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Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,528
edited July 2018 in Other Music
You know how in Half Full Eddie sings "There ain't gonna be no middle anymore, it's been said before " which is referencing Porch and the line "By the middle, there ain't gonna be any middle any more"

And in KISS song Bang Bang You Paul Stanley sings "I'm gonna bang, bang you. I'll shoot you down with my love gun, baby" which is referencing KISS song Love Gun.

Any other cool examples?
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  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,355
    Kid Rock has referenced other songs in his.

    He calls Metallica the "kings of Rock" while using one of their rifts in American Bad Ass.

    He also references Sweet Home Alabama in All summer long.
  • HobbesHobbes Posts: 6,423
    "Glass Onion" references "Fool on the Hill" and "I am the Walrus".

    "I am the Walrus" references "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
  • Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Lynyrd Skynyrd referenced Neil Young's 'Southern Man' in 'Sweet Home Alabama'.
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  • HobbesHobbes Posts: 6,423
    Neil references "Wooden Ships" in "Hippie Dream".
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,040
    I can't think of any others right off hand but this is a great thread topic.  Looking forward to seeing more here.
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 Posts: 37,447
    Spoon reference their song “Johnathan Fisk” in their song “They Want My Soul.”
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  • cp3iversoncp3iverson Posts: 8,693
    Gaslight anthem have about forty of these
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  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Posts: 16,440
    Lightning Bolt (Gotta know you'll never let her go, she's lightning bolt and she's a lightning bolt, never let her go) references Nothingman (caught a bolt of lightning, cursed the day he let it go).

    Love Boat Captain references Lennon's All You Need is Love, obviously.

    311's Homebrew contains the lyric "4th of July, with Lucy in Sky" also referencing The Beatles.

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  • Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Grade 9 references Stairway to Heaven lol:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLTZv2NFkLI
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  • Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Grade 9 also references Tom Sawyer. Hilarious.
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  • PJWGIIIPJWGIII Posts: 811
    Grade 9 also references Linus and Lucy after it references Tom Sawyer. I love the quirky Barenaked Ladies songs!
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  • Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    PJWGIII said:
    Grade 9 also references Linus and Lucy after it references Tom Sawyer. I love the quirky Barenaked Ladies songs!

    So goofy! Grade 9 cracks me up for so many reasons.
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  • PJWGIIIPJWGIII Posts: 811
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    PJWGIII said:
    Grade 9 also references Linus and Lucy after it references Tom Sawyer. I love the quirky Barenaked Ladies songs!

    So goofy! Grade 9 cracks me up for so many reasons.
    Just noticed that there is an EXTREMELY brief Thunderstruck riff reference after Linus and Lucy.
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  • Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    PJWGIII said:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    PJWGIII said:
    Grade 9 also references Linus and Lucy after it references Tom Sawyer. I love the quirky Barenaked Ladies songs!

    So goofy! Grade 9 cracks me up for so many reasons.
    Just noticed that there is an EXTREMELY brief Thunderstruck riff reference after Linus and Lucy.
    I'll listen again!
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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,513
    Travis references "Wonderwall"
    Tom Petty references "Runaway"
  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,529
    Springsteen Thunder Road "Roy Orbison singing for the lonely"  for Only the Lonely.

    Bon Jovi It's My Life with  "Frankie said I did it my way"

    and I know it's a stretch but I always thought Ed got the lyric for I Got Shit "picture a cup in the middle of the sea" from Crowded House's Don't Dream It's Over "Try to Catch a Deluge in a Paper Cup" knowing he was and is a Neil Finn fan.




  • goldrushgoldrush Posts: 7,542
    JOEJOEJOE said:
    Travis references "Wonderwall"
    Tom Petty references "Runaway"
    Travis also references 3 songs in the chorus of ‘Slide Show’:

    ”Cause there is no design for life,
    There’s no devil’s haircut in my mind
    There is not a wonderwall
    To climb, or step around”

    Design For Life - Manic Street Preachers
    Devil’s Haircut - Beck
    Wonderwall - Oasis
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  • goldrushgoldrush Posts: 7,542
    ‘Yellow Moon’ references lyrics from ‘Helpless’ by Neil Young (and was dedicated to him on the Lightning Bolt liner notes I think)
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
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  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Posts: 16,440
    Better Than Ezra's "Extra Ordinary" references a couple songs:
    "Just like that AC/DC song, come on baby shake me all night long"
    "Just like that Barenaked Ladies song, I'm hot like wasabe when I'm next to your body"

    Veruca Salt's "Volcano Girls" references their own song "Seether"

    Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians "What I Am" references her future (and still) husband Paul Simon's "I Know What I Know"
    "~ and you know what I mean."

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    Bon Jovi's "It's My Life" references Frank Sinatra's "My Way" and also mentions Tommy and Gina from their own "Livin' On A Prayer."
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 (xx) / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,528
    I meant artists that is referencing their own history and songs. But this works too. :)
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    I meant artists that is referencing their own history and songs. But this works too. :)

    We're so stupid.
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  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Posts: 16,440
    Sting's "Seven Days" contains a reprise of the second verse of The Police's "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" at the end of the song.

    "Do I have to tell the story
    Of a thousand rainy days since we first met
    It's a big enough umbrella
    But it's always me that ends up getting wet"
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  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,355
    Alkaline Trio's song All Skeletons references the Minutemen album with the line "Double nickles on your dime".
  • goldrushgoldrush Posts: 7,542
    ‘Lotus’ by REM references 2 other REM songs.
     
    The line “dot, dot, dot, and I feel fine” is a reference to ‘It’s The End if The World As We Know It (and I feel fine)’.

    And the “I ate the lotus” chorus is similar to “I’ll eat the lotus” from ‘Be Mine’
    “Do not postpone happiness”
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  • curmudgeonesscurmudgeoness Posts: 3,988
    The Replacements -- Alex Chilton?


    Artists referencing their own songs? Steve Kilbey (The Church) does it a few times, I think.

    Lloyd Cole refers to "Lost Weekend" and "Brand New Friend" in his later song, "Past Imperfect." -- "What was I doing in Amsterdam, in 1984?" etc.




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    Father John Misty references This Must Be the Place by Talking Heads in “In 20 Years or So” - first one that came to mind for me
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    Will I get banned for mentioning NKOTB's "Tonight?" 
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