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

Graham Clayton · 05-02-2008, 06:11 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, 06:54 AM

Pixies - I've Been Tired

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

GravitySlips · 05-03-2008, 07:27 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, 07:48 AM

Quote:

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 Hat€monger ? · 05-03-2008, 09:43 AM

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

sleepy jack · 05-03-2008, 07:28 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, 09:09 PM

I Hate Led Zeppelin - Screeching Weasel

05-02-2008, 06:11 AM	#1 (permalink)
Graham Clayton Groupie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 32	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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GravitySlips Music Addict Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,578	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.