On That Note: Good Citations

[cyclones500]

If you’re familiar enough with the source material, these are keen examples.

“For the Singer of REM,” fIREHOSE
Also includes self-reference in the lyrics: "Push the drawer closed, grab a firehose, point it at the door."
Unrelated: Includes a playful swipe at RS … “… some pathetic, lame aesthetic Stolling Rone is famous for”*)




“Under the Influence of Meat Puppets,” by fIREHOSE



Also Firehose-related:
“Song For a Girl Who Has One,” Too Much Joy
Lyric: “Did you ever drive at night blaring ‘Chemical Wire’?”



Reference: fIREHOSE

 

[MeanDean]

Another re-post:

Not a specific mention but there's no question that "The four kings of EMI sitting stately on the floor" is a Beatles reference.

 

[Cycsk]

 

[drlove]

Wow, a Too Much Joy reference! Very strong.

 

[cyclones500]

Self-reference: "You might be scared of somethin' — look at Mr. Stewart!"

 

[Buster28]

Another band referencing themselves: "Living In A Box" by Living in a Box. It was their only U.S. top 40 song, peaking at #17 in 1987.

 

[VeloClone]

 

[VeloClone]

This reference goes back a long way:

 

[VeloClone]

And this one:

 

[VeloClone]

John, Paul and George...

 

[cyclones500]

Another re-post:

"The four kings of EMI sitting stately on the floor" is a Beatles reference.

I did not realize that. Good citation.

Outside of the topic, "Randy Scouse Git" is in my top 5 underrated songs by The Monkees.

Something else I didn't previously notice about that video clip -- Nesmith yawning, around the 1:14 mark.

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

Party in the USA

Jay Z song was on and Britney song was on

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

I was struggling to come up with songs not taken and remembered this as the other day it was on an old casey kasem top 40 show where he explained the names in this song. Listened to it for years but never made the connection.

 

[oldman]

 

[MeanDean]

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?")

Funny how the mind works. Your posting the Dylan's Mr Jones thing popped this one into my head. Mr. Jones by Counting Crows. Line is, "I want to be Bob Dylan."

 

[Cyvilian]

 

[Cyvilian]

The "Boise Idaho" lyric is a reference to Donnie Van Zant's .38 Special national tour opening there. The "incident" in the song happened to the Skynyrd guys.

 

[cyclones500]

Lyrical reference: "Listenin' to Buck Owens."

 

[MeanDean]

Lyrical reference: "Listenin' to Buck Owens."

For some reason that brought this to mind:

We had Spike Jones on the box
She said, "I can't take the way he sings
But I love to hear him talk"​

 

[jbhtexas]

Old school...after a short comedy skit with Jack Benny, The Mills Brothers name drop singers Perry Como and Bing Crosby, and then band leaders Sammy Kaye, Les Brown, and Ray Anthony...