you know where that's at
And everybody's getting fat except Mama Cass
Di-di-di-dit dit dit di-di-di-dit, who-o-oa

Broke, busted, disgusted, agents can't be trusted
And Mitchy wants to go to the sea
Cass can't make it, she says we'll have to fake it
We knew she'd come eventually
Greezin' on American Express cards
Tent's low rent, but keeping out the heat's hard
Duffy's good vibrations and our imaginations
Can't go on indefinitely
And California dreamin' is becoming a reality

[mitchum]

34. "Sammy Hagar Weekend" Thelonious Monster

[Nicole]

35. Kristofferson Kris- Final Attraction

Come on boy, get back up there
You can do it one more time
For Hank Williams, go break a heart
And Janis Joplin, go break a heart
And Waylon Jennings, go break a heart
And John Lennon, go break a heart
And Roger Miller, "
And Jimi Hendrix, "
And Mickey Newbury, "

[fishwax]

132. That's a great song

"and maybe one time for me ..."

[Nicole]

135. Glad to see someone else who likes it.

:hi:

I saw him on an interiew once & he spoke about how watching Willie on stage inspired him to write that song.

[Richard Steele]

36. "Scary Monsters", David Bowie: "She wailed like Jimi's guitar sound..."

[fizzgig]

37. massacre

by the dwarves mentions both creed and queens of the stone age (although they refer to them as queens of the trust fund. the ex-qotsa bassist also guests on the track)

[ghostsofgiants]

38. Sarah Jones and DJ Vadim - "Your Revolution"

http://www.airbubble.com/ram/yr_rvltn.ram

[REP]

39. Cool As Kim Deal - The Dandy Warhols

"Hey - there's nothing in my art
I'd rather be cool than be smart"

Not a "nice" song, but it fucking rocks.

[electricmonk]

40. Alex Chilton by the Replacements

Dead Milkmen-Tiny Town (F.O.D.)
Alice Donut-The Son of a Disgruntled X-postal Worker (Metallica)
Meatmen-One Down Three to Go (Beatles)
Meatmen-College Radio Loser (Suede, Blur, etc.)

[grace0418]

41. Twisting by They Might Be Giants mentions

the DBs and the Young Fresh Fellows

[taterguy]

108. Are the DBs any relation to the dB's?

Sorry, couldn't resist

[grace0418]

109. I'm not sure Officer Capitalization. Maybe you should look it up for me.

:)

[taterguy]

110. My comment was an obscure reference to a Holsapple article

He wrote that it was a big mistake to name his band the dB's because club owners never ever got it right on the marquee.

[grace0418]

115. I knew you were just kidding me. I put in the

obligatory smilie. :)

Just a brain fart. Or a finger fart, if there is such a thing.

:hi:

[taterguy]

119. I'd change my name to Captain Capitalization

If the mods would let me

[grace0418]

120. LOL! You're right. That's way better than Officer.

I can picture The Uniform now.

[deucemagnet]

42. "Hands Open" by Snow Patrol mentions Sufjan Stevens...

...and his song, "Chicago"

"Put Sufjan Stevens on
and we'll play your favorite song
"Chicago" bursts to life and your
sweet smile remembers you"

[BurtWorm]

44. Neil Young mentions Johnny Rotten

in My My, Hey Hey.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

45. Gator Country by Molly Hatchet

I've been to Alabama, people ain't a whole lot to see;
Skynyrd says its a real sweet home but it aint nothing to me.
Charlie Daniels will tell you the good lord lives in Tenessee, ha!
But Im going back to gator country where the wine and the women are free.

There's a gator in the bushes, hes calling my name,
And a saying come on boy, you better make it back home again.
There's many roads I've travelled but they all kind of look the same.
There's a gator in the bushes, lord, he's calling my name.

Old Richard Betts will tell ya lord he was born a ramblin man.
Well he can ramble back to Georgia but I wont give a damn.
Elvin Bishop out struttin' his stuff with little miss slick titty boom.
But Im going back to gator country to get me some elbow room.

There's a gator in the bushes he's calling my name.
And saying come on boy, you better make it back home again.
There's many roads I've travelled but they all kinda look the same.
There's a gator in the bushes, lord, he's calling my name. yep.

There's Marshall Tucker riding a rainbow searching for a pot of gold.
Well they can take the highway, baby, and they can take all they can hold.
The Outlaws down in Tampa town its a mighty fine place to be.
They got green grass and got high tides and sure looks good to me.

There's a gator in the bushes, hes calling my name.
Saying come on boy, you better make it back home again.
There's so many roads Ive travelled but they all kinda look the same.
There's a gator in the bushes , lord, he's calling my name.


Oh gator country,
A little bit of that chomp chomp

[leftofthedial]

46. Christmastime In Washington--Steve Earle

Come back Woody Guthrie
Come back to us now

[jen4clark]

47. Sort of cheating

but on Levelland, James McMurtry sings:

I can hear the marching band
Doin' the best they can
They're playing "Smoke on the Water", "Joy to the World"

and

John Hartford - 2 Hits and the Joint Turned Brown:

Bob Marley and his reggae band (Two hits and the joint turned brown)
Playin' reggae music all over the land (Two hits and the joint turned brown)
Ohhh, sweet momma (Two hits and the joint turned brown)
Ohhh, pretty baby (Two hits and the joint turned brown)

[opiate69]

48. "Let Her Cry" - Hootie and the Blowfish

"...she says dad's the one I love the most, and Stipe's not far behind..."

[The Great Escape]

49. Spandau Ballet Mentions Marvin Gaye In "True"...

"listening to Marvin all night long."

[Arugula Latte]

50. "The Beatles and the Stones" by House of Love

The Beatles and the Stones
sucked the marrow out of bones
made it good to be alone

[Pushed To The Left]

51. The remake of "Boys of Summer" by the Ataris

mentions a "Black Flag sticker on a cadillac". The original Don Henley version uses "Deadhead sticker on a cadillac".

[Pushed To The Left]

52. "Jane Fonda" by Mickey Avalon

"like Janet Jackson in Rhythm Nation"

[Arugula Latte]

53. "Sweet Soul Dream" by World Party

I've got rare '61 Beatles
I got a film of my dreams
But I'd lose them all
Burn em all
Go along without all of it
Give up the chances I see
If you'd take me up
Raise me up
Let me know the heart of it
Give me your sweet soul dream
Give me your sweet soul dream

GREAT song.

[Pushed To The Left]

54. Yet another one: "Flagpole Sitta" by Harvey Danger

"I want to rage against machines" (not sure if that counts)

Also, a Seven Mary Three song (I don't remember the name)says "rage against the machine with me"

[Pushed To The Left]

55. "1985" Bowling For Soup

Mentions Madonna, and I think it might mention some others, but I can't remember right now.

[AllegroRondo]

86. Also metions Springsteen, Def Leppard, Nirvana, and Ozzy

[Arugula Latte]

56. Hey Nineteen by Steely Dan

Hey Nineteen
That's 'Retha Franklin
She don't remember
The Queen of Soul
It's hard times befallen
The sole survivors
She thinks I'm crazy
But I'm just growing old

[Pushed To The Left]

57. How could I forget this one? "Buddy Holly" by Weezer

Self-explanatory

[Spirochete]

58. Brian Wilson, by Barenaked Ladies

I guess that counts

[Richardo]

71. "You Can Be My Yoko Ono" by BNL

[fishwax]

134. A couple other songs with Brian Wilson in the title

Brian Wilson Says, by Tears for Fears
Jesus Loves You, Brian Wilson, by the Lost Dogs

[Arugula Latte]

59. You Better You Bet -- The Who

I call you on the telephone my voice too rough with cigarettes.
I sometimes think I should just go home but I'm dealing with a memory
that never forgets
I love to hear you say my name especially when you say yes
I got your body right now on my mind and I drunk myself blind to the
sound of old T-Rex
To the sound of old T-Rex - who's next?

[Arugula Latte]

60. When Smokey Sings by ABC

about Smokey Robinson ...

[Arugula Latte]

61. Hey Ya by Outkast mentions Beyonce nt

[Arugula Latte]

63. Goody Two Shoes by Adam Ant mentions Al Green nt

[SKKY]

64. R.E.M. mentions T-Rex AND Queen in the song "Wakeup Bomb"

[SKKY]

65. R.E.M. mentions T-Rex in the song Wakeup Bomb

[devilgrrl]

66. 'Smoke on the Water' by Deep Purple

"Frank Zappa & the Mothers!!!!!"

[hellbound-liberal]

70. They also mention the "Rolling Truck Stones" in that song.

[njdemocrat106]

67. Here's a few:

"Downtown" by Neil Young (mentiones Hendrix, then Led Zeppelin, then specifically Jimmy Page)
"London Calling" by the Clash (phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust)
"Be My Yoko Ono" by Barenaked Ladies (self-explanitory :) )
"Stan" by Eminem (mentions Phil Collins and "In the Air Tonight")
"Night Shift" by the Commodores (a tribute to Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson)
"Jackie Wilson Said" by Van Morrison (speaking of Mr. Wilson...)
"On and On" by Stephen Bishop (mentions Frank Sinatra)

And "Life Is a Rock but the Radio Rolled Me" by Reunion mentions too much to list here:
http://www.lyricsdepot.com/reunion/life-is-a-rock.html

[Spider Jerusalem]

68. Alabama 3 - "Woke Up This Morning"

(better known as "the Sopranos theme song") has a spoken intro that mentions Charles Mingus, JR Montrose, Jackie McLean, Eric Dolphy, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Lester Young, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf.

[Eagle_Eye]

69. "The South'S Gonna' Do It" by the Charlie Daniels Band

They pluged a few groups in that song:

Grinder Switch
Tucker boys (Marshall Tucker Band)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Richard Betts
Elvin Bishop
ZZ Top
old brother Willie's gettin' soakin' wet (Wet Willie)

And all the good people down in Tennessee
Are diggin' Barefoot Jerry and the CDB

[Forkboy]

72. "You wouldn't know cool if you were a Charlie Parker horn solo!"

From Uncle Jim's* The Superstars of Greenwich Meantime

*Alan Bishop from Sun City Girls

[TheBaldyMan]

73. I found a website dedicated to name-check songs on the internets

sort of takes the fun out of it, this database is searchable as well

http://www.amiright.com/real/celebartist/

incredible.

[donheld]

75. Sheryl Crow mentions Madonna in

The Na-Na Song

Video countdown cyber phallic optics
Profligate talk shows scrounging for a topic
Rock-a-buy gravy train cradle's gonna rock me
37 million's what Larry Parker got me
World War XIV, my first Sony
Beatles wrote the Nike song and called it macaroni
Billy Jean Burger King chauvinist pig pen
U.S. Army only wants a few straight men

Na-na, na-na na-na, na-na na-na na-na

Panaflex Soloflex Genuflect Pope
What the world needs now is babies, guns and hope
Guardian angel dust in the wind cries Mary
Wanna be Madonna but the price is too high, very
Perfect rhythm Nazis in the pagan rhythm nation
Everybody's equal in the glow of radiation
Gotta four-wheel drive and I park it in the driveway
When I get drunk I drive it on the parkway
Gotta get a TV set for my car
Tonight's the Battle of the Network Stars

Na-na, na-na na-na, na-na na-na na-na
Na-na, na-na na-na, na-na na-na na-na

Sanaflush Bud-Bowl makin' me sick
Cause anybody in a helmet looks just like a dick
Steely Dan rather be A hammer than a nail
The Serbs, the Poles, and the check's in the mail
Eat sleep live die fucking record label
G Gordon Liddy under my table, table, table
Clarence Thomas organ grinder Frank Dileo's dong
Maybe if I'd let him Id've had a hit song

Na-na, na-na na-na, na-na na-na na-na

[donheld]

76. Bob Dylan mentions Alicia Keys

"Thunder On The Mountain"

Thunder on the mountain, and there's fires on the moon
A ruckus in the alley and the sun will be here soon
Today's the day, where I'm gonna grab my trombone and blow
Well, there's hot stuff here and it's everywhere I go

I was thinking about Alicia Keys, couldn't keep from crying
When she was born in Hell's Kitchen, I was living down the line
I'm wondering where in the world Alicia Keys could be
I been looking for her even clear through Tennessee

Feel like my soul is beginning to expand
Look into my heart and you will sort of understand
You brought me here, now you're trying to turn me away
The writing on the wall, come read it, come see what it does say

Thunder on the mountain, rolling like a drum
Going to sleep over there, that's where the music is coming from
I don't need any guide, I already know the way
Remember this, I'm your servant both night and day

The pistols are popping and the power is down
I'd like to try something but I'm so far from town
The sun keeps shining and the North Wind keeps picking up speed
Gonna forget about myself for a while, gonna go out and see what others need

I've been sitting down studying the art of love
I think it will fit me like a glove
I want some real good woman to do just what I say
Everybody got to wonder what's the matter with this cruel world today

Thunder on the mountain rolling to the ground
Gonna get up in the morning walk the hard road down
Some sweet day I'll stand beside my King
I wouldn't betray your love or any other thing

Gonna raise me an army, some tough sons of bitches
I'll recruit my army from the orphanages
I been to St. Herman's church, said my religious vows
As I've sucked the milk out of a thousand cows

I've got the pork chops, she's got the pie
She ain't no angel and neither am I
Shame on your greed, shame on your wicked schemes
I'll say this, I don't give a damn about your dreams

Thunder on the mountain heavy as can be
Mean old twister bearing down on me
All the ladies in Washington scrambling to get out of town
Looks like something bad is going to happen, better roll your airplane down

Everybody going and I want to go too
Don't wanna take a chance with somebody new
I did all I could, I did it right there and then
I've already confessed, no need to confess again

Gonna make a lot of money, gonna go up North
I'll plant and I'll harvest what the earth brings forth
The hammer's on the table, the pitchfork's on the shelf
For the love of God, you ought to take pity on yourself.

[blockhead]

77. R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. - John Mellencamp

Voices from nowhere and voices from the larger towns
Filled our head full of dreams, and turned our world upside down
There was Frankie Lymon, Bobby Fuller, Mitch Ryder (they were rockin')
Jackie Wilson, Shangrilas, Young Rascals (they were rockin')
Spotlight on Martha Reeves, let's don't forget James Brown
Rockin' in the U.S.A., hey!

[Danmel]

79. "Keith Don't Go"

By Nils Lofgren mentions Keith Richards and warns him to stay away from Toronto where he had been busted.

[lukasahero]

80. "My Heaven" Mary Chapin Carpenter

Mentions Eva Cassidy.

"Nothing shatters nothing breaks
Nothing hurts and nothing aches
We've got ourselves one helluva place in my heaven
Looking down at the world below
A bunch of whining, fighting schmo's
Up here we've got none of those, in my heaven

There's pools and lakes and hills and mountains
Music, art, and lighted fountains
Who needs bucks here, no one's counting
In my heaven
No one works, we all just play
We pick the weather everyday
If you change your mind, that's ok, in my heaven
Grandma's up here, Grandpa too
In a condo with to-die-for views
There's presidents and movie stars
You just come as you are
No one's lost and no one's missing
No more parting just hugs and kissing
And all these stars are just for wishing
In my heaven

There's little white lights everywhere
Your childhood dog in Dad's old chair
And more memories than my heart can hold
When Eva's singing "Fields of Gold"

There's neighbors, theives and long lost lovers
Villains, poets, kings and mothers
Up here we forgive each other, in my heaven
For every soul that's down there waiting,
Holding on, still hesitating
We say a prayer of levitating, in my heaven
You can look back at your life and lot
But it can't matter what you're not
By the time you're here, we're all we've got
In my heaven
In my heaven
In my heaven"

[AngryAmish]

81. Mott the Hoople "All The Yound Dudes" - T-Rex

[bbernardini]

83. Ike Willis (ex-Frank Zappa) - "The Foreigner From Boston"

The chorus starts out with this line:

"I'm on a Rush, my Journey through the Styx of Kansas..."

It also has "God save the Queen" in there. And, of course, there's the title. There might be more references in it, but I can't find a full lyric sheet online.

[regularguy]

85. Pavement: Stereo

what about the voice of geddy lee
how did it get so high?
i wonder if he speaks like an ordinary guy?
(i know him and he does!)

and you`re my fact-checkin` cuz
(Aww...)

[XNASA]

87. "Life on Mars?" mentions John Lennon

"It's on America's tortured brow
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow.
Now the workers have struck for fame'
Cause Lennon's on sale again."

-Bowie

[stuntcat]

89. LCD Soundsystem, right on!

That's the one I wanted to add, but I'm too late :blush:

I just got tickets to his concert next month, woOot

[Arkansas Granny]

90. Toby Keith-"I'll Never Smoke Weed with Willie Again".

I'm not a Toby Keith fan, but I love Willie Nelson and this song is just funny.

I always heard that his herb was top shelf
I just couldn't wait to find out for myself
Don't knock it till you tried it, well I tried it my friend
I'll never smoke weed with Willie again


I learned a hard lesson in a small Texas town
He fired up a fat boy and he passed him around
The last words I spoke before they tucked me in
I'll never smoke weed with Willie again.

http://www.lyricsmagnet.com/song/TOBY+KEITH/I'LL+NEVER+SMOKE+WEED+WITH+WILLIE+AGAIN_lyrics_gylsga.html

[Arugula Latte]

123. You know what's funny? My dad actually did smoke weed w/ Willie.

He was in the music biz in the S.F. Bay Area and m.c.ed quite a few shows. One of his favorite stories was how he was backstage w/ Willie and Mr. Nelson & crew were passing the joint around. Now, keep in mind my dad was not exactly a hippie. He hardly drank alcohol, let alone anything else. Yet he took a little toke and passed it along...He thought he was so cool after he did that.

Come to think of it, he got Willie's autograph for me on the cover of Newsweek when I was a kid (it was about '76, I think). I've gotta find that -- I think I still have it. I didn't really like country music then, and I'm still not much of a fan, but looking back I realize my dad got to meet most of the ones I now respect such as Johnny Cash, Willie, and Waylon. Dolly Parton was his favorite. He said he'd never met anyone nicer.

Anyway, enough of my babbling ...

[Mendocino]

91. Warren Zevon

The live version mentions "looking for James Taylor" instead of "I'd like to meet his tailor".

Grand Funks We're an American band has "Sweet sweet Connie doing her act" which I think would be Connie Francis and mentions playing poker with Freddie King.

[NoGOPZone]

94. Actually, Connie was a groupie.

Here's an article about her from Spin mag.

http://www.spin.com/features/magazine/2005/01/oldest_living_confederate_groupie_tells_all/

[Mendocino]

97. I stand corrected.

I wonder if Sweet Connie knows Janet Plaster Caster?

[NoGOPZone]

92. "Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder

Mentions Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Glenn Miller and Louie Armstrong

[NoGOPZone]

98. "Thunder Road" by Springsteen mentions Roy Orbison

"All the Young Dudes" mentions the Beatles and Stones in addition to T. Rex.
"Levon" by Elton John takes the name of its title character from Levon Helm of The Band.
"1985" by Bowling for Soup mentions a whole bunch of artists.

[taterguy]

95. I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night

I can't believe this song hasn't been mentioned yet. One of the greatest progressive anthems ever

[Lady Effingbroke]

96. "Turn up the Eagles, the neighbors are listening..."

"Everything You Did" - Steely Dan, The Royal Scam

[underpants]

117. "They stab it with their STEELY knives but they just can't kill the beast"

in the Eagles GREATEST HITS (the last one :eyes: ) Henley says that that line was a return for Fagen mentioning them in that song.

[greendog]

100. Lucinda Williams mentions ZZ Top in "Metal Firecracker" n/t

[av8rdave]

121. She also mentions Loretta Lynn in "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road"

[greendog]

128. ...and she mentions Neil Young in "Ventura".

:)

[av8rdave]

136. She opened for Neil on his "Greendale" tour....saw the show

I think that's what really made me a Lucinda fan.

[Tikki]

101. These for Joey....

“Dancing with Joey Ramone”.....Amy Rigby
“I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone”....Sleater-Kinney
“Joey Ramone”.....Jello Biafra
“My Baby’s Got a Crush on Joey Ramone”.....Rat Fink
“Debbie Loves Joey”......The Bubblegum Killers



Tikki

[RedStateShame]

102. "The Ice of Boston," Dismemberment Plan

Woke up at 3 A.M. with the radio on, that Gladys Knight and the Pips song on
About how she’d rather live in his world with him
Than live in her own world alone
And I lay there, head spinning, trying to fall asleep
And I thought to myself: "Oh, Gladys, girl, I love you but,oh-—get a life!"

[bedpanartist]

103. I am in a Guided by Voices song

Bottoms Up you Fantastic Bastard

[Tikki]

104. "Genius of Love".....Tom Tom Club...and all these..

Bootsy Collins
Smokey Robinson
Bob Marley
Sly and Robbie
Kurtis Blow
Bohannon
James Brown





Tikki

[swag]

105. "Glam Racket" by the Fall mentions Suede.

[Rabrrrrrr]

106. And no one has mentioned Smoke on the Water's mention of Frank Zappa and the Mothers?

Oh, okay, devilgrrl did it 8 hours ago. But come on! I was a close second. :eyes:

[JackBeck]

107. "1985" by Bowling for Soup

"Springstein, Madonna
way before Nirvana
there was U2 and Blondie
and music still on MTV
her two kids in high school
they tell her that she's uncool
but she still preoccupied
with 19, 19, 1985"

[Strawman]

112. Tenacious D - Dio, Ronnie and Neil - Drive By Truckers

Lots of other ones by Drive By Truckers - Three Great Alabama Icons, The Night GG Allin came to town, and others I'm forgetting.

[LynneSin]

113. Frank Zappa's "The Mud Shark" song - not only a band but an incident too

Vanilla Fudge is mentioned; however, legend has it that some members of Led Zeppelin (mainly John Bonham) were also in attendance when the incident happened


THE MUD SHARK DANCING LESSON!

Mud Sh-sh-shark
We're gonna do a little dancing,
A little dancing thing called the Mud Shark
Now, this dance started up in Seattle

Lemme tell you 'bout the Mud Shark...
The origins of the Mud Shark are as follows: There's a motel in Seattle, Washington called the Edgewater Inn. The Edgewater Inn's built on a pier.. so that means that when you look out your window you don't see any dirt -- it's got a bay or something out in your backyard,,, And to make it even more interesting, in the lobby of the aforementioned motel there's a bait and tackle shop where the residents can go down whenever they want to, and rent a fishing pole and some preserved minnows and schlep back up to their rooms, open the window, stick their little pole outside and within a few minutes actually catch a fish of some sort that they can bring into their motel room and do whatever they want with it... you know what I mean? Now in this bay there's quite a variety of ah... fish! Not only do they have mud sharks up there, they got little octopusses that you can catch. And all these denizens of the deep can come in real handy... Let's say you were a travelling Rock and Roll band called the Vanilla Fudge. Let's
say one night you checked into the Edgewater Inn Motel with a 8mm movie camera, enough money to rent a pole, and just to make it more interesting -- a succulent young lady (Mnaaaah!) with a taste for the bizarre... My mind drifts back to a meeting, a chance meeting in the Chicago O'Hare Airport where the members of the Vanilla Fudge told Don Preston about a home movie they made at the Edgewater Inn with a Mud Shark. I'm gonna tell you, this dance, the Mud Shark, is sweeping the ocean!...

Out
You go out
So far out
You do the Mud Shark. baby ... etc

[billyskank]

114. The Real Slim Shady

Refers to Dr Dre, Will Smith, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Carson Daly and Fred Durst.

[bif]

116. "Our LOVE is here to stay"

[taterguy]

122. Very clever, kudos. Really

[Rambis]

118. Hank Williams Jr.

I like Charlie Daniels and
I love big John Cash
And I think Waylon "Woktosha" Jennings
Is a table thumpin' smash
Playin' with Marshall Tucker Band
Was as good as smokin' grass
But if you don't like Hank Williams
You can kiss our ass

Cause I think what they done
Is well worth doin'
And their doin' it the
Best way that they can
Oh you're the only one
That you are screwin'
When you put down what
You don't understand

I love all them Allman Brothers,
Merle Haggard, and George Jones
Shotgun Willie Nelson and them
Rockin' rollin' Stones
Everything the Eagles do
And I'm in love with Linda Rondstat
Anybody that don't like Hank Williams
You can kiss our ass

Cause I think what they done
Is well worth doin'
And their doin' it the
Best way that they can
Oh you're the only one
That you are screwin'
When you put down what
You don't understand

I ain't sayin' that he was
The first or the last
But if you don't like Hank Williams
You can kiss our ass

[El Fuego]

124. "Mr. Jones" by Counting Crows

"I want to be Bob Dylan
Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
When everybody loves you, son, that's just about as funky as you can be..."

[mitchum]

125. Bowie's "Song For Bob Dylan" mentions...uh...Bob Dylan

[Fenris]

126. "Seymour Stein" by Belle & Sebastian

Mentions crappy Bernard Sumner - Johnny Marr project "Electronic."

[Initech]

127. Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water (Zappa)

[fishwax]

129. Punk Rock Girl is especially funny b/c he mentions the beach boys, but the song he refers to

is the mamas and the papas (California Dreaming). That always makes me laugh.

[fishwax]

131. There are hundreds of songs that mention Bob Dylan compiled on "The Barf List"

http://expectingrain.com/dok/edlis/barf.html

Some are pretty funny :)

[fishwax]

133. A couple from Van Morrison

"Jackie Wilson Said"--Jackie Wilson Said/I'm in Heaven When You Smile)
Cleaning Windows--"I saw Leadbelly and Blind Lemon on the street where I was born"

[Tikki]

137. "Runnin' Down a Dream".....Tom Petty...

"Trees flew by, me and Del were singin’
"Little Runaway"...
I was flyin’......"





(Del Shannon)



Tikki

[Xipe Totec]

138. Two come to mind right away:

You're so vain,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B7bVD_DkM4

Diamonds and Rust:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2iJ4MnnbFM

[mitchum]

139. The Velvet Underground "New Age"...

"And when you kissed Robert Mitchum/ Gee, but I thought you'd never catch him"

Big Bob released several records in the 50s

[dolo amber]

141. R.E.M.

LEONARD BERNSTEIN!! :bounce:

:7

[NoPasaran]

142. "Don Henley Must Die"---Mojo Nixon

[FredScuttle]

144. "My Sister" by Juliana Hatfield - The Del-Fuegos

"Empty Garden" by Elton John - John Lennon
"Give It Away" by Red Hot Chili Peppers - Bob Marley
"New Frontier" by Donald Fagen - Dave Brubeck

[Arugula Latte]

145. Elliott Smith mentions the song "Cathy's Clown" by the Everly Bros. in Waltz 2 (XO) nt

[LibDemAlways]

146. How did Bruce Springsteen singing

"Roy Orbison singing for the lonely/Hey, that's me and I want you only" from Thunder Road not get mentioned yet?

ON edit...ok, IT DID...Reply #98.