Songs about genuine historical figures/real people.

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  1. bmoregnr

    bmoregnr Forum Rezident

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    Sufjan Stevens "John Wayne Gacy, Jr."

    Bob Dylan "Only A Pawn In Their Game" (Medgar Evers)
     
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  2. c-eling

    c-eling Dinner's In The Microwave Sweety

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    KMFDM-Ave Maria, 2013
    OMD-Maid of Orleans, Joan of Arc 1983, Southern (MLK), 1986
    James-We're Going To Miss You, 1999 (To keep this politic's free, I wont' mention names)
     
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  3. Wounded Land

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    It's all my fault!!!

    (But that's the last movement, isn't it?)

    Great track!
     
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  4. Andy Smith

    Andy Smith .....Like a good pinch of snuff...... Thread Starter

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    One of the finest things James ever did. Cracking song!
     
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  5. audiotom

    audiotom Senior Member

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    Jonathan Richman - Pablo Picasso
    King Crimson - Neal and Jack and Me - Cassidy & Kerouac
    Grateful Dead - Casey Jones
     
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  6. DWC

    DWC Well-Known Member

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    Clownin Around by Deer Tick is about John Wayne Gacy.
     
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  7. vamborules

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    Greg Kihn - Emily Davison

     
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  8. Apesbrain

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  9. strummer101

    strummer101 The insane on occasion aren't without their charms

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    The Kinks - Mr. Churchill Says
    Lou Reed - Edgar Allen Poe
     
    strummer101, Oct 19, 2016
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  10. the sands

    the sands Forum Resident

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    The Beatles "Julia", "Martha My Dear"
    John Lennon & Yoko Ono "John Sinclair", "Angela"
    Yoko Ono "Don't Worry Kyoko"
    Paul McCartney "Heather"
     
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  11. The Panda

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    Bonzo Dog Band (of course!)--Intro and the Outro
     
    The Panda, Oct 19, 2016
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  12. detroit muscle

    detroit muscle MIA

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    Elvis Costello - Tramp The Dirt Down
    The (English) Beat - Stand Down Margaret
     
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  13. fastskillfulinjured

    fastskillfulinjured Forum Resident

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    Gil Scott Heron- We Almost Lost Detroit (Karen Silkwood)
    Gil Scott Heron-John Coltrane And Lady Day (Billie Holiday)
    Peter Gabriel-Biko
    Genesis- Broadway Melody Of 1974 (Lenny Bruce, Marshall McLuhan, Howard Hughes, Caryl Chessman)
    Prefab Sprout- When The Angels (Marvin Gaye, though he isn't mentioned by name)
    Prefab Sprout- Jesse James Bolero
     
    fastskillfulinjured, Oct 19, 2016
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  14. detroit muscle

    detroit muscle MIA

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    Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska (Charles Starkweather & Caril Ann Fugate)
     
    detroit muscle, Oct 19, 2016
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  15. strummer101

    strummer101 The insane on occasion aren't without their charms

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    speaking of Mr Heron...
    B Movie
    Re-Ron
    (Ronald Reagan)
     
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  16. Pennywise

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    Sparks - The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman.
     
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  17. fastskillfulinjured

    fastskillfulinjured Forum Resident

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    Forgot that one, then of course there's 'King' Richard Nixon and his cohorts in H2OGate Blues..
     
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  18. strummer101

    strummer101 The insane on occasion aren't without their charms

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    Speaking of Nixon...;)
    James Taylor's "Let it Fall Down" is about Richard Nixon.
    The opening piano even subtly quotes "Hail to the Chief".
     
    strummer101, Oct 19, 2016
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  19. Ernest T

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    Apesbrain post of Boom Boom Mancini reminded me of Duk Koo Kim

     
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  20. Holy Diver

    Holy Diver Senior Member

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  21. lightbulb

    lightbulb Not the Brightest of the Bunch

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    "Lady Godiva"
    - Peter & Gordon

    ...however, the lyrics are NOT really about the legend...
     
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  22. drowningdeep

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    drowningdeep, Oct 19, 2016
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  23. strummer101

    strummer101 The insane on occasion aren't without their charms

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    David Bowie's got...
    Andy Warhol
    Song For Bob Dylan
    Lady Stardust (Marc Bolan)
     
    strummer101, Oct 19, 2016
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  24. Syscrusher

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    Syd Barrett - Bob Dylan Blues


     
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  25. Brendan K

    Brendan K Forum Resident

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    Technically, this is about historical figures, so I may as well include it.

    American Pie - Don McLean

     
    Brendan K, Oct 19, 2016
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