Groups/Singers "namechecked" in songs (lyrics, blues, indie)

Graham Clayton · 05-02-2008, 05:11 AM

Here are some songs where the name of another singer or group is mentioned inthe lyrics. These are all of the top of my head, so I will probably post a few more at a later time!

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

Violent Femmes & Del Fuegos

YouTube - Ben Folds - Rockin' The Suburbs

Quiet Riot, Bon Jovi & Michael Jackson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHsDa9_HSlA

Neil Young

YouTube - ROCK AND ROLL HEAVEN RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS MIKE

Too many to mention!

YouTube - Commodores - Nightshift

Marvin ***e & Jackie Wilson

There are plenty more to choose from!

**Piss Me Off** · 05-03-2008, 05:54 AM

Pixies - I've Been Tired

'I wanna be a singer like Lou Reed' 'I liiike Lou Reed!'

Wayfarer · 05-03-2008, 06:11 AM

"Purple Stain" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

"Python power straight from Monty, celluloid love's got a John Frusciante."

A member of the band, but c'mon, it still counts.

GravitySlips · 05-03-2008, 06:27 AM

Pavement - Range Life (smashing pumpkins, stone temple pilots)
Sonic Youth - Screaming Skull (Lemonheads,Husker Du)
Sebadoh - Gimme Indie Rock (Husker Du, Sonic Youth, Velvet Undergound, Stooges, Pussy Galore)

The Fall have done this a few times as well, don't specifically remember which songs though. There's also a Belle and Sebastian song that mentions the Velvet Underground, again can't remember which. It's on their first album I think.

**Piss Me Off** · 05-03-2008, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by GravitySlips

The Fall have done this a few times as well, don't specifically remember which songs though. There's also a Belle and Sebastian song that mentions the Velvet Underground, again can't remember which. It's on their first album I think.

Expectations off of Tigermilk.

"Your obsession gets you known throughout the school as being strange,
making life-size models of The Velvet Underground in clay"

**Urban Hatemonger** · 05-03-2008, 08:43 AM

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Every song they have ever written

**sleepy jack** · 05-03-2008, 06:28 PM

Jens Lekman rules.

"When she talked about about the fall / I thought she talked about Mark E. Smith / I never understood at all."

"When people think of Sweden I think they have the wrong idea / Like Cliff Richards who thought it was just porn and gonorrhea / And Lou Reed said in the film "Blue in the face" / That compared to New York City / Sweden was a scary place. / They seem to have a point after meeting with this girl / Maybe not Cliff Richards but Lou has surely met her."

I know several more, Hello Saferide, Mary Lou Lord, Tullycraft etc but I'm too lazy to look them all up.

Alfred · 05-03-2008, 08:09 PM

I Hate Led Zeppelin - Screeching Weasel

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05-02-2008, 05:11 AM
Graham Clayton Groupie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 21	Groups/Singers "namechecked" in songs Here are some songs where the name of another singer or group is mentioned inthe lyrics. These are all of the top of my head, so I will probably post a few more at a later time! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYwZzmCtIQQ Violent Femmes & Del Fuegos YouTube - Ben Folds - Rockin' The Suburbs Quiet Riot, Bon Jovi & Michael Jackson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHsDa9_HSlA Neil Young YouTube - ROCK AND ROLL HEAVEN RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS MIKE Too many to mention! YouTube - Commodores - Nightshift Marvin ***e & Jackie Wilson There are plenty more to choose from!

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Wayfarer Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,119	"Purple Stain" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. "Python power straight from Monty, celluloid love's got a John Frusciante." A member of the band, but c'mon, it still counts. __________________ The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

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GravitySlips Music Addict Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 729	Pavement - Range Life (smashing pumpkins, stone temple pilots) Sonic Youth - Screaming Skull (Lemonheads,Husker Du) Sebadoh - Gimme Indie Rock (Husker Du, Sonic Youth, Velvet Undergound, Stooges, Pussy Galore) The Fall have done this a few times as well, don't specifically remember which songs though. There's also a Belle and Sebastian song that mentions the Velvet Underground, again can't remember which. It's on their first album I think.

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Urban Hatemonger GET TO FALKIRK Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Nuuk , Greenland Posts: 9,561	The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Every song they have ever written __________________

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sleepy jack Bone Machine Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Jesusland Posts: 17,309	Jens Lekman rules. "When she talked about about the fall / I thought she talked about Mark E. Smith / I never understood at all." "When people think of Sweden I think they have the wrong idea / Like Cliff Richards who thought it was just porn and gonorrhea / And Lou Reed said in the film "Blue in the face" / That compared to New York City / Sweden was a scary place. / They seem to have a point after meeting with this girl / Maybe not Cliff Richards but Lou has surely met her." I know several more, Hello Saferide, Mary Lou Lord, Tullycraft etc but I'm too lazy to look them all up. __________________ You're so evil and I'm so good, I'll make it up to you someday.

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