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The Idols-You…about David Johanson from The New York Dolls
Sex Pistols-New York-about David Johanson again
Johnny Thunders-London Boys-about Joe Strummer/The Clash
Richard Thompson-Al Bowly`s In Heaven,Mingus Eyes,I Agree With Pat Metheny
Pavement-Unseen Power Of The Picket Fence(about REM)"SG" wrote:Pavement-Unseen Power Of The Picket Fence(about REM)cool. didn’t know that. pavement ist rad
Ben Folds Five – Rocking the suburbs (mentions poodle rockers Michael Jackson, Quiet riot and Bon Jovi :aliensmile:
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Pavement – Stereo (a small part about Geddy Lee, more specific about the height of his voice
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Fatboy Slim – Michael Jackson (lyrics: Michael Jackson (x 10,000) Tina Turner (ad infinitum))
Neil Young – From Hank to Hendrix (also mentions Marilyn and Madonna)
Neil Young – My My Hey Hey (Into the black) (about Johnny Rotten)
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Homa Alabama (about Neil Young)Kirsty MacColl – There’s a guy works down the chip-shop swears he’s Elvis (well, not actually about a real artist, but about some kind of ‘Great Pretender’
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REM – Lightnin’ Hopkins
Bob Dylan – Blind Willie McTell
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Good time boys (mentions fIREHOSE and Fishbone)I don’t know where I have been…
Emmylou Harris–Boulder to Birmingham (about GP)
David Bowie–Andy Warhol
Chris Knox–I Wanna Look Like Darcy Clay (DC was a kiwi musician who killed himself)
Bowie–Lady Stardust (about Marc Bolan?)Isn’t the Johnny Thunders song "London Boys" about the Sex Pistols?
On The Heartbreakers live @ Max’s Johnny Thunders dedicates the song to Joe Bummer
I thought it was about the pistols once as well, but they were big pals with them. Jerry Nolan played with Sid Vicious solo, can’t remember if Thunders played guitar or not. Being huge heroin addicts they had a lot in common with Sid
Yeah there are, gotta wonder if they’re directed toward Malcom McClaren. He managed the Dolls just before they broke up. I could be wrong though, maybe it was a generic swipe at the little london boys called punks
Check out the Max’s live Heartbreakers version of the song, kicks ass, even if it was dedicated to Joe Bummer
Low-John Prine(has nothing to do with John Prine though
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Low-In The Drugs("I closed my eyes like Marvin Gaye")
Jayhawks-See Him On The Street(maybe about Kurt Cobain
)On either (my my hey hey) out of the black, into the blue, or (hey hey my my) out of the blue into the black, Young sings, this is the story of a Johnny Rotten.
Not sure if it’s about him, or the Sex Pistols though.the Lemonheads – Rick James Style
Cake – Meanwhile Rick James
Cake – Frank Sinatra
Fun Lovin’ Criminals – Love Unlimited ("Barry White just saved my life")
Cabaret Voltaire – James BrownTwo songs about Neutral Milk Hotel:
Tullycraft – Pop Songs Your New Boyfriend is too Stupid to Know About
The Gifted Children – Neutral Milk Hotel
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