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Songs that name check other bands.

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I was listening to "Mr Love Pants" by Ian Dury & The Blockheads today and during the wonderful "Itinerant Child" he name checks Steely Dan.

"Soon I was rumbling through the morning fog
with my long haired children and my one eyed dog
with the trucks and the buses and the trailer-vans
my long throw horns playing Steely Dan"

Any other examples?

I found this wonderful version on Youtube, sadly no Ian Dury but man those Blockheads can play!


I don't know how many times I've listened to this song but this line had never really registered before, must be all Steely Dan references on here and the fact that I now own "The Very Best of Steely Dan"

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Posted elsewhere today! (on the Mark Hagen podcast thread)

The Fleshtones - American Beat lists a bunch of those who have it :

The Fantastic Johnny C, Freddie 'Boom Boom' Cannon, the Incredible James Brown, Roy Brown, Chuck Brown, The Rev. Richard Penniman, Elvis Presley and all the Kings of rock'n'roll. Lou Costello, the Intruders, the Illusions, Eddie Cochrane, Buddy Holly, the Delfonics, Del Fuegos, Del Shannon, MC5, the Velvets, the Stooges, Louis Jordan, Rosco Gordon, the Raiders and the Wailers and the Kingsmen and the Sonics, Phast Phreddie and the Last, the Unclaimed, the Plimsouls, the Lyres and the Real Kids, the Modern Lovers, Alan Vega, Los Lobos, the Dantes, the Gentrys and the Headhunters too. Mitch Ryder, Ritchie Valens, the Osmonds, the Parliments and the Jackson Five, the Rivingtons, Donna Summer, Martha Reeves, Richard Berry, Berry Gordy, whooo... Chuck Berry and... Louielouielouielouielouielouie whooo.... come on Louie... Louielouielouielouielouielouie..."


I'm sure that I remember Mark Hagen suggesting this as a good hook for a TV show!

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el hombre malo | 6 December 2009 - 9:15pm

Talking of Steely Dan..

I think it's Kid Charlemagne that includes the line "Turn up The Eagles, the neighbours are listening"

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Vince Black | 6 December 2009 - 9:50pm

Steely Dan

Namecheck themselves on Show Biz Kids.

And Aretha Franklin on Hey Nineteen.

The Brubeck references are on The Nightfly

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Lenny Law | 6 December 2009 - 11:42pm

and at least two more from them

Babylon Sisters mentions "Jungle Music" - an album recorded by Duke Ellington / Charles Mingus / Max Roach. (Naturally it is excellent

What I Do (from Morph The Cat) is a conversation with the spirit of Ray Charles.

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el hombre malo | 7 December 2009 - 12:56am

T Rex...

... gets a mention in The Who's You Better You Bet and in Mott/Bowie's All The Young Dudes.

I'll think of more while I'm wrapping the Xmas presents.

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Billybob Dylan | 6 December 2009 - 10:45pm

The Skids / Subway Sect

When The Skids covered "All The Young Dudes", they sang "I need TV, but I got Subway Sect"

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el hombre malo | 6 December 2009 - 11:35pm

R.O.C.K. In The USA - John Mellencamp

Voices from nowhere
And voices from the larger towns
Filled our head full of dreams
Turned the world upside down
There was Frankie Lyman-Bobby Fuller-Mitch Ryder(They were Rockin')Jackie Wilson-Shangra-las-Young Rascals(They were Rockin'
)Spotlight on Martha Reeves
Let's don't forget James Brown
Rockin' in the U.S.A.

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Andrew2 | 6 December 2009 - 10:51pm

turn up the eagles

its in the song Every thing you did from the Royal scam they also name check themselves on Show biz kids from Countdown to ecstacy

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richardh | 6 December 2009 - 10:51pm

Thunder Road

The screen door slams
Mary' dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch
As the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
I just can't face myself alone again

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Herman Kortado | 6 December 2009 - 11:01pm

Lucinda Williams & Deep Purple & The Clash

Lucinda Williams :

Lake Charles has a line about "Listening to Howlin' Wolf".

Metal Firecracker has the line "We'd put on ZZ Top and turn them up real loud"

Ventura has "Take the long way home so I can ride around, put Neil Young on and turn up the sound"

Deep Purple :

Smoke On The Water mentions Frank Zappa & The Mothers.

The Clash :

Clash City Rockers mentions Old Bowie, Gary Glitter, and Prince Far-I

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el hombre malo | 6 December 2009 - 11:44pm

Todd Snider - Vinyl Records

Check out the lyrics (and the chords) here:

http://www.cowboylyrics.com/tabs/snider-todd/vinyl-records-10812.html


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poolhallrichard | 7 December 2009 - 12:28am

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poolhallrichard | 7 December 2009 - 12:30am

Joy Division Oven Gloves!

Nick Cave Dolls!

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Joe Muggs | 7 December 2009 - 1:03am

Rangelife

Pavement's song famously pokes fun at The Smashing Pumpkins and The Stone Temple Pilots, two pretty deserving targets to my mind.

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stardust2 | 7 December 2009 - 1:38am

from Marillion's Drilling Holes

"We ordered extra tea
Listened to XTC..."

Let's be honest it was never going to be N Dubz was it?

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simonperrins | 7 December 2009 - 1:40am

Ian McNabb Fire Inside My Soul

They said "You talk just like the Beatles"
Listening to the Flying Burritos,

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adze thuggery | 7 December 2009 - 7:48am

Television Personalities

"I Know Where Syd Barret Lives" is about visiting Syd for tea.

"Part-Time Punks" :

Then they go to Rough Trade / To buy Siouxsie & the Banshees / They heard John Peel play it / Just the other night'
They'd like to buy the O Levels single / Or "Read About Seymour" / But they're not pressed in red / So they buy the Lurkers instead.

They play their records very loud / They pogo in the bedroom / In front of the mirror / But only when their mum's gone out
They pay five pee on the buses / And they never use toothpaste / But they got two fifty / To go and see the Clash tonight

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el hombre malo | 7 December 2009 - 8:38am

Blind Willie McTell

"And I know no-one can sing the blues / like Blind Willie McTell"


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el hombre malo | 7 December 2009 - 8:55am

Well,

Dury again with 'Sweet Gene Vincent' springs to mind.
As does 'Freebird' -> Neil Young.
And Neil Young -> Johnny Rotten.
I think I just went recursive. I need a Sex Pistols or PIL song about Dury and the internet will implode.

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Harold Holt | 7 December 2009 - 9:45am

Free Bird?

Sweet Home Alabama surely?

"I heard Neil Young sing about us, I heard ole Neil put us down, well I hope Neil Young can remember, a Southern man don't need him around anyhow....

Sweet Home Alabama, where the skies are so blue...."

The old curmudgeon loved it....

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Six Dog | 7 December 2009 - 11:45am

But of course...

...late night, wine, brain fade....foot in mouth

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Harold Holt | 7 December 2009 - 9:15pm

the Jayhawks

namecheck Nick Cave in poor little fish

Spandau namcheck Marvin Gaye on True (as do H Town on Knock Da Boots)

ABC namecheck Smokey Robinson

Scritti try to sing like and mention Aretha Franklin

The Clash namecheck Dillinger, Leroy Smart, Delroy Wilson, Ken Booth and the four Tops all in Whita Man In.......

Bowie mentions Bob Dylan in...er...Song For Bob Dylan

Weezer of course with Buddy Holly

The Pasadenas Tribute lists too many to mention

and The Wombats urged you to dance to Joy Divison

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art vanderlay | 7 December 2009 - 10:39am

Prince namechecks Joni Mitchell

...on The Ballad of Dorothy Parker

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Vorgongod | 7 December 2009 - 10:34am

'What's that man movin' cross the stage...

It looks a lot like the one used by Jimmy Page' - Rockshow by The Band The Beatles Could Have Been.

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Patrick Crowther | 7 December 2009 - 10:57am

The Seeker by The 'Oo

"I asked Bobby Dylan, I asked the Beatles, I asked Timothy Leary, but he couldn't help me either, they call me the Seeker, I've been searching low and hi-iiiiiiiigh......

Won't get to get what I'm after, til the day I die...."

Moonie, take it away.....!!

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Six Dog | 7 December 2009 - 11:41am

My...

favourite 'Oo song. Bloody brilliant.

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Patrick Crowther | 7 December 2009 - 11:42am

It is brilliant.......

Even Cast couldn't ruin it despite a good solid try...

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Six Dog | 7 December 2009 - 11:47am

"I Can't Get 'Bouncing

"I Can't Get 'Bouncing Babies' By The Teardrop Explodes"

- by (I think?) The Freshies

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man.of.soup | 7 December 2009 - 1:15pm

The Reynolds Girls - I'd rather jack (than Fleetwood Mac)

Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music
G Love & Special Sauce - Blues Music

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clarker | 7 December 2009 - 1:21pm

They Might Be Giants

Twisting: The cruel girlfriend does not get her db's and Young Fresh Fellows tapes back.

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Kjell | 7 December 2009 - 8:45pm

Mylo mentions a fair few

in "Destroy Rock 'n' Roll". I've no idea where the sample comes from though.

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Tom | 7 December 2009 - 9:37pm

Two for the price of one?

Tears for Fears "Sowing The Seeds of Love"

"Kick out The Style, bring back The Jam" at 1:22


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Dave Amitri | 8 December 2009 - 12:05am

The Men They Couldn't Hang ..

mentioned in The Tragically Hip's Bobcaygeon, top tune too!

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Steve Cadman | 8 December 2009 - 8:30pm

Badges, Posters, Stickers and T-shirts

A Dire Straits b side is all about two AC/DC fans

'Me and my mate like AC/DC
Hot and sweaty, loud and greasy

My mam says we're a pair of perverts
Got any badges, posters, stickers or t-shirts?'

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Beezer | 8 December 2009 - 8:37pm

The Concept

By Teenage Fanclub

"Says she's gonna get some records by the Status Quo"

And there's Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus, of course. Repeated Iron Maiden references.

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Lenny Law | 8 December 2009 - 11:58pm

Dr Feelgood

is right down my street.
Nils Lofgren - Cry Tough

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kirby | 9 December 2009 - 12:49am

Heard on the radio today..

New Radicals You Get What You Give in which they admonish Beck to "come around, we'll kick your ass in".

One of the best one-hit wonders of recent times.

And didn't someone do a recent album called Peter Hammill?

And which Steely Dan song mentions nothing but blues and Elvis?

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Declan | 13 December 2009 - 2:18am

does this count?

What about "Levi Stubbs Tears" by Billy Bragg?

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garygrills | 13 December 2009 - 2:27am

Too obvious?


And, yes, I did pick the version with Kirkcaldy's favorite arrow thrower


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sitheref2409 | 13 December 2009 - 2:56am

A Word thread trifecta

A namecheck (well the entire song is one long namecheck), a Canadian artiste/act and a joke.


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Harold Holt | 16 December 2009 - 12:10pm

Frank Zappa and the Mothers

were at the best place in town.

can't believe this hasn't been thrown in yet.

Also Leonard Cohen's Tower of Song:
"I said to Hank Williams
How lonely does it get?
Hank Williams hasn't answered yet"

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Neil Dyson | 16 December 2009 - 12:29pm
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