• Music Thread

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:02 pm**

Can be bands, individuals, composers and so on.

Barclay James Harvest - John Lennon's Guitar - JL/Beatles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxwhpuIbFoQ

Steve Young - Montgomery in the Rain - Hank Williams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5vFXFjqeBg

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:07 pm**

Deep Purple's Smoke On The Water, mentions The Stones and Frank Zappa and The Mothers

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:12 pm**

Sweet Soul Music by Arthur Conley mentions Lou Rawls, Sam & Dave, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding and James Brown

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:14 pm**

Blockheads "Sweet Gene Vincent"

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:17 pm**

ABC - “When Smokey Sings”

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:17 pm**

"Theres a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis" Kirsty McColl

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:19 pm**

Dexy's "Geno" is about Geno Washington... I think

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:24 pm**

"Jackie Wilson Said" Van Morrison (or Dexy's Midnight Runners)

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:25 pm**

Springsteen..thunder road mentions...Roy orbison..

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:25 pm**

Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus - "listening to Iron Maiden"

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:28 pm**

Heinz -Just like Eddie.
(Eddie Cochran)

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:29 pm**

Can we have songs mentioning themselves?

Jerry Lee Lewis - Lewis Boogie

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:32 pm**

Miles Davis "John McLoughlin"

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:40 pm**

Eddie Cochran - Three Stars.

Tribute to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper.

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:41 pm**

The Clash white Man in Hammersmith Palais-Dillinger Leroy Smart Delroy Wilson Ken Boothe
Also by The Clash 1977- Elvis Beatles and the Rolling Stones
Undertones My Perfect Cousin -The Human League
The Fall I Am Damo Suzuki(lead singer from Can)
Mott The Hoople All the young dudes-T.Rex
David Bowie Song For Bob Dylan

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:42 pm**

Mike Berry &The Outlaws - Tribute to Buddy Holly.

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:43 pm**

The Clash: Delroy Wilson, White man in …….
Gary Glitter and Bowie, Clash city rockers
Elvis, Beatles and the Rolling Stones, 1977.

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:44 pm**

Danny Mirror- I Remember Elvis Presley
Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger
Dora Bryan - All I Want For Christmas Is A Beatle

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:45 pm**

Can’t believe we’ve got this far without mentioning the Reynolds Girls

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:47 pm**

John Henry Hopkins Jrn's "We Three Kings of Orient Are" mentions all four of the Beatles

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:56 pm**

Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" mentions: Doris Day, Johnny Ray, Liberace, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Chubby Checker, British Beatlemania, Punk Rock.

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:56 pm**

New Riders of the Purple Stage - Lonesome LA Cowboy - mentions Chris and Rita (Kristoferson & Coolidge) as well as the Joy of Cooking.

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 8:02 pm**

Everything You Did by Steely Dan mentions The Eagles

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 8:07 pm**

“”Zimmerman Blues” by Ralph Mc Tell and “ Song For Bob Dylan” by Bowie - both about…Bob Dylan.

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 8:25 pm**

Bon Jovi. It’s my life. Mentions Frank Sinatra as Frankie.

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 8:32 pm**

Eminem - Moby - not the most flattering of references though.

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 8:36 pm**

Sparks - Lighten up Morrissey

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 8:38 pm**

Health insurance, rip-off flying
FDA, big bankers buying
Fake computer crashes dining
Cloning while they're multiplying
Fashion shoots with Beck and Hanson
Courtney Love and Marilyn Manson
You're all fakes, run to your mansions
Come around, we'll kick your ass in

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 8:42 pm**

Brian Wilson - BareNaked Ladies

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 8:43 pm**

Prefab Sprout “Cars and Girls” (Bruce Springsteen)

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 8:46 pm**

Lynyrd Skynyrd mention Neil Young in Sweet Home Alabama.

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 8:53 pm**

Hey hey Woody Guthrie I wrote you a song - Bob Dylan

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:05 pm**

LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:10 pm**

The Men They Couldn’t Hang, The Clash, Old leather jacket
Amy Rigby, Joey Ramone, Dancing with Joey Ramone

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:24 pm**

Dance Stance by Dexys is a good one for name dropping.

But not musicians, so a pointless post from me.

Still, DMRs

........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9Les-Hnh-E

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:27 pm**

Brenda Lee mentioned in Radar Love. Golden Earing.

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:34 pm**

Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry
Mandy Dances - Ralph Mc Tell ( about Maddy Prior, ex- Steeleye Span singer)

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:39 pm**

Middle-agedClaret wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:34 pm
Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry

Erm, ELO!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgcKhqlFz4Q

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:42 pm**

RMutt wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 27, 2023 8:46 pm
Lynyrd Skynyrd mention Neil Young in Sweet Home Alabama.

Well I heard Neil Young sing about her
I heard old Neil put her down
Well I hope Neil Young will remember
A Southern man don't need him around anyhow.

In answer to Young's song 'Southern man'.

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:42 pm**

Bob Dylan Blues - Syd Barrett

Lots of Fall songs - Shoulder Pads (Lou Reed and Doug Yule) What You Need (Iggy Pop)

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:49 pm**

All The young Dudes mentions The Beatles and The Stones.

Not one that I was aware of but Beethoven (I Love to Listen to) by The Eurhythmics.

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:51 pm**

Bin Ont Turf wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:39 pm
Erm, ELO!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgcKhqlFz4Q

It is a very good version.
O/T I know, but Rock Aria is a great song.

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:54 pm**

Teen anthems - "welsh bands suck" mentions helen love.

There was a category of this type on pointless last week.

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 10:02 pm**

Think Bob Dylan is winning so far

Ready Steady Go by Generation X - the Beatles, the Stones and Bob Dylan

Neil Young/Crazy Horse - Out Of The Blue - Johnny Rotten

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 10:10 pm**

Chumbawamba mention quite a few in Slag Aid.

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 10:11 pm**

Van Morrison "Whatever happened to PJ Proby". Also mentions Scot Walker.

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 10:34 pm**

The fabulous Righteous Brothers pay homage to so many taken from us too young in Rock and Roll Heaven. Easier to listen to it than list them.
https://youtu.be/pp0GiFT9Mrw

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 10:42 pm**

Swizzlestick wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:05 pm
LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge

LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk Is Playing At My House

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 10:44 pm**

Surely Half Man Half Biscuit has this one wrapped up in terms of number of references - over 160 according to this list

Personal favourite is probably Slipknot

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 10:54 pm**

The House of Love - The Beatles and The Stones
The National - New Order T-Shirt
Half Man Half Biscuit - Joy Division Oven Gloves
The Rockingbirds - Gradually Learning (lncldes a line about Bobby Gentry)
Happy Mondays - Hallelujah (Shaun William Ryder sings his own name if that counts)

Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians