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pop songs that mention other pop songs

such as Dylan's Sara with the line "sat up all night in the Chelsea hotel writing sad eyed lady of the lowlands for you."

How many more?

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  • Ashes to Ashes by David Bowie refers to Major Tom from Space Oddity
  • red red robin refers to fats domino's i'm walking'...i'm no longer blue, now i'm walking through...
  • There's a Snow Patrol track that mentions 'Chicago' by Sufjan Stevens - think the Snow Patrol song is 'You're All I Have'.
  • Bohemian Rhapsody mentions Mama Mia, this is not of course a reference to the Abba song but Mama Mia replaced the Queen classic at number one in 1976.
  • Nada Surf have a nice song called Blonde on Blonde which naturally is about listening to the Dylan song. Personally I'd rather listen to a Nada Surf song :-)

    Half Man Half Biscuit have a few references to other songs eg. Back In THe DHSS, Reasons To Be Miserable - Part 10

    Can U Dig It by PWEI refers to Hit The North by THe Fall

    Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now is from Heaven Knows He's Missing Me Now by Sandie Shaw.

    The Only Living Boy in New Cross by Carter USM is a reference to the Simon & Garfunkel New York Song. They also sing "Goodbye Ruby Tuesday, come home you stupid cow" in After The Watershed.

    When The Sun Goes Down by the Arctic Monkeys refers to Roxanne (The Police)
  • Shooting star by Bad Company (god, who remembers them? Were big in the 6th form circa 1972) mentions love me do by the Silver Beatles.
  • I believe Glass Onion by the Beatles references 5 or so other Beatles songs. Beat that!!
  • edited February 2007
    [cite]Posted By: Henry Irving[/cite]Shooting star by Bad Company (god, who remembers them? Were big in the 6th form circa 1972) mentions love me do by the Silver Beatles.

    but then ,weren't bad company on the apple label ?...whoops, misread it, thought you'd written beatles...
  • edited February 2007
    [cite]Posted By: Henry Irving[/cite]Shooting star by Bad Company (god, who remembers them? Were big in the 6th form circa 1972) mentions love me do by the Silver Beatles.

    Weren't they basically Free under a different name? Feel like makin love and Can't get enough are top tunes.
  • Yeah, they were a split from Free.

    It was Badfinger that were on Apple.

    Silver Beatles was the previous name of J, P, G & R
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  • I am the Walrus by the Beatles mentions "Lucy in the Sky"
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama

    "Well I heard mister young sing about her
    Well, I heard ole neil put her down
    Well, I hope neil young will remember
    A southern man dont need him around anyhow"

    With reference to Neil Young's song 'Alabama'
  • [quote][cite]Posted By: reserves[/cite]Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama

    "Well I heard mister young sing about her
    Well, I heard ole neil put her down
    Well, I hope neil young will remember
    A southern man dont need him around anyhow"

    With reference to Neil Young's song 'Alabama'[/quote]


    It was "Southern Man" but good spot
  • You sure? ;) Both great songs whatever..

    Neil Young - Alabama


    Oh alabama
    The devil fools with the best laid plan.
    Swing low alabama
    You got spare change
    You got to feel strange
    And now the moment is all that it meant.

    Alabama, you got the weight on your shoulders
    Thats breaking your back.
    Your cadillac has got a wheel in the ditch
    And a wheel on the track

    Oh alabama
    Banjos playing through the broken glass
    Windows down in alabama.
    See the old folks tied in white ropes
    Hear the banjo.
    Dont it take you down home?

    Alabama, you got the weight on your shoulders
    Thats breaking your back.
    Your cadillac has got a wheel in the ditch
    And a wheel on the track

    Oh alabama.
    Can I see you and shake your hand.
    Make friends down in alabama.
    Im from a new land
    I come to you and see all this ruin
    What are you doing alabama?
    You got the rest of the union to help you along
    Whats going wrong?
  • the pasadenas mention (the following)singers and songs in their hit 'tribute'.
    marvin gaye-what's going on
    little stevie (wonder)-for once in my life
    smokey (robinson)-tears of a clown
    supremes-baby love
    ike-and tina (turner)
    aretha franklin
    wilson pickett
    jimmy hendrix
    the jackson 5

    anyone better that?
  • John Mayer in "83"

    "Here I stand
    6 feet small
    romanticizing years ago
    but it's a bitter sweet feeling hearing
    "Wrapped Around Your Finger" on the radio

    and these days
    I wish I was 6 again
    Oh make me a red cape
    I wanna be Superman"

    ...Almost an extra mark for O Superman, Laurie Anderson stylee??

    YOu going to the City Addicks, Sir Henry?
  • Sweet soul music by Arthur Conley mentions "going to a go-go" by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, "Loves a hurting thing" by Lou Rawls, "hold on I'm coming" by Sam & Dave, "mustang Sally" by wilson Pickett and "Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa (Sad Song)" by Otis Redding. It also name checks James Brown.
  • edited February 2007
    im going to sound really sad here!

    Dire straits 'calling elvis'

    im only 23!

    mark knopfler legend!
  • Don't judge me! i like nearly every type of music going. except that happy hardcore techno bollox!
  • edited February 2007
    VAn Morrison in real, real gone sings


    "Wilson Pickett said:
    - In the midnight hour, that's
    When my love comes tumbling down
    Solomon Burke said:
    - If you need me, why don't you call me
    James Brown said:
    - When you're tired of what you got, try me
    Gene Chandler said:
    - There's a rainbow in my soul"
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  • [cite]Posted By: carlsberg[/cite]im going to sound really sad here!

    Dire straits 'calling elvis'

    im only 23!

    mark knopfler legend!

    Not a band I like but Sultans of Swing does mention South London and "Boys in brown baggies and platform boots"
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