On That Note: Good Citations
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The Byrds and the Airplane did fly
Oh, Ravi Shankar's music made me cry
The Who exploded into fire and light
Hugh Masekela's music was black as night
The Grateful Dead Blew everybody's mind
Jimi Hendrix, baby Believe me, set the world on fire
I heard they wrote this song and some of the others (Wish You Were Here)on this album about Syd Barrett.
There is a whole page of songs about Elvis:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_about_or_referencing_Elvis_Presley
Haven't heard of most of these. Queens Crazy little thing about love is one, but I never would have gotten that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_about_or_referencing_Elvis_Presley
Haven't heard of most of these. Queens Crazy little thing about love is one, but I never would have gotten that.
Correct, about "Wish You Were Here", the "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" suites being about Barrett. "Have a Cigar" is about a meeting they had with some out of touch record execs. "Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar, you're gonna go far", etc. At the end of the meeting, the exec asked which was was "Pink", as in he thought one of the band members was named "Pink Floyd".
Lots of good examples. I need to catch up w/ the thread & listen to some. ... Hoping to get back in a couple of hours. (a couple more I want to post, too).
My final submissions (cool thread idea, by the way):
"If you don't have Mojo Nixon, this place could use some fixin'"
"I asked you to go to the Green Day concert, you said you never heard of them"
"They play Good Charlotte on the radio...They play Sleepy Jackson on radio...I hear Beyonce on the radio..."
"If you don't have Mojo Nixon, this place could use some fixin'"
"I asked you to go to the Green Day concert, you said you never heard of them"
"They play Good Charlotte on the radio...They play Sleepy Jackson on radio...I hear Beyonce on the radio..."
Radiohead
Anyone Can Play Guitar
"Grow my hair, grow my hair I am Jim Morrison...
Grow my hair, I wanna be wanna be wanna be Jim Morrison..."
Anyone Can Play Guitar
"Grow my hair, grow my hair I am Jim Morrison...
Grow my hair, I wanna be wanna be wanna be Jim Morrison..."
Eddie Money inviting Ronnie Spector to add the chorus from her old hit into his different song.
Just like Ronnie sang...
Just like Ronnie sang...
If we started to go through all those dance records there would be a lot. I'll post this one.
I"ll post the first cover by Cannibal and the Headhunters instead of the more familiar Wilson Pickett version.
This could also have been posted in the OTN topic, "They Don't Say That" Songs where the title does not appear in the lyrics of the song. Although in the original original Chris Kenner version it appears in the spoken word introduction of the song.
You got to know how to pony
Like Boney Maronie
Like Boney Maronie
I"ll post the first cover by Cannibal and the Headhunters instead of the more familiar Wilson Pickett version.
This could also have been posted in the OTN topic, "They Don't Say That" Songs where the title does not appear in the lyrics of the song. Although in the original original Chris Kenner version it appears in the spoken word introduction of the song.
A few Beatles/solo-Beatles examples.
"Yer Blues."
Lyric: “Just like Dylan’s Mr. Jones”
Reference: “Ballad of a Thin Man,” Bob Dylan ("There's something happening here, but you don't know what it is/Do you, Mister Jones?")
"For You Blue."
Lyric: (spoken during lead-guitary break) “Elmore James got nothing on this, baby”
... Not as audible in this version as it is on "Let it Be" album, but it's there.
“How Do You Sleep?” John Lennon
Song/album titles referenced: Sgt. Pepper; Yesterday; Another Day ... none of those refs in a positive light, either. (Also notice the "orchestra tune-up" intro, an obvious jab at SPLHCB).
Ex-bandmate targeted: pre-Sir Paul McCartney
"Yer Blues."
Lyric: “Just like Dylan’s Mr. Jones”
Reference: “Ballad of a Thin Man,” Bob Dylan ("There's something happening here, but you don't know what it is/Do you, Mister Jones?")
"For You Blue."
Lyric: (spoken during lead-guitary break) “Elmore James got nothing on this, baby”
... Not as audible in this version as it is on "Let it Be" album, but it's there.
“How Do You Sleep?” John Lennon
Song/album titles referenced: Sgt. Pepper; Yesterday; Another Day ... none of those refs in a positive light, either. (Also notice the "orchestra tune-up" intro, an obvious jab at SPLHCB).
Ex-bandmate targeted: pre-Sir Paul McCartney
