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Subject: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: whistledog on 09/20/20 at 9:23 pm
One of my favourites is the 1984 Madness song Michael Caine. While he doesn't appear in the video, he appears on the song stating "My name is Michael Caine"
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Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: whistledog on 09/20/20 at 9:25 pm
Here is a fun one from 2001 called Crying at the Discotheque by a Swedish group called Alcazar. The lyric goes "The golden years, the silver tears. You wore a tie like Richard Gere"
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Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: whistledog on 09/20/20 at 9:34 pm
One more for now ... This is the 1985 hit You Look Marvelous by Billy Crystal. Famous people mentioned: Syd Charisse, Fred Astaire, Cyndi Lauper, Tina Turner, Jayne Meadows, Grace Jones, Cher, Chaka Khan, Vanity, Appollonia, Madonna, Sting, Eddie Van Halen and Bert Convy. Sting appears in the video as himself during the lyric "Oh look, there's Sting looking for his last name in the dip"
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Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 09/20/20 at 9:38 pm
David Bowie
"Song For Bob Dylan"
1971
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v23YSyH3Fe8
David Bowie
"Andy Warhol"
1971
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n--Ro4-hNbo
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/20/20 at 11:34 pm
Chicago, this hit from 1975 - Harry Truman :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIxlRW9t88g
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 09/21/20 at 10:48 am
John Lennon
"Oh Yoko"
1971
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itk-ndTnNWc
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 09/21/20 at 10:52 am
Bob Dylan
"Goodbye Jimmy Reed"
2020
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-DG3g-ggdg
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/21/20 at 12:00 pm
Here are two different songs that refer to the same infamous ex-President -
David Bowie - Young Americans (1975) - a sweet live version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydLcs4VrjZQ
Lamont Dozier - Fish Ain't Biting (1974)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i5Ipa2_gcA
- "Tricky Dick, please quit!!!" :o
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 09/21/20 at 12:06 pm
Here are two different songs that refer to the same infamous ex-President -
David Bowie - Young Americans (1975) - a sweet live version
Lamont Dozier - Fish Ain't Biting (1974)
So does this one, of course.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1PrUU2S_iw
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/20 at 12:25 pm
"The Ballad of John and Yoko" by The Beatles, Paul and George only...
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 09/21/20 at 12:27 pm
"The Ballad of John and Yoko" by The Beatles, Paul and George only...
Paul and JOHN only. ;)
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/20 at 1:11 pm
Paul and JOHN only. ;)
Sorry yes, I was then typing quickly on my phone. Ringo was filming "The Magic Christain" and George had gone on holiday (to India?).
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: CatwomanofV on 09/21/20 at 1:15 pm
We Didn't Start the Fire-Billy Joel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g
Cat
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/21/20 at 1:38 pm
I remember this from 1984 -
Bananarama - Robert DeNiro's Waiting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H87yGvoCNHU
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/21/20 at 1:47 pm
How about this fun little ditty -
The Beatles - Dig It (1970)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUUOX6kAIxI
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/20 at 7:18 am
"Vogue" by Madonna from 1990.
Many a celeb mentioned.
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Mitch Kramer on 09/22/20 at 10:16 am
"Legend of a Mind". One of my favorite Moody Blues songs.
Timothy Leary's dead. Noooo, no, no, no, he's outsiiiiiide looking in.
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Another song on the same album, "Dr Livingstone, I Presume" mentions, of course, Dr David Livingstone as well as Captain Robert Falcon Scott and Christopher Columbus.
"Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder
The titular Duke refers to Duke Ellington. Also mentioned in the lyrics: "Basie" (Count Basie), "Miller" (Glenn Miller), "Satchmo" (Louis Armstrong) and "Ella" (Ella Fitzgerald).
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"Candle in the Wind" - Elton John
Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never knew you at all
Original version about Marilyn Monroe
1997 version about Princess Diana
"Abraham, Martin and John" - Dion
Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr, John F Kennedy and Robert Kennedy
"Master Blaster (Jammin')" - Stevie Wonder
Mentions Bob Marley
"I Lost on Jeopardy" - Weird Al Yankovich
Mentions Art Flemming and Don Pardo
"Mrs. Robinson" - Simon & Garfunkel
Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio?
Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you ou-ou-ou
What's that you say, Mrs Robinson?
"Joltin Joe has left and gone away hey-hey-hey hey-hey-hey."
"To The Kill" - Violent Femmes
Mentions Al Capone
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" - Paul & Linda McCartney
Admiral Halsey notified me
He had to have a bath or he couldn't get to sea
I had another look and I had a cuppa tea and pot of pie
Pot of pie?
The butter wouldn't melt so I put in the pie
"Quinn the Eskimo (Mighty Quinn)" - Bob Dylan
Presumably referencing Anthony Quinn's role in The Savage Innocents (1960)
"Creeque Alley" - The Mamas & The Papas
Mentions several famous musicians: John & Michelle Phillips (getting kind of itchy just to leave the folk music behind), Zal Yanovsky and Denny Doherty (working for a penny trying to get a fish on the line), John Sebastian (of Lovin' Spoonful fame), Roger McGuinn of The Byrds, Barry McGuire (of The New Christy Minstrels), Cass Elliot (planned to go to Swarthmore College, but she changed her mind one day ... to join The Mamas & The Papas).
"Don't Stand So Close To Me" - The Police
He starts to shake and cough, just like the old man in that famous book by Vladimir Nabokov
"Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen
Galileo, Galileo, Galileo, Galileo, Galileo
"Hey Nineteen" - Steely Dan
Hey, Nineteen, that's 'Retha Franklin!
She don't remember the Queen of Soul??!??!!???
I always was skeptical about the premise here. Someone born in 1961 (1980 - 19) should definitely know Aretha Franklin. I was born in 1966 and had probably the most sheltered childhood imaginable, and I still knew who she was even before The Blue Brothers came out. Her music was on the airwaves in the late 60s and early 70s. I guess Scarsdale is even more insular than East Oahu.
"Casey Jones" - Grateful Dead
There was a real train engineer named Casey Jones, whom the song is based on.
"You Talk Too Much" - Run DMC
You're the damn Walter Cronkite of the neighborhood
The Barbara Walters, the Howard Cosell
You always come around with a story to tell
"Sister Angela" - Claudia Lennear
About Angela Davis
"Roisin Dubh (Black Rose)" - Thin Lizzy
It was a joy that Joyce brought to me
While William Butler waits
And Oscar - he's going wild!
Ah, sure Brendan , where have you been?
Looking for a girl with green eyes
My dark Rosaline is my colleen
That Georgie knows best
Van is The Man
Starvation once again
Drinking whiskey from the jar-o
Synge's Playboys of the Western World
As Shaw, Sean I was born and reared there
Where the Mountains of Mourne come down to the sea
It's such a long long way to Tipperrary
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 09/22/20 at 10:28 am
How about this fun little ditty -
The Beatles - Dig It (1970)
Dig this unreleased, unedited version. I first heard it on a bootleg I bought in a headshop in the early 70s. I think it was $4.99. That was a FORTUNE for an album back then. They were usually $3.29. There were so many worlds and treasures to discover back then. And no internet to make it easy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Kg_c_A-yU
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/22/20 at 11:10 am
Dig this unreleased, unedited version. I first heard it on a bootleg I bought in a headshop in the early 70s. I think it was $4.99. That was a FORTUNE for an album back then. They were usually $3.29. There were so many worlds and treasures to discover back then. And no internet to make it easy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Kg_c_A-yU
That's just awesome! :D
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/22/20 at 11:24 am
"Legend of a Mind". One of my favorite Moody Blues songs.
Timothy Leary's dead. Noooo, no, no, no, he's outsiiiiiide looking in.
O0 Good call - that one popped into my head over the last couple days, too...
"Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder
The titular Duke refers to Duke Ellington. Also mentioned in the lyrics: "Basie" (Count Basie), "Miller" (Glenn Miller), "Satchmo" (Louis Armstrong) and "Ella" (Ella Fitzgerald).
Another good example
"Candle in the Wind" - Elton John
Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never knew you at all
Original version about Marilyn Monroe
1997 version about Princess Diana
"Abraham, Martin and John" - Dion
Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr, John F Kennedy and Robert Kennedy
"Master Blaster (Jammin')" - Stevie Wonder
Mentions Bob Marley
"I Lost on Jeopardy" - Weird Al Yankovich
Mentions Art Flemming and Don Pardo
"Mrs. Robinson" - Simon & Garfunkel
Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio?
Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you ou-ou-ou
What's that you say, Mrs Robinson?
"Joltin Joe has left and gone away hey-hey-hey hey-hey-hey."
"To The Kill" - Violent Femmes
Mentions Al Capone
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" - Paul & Linda McCartney
Admiral Halsey notified me
He had to have a bath or he couldn't get to sea
I had another look and I had a cuppa tea and pot of pie
Pot of pie?
The butter wouldn't melt so I put in the pie
"Quinn the Eskimo (Mighty Quinn)" - Bob Dylan
Presumably referencing Anthony Quinn's role in The Savage Innocents (1960)
"Creeque Alley" - The Mamas & The Papas
Mentions several famous musicians: John & Michelle Phillips (getting kind of itchy just to leave the folk music behind), Zal Yanovsky and Denny Doherty (working for a penny trying to get a fish on the line), John Sebastian (of Lovin' Spoonful fame), Roger McGuinn of The Byrds, Barry McGuire (of The New Christy Minstrels), Cass Elliot (planned to go to Swarthmore College, but she changed her mind one day ... to join The Mamas & The Papas).
"Don't Stand So Close To Me" - The Police
He starts to shake and cough, just like the old man in that famous book by Vladimir Nabokov
"Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen
Galileo, Galileo, Galileo, Galileo, Galileo
"Hey Nineteen" - Steely Dan
Hey, Nineteen, that's 'Retha Franklin!
She don't remember the Queen of Soul??!??!!???
I always was skeptical about the premise here. Someone born in 1961 (1980 - 19) should definitely know Aretha Franklin. I was born in 1966 and had probably the most sheltered childhood imaginable, and I still knew who she was even before The Blue Brothers came out. Her music was on the airwaves in the late 60s and early 70s. I guess Scarsdale is even more insular than East Oahu.
"Casey Jones" - Grateful Dead
There was a real train engineer named Casey Jones, whom the song is based on.
"You Talk Too Much" - Run DMC
You're the damn Walter Cronkite of the neighborhood
The Barbara Walters, the Howard Cosell
You always come around with a story to tell
"Sister Angela" - Claudia Lennear
About Angela Davis
"Roisin Dubh (Black Rose)" - Thin Lizzy
It was a joy that Joyce brought to me
While William Butler waits
And Oscar - he's going wild!
Ah, sure Brendan , where have you been?
Looking for a girl with green eyes
My dark Rosaline is my colleen
That Georgie knows best
Van is The Man
Starvation once again
Drinking whiskey from the jar-o
Synge's Playboys of the Western World
As Shaw, Sean I was born and reared there
Where the Mountains of Mourne come down to the sea
It's such a long long way to Tipperrary
Plenty of excellent picks here - it might be nice to individually post some of these later in the thread...
"Hey Nineteen" - Steely Dan
Hey, Nineteen, that's 'Retha Franklin!
She don't remember the Queen of Soul??!??!!???
I always was skeptical about the premise here. Someone born in 1961 (1980 - 19) should definitely know Aretha Franklin. I was born in 1966 and had probably the most sheltered childhood imaginable, and I still knew who she was even before The Blue Brothers came out. Her music was on the airwaves in the late 60s and early 70s. I guess Scarsdale is even more insular than East Oahu.
Yeah, I was 20 when this came out. I also thought most people my age should "remember" Aretha Franklin. I read some stuff about this song; the band was mostly trying to make a point about a generation gap between dating people.
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/22/20 at 11:36 am
This '74 smash celebrates several famous musicians with one thing in common - all left us way too soon :\'(
Righteous Brothers - Rock and Roll Heaven
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW4tRBalFLQ
Celebrating:
Jimi Hendrix
Janis Joplin
Otis Redding
Jim Morrison
Jim Croce
Bobby Darin
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: wagonman76 on 09/22/20 at 12:22 pm
It seems practically every other Fleetwood Mac song references someone named Sara.
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 09/22/20 at 12:25 pm
It seems practically every other Fleetwood Mac song references someone named Sara.
Yes, but that's not a famous person, or at least one we specifically know of. Those are people in Stevie Nicks's personal life and imagination. Welcome back, by the way. :)
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: wagonman76 on 09/22/20 at 12:43 pm
Yes, but that's not a famous person, or at least one we specifically know of. Those are people in Stevie Nicks's personal life and imagination. Welcome back, by the way. :)
Thank you. And yes That’s probably true.
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J for Jules (Shear)
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What’s hard to fathom is Joe Diffie is dead. I was playing all his songs back in the 90s. Sounds like Jason Alden was too, he’s less than a year younger than me.
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: CatwomanofV on 09/22/20 at 3:41 pm
Black Velvet. Even though the song is about Elvis, she never sings his name but she does sing Jimmy Rogers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT4d1LQy4es
Cat
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 09/22/20 at 4:10 pm
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this one yet.
Kim Carnes
"Bette Davis Eyes"
1981
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CFuO554JE4
Ever hear the original? It's AWFUL.
Jackie DeShannon
"Bette Davis Eyes"
1974
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAQsOJbs-yo
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: CatwomanofV on 09/22/20 at 4:21 pm
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this one yet.
Kim Carnes
"Bette Davis Eyes"
1981
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CFuO554JE4
Ever hear the original? It's AWFUL.
Jackie DeShannon
"Bette Davis Eyes"
1974
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAQsOJbs-yo
I don't like that song-whoever sings it.
Cat
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: wagonman76 on 09/22/20 at 4:25 pm
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Several references to Bob Dylan
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All sorts of references.
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 09/22/20 at 4:41 pm
This GORGEOUS song from this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees T. Rex mentions Bob Dylan, John Lennon and famed disc jockey Alan Freed.
T. Rex
"Ballrooms of Mars"
1972
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCUIuCuzdII
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 09/22/20 at 4:44 pm
"Zimmerman Blues"
Ralph McTell
1973
Zimmerman, of course, being the real name of Bob Dylan. The song also slips in a reference to Angela Davis.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1SuoBDDlEU
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 09/22/20 at 5:14 pm
John Lennon & Yoko Ono
"Angela"
1972
This 1972 song about Angela Davis has taken on new resonance in today's political climate. It is even being included in a new compilation of John Lennon's music set to be released next month for what would have been his 80th birthday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09VU5gR-paw
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 09/22/20 at 6:42 pm
This one mentions a holy host of people...
Reunion
"Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)"
1974
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16kh-AP4OCU
And this one rips it off hook line and sinker, right down to the parenthetical title. It should do double duty in the "ripoff" thread. ;D
REM
"'It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"
1987
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/23/20 at 9:25 am
This one mentions a holy host of people...
Reunion
"Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)"
1974
Ahhhh that one also came to my mind - beat me to it ;)
REM
"'It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"
1987
Speaking of R.E.M., how about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLxpNiF0YKs
Repeated references to Andy Kaufman among others
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 09/23/20 at 9:32 am
Ahhhh that one also came to my mind - beat me to it ;)
Speaking of R.E.M., how about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLxpNiF0YKs
Repeated references to Andy Kaufman among others
Also mentions the band Mott The Hoople, wrestler Fred Blassie, Elvis, St. Peter, Moses, Isaac Newton and the games of Monopoly, Twenty-One (Blackjack), checkers, chess, Twister and Risk!
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/23/20 at 5:00 pm
I recall this one from the early 80's (by Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads fame) -
Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love (1982) :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCWCF19nUhA
- mentions several Soul/Funk musicians including James Brown...
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Wink-182 on 09/23/20 at 5:16 pm
Homage by Alien Ant Farm, this entire song is filled with references of musicians and song names from the 60s, 70s and 80s from rock to soul. It's been on my Spotify playlist since this summer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqdklQy4VLc&list=OLAK5uy_mxSUTJBM9Q8DrhAYQxCRH_eGMb2IkPaCU
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 09/23/20 at 7:08 pm
Fleetwood Mac
"Silver Heels"
1974
This Bob Welch classic mentions Paul McCartney and Etta James.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLQYrpN6850
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: wagonman76 on 09/23/20 at 7:29 pm
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He mentions Wonder Woman, and of course the actress’s first name all over the song.
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 09/23/20 at 7:39 pm
Stevie Nicks
"Garbo"
1982
This rare Stevie Nicks song, originally the B side to the "Stand Back" single, makes reference to old time actresses Greta Garbo, Marlena Dietrich and Marilyn Monroe. This song is a hidden gem!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDLJZfNPWeg
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 09/23/20 at 7:42 pm
Leon Russell
"Elvis & Marilyn"
1978
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdo7znqhx8w
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/24/20 at 1:42 pm
I've read that George was fond of Smokey Robinson (as am I) -
George Harrison - Pure Smokey (from 33 1/3, 1976) :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5lctwyDb68
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 09/24/20 at 2:06 pm
George Harrison
"Living In The Material World"
1973
Mentions John, Paul, "Ritchie" (Ringo) and the Lord Sri Krsna.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3fSUE60qRY
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: wagonman76 on 09/24/20 at 2:11 pm
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I heard that the bass line was based on the keyboard riff in Tears of a Clown.
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: whistledog on 09/24/20 at 6:52 pm
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I heard that the bass line was based on the keyboard riff in Tears of a Clown.
The saxophone at the start 100% was. A fantastic song! :)
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Howard on 09/25/20 at 8:07 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEPTlhBmwRg
Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: CatwomanofV on 09/25/20 at 2:13 pm
I Dig Rock-n-Roll Music-Peter, Paul, & Mary. They mention the Mamas & the Papas-and Michelle & Cass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqY35SYsyfQ
Cat
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 09/25/20 at 2:25 pm
I Dig Rock-n-Roll Music-Peter, Paul, & Mary. They mention the Mamas & the Papas-and Michelle & Cass.
Cat
Also mentions the Beatles and Donovan.
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/25/20 at 3:08 pm
Speaking of the Beatles -
The Beatles - For You Blue (1970)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIFHRaZERHg
Mentions Elmore James...
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 09/26/20 at 12:04 am
The Ramones
"Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?"
1980
Mentions Ed Sullivan, Murray the K, Alan Freed, Jerry Lee Lewis, John Lennon, T. Rex and Moulty (drummer of the Barbarians).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZjEZpm8L90
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/26/20 at 9:47 pm
Here's a cut from an album I listened to plenty -
Robert Plant - White, Clean and Neat (from 1988's Now And Zen)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqJuw0ZvkI4
- mentions Pat Boone, Debbie Reynolds, and Johnny Ray, others...
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: whistledog on 09/27/20 at 10:42 am
Keith (Duffy) and Shane (Lynch) of the group Boyzone had a really good hit in 2000 with a cover of the Milli Vanilli song Girl you know it's true in which they mock other singers and boy bands ...
"Ali G comes before H don't ya know"
"When the lights go out, Five better watch out"
"Gary dodges salads till he's far too fat"
"Along came Robbie and he said Take That"
"Puff daddy, tough daddy, just wait and see"
"Westlife, low life, go and get your own life"
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Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 09/27/20 at 10:29 pm
Neil Young
"Pocahontas"
1979
Mentions Pocahontas and Marlon Brando.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p13gx9wnNBc
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/28/20 at 10:18 am
A hit from my H.S. Senior year -
Dean Friedman - Ariel (Spring 1977)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSkX2o__7VU
- mentions Annette Funicello
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 09/28/20 at 10:29 am
Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Sweet Home Alabama"
Mentions Neil Young.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye5BuYf8q4o
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/20 at 12:44 pm
Neil Young
"Pocahontas"
1979
Mentions Pocahontas and Marlon Brando.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p13gx9wnNBc
In "Fever" by Peggy Lee, mentions Captain Smith and Pocahontas, along with (Daniel Gabriel) Fahrenheit who proposed the Fahrenheit scale.
BTW, Romeo and Juliet are fictional.
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: CatwomanofV on 09/28/20 at 1:47 pm
Also mentions the Beatles and Donovan.
Them, too.
Cat
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: karen on 09/30/20 at 4:38 am
Playing on the radio just now
China Girl by David Bowie
I heard mention of Marlon Brando
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: wagonman76 on 10/01/20 at 8:05 am
A couple from more recent times.
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Uma Thurman
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Van the Man Morrison
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: wagonman76 on 10/01/20 at 8:17 am
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Jesse James
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Sinatra. I remember this silly song before he hit big with Good Morning Beautiful.
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/20 at 1:20 pm
"Rock and Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)" is a 1973 song written and originally performed by Australian singer Kevin Johnson.
Mentions,
"Well I bought all the Beatles records, sounded just like Paul
Or Buddy Holly or Chuck Berry's, seventy-eight in all"
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/03/20 at 5:08 pm
As Van Morrison was mentioned, how about this dandy -
Van Morrison - Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azpbUw9pi8o
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Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: nally on 10/03/20 at 5:12 pm
"One Week" by Barenaked Ladies (1998) mentions many famous people's names in the lyrics.
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 10/03/20 at 6:01 pm
"One Week" by Barenaked Ladies (1998) mentions many famous people's names in the lyrics.
Speaking of Barnenaked Ladies...
Barenaked Ladies
"Be My Yoko Ono"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zLO4vAPfxg
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 10/03/20 at 9:52 pm
Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Looking Out My Back Door"
1970
Mentions Buck Owens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeJuUqDqY00
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 10/03/20 at 9:59 pm
Peter Sarstedt
"Where Do You Go To My Lovely"
1969
This song was never a hit in the US but was huge in Europe. Mentions Marlene Deitrich, Zizi Jeanmaire, Pierre Balmain, The Rolling Stones, Sasha Distel, Pablo Picasso and the Aga Kahn. A veritable who's who of 1960s European jet setters!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InMhrYBFIK0
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: nally on 10/04/20 at 12:37 am
Speaking of Barnenaked Ladies...
Barenaked Ladies
"Be My Yoko Ono"
That's true. It's not as popular as "One Week", but it does mention a celeb in the title.
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: nally on 10/04/20 at 12:48 am
The 1985 hit "Life In A Northern Town" by Dream Academy mentions "John F. Kennedy and The Beatles" in the second verse.
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 10/04/20 at 10:23 am
That's true. It's not as popular as "One Week", but it does mention a celeb in the title.
That's funny because "Be My Yoko Ono" is the only Bareneaked Ladies song I ever heard of except for the "Big Bang Theory" theme song. They seem like kind of an annoying band in general.
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/04/20 at 10:46 am
Some of us remember this mid-70s smash:
Leo Sayer - Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c44JQWLqrCY
- mentions Fred Astaire, Victor Silvester and "Rudy" Valentino
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 10/04/20 at 11:08 am
Dion
"Abraham, Martin & John"
1968
Doesn't mention last names but we know who they are.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwn8hIyiHvI
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/04/20 at 11:33 am
Dion
"Abraham, Martin & John"
1968
Doesn't mention last names but we know who they are.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwn8hIyiHvI
O0 Good pick, always liked that song, very timely. I'm slightly more familiar with the Miracles' cover (it's on their Anthology which I've played to death).
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 10/04/20 at 11:48 am
O0 Good pick, always liked that song, very timely. I'm slightly more familiar with the Miracles' cover (it's on their Anthology which I've played to death).
A surprisingly good version of that song was also done by comedian Moms Mabley. Remember her? She was always on talk shows in the 60s and 70s. Her whole routine was that she dressed like a homeless "bag lady" as they used to be called. She also managed to slyly slip in a lot of social commentary, especially about race, in this guise of a toothless old woman.
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/04/20 at 12:05 pm
A surprisingly good version of that song was also done by comedian Moms Mabley. Remember her? She was always on talk shows in the 60s and 70s. Her whole routine was that she dressed like a homeless "bag lady" as they used to be called. She also managed to slyly slip in a lot of social commentary, especially about race, in this guise of a toothless old woman.
Moms Mabley - now there's a blast from the past! I recall seeing her on TV a number of times in her later years, but I don't remember her singing.
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 10/04/20 at 12:37 pm
Moms Mabley - now there's a blast from the past! I recall seeing her on TV a number of times in her later years, but I don't remember her singing.
A couple of years ago there was a documentary on Jackie "Moms" Mabley on HBO. It was made by Whoopi Goldberg who crowdsourced the funds to make it from one of those sites like Go Fund Me. It turns out that not only was Moms gay, but if she was around today she'd be considered transgender. In her personal life she wore exclusively men's clothes (NICE ones too) and was referred to by her friends as "Mr. Moms" and always had a couple of younger, good looking women on her arm. She had been doing this since the 1930s or 40s. Apparently it was an open secret in Hollywood, but of course the public knew nothing about it. Ironic too that her comedy routines consisted mainly of her attempts to "get a man". But that's how things were then. Whoopi Goldberg said she made the documentary because Moms was a trailblazing pioneer for female comedians.
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: wagonman76 on 10/04/20 at 12:59 pm
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Humphrey (Bogie) Bogart and Lauren Bacall
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 10/04/20 at 4:46 pm
Mentions Peter Lorre.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqZc7ZQURMs
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 10/04/20 at 4:52 pm
Another reference to Yoko Ono, "Yoko brought her walrus", the "walrus" obviously being John Lennon. Then there is "Mr. Hughes hid in Dylan's shoes". Not a reference to Howard Hughes as I originally thought, but a reference to George Harrison! "Mr. Hughes" was a pseudonym sometimes employed by Harrison. And Dylan is Dylan, of course.
Rick Nelson
"Garden Party"
1972
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OukwGBpnuXE
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/09/20 at 3:44 pm
From " Give Peace A Chance" by Plastic Ono Band
"Ev'rybody's talking 'bout
John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary, Tommy Smothers, Bobby Dylan, Tommy Cooper
Derek Taylor, Norman Mailer, Alan Ginsberg, Hare Krishna, Hare, Hare Krishna"
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/09/20 at 8:05 pm
From " Give Peace A Chance" by Plastic Ono Band
"Ev'rybody's talking 'bout
John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary, Tommy Smothers, Bobby Dylan, Tommy Cooper
Derek Taylor, Norman Mailer, Alan Ginsberg, Hare Krishna, Hare, Hare Krishna"
O0 Good pick!
Subject: Re: Songs that mention famous people in the lyrics/title
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/09/21 at 1:19 pm
As I was just posting about Jimmy Page, this gem refers to him:
Paul McCartney & Wings - Venus and Mars Rock Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPDHE1xcNFk