Classic rock songs that mention other classic rock acts

9959

kunst nugget wrote: »

I'm going to presume you're taking the piss and I walked right into it.

I'm afraid you did, but thanks for playing.
I've stepped in the 'do do' myself on many occasions, good luck to you!

Stained Class

The Who. You Better You Bet.

'I got your body right now on my mind & I drunk myself blind to the sound of old T-Rex.
To the sound of old T-Rex

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& Whos Next.'

Lines from their '81 hit namechecking T-Rex & their own '71 album, Whos Next.

RINO87

Steely Dan mention themselves on Showbiz Kids!!

They got the house on the corner
With the rug inside
They got the booze they need
All that money can buy
They got the shapely bods
They got the steely dan t-shirt
And for the coup-de-gras
They're outrageous

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dwBGvn23zg&feature=related 2.28

cecilmaxwell

What about Chris Spedding - Guitar Jambouree (namechecks Paul Kossoff and others) or Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet (name checks Bad Company by Bad Company)

Royale with Cheese

Rolling Stones - Star Star. Jimmy Page gets a mention.

delbertgrady

"When I woke up, Mom and Dad are rolling on the couch.
Rolling numbers, rock and rollin', got my Kiss records out".

from Cheap Trick: Surrender

"Ain't going to go to see the Rolling Stones no more. No more.
Don't wanna go to see Queen no more. No more".

from Queen: I Go Crazy

Also, while not Classic Rock, the line, "Looking like a born again, living like a heretic, Listening to Arthur Lee records..." appears in Lloyd Cole and the Commotions' Are You Ready to be Heartbroken?, a song which was, in turn, answered by "Lloyd, I'm Ready to be Heartbroken", by Camera Obscura.

Amerika

Do You Remember Rock'n'roll Radio
The Ramones

"Will you remember Jerry Lee? John Lennon, T. Rex and Ol' Moulty"

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Hair
The Cowsills

"Like the Grateful Dead"

cack_handed

Saw this thread and just had to give a shout out to Joe Strummer whose title track to his brilliant 2002 album, Global a Go Go, is a homage to some of the greats of rock n roll, inspired by a stint as a BBC World Service DJ. Worth a listen anyway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx9fCxwyVws

9959

In the David Bowie song 'All The Young Dudes', the thin white duke namechecks the influential art/rock New York band 'Television':

And my brother's back at home
With his Beatles and his Stones
We never got it off on that revolution stuff
What a drag
Too many snags
Oh the TELEVISION man is crazy
Saying we're juvenile delinquent wrecks

rubadub

cecilmaxwell wrote: »

Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet (name checks Bad Company by Bad Company)

Did they ever say this is the case? I never thought it was and still don't.

9959 wrote: »

In the David Bowie song 'All The Young Dudes', the thin white duke namechecks the influential art/rock New York band 'Television':

Same here, did he ever say this? I always thought the television man was just some TV commentator/presenter giving out about the youth.

But also this says television formed in late 1973 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_(band)
while all the young dudes was released in 72, not sure when written
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_Young_Dudes

Warren Zevon's 'Play It All Night Long' references Lynyrd Skynyrd with the lines:

"Sweet home Alabama,
Play that dead band's song,
Turn those speakers up full blast,
Play it all night long"

delbertgrady

Which reminds me... The Wallflowers' substituted Zevon's line in Lawyers, Guns and Money - "Dad, get me out of this" - for "Warren, get me out of this", on the Zevon tribute album, Enjoy Every Sandwich.

9959

rubadub wrote: »

Did they ever say this is the case? I never thought it was and still don't.

Same here, did he ever say this? I always thought the television man was just some TV commentator/presenter giving out about the youth.

But also this says television formed in late 1973 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_(band)
while all the young dudes was released in 72, not sure when written
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_Young_Dudes

Oh, damn and blast!

Fishyfreak

Little Lover - AC/DC

You had my picture
On your bedroom wall
(Next to Gary Glitter)
I was standing on the stage
Playing rock 'n' roll
(I was a guitar picker)
Never had a record
Never had a hit
Oh baby
You didn't mind a bit




RIP Bon Scott.

9959

In the David Bowie song 'All The Young Dudes' the thin white duke namechecks the influential Liverpool beat combo 'The Beatles':

And my brother's back at home with his Beatles and his Stones

AlfaZen

Maybe not a classic or well known rock song but Live's song "People like you" on their album V mentions themselves as well as a host of other acts.

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they're pissin' in the mainstream open up your cage focus
all your rage the world needs people like you

in a dream i had i was on a stage with queen michael stipe
and elton john bono and springsteen singin hallejuhah, rock and roll is king"[HTML][/HTML]