From 1990's "Black Velvet" by Alannah Myles -- Mama's baby's in the heart of every school girl "Love Me Tender" leaves them cryin' in the aisles
Eric Carmen - "Make Me Lose Control" Jennifer's singin', "Stand by Me" And she knows every single word by heart ... "Be My Baby" comes on and we're movin' in time And the heat from your touch Makes me feel like I'm losing my mind, oh yeah
Ringo Starr has a song called “Postcards from Paradise” which cites these songs (in typical Ringo fashion): Here There and Everywhere I Saw Her Standing There I’m The Greatest All I’ve Got To Do It’s All Too Much Little Child Honey Pie Eight Days a Week Getting Better Don’t Pass Me By Tell Me Why Yesterday You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away Bad To Me Let It Be PS I Love You For No One Here Comes The Sun Nowhere Man Because I Want To Hold Your Hand The Night Before When I’m 64 We Can Work It Out Twist and Shout Love Me Do
"We were listening to 'Sexual Healing' by Marvin Gaye. That night in Toronto to see the final play.." David "Bauhaus / Love and Rockets" J: Night of the Silver Veil (1985)
George Harrison “When We Was Fab” surprisingly doesn’t cite a Beatles song but he does cite “It’s All Over Now Baby Blue” and “You Really Got a Hold On Me.”
Lou Reed - The Great Defender (Down at the Arcade) I called a disc jockey to dedicate a song to Blair It's the Temps singing "I'll Be There"
Bob Dylan’s epic “Murder Most Foul” cites “Dizzy Miss Lizzie,” “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” “What’s New Pussycat,” “Tom Dooley,” “Only The Good Die Young” and many others. Check it out!
Surprised no one has yet posted Reunion's "Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)" given how many songs and artists it mentions. Lyrics: B.B. Bumble and the Stingers, Mott the Hoople, Ray Charles Singers Lonnie Mack and twangin' Eddie, here's my ring, we're goin' steady Take it easy, take me higher, liar liar, house on fire Loco-motion, Poco, Passion, Deeper Purple, Satisfaction Baby baby, gotta gotta, gimme gimme, gettin' hotter Sammy's cookin', Lesley Gore, Ritchie Valens, end of story Mahavishnu, Fujiyama, Kama Sutra, Rama Lama Richard Perry, Spector, Barry, Righteous, Archies, Nilsson Harry Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko Bop it, Fats is back and Finger Poppin' Life is a rock But the radio rolled me Gotta turn it up louder So my DJ told me (Woo-woo) Life is a rock But the radio rolled me (Life is a rock) At the end of my rainbow (Woo-woo, life is a rock) Lies a golden oldie FM, AM, hits are clickin' while the clock is tock-a-tickin' Friends and Romans, salutations, Brenda and the Tabulations Carly Simon, Noddy Holder, Rolling Stones, centerfolder Johnny Cash and Johnny Rivers, can't stop now, I got the shivers Mungo Jerry, Peter Peter, Paul and Paula, Mary Mary Dr. John the Nightly Tripper, Doris Day and Jack the Ripper Gotta go so, gotta swelter, Leon Russell, Gimme Shelter Miracles in Smokey places, slide guitars and Fender basses Mushroom omelet, Bonnie Bramlett, Wilson Pickett, stomp and kick it Life is a rock But the radio Life is a rock But the radio, woo (Woo-woo-woo) (Woo-woo-woo) Arthur Janov primal screamin', Hawkins Jay and Dale and Ronnie Kukla, Fran and Norman Okla, Denver John and Osmond Donny J.J. Cale and ZZ Top and L.L. Bean and De De Dinah David Bowie, Steely Dan, sing it prouder, C.C. Rider Edgar Winter, Joanie Sommers, Ides of March, Johnny Thunders Eric Clapton, pedal wah-wah, Stephen Foster, doo-dah, doo-dah Good Vibrations, Help Me Rhonda, Surfer Girl and Little Honda Tighter tighter, honey honey, sugar sugar, yummy yummy CBS and Warner Brothers, RCA and all the others Life is a rock But the radio rolled me (Life is a rock) Gotta turn it up louder (Woo-woo, life is a rock) So my DJ told me (Life is a rock) (Whoa-whoa, whoa-whoa) Life is a rock But the radio rolled me (Life is a rock) yeah At the end of my rainbow (Woo-woo) Lies a golden oldie (Woo-woo, woo-woo, woo-woo-woo) Listen, remember, they're playin' our song (Woo-woo, woo-woo, woo-woo-woo) Rock it, sock it, Alan Freed me, Murray Kaufman tried to lead me Fish and swim and Boston Monkey, make it bad and play it funky (I wanna take you higher) Freddie King and Albert King and B.B. King and frolicking Get it on and not to worry, Pappalardi, Hale and Hearty, yes (Baby, baby, baby, Light My Fire) (Celebrate, celebrate, dance to the music) There's a perfect more than you would carry, words of Randy Newman 1-2-3, so long, Sophie, Anita, Freda Aretha (I wanna take you higher) (Celebrate, celebrate, dance to the music) Tito Puente, Buffalongo, Cuba, War and even Mongo Lay it down, while it's hurtin', Herbie's Brass (Baby, baby, baby, Light My Fire) (Celebrate, celebrate, dance to the music) (Baby, Everything is Alright, Uptight, Outta Sight) Whoa California, Beatlemania, New York City, Transylvania S&G, V&C, Bobby Vee and SRO, yeah (Celebrate, celebrate, dance to the music) (Baby, Everything is Alright, Uptight, Outta Sight) Conway Twitty, do-wah-diddy, Conway Twitty, do-wah-diddy
Yeah, I thought of that one but didn't post it because he doesn't specifically say "Only the Lonely"--i.e., the "almost works" part.
This thread may be of interest, even if it is 18 years old! Bands that mention other bands - Progressive Rock Music Forum - Page 1
"Gimmee Sympathy" by Metric: > Gimme sympathy After all of this is gone Who'd you rather be? The Beatles or The Rolling Stones? Oh seriously, you're gonna make mistakes, you're young Come on, baby, play me something, like "Here Comes The Sun" <
Lana Del Rey references "Rocky Mountain High" by John Denver on The Grants from the album, Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd. She also references "Froggy Went A Courtin'" (no, really) in the song Kinsugi from the same album. And, incidentally, Kinsugi is a work of staggering genius.
The Mamas and Papas' Creeque Alley: "And California Dreamin's becoming a reality." One could say that's debatable, but it's obviously a reference to the earlier song.
Amy Rigby's delightful "Dancing With Joey Ramone" has a swarm of song titles in the lyrics, including Papa Was a Rolling Stone Hanging on the Telephone He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss) Glad All Over Needles and Pins Gloria He's So Fine Cool dance party, even if it was a dream.
Molly Hatchet - Sweet Dixie I'll take that Orange Blossom Special, A song I know well Also Molly Hatchet - Fall of the Peacemakers A voice from the past cried Give Peace a Chance He paid a price now he's free at last and Imagine, we called him a dreamer
"The Story Of A Rock And Roll Band" by Randy Newman mentions ELO's "Turn To Stone" and "Telephone Line". He also mentions "Mr. Blue Skies", which is ALMOST right. "Beatles Forever" by ELO is in the same vein and mentions a bunch of Beatles songs. This song remains unreleased, as Jeff is embarrassed by it. "When Do I Get To Sing 'My Way'", by Sparks.
Just heard this song in the car today Having a Party - Sam Cooke “Play that song called "Soul Twist" Play that one called "I Know" Don't forget the "Mashed Potatoes"
I was about to cite this one. Note that in later live versions he changed it to "Love Is the Sweetest Thing" - which doesn't scan as well or rhyme. So instead I'll suggest Prince's 'The Ballad of Dorothy Parker': "Mind if I turn on the radio?" "Oh, my favorite song, " she said And it was Joni singing: "Help me, I think I'm falling" Oops, seems that's been done too. Okay then: Public Enemy's 'Fight the Power': 'Don't Worry Be Happy' was the number one jam. Damn, if I say it you can slap me right here.
