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"Clinton's musicians such as Bootsy Collins" - Tom Tom Club (Genius of Love)

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No mention of Kate Bush's 'Blow Away' yet? The song names several pop musicians who had died too young, such as Minnie Riperton and Sandy Denny Heart.

"Hello. Minnie
Moony, Vicious
Vicious, Buddy Holly
Sandy Denny"
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Kind of cute at 1:07, when the singer sings the word "satisfaction," the guitarist plays the riff from the Stone's song.
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Nice Richard Sinclair song about the lifestyle/mindset of the Canterbury scene, mentioning a number of other musicians:



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Radiohead's "Anyone Can Play Guitar" mentions Jim Morrison.
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Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" is an endless list of names and events...

Liberace, Toscanini, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Chubby Checker, Bob Dylan, British Beatlemania


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The Temptations 'Ball Of Confusion', directly mentions the Beatles.
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The Tubes - Tubes World Tour references themselves.
 
 
 
The Residents - Bach Is Dead references Bach.
 
 
 
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King Missile - Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die

Look at Def Leppard
Drummer's got one f**king arm
Look at the Rolling Stones
They've been around for 45 f**king years
Look at Guns N' Roses
Need I say more
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"W C Handy won't you look down over me" - Marc Cohn (Walking in Memphis)

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"Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long" - Kid Rock
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"Jimi gave us rainbows
and Janis took a piece of our heart
and Otis brought us all a dock of a bay" - Righteous Brothers (If There's a Rock n Roll Heaven)

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"Poor Otis dead and gone" - Jim Morrison
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There is a track on The Quest which mentions The Beatles, Brian Epstein, Neil Aspinall and others.
I think it's called Mystery Tour but my brain is trying to erase it.
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No worries, thought I might have got it wrong but not a fan so didn't care. I at least only got Leonard's name wrong and not Neal Yung. ;)
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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Lynard Skynard refers to Neil Young directly (for Southern Man) in Sweet Home Alabama.

Sorry but I can't let this go.

It's Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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Pink Floyd does it a few times...

In "Young Lust":

Hello?
Yes, a collect call for Mrs. Floyd from Mr. Floyd
Will you accept the charges from United States?


And in "Have a Cigar":

The Band is just fantastic,
That is really what I think --
Oh, by the way,
Which one's Pink?




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...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined
to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology...
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"Marley's hot on the box" - Stevie Wonder
"Nothing but blues and Elvis" - Steely Dan

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Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

Pretty much everyone knows the saga of Don McLean's American Pie. While he refers several times to "The day the music died" he never directly mentions Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens or The Big Bopper. Only naming James Dean, Lenin, Marx and Satan none of which are musicians, nor does he quote (musically) and other musicians work.

There are entire stanzas referencing the Beatles and the Byrds:

Helter skelter in a summer swelter 
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Eight miles high and falling fast
It landed foul on the grass
The players tried for a forward pass
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast
Now, the halftime air was sweet perfume
While sergeants played a marching tune
We all got up to dance
Oh, but we never got the chance
'Cause the players tried to take the field
The marching band refused to yield
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?
Referencing...yes...directly naming...No.
Yes, I am aware. Just adding to the conversation. 
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"When your talkin about Dylan, he thinks your talkin about Dylan Thomas, ... whoever he was" - Simon and Garfunkel
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