Most obvious would be...
Van Morrison - Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)
Van Morrison - Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)
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Last time we did this.
Neil Young — Long May You Run — The Beach Boys
Arthur Conley — Sweet Soul Music — James Brown, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Lou Rawls.
David Bowie — Song for Bob Dylan
Tom Tom Club — Genius of Love — James Brown, Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Smokey Robinson, Bob Marley, Sly & Robbie, Kurtis BlowComment
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1977 -The Clash - Elvis, Beatles, and the Rolling Stones.
The Seeker - The Who - dylan, Beatles
Real Real Gone - Van Morrison - wilson Pickett, Sam Cooke, Solomon Burke, James brown, gene chandler.Comment
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To the sound of the World of Twist, You leant over and gave me a kiss.
Saint Etienne - London Belongs To MeComment
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Amy Rigby — Dancing with Joey Ramone
Amy Rigby — The Summer of my Wasted Youth — Loretta Lynn, Skeeter Davis
Bruce Springsteen — Thunder Road — Roy Orbison
Jonathan Richman — The Velvet UndergroundComment
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The Wildhearts - 29x the Pain: The Replacements, Husker Du, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Ramones, Sex Pistols, Starz, Big Black, Queen, Cheap Trick, The Clash, Jason & The Scorchers, Kiss, Heart, The Damned, Stiff Little Fingers, Blue Oyster Cult, Nirvana, Manic Street Preachers
It's pretty much a list and I have probably missed a few.
And erm Steel Panther in Death To All But Metal named a few - but not in a wholly positive way.Comment
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The Mamas and the Papas "Creeque Alley" mentions Barry McGuire and Barry McGuinn as well as Loving Spoonful's John Sebastian and Zal Yanovsky.Comment
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Wir laufen 'rein in Düsseldorf City
Und treffen Iggy Pop und David Bowie
Kraftwerk – Trans Europa Express
Talk strange like Bjork,
Great hero Jim Thorpe
Wu-Tang Clan - Reunited
The Freshies - I Can't Get "Bouncing Babies" By The Teardrop Explodes
Those Naughty Lumps - Iggy Pop's JacketComment
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Song to Woody- Bob Dylan
Is David Bowie Dying?- The Flaming Lips
Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken- Camera ObscuraComment
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Low, "Hatchet" (You be my Charlie/and I can be your George/let's bury the hatchet like/the Beatles and the Stones)Comment
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The Pasadenas - Tribute (Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson and the Supremes)Comment
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Most obvious ones for me are:
The Undertones - "Perfect Cousin" , having the Human League advising the mother about a synthesiser- and this was before Dare, so almost obscure to a wider audience.
In "All the Young Dudes" Mr 'unter was telling us about his bruv listening to The Beatles and the Stones.
Neil Young in his Rusty stage, telling us a story of the Johnny Rotten, in My, my etc.
PS and speaking of the Human League, one of my favourite bits - in Dreams, Norman Wisdom, Johnny, Joey Dee Dee - good times - altogether now......Comment
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Arab Strap- I Saw You
"I thought it could've been her in the club on Saturday night. She was a couple of tables away and I thought it might be. But I was far too drunk, so an approach was out of the question. But this guy Stuart had sent us tickets to see his band Belle & Sebastian. We went along thoroughly drunk, stopped for a post-gig "Hello." And I think the girl I was looking for is friends with the girl who plays the cello."Comment
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This should cheer you up for sure
See I've got your old I.D.
And you're all dressed up like the Cure
Ben Folds Five, Battle Of Who Could Care LessComment
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There's a song about Joey Ramone on the new U2 album.
Speaking of which . . .Comment
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Rock Me Amadeus?Comment
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The Chordettes - Mr. Sandman
and lots of wavy hair like Liberace
The Commodores - Nightshift
Marvin, he was a friend of mine...
Jackie (Jackie), hey what you doing now?Comment
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Lisztomania?gavc23 wrote: Rock Me Amadeus?Comment
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Motorhead - R.A.M.O.N.E.S.
Which was covered by Ramones and became a staple of their live set, rather wonderfully.
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ABC - When Smokey Sings
Ian Dury And The Blockheads - Sweet Gene Vincent
Billy Bragg - Levi Stubbs' Tears
Golden Earring - Just Like Vince TaylorComment
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Doesn't 'mentioned' suggest 'in passing, within the lyric' rather than songs specifically 'about' said artist? Or am I just being tiresome and pedantic?
Anyway - T Rex/Marc Bolan receive a mention in all of the following:
All the Young Dudes - Bowie/Mott the Hoople
Kool in the Kaftan - B A Robertson
Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio? - Ramones
You Better You Bet - The Who
Prime Mover - Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction
Brimful of Asha - Cornershop
(Edit: They might also feature in the lyrics of Reunion's fabby Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me), but I can't remember offhand...)
I imagine Elvis and The Beatles receive more mentions in song, but that's not a bad haul.Comment
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Then there's this . . .
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/cranberries/ijustshotjohnlennon.html
I struggle to think of a poorer, more ludicrous set of lyrics in rock history.Comment
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