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Subject: Song titles that mention celebrities
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 08/29/11 at 12:33 am
"Celebrities" limited to: famous entertainers, famous musical personalities, famous television/radio hosts, famous authors, famous journalists, pop culture icons.
No politicians, esoteric niche fame celebrities, military or civic leaders, scientists, academics, or the like unless they have achieved the status of "pop or countercultural culture icon" (such as Reagan, Clinton, Thatcher, Blair, Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Benjamin Spock, Timothy Leary, Malcolm X, etc.)
Clear on the rules?
Then let's begin:
Weezer: Buddy Holly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kemivUKb4f4&ob=av2e
The Human League: Tom Baker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHJXuK4knlA
Laurie Anderson: John Lilly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l6z4BUUR1Y
Lilly qualifies as a countercultural icon
Serge Gainsbourg: Initials B.B.*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1tqNv-c8OQ&feature=related
*refers to Brigitte Bardo
Subject: Re: Song titles that mention celebrities
Written By: King Tut on 08/29/11 at 12:39 am
Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Al9blQOhNw
Brian Wilson - Barenaked Ladies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMzbiDV8IAg
Be My Yoko Ono - Barenaked Ladies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTHFhnjqeO8&feature=related
This one certainly qualifies...
Dion - Abraham, Martin And John
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ki_osW5RsA
Subject: Re: Song titles that mention celebrities
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 12:50 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDXtM8XaSKw
Subject: Re: Song titles that mention celebrities
Written By: whistledog on 08/29/11 at 2:26 am
Danny Mirror - I Remember Elvis Presley (1977)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB0U0KxNeD4
Ray Stevens - I Need Your Help Barry Manilow (1979)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36c5aFZSr4o
Haysi Fantayzee - John Wayne is Big Leggy (1982)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxktxvMNOGs
Alvin Stardust - I Feel Like Buddy Holly (1984)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfvniO-DWZ8
Madness - Michael Caine (1984)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMbw7BYDG5U
James - Just Like Fred Astaire (1999)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5qyNF-MLaQ&ob=av2e
Daniel Bedingfield - James Dean (I Wanna Know) (2002)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asx-t9z-Lgc
Manic Street Preachers - The Love of Richard Nixon (2004)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_G_R_1gMfc&ob=av2n
Taylor Swift - Tim McGraw (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkD20ajVxnY&ob=av2e
Duck Sauce - Barbara Streisand (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Io3aSEkG_s&ob=av2e
Subject: Re: Song titles that mention celebrities
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/11 at 4:03 am
Sven Sven Sven by Bell And Spurling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh6-dcpEHas
Sven-Göran Eriksson was the England football team manager at the time of this release.
Subject: Re: Song titles that mention celebrities
Written By: King Tut on 08/29/11 at 3:35 pm
John Lennon - Oh Yoko!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYUBehXPJTY
The Beatles Ballad of John & Yoko
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c_MLSv6DYI
Subject: Re: Song titles that mention celebrities
Written By: CatwomanofV on 08/29/11 at 5:51 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru2tsT32pHA
Cat
Subject: Re: Song titles that mention celebrities
Written By: King Tut on 08/29/11 at 6:05 pm
Hey Jude - Beatles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD3ovfZXO5Q
The song was written about Julian Lennon, John's son. The title was changed from "Hey Jules" to "Hey Jude".
Julian later had some hits in the 1980s.
Elton John- Empty Garden (Hey, Hey Johnny)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZzXEFDznoA
Subject: Re: Song titles that mention celebrities
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 08/29/11 at 10:02 pm
Sparks: When I Kiss You (I Hear Charlie Parker Playing)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG_AN9aXk1c
Phoebe Legere: Marilyn Monroe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-v-RErnw2w
Billy Bob Thornton: Angelina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xlc0T12Imw&ob=av2e
(Angelina Jolie)
:-\\
Subject: Re: Song titles that mention celebrities
Written By: bookmistress4ever on 08/30/11 at 1:15 am
Nena - 99 Luft Balloons/99 Red Balloons
( Everyone's a Captain Kirk)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14IRDDnEPR4
One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head
(with a show with everything but Yul Brenner)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9mwELXPGbA
Michael Penn -No Myth
(Romeo, Heathcliff, Astaire)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1BGebtVHzM
And even though I loathe the song (because every year it was a history assignment at school and all kids would decend on the library at the same time wanting information about their part of the song. ::) Nobody ever wanted to look it up themselves)
Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g&ob=av2e
Billy Joel - The Ballad of Billy the Kid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZFkz5jjfuc
ABC - When Smokey sings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N6PYNRF8mg
Subject: Re: Song titles that mention celebrities
Written By: CatwomanofV on 08/30/11 at 12:29 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GLwA4P3QDk
Or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Efz3s7QiM8&feature=related
And even though I loathe the song (because every year it was a history assignment at school and all kids would decend on the library at the same time wanting information about their part of the song. ::) Nobody ever wanted to look it up themselves)
Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g&ob=av2e
I was thinking of this song. I'm sorry you don't like it because I love it.
Cat
Subject: Re: Song titles that mention celebrities
Written By: bookmistress4ever on 08/30/11 at 12:45 pm
I was thinking of this song. I'm sorry you don't like it because I love it.
Cat
I should amend my statement, I like the idea of the song and I kinda like the song if I haven't heard it in awhile (when it was on heavy rotation, I'd simply turn the radio off. ;D ) The video is good too. I just get a knee-jerk reaction when it comes on the radio now. Librarian flashbacks, I guess. ;D
Subject: Re: Song titles that mention celebrities
Written By: King Tut on 08/30/11 at 1:01 pm
Grease - Look at me, I'm Sandra Dee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGLxJRq-jIY
ROUGH TRADE - High School Confidential
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsJHtzdvfKg
THE BEATLES - Dig It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq6uWrsuOX8
Subject: Re: Song titles that mention celebrities
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 08/30/11 at 9:21 pm
I specified song titles. The title must refer to a celebrity's name, in whole or in part.
David Bowie: Andy Warhol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4sANPkk3ys
Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper: Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant With My Two Headed Love Child
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXLuSHx1fR0
Subject: Re: Song titles that mention celebrities
Written By: King Tut on 08/30/11 at 11:01 pm
I specified song titles. The title must refer to a celebrity's name, in whole or in part.
Whoops. Sorry Max.
Jackie Wilson Said - Van Morrison
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffCaPkqE6m8
Subject: Re: Song titles that mention celebrities
Written By: bookmistress4ever on 08/31/11 at 11:16 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf_PXLAvqEk The Cranberries - I Just Shot John Lennon,
Television Personalities - Where's Bill Grundy Now?
William "Bill" Grundy (18 May 1923 - 9 February 1993) was an English television presenter and former host of Today, a regional news programme broadcast on Thames Television. He became nationally notorious because of a foul-mouthed interview with the Sex Pistols on his show in 1976.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N16MkBZPW90
Elvis, Marilyn and James Dean by The Bellamy Brothers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9W8ap5Ni0Y
And while she wasn't a celebrity when the song was written about her... (she's now a semi-famous realtor in Los Angeles http://www.mysharona.com/experience.php ) (she aged well!)
The Knack - My Sharona (1979)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ded4MZVVAhE&feature=fvst
Subject: Re: Song titles that mention celebrities
Written By: bookmistress4ever on 08/31/11 at 11:32 pm
Manic Street Preachers - Kevin Carter
(Infamous controversial photojournalist who took his own life.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7hw5NkSPvs
Paul Simon "The Late Great Johnny Ace"
He was an American rhythm and blues singer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhBvh1cwA0w
Toto - Rosanna (written about Rosanna Arquette)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq4ychrRkQA
Blessid Union of Souls - hey leonardo (she likes me for me)
(Leonardo DiCaprio)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSdbQLXpmPQ
Iris by Goo Goo Dolls
(one theory of why it's called Iris, is because the guitarist read an article about singer/songwriter Iris DeMent (and he liked the name.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8UeeIAJ0a0
Subject: Re: Song titles that mention celebrities
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 09/01/11 at 7:29 pm
^ Karma! Those are good ones, though I wouldn't count Sharona from "My Sharona" because she got semi-famous from the song's publicity....but that's nitpicking.
Hesitant to mention this one, but here goes --
The Butthole Surfers: The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey's Grave
Caution: strong language
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8FN1c6k4IE
Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi -- The Shah of Iran from 1941--1979
Lee Harvey Oswald -- Assassin of President Kennedy
song also mentions iconic celebs:
Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, and Jimi Hendrix
Falco: Rock Me Amadeus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVikZ8Oe_XA
Eurythmics: Beethoven (I love to listen to)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbuMXyzouJQ&ob=av2e
Chuck Berry: Roll Over Beethoven
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32C703sNwyw
ABC: When Smokey Sing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N6PYNRF8mg
(Smokey Robinson)
Subject: Re: Song titles that mention celebrities
Written By: King Tut on 09/02/11 at 12:15 am
Johnny Wakelin & The Kinshasa Band-Black Superman-'Muhammad Ali'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq04qeVMCQE
Subject: Re: Song titles that mention celebrities
Written By: karen on 09/02/11 at 12:06 pm
Gary Gilmore's Eyes - The Adverts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrwI1gKE4jI
Subject: Re: Song titles that mention celebrities
Written By: King Tut on 09/02/11 at 6:22 pm
Barclay James Harvest--- John Lennons Guitar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oODvluIPKyI
Subject: Re: Song titles that mention celebrities
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 09/02/11 at 9:23 pm
Human Sexual Response: Jackie Onassis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyqDnYBQsKw
Subject: Re: Song titles that mention celebrities
Written By: Lindee on 09/03/11 at 9:43 am
Robin Zander- The Breakup Society
Van Halen- Nerf Herder