Re: Setlist from last night (23 April)

The Name-Droppers! Thanks to all my TP colleagues for the great recommendations.

"I Go Crazy" - Queen (The Rolling Stones)
"Someone to Love" - Fountains of Wayne (Coldplay)
"London's Brilliant" - Wendy James (Joe Strummer and Mick Jones)
"Now I'm Here" - Queen (Mott the Hoople)

"Breakup Song" - American Hi-Fi (My Bloody Valentine, The Pixies, Cheap Trick, AC/DC)
"Let's All Turn On" - The Hoodoo Gurus (Sky Saxon, Sam the Sham)
"I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts" - X (The Minutemen, D.O.A., The Flesh Eaters, Big Boys, Black Flag)
"Turn Off the TV" - Old 97's (The Pixies, T. Rex)

"What Has Happened?" - 12 Rods (Korn)
"Annie" - Elastica (Jimi Hendrix, Thin Lizzy)
"In the Garage" - Weezer (Kiss -- Ace Frehley, Peter Criss)
"Long Haired Guys from England" - Too Much Joy (The Cult)
"Punk Rock Girl" - The Dead Milkmen (Mojo Nixon, The Beach Boys)

"All the Young Dudes" - David Bowie (T. Rex, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones)
"Clash City Rockers" - The Clash (Lou Reed, David Bowie, Gary Glitter)
"Part Time Punks" - Television Personalities (The Clash, The Lurkers, Siouxsie & the Banshees)
"Song for Dan Treacy" - MGMT (Television Personalities)

"Ballrooms of Mars" - T. Rex (Bob Dylan, John Lennon)
"Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" - The Ramones (Jerry Lee Lewis, John Lennon, T. Rex)
"The Things That Dreams Are Made Of" - The Human League (The Ramones -- Johnny, Joey, Dee Dee)
"My Perfect Cousin" - The Undertones (The Human League)

"Constructive Summer" - The Hold Steady (The Stooges, Joe Strummer)
"The True Wheel" - Brian Eno (The Modern Lovers) (Eno also sings "a certain ratio" in the lyrics -- prescient name-checking)
"I Do the Rock" - Tim Curry (John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Rod Stewart, Mick Jagger, Linda Ronstadt)

"Skank By Numbers" - Mustard Plug (The Specials, Toots & the Maytals, The Wailers, Laurel Aitken, The English Beat, The Skatalites)
"Beer Money" - The Young Fresh Fellows (The Del Fuegos)
"Freeze" - Robyn Hitchcock (David Byrne)
"The Prince" - Madness (Prince Buster)

"Capricorn Sister" - Mother Love Bone (Freddie Mercury)
"My Sister" - The Juliana Hatfield Three (Violent Femmes, The Del Fuegos)
"Instant Club Hit (You'll Dance to Anything)" - The Dead Milkmen (Siouxsie Sioux, The Communards, Book of Love, The Smiths, Depeche Mode, PiL)
"Who Will Save Rock and Roll?" - The Dictators (The Stooges)

"Punk o Rama" by Venus & The Razorblades?

I think I could find enough to fill a sequel -- especially if I use a few high-profile selections (such as "Smoke on the Water").

The Del Fuegos get mentioned twice - I'd've never have called that.

Cool set!

So, a question since I'm not familiar with many of these songs. In every instance is the band or musician named, or is a song referenced? Cuz if it's only the musician band, then referencing a song might be a cool idea for a set. For example, BOC's "Dominance and Submission" references "The Locomotion."

In every instance, one or more bands/artists are mentioned in the lyrics. But songs that reference other songs would be a cool concept too! Any other recommendations?

Jimmy Eat World’s “authority song” is not a cover but actually a song about playing mellencamp’s ‘authority song’ on the jukebox.

Same song says “the DJ never has it, JMC ‘automatic’”.

Sparks - "When Do I Get To Sing 'My Way'?"
The Knack - "Lil' Cal's Big Mistake"
The Freshies - "I Can't Get Bouncing Babies By the Teardrop Explodes"
Dead Milkmen - "Punk Rock Girl" (again)
Pete Townshend - "Cats in the Cupboard"



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/27/2021 04:51AM by breno.

Delvin Wrote:
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> In every instance, one or more bands/artists are mentioned in the lyrics. But songs that reference other songs would be a cool concept too! > Any other recommendations?

Porcupine Tree - "Pure Narcotic" (Radiohead - "The Bends")
The Pogues - "Fairy Tale of New York" ("Galway Bay")

And the ultimate "quote other songs" song:
Built to Spill - "You Were Right" ("Dust in the Wind, " "Another Brick in the Wall," "Manic Depression," etc)

BTW, this is harder than I thought. Not many are coming to mind off the top of my head.

Hey! - I think I recommended the Hoodoo Gurus. However, the Too Much Joy song "Long Haired Guys From England" does not reference the Cult but Midnight Oil ("except he's bald and from Australia, it's still the same concept"). When they played this live, they would usually insert whatever the hot band from England was at that time.

"All the girls in this here bar
Will treat you like you're a star
Don't get excited, it's just luck
They'll ignore you if the guy from The Cult shows up."

Now do a show featuring everyone name-dropped in "Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)."

Which I didn't know til just now was co-written by Norman Dolph, better known to fans of The Velvet Underground and Nico as "producer Andy Warhol."