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Post by smokeyb on Jun 7, 2011 22:41:46 GMT 1
Some examples that spring to mind:
Jackie Wilson Said by Van Morrison
Roll Over Beethoven by ELO
Song for Bob Dylan by David Bowie
Any others you can think of?
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Post by suedehead on Jun 7, 2011 23:00:26 GMT 1
Beatles and the Stones - House Of Love
Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
Doop - Doop
A forward thinking double
Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
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Post by vya on Jun 8, 2011 0:02:33 GMT 1
Direct, intentional references
Paul Young - Now I Know What Made Otis Blue (Otis Redding)
Kiss AMC - A Bit of U2 (although they had to change it to "A Bit Of..." one of the times it was released for legal reasons)
ABC - When Smokey Sings (Smokey Robinson)
The Cult - Edie (Ciao Baby) (Edie Sedgwick)
Duck Soup - Barbra Streisand
A self-referential one
Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - Goodbye Mr Mackenzie
Intentional post-factum references (ie where artists have named themselves after a song)
The Kinks - Johnny Thunder (a pre-emptive one, that)
Primal Scream - Velocity Girl (ditto)
The Smiths - Shakespeare's Sister (albeit with a spelling error in the group's name)
Elvis Presley - His Latest Flame (how great were they? for a while in 1989 or so they burned so bright...has anyone else even heard of them I wonder?)
Coincidental references
Helen Baylor - Oasis (such a gorgeous track, much better than anything the group of that name every did)
Motley Crue - Primal Scream
U2 - Even Better Than The Real Thing
Amy Grant- Shadows
The Wedding Present - Dare
All About Eve - Scarlet
Prodigy - Breathe
Public Enemy - 911 Is A Joke
While the (quite fantastic) Lilac Time take there name from a Nick Drake lyric (in "River Man") - but not in the title...
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Post by vastar iner on Jun 8, 2011 7:31:01 GMT 1
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Post by suedehead on Jun 8, 2011 9:31:36 GMT 1
Radiohead named themselves after a Talking Heads song.
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Post by Gezza on Jun 8, 2011 14:04:09 GMT 1
Do it with Madonna- Androids
and obviosuly Kylie said to jason- The Timelords/ KLF
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Post by PurpleCareBear on Jun 8, 2011 16:29:32 GMT 1
Akcent - 'Kylie'
Scouting For Girls - 'Michaela Strachan (You Broke My Heart)'
Limahl - 'O.T.T (Over The Top)'
Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper - 'Debbie Gibson is Pregnant with My Two headed Love Child'
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Post by suedehead on Jun 8, 2011 16:42:37 GMT 1
Kirsty MacColl _ There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
Mike Berry - Tribute To Buddy Holly
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Post by raliverpool on Jun 8, 2011 20:01:50 GMT 1
Late Of The Pier - "Whitesnake"
Alvin Stardust - "I Feel Like Buddy Holly"
Flight of the Conchords - "Bowie"
Mojo Nixon - "Don Henley Must Die"
Tears For Fears - "Brian Wilson Said"
MGMT - "Brian Eno"
Scissor Sisters - "Paul McCartney"
The Mitchell Brothers - "Michael Jackson"
Miike Snow - "Burial"
Alphaville - "Big In Japan"
The Stranglers - "Big In America"
& a nearly:
Teenage Fanclub - "Neil Jung"
A few of intentional post-factum references:
Neil Young - "Powderfinger"
Steely Dan - "Deacon Blues"
Dexys Midnight Runners - "Plan B"
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Post by thehitparade on Jun 8, 2011 20:28:32 GMT 1
I think it's a bit generous to count Michela Strachan as a musician. I did hear her version of 'HAPPY Radio' once.
Does 'Clint Eastwood' by Gorillaz count?
Also 'The Flaming Lips' by Spearmint. And am I really the first to mention 'Buddy Holly' by Weezer?
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Post by smokeyb on Jun 8, 2011 20:33:17 GMT 1
Prefab Sprout - Faron Young
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Post by suedehead on Jun 8, 2011 21:26:39 GMT 1
Plenty of song titles have included Yes and hundreds have included Love.
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Post by vastar iner on Jun 8, 2011 21:34:47 GMT 1
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Post by PurpleCareBear on Jun 8, 2011 21:57:13 GMT 1
I think it's a bit generous to count Michela Strachan as a musician. I did hear her version of 'HAPPY Radio' once.  That was a top 70 smash !  And her follow up single 'Take Good Care of My Heart' remains one of my songs ever (yet another top 70 smash),and she wrote the song 'Time Flies',which I rather like too.  The public were robbed of a Michaela album,robbed I tell thee !  |
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Post by thehitparade on Jun 8, 2011 23:38:21 GMT 1
Since Camera Obscura have cropped up, of course they also did 'Lloyd I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken'.
And there's 'The Rubettes' by The Auteurs, which of course samples 'Sugar Baby Love'.
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Post by suedehead on Jun 9, 2011 0:05:00 GMT 1
Abba have been name checked in Thank Abba For The Music (Various Artists) and Erasure (Abbaesque).
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Post by vastar iner on Jun 9, 2011 7:27:47 GMT 1
Abbaesque wasn't a song, though...
Here's one of the many HMHB reference songs:
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Post by JessieLou on Jun 9, 2011 18:02:19 GMT 1
Rick Springfield - Bruce (That song is about a female fan of his mistaking him for Bruce Springsteen because of their similar names).
Mike Tramp - Hymn To Ronnie (A tribute song to Ronnie James Dio).
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Post by vastar iner on Jun 9, 2011 23:08:05 GMT 1
One of the best ever:
Aggi is Aggi Wright of The Pastels, the song is Pam's paean to Stephen Pastel to get rid of the girl in the band so that Pam could replace her...
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Post by suedehead on Jun 10, 2011 0:01:21 GMT 1
So we have to mention
Half Man Half Biscuit - Joy Division Oven Gloves
Wombats - Let's Dance To Joy Division
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That was a top 70 smash ! 
And her follow up single 'Take Good Care of My Heart' remains one of my songs ever (yet another top 70 smash),and she wrote the song 'Time Flies',which I rather like too.
