Just thought of this silly meta-list topic: songs about musical artists Song for Michael Jackson to Sing Listening to the Higsons Silicon Teens Levi Stubbs' Tears The Man Who Died Everyday Ramones Jackie Wilson Says ... you get the idea https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13765#msg-13765 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 02:09:18 +0000 Phorum 5.2.23 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,14003#msg-14003 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,14003#msg-14003
The only audiophile network with four whole threads per year.

One for each season!

Cool!!

Tell all yer friends



Post Edited (05-19-08 23:39)]]> STEVE Trouser Press Tue, 20 May 2008 06:39:21 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13993#msg-13993 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13993#msg-13993 larryepke Trouser Press Mon, 19 May 2008 18:49:16 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13986#msg-13986 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13986#msg-13986
Same goes for the Blues Explosion, come to think of it. Is there a song on any of the albums where Spencer doesn't shout out "BLUES EXPLOSION!" at some point in the song?]]> rhettlawrence Trouser Press Sun, 18 May 2008 00:37:55 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13975#msg-13975 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13975#msg-13975 Top Jimmy."

]]> Delvin Trouser Press Fri, 16 May 2008 20:15:52 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13974#msg-13974 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13974#msg-13974
Also ...

Kool & the Gang - "Hollywood Swinging"
D-12 - "My Band" (actually, hip-hop is rife with such self-referential songs)]]> Delvin Trouser Press Fri, 16 May 2008 20:14:05 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13973#msg-13973 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13973#msg-13973
The Monkees - "Hey Hey We're the Monkees"
The Archies - "Everything's Archie"
Adam & the Ants - "Antmusic"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Baby Appeal"
Mott the Hoople - "Ballad of Mott"
The Clash - "We are the Clash"

Beatles - "Ballad of John and Yoko"

And I haven't scrolled back up through here, but has anyone mentioned "Roller's Show" by Nick Lowe yet?]]> breno Trouser Press Fri, 16 May 2008 16:54:48 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13972#msg-13972 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13972#msg-13972 > the band that sang them.

Ooooh, yeah, come on! Everybody Wang Chung tonight!]]> Delvin Trouser Press Fri, 16 May 2008 16:26:03 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13969#msg-13969 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13969#msg-13969 ratboy Trouser Press Fri, 16 May 2008 16:00:28 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13968#msg-13968 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13968#msg-13968 Bruise Violet[Babes In Toyland]....allegedly about Courtney Love.
Drop Dead/Celebration[Siouxsie And The Banshees]...targets 2 former band members.
Free James Brown(So He Could Run Me Down)[Foetus]]]> Justj0hn Trouser Press Fri, 16 May 2008 11:02:24 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13960#msg-13960 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13960#msg-13960 erikalbany Trouser Press Thu, 15 May 2008 18:29:03 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13955#msg-13955 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13955#msg-13955
Also, there's "(Here They Come) From All Over The World" by Jan & Dean, the theme song from The TAMI Show, the URGH! A Music War of its day & equally (along w/its sequel The TNT Show) & sadly unavailable on DVD.]]> diskojoe Trouser Press Thu, 15 May 2008 15:26:52 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13952#msg-13952 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13952#msg-13952
And then there are the songs about the band that sang them:
"Rich Kids" by Rich Kids
"Ballad of Paul Revere" by Paul Revere and the Raiders.]]> larryepke Trouser Press Thu, 15 May 2008 00:03:31 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13937#msg-13937 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13937#msg-13937 Hank, Karen and Elvis
Amy Grant

Mojo Nixon -
Debbie Gibson is Pregnant With My Two-Headed Love Child

]]> Heff Trouser Press Tue, 13 May 2008 19:17:45 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13928#msg-13928 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13928#msg-13928
And I seem to remember that "It's About Time" by the Lemonheads was Evan Dando's plea to Hatfield to knock it off with the virginity and just sleep with him already.

I think "The Man Who Invented Himself" by Robyn Hitchcock is about Syd Barrett.

"Boy" by Ian Hunter - I think it's about Bowie, but not sure.

"How Do You Sleep?" John Lennon spitting bile at McCartney

"Let Me Roll It" McCartney's olive branch response.

"All Those Years Ago," "Here Today" and "Well, I Don't Know" - George, Paul & Julian's responses to John's murder.

"Bloody Motherfucking Asshole" - Martha Wainwright's loving tribute to her pappy.

John Lennon "Beautiful Boy," The Beatles "Hey Jude" and Loudon Wainwright "Rufus is a Tit Man" - songs about future musicians.

"Miss Williams' Guitar" - the Jayhawks

"D. Boon" - Uncle Tupelo

"Haley's Comet" - Dave Alvin

"Tunic (Song for Karen)" - Sonic Youth

"Elvis is Dead" - Living Colour

"Lightnin' Hopkins" - REM

"A Day Without Me" - U2



Post Edited (05-12-08 18:18)]]> breno Trouser Press Mon, 12 May 2008 20:45:52 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13926#msg-13926 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13926#msg-13926 erikalbany Trouser Press Mon, 12 May 2008 18:34:17 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13925#msg-13925 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13925#msg-13925
Do you remember Rick Astley
He had a big fat hit, it was ghastly



Post Edited (05-12-08 12:04)]]> Michael Toland Trouser Press Mon, 12 May 2008 16:26:39 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13922#msg-13922 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13922#msg-13922 Together hand in hand.
But if you think it's gonna rain
We'll stay at home and listen to The Band...

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The question, as I rephrase it then.. is not do i think the rays will win the A.L. East. But rather will they continue to beat the Yanks, Red Sox and Orioles?

Probably.

They like us ride an unseen wave of hope.

(Shit , bands squared right? Well, in keeping with the topic...The Band. The song 'Cripple Creek.'
Where Levon Helm says he's got "Spike Jones on the voxx"



Post Edited (05-11-08 19:25)]]> STEVE Trouser Press Mon, 12 May 2008 02:23:15 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13920#msg-13920 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13920#msg-13920 Van Morrison, "these dreams of you"]]> erikalbany Trouser Press Sun, 11 May 2008 19:51:56 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13919#msg-13919 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13919#msg-13919
STEVE, do you think the Rays are the Team of Destiny this year?]]> diskojoe Trouser Press Sun, 11 May 2008 05:58:42 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13914#msg-13914 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13914#msg-13914 Jermore spinning a mutherfucker of a web.
The web ?
See Jermoe.

What kind of loudspeakers do you have?]]> STEVE Trouser Press Sat, 10 May 2008 08:44:40 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13913#msg-13913 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13913#msg-13913
I think Foo Fighters' "My Hero" is about their drummer, Taylor Hawkins. If the song is written by one member of the band about another member of the band, does it qualify (leaving Fleetwood Mac & Pink Floyd for the moment).
"Good Time Boys" - Red Hot Chili Peppers (salutes Thelonious Monster, Firehose, X & Fishbone)
"Song for Whoever" - The Beautiful South (an homage/parody to Elton John)
"Michael Stipe" - P (featuring Gibby Haynes & Johnny Depp)
"Astley's in the Noose" - The Wonder Stuff (hating on the hateable Rick Astley
"James Brown" - B.A.D.
"Not Now James, We're Busy" - Pop Will Eat Itself
"Michael Jackson" - Fatboy Slim (also refers to Tina Turner)
"Debbie" - The B-52's (Debbie Harry)
"Whitney Joins the JAMS" - The Timelords, a.k.a. The KLF (about Whitney Houston)–they also recorded a version of "Doctorin' the Tardis" with Gary Glitter (whose "Rock & Roll [Part 2]" they'd ripped off originally), and called it "Gary Joins the Jams", in which Glitter refers to his own songs. It's all quite post-modern.
"Rock Me Amadeus" - Falco]]> Jermoe Trouser Press Sat, 10 May 2008 06:11:12 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13909#msg-13909 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13909#msg-13909 STEVE Trouser Press Sat, 10 May 2008 00:51:12 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13908#msg-13908 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13908#msg-13908 ira Trouser Press Fri, 09 May 2008 19:29:33 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13903#msg-13903 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13903#msg-13903 mojo nixon-don henley must die
plimsouls-playing with jack
fountains of wayne- at the laser show

one more...tackle box-mark lindsey's ponytail

killer topic



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Post Edited (05-06-08 09:48)]]> erikalbany Trouser Press Tue, 06 May 2008 16:48:17 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13882#msg-13882 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13882#msg-13882 zwirnm Trouser Press Tue, 06 May 2008 03:30:26 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13874#msg-13874 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13874#msg-13874 madisdadi Trouser Press Mon, 05 May 2008 16:45:43 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13872#msg-13872 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,13765,13872#msg-13872
"Link Wray" Jason (scorcher) Ringenberg

A song about my favorite guitarist by one of my least favorite singers.]]> erikalbany Trouser Press Mon, 05 May 2008 15:59:30 +0000