colgraff Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 I was rehearsing Radar Love this morning and was thinking about "Brenda Lee's Coming on Strong." I then started wondering about which other songs refer different songs by name in their lyrics. Do you know any? Obscure and cryptic references don't count. It needs to be an explicit reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Sweet Home Alabama - Southern Man by Neil Young Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down I had the radio on, I was drivin' Trees flew by, me and Del were singin' Little Runaway I was flyin' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Rock on (David Essex) Summertime blues and Blue suede shoes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Prefab Sprout - Faron Young It's Four in the Morning by, er, Faron Young Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 I presume being self-referential is out of bounds.... otherwise, pretty much everything by Frank Zappa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 (edited) Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway / On Broadway - The Drifters (Edit: although that's more of a quotation from the song.) Edited March 3, 2016 by ras52 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Joni Mitchell - In France They Kiss on Main Street / Bye Bye Love (Everlys) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elephantgrey Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 RHCPs - Californication "And Cobain can you hear the spheres Singing songs off Station to Station?" Le sac vs Pip - Stunner ""Love..it's a weird thing ain't it?" You're *****ing right it is" This is a reference to another song of theirs (Look for the woman) also from the same song: "Tortured a dove just to prove Prince wrong - I love that song" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Can you count Mama`s and Papa`s Creeque Alley for mentioning their own California Dreaming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz39 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Victory by Megadeth references about half of their previous song titles... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 (edited) Sabaton have a song made up almost entirely of songs titles (Metal Machine), another made up of lyrics from other songs (Metal Ripper) and another made up of band names (Metal Crue). [i]I have a phobia A fear of the dark Afraid to shoot strangers The animal talks Guns scare me shitless But love gun's my friend The sentinel's coming But is this the end? Riding on this crazy train I'm going paranoid Watch me lose my mind And break the law (breaking the law, breaking the law) I'm a metal machine It's close to midnight and He's barking at the moon I'm a metal machine The rainbow in the dark is shining I'm only metal machine It's close to midnight and He's barking at the moon I'm a metal machine The kings of metal ride the sky Is this st. anger The ultimate sin Or have I really A black knight within?[/i] Edited March 3, 2016 by KingBollock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 "Rip It Up" by Orange Juice references "Boredom" by The Buzzcocks not only in the lyric but also in the the guitar part that follows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 It's quite common for rappers to reference each others work. Often in quite uncomplimentary terms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 [quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1457023574' post='2994589'] Sabaton have a song made up almost entirely of songs titles (Metal Machine), another made up of lyrics from other songs (Metal Ripper) and another made up of band names (Metal Crue). [/quote] Heaven 17's Who'll Stop the Rain has lyrics made up of film titles... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colgraff Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share Posted March 3, 2016 [quote name='elephantgrey' timestamp='1457020621' post='2994545'] RHCPs - Californication "And Cobain can you hear the spheres Singing songs off Station to Station?" [/quote] I never knew what the lyrics were there. Now I do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 [quote name='ras52' timestamp='1457017333' post='2994500'] Joni Mitchell - In France They Kiss on Main Street / Bye Bye Love (Everlys) [/quote] There's "Chinese Cafe/Unchained Melody" from "Wild Things Run Fast" too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 The Thompson Twins' "Love On Your Side" has a line that goes "I played you all my favourite records…" which is followed by the main keyboard riff from their earlier single "In The Name Of Love". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Boo Hewerdine's song "Murder in the Dark" contains a snippet of "Love Hurts". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Slade's "Skweeze me, Pleez me" from '73 has the lyric "Take Me bak Ome You got it all wrong Cos we sing that as well". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike f Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Prince - The Ballad of Dorothy Parker "Oh my favourite song" she said And it was Joni singing "Help me I think I'm falling" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 The Beatles - Glass Onion has them referencing their own songs. 'I told you 'bout Strawberry Fields' 'Lady Madonna tryin' to make ends meet' 'I told you 'bout the fool on the hill' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Van Morrison: "Jackie Wilson said It was Reet-Petite" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Sly & the Family Stone had a dig at Motown's copying of their psychedelic soul style in their song 'Hot Fun in the Summertime': "I 'Cloud nine' when I want to" referencing the Temptations song Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Sweet Soul Music by Arthur Conley references these singers and songs Lou Rawls- Love is a Hurting Sam and Dave- Hold on i`m Coming Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally Otis Redding - Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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