Nth degree(s) of separation?

I was just listening to the expanded version of Julian Cope’s Jehovahkill and came upon this idea. I’m not sure how far it can go….

Julian Cope has a song called Michael Rother.
Michael Rother was in Neu!, who has a song called Negativland.
Negativland has a ‘song’called Michael Jackson.
Michael Jackson was in the Jackson 5, who recorded ABC.
ABC recorded a song called United Kingdom.
…Did UK record a song that shares a name with a band??
Or you could branch off at Michael Jackson and say he recorded a song called Scream.
DC’s Scream recorded a song called Rain.
Rain was another DC band w/ Eli Janney, who recorded the song Plush with GVSB.
The band Plush recorded a song called The Woods.
The Woods were a band on Twin/Tone who recorded a song called Sand.
Sand were either the ‘70s Krautrock band, or a collaboration on Creation between Dick Green and Ed Ball from the Times and TVPs…
The German band recorded a song called Power Station on their Ultraphonic Seraphim release.
The Power Station recorded a Song called Dope.
Dope is another Julian Cope recording project who recorded the track The Dee Dee Ramone Story.
The Ramones recorded (a) Bad Brain…or option (b) Pinhead, a VT band (w/ Mark Spencer)….
…Or another branch...Power Station also recorded a song called Shut Up (**branch below), which is a collaboration between Robin Amos and Glenn Jones, later of cul-de-sac.
Cul-de-sac recorded a song called Doldrums.
Doldrums were a band with Justin from Pitchblende, who recorded a song called Kevorkian.
François Kevorkian is a DJ/producer /engineer who produced the song Sleazy on the Jah Wobble/Edge/Czukay Snake Charmer EP.
Sleazy is the nom-de-disque of Peter Christopherson. Choose your tangent…PTV/TG/Coil/Hipgnosis….
**Shut Up recorded a song called The Four Horsemen, who were an LA band on Def American….

Maybe this is a fool/music geek’s errand, but maybe with a bunch of thought, there’s a radio show in here, Delvin? Or not.
Guaranteed to be a jarring listen!!



Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 09/18/2023 10:54PM by Five*Words.

Wow!

Another detour could be that "Power Station" is English for Kraftwerk.

> …Did UK record a song that shares a name with a band??

Yes! "Nevermore"...who recorded a song called "Utopia"
Utopia recorded a song called...

And off you go on that tangent!

Thx Zoo!
Utopia did a song called Caravan.
The band Caravan did a song called Ride.
(And we are out of the Prog ghetto and back in TP territory.)

Man, it would take some serious work to pull together a two-hour set of this. (Or it would, if you guys weren't already doing it for me.)

Midge Ure - "If I Was"
Was (Not Was) - "A Spy in the House of Love"
House of Love - "The Beatles and the Stones"
The Beatles - "Anna (Go To Him)"
Anna Calvi - "Jezebel"
Gene Loves Jezebel - "It'll End in Tears"
Tears for Fears - "Mad World"
World Party - "Private Revolution"
Prince & the Revolution - "When Doves Cry"
Doves - "There Goes the Fear"
Fear - "Let's Have a War"
War - "Slippin' Into Darkness"
The Darkness - "I Believe in a Thing Called Love"
Love - "A House Is Not a Motel"
The Motels - "Danger"
Harvey Danger - "Cream and Bastards Rise"
Cream - "Tales of Brave Ulysses"
Nation of Ulysses - "Spectra Sonic Sound"
The Sonics - "I'm a Rolling Stone"
Rolling Stones - "Heaven"
Heaven 17 - "Penthouse and Pavement"
Pavement - "Rattled by the Rush"
Rush - "Closer to the Heart"
Heart - "Barracuda"
The Barracudas - "Surfers Are Back"
Butthole Surfers - "Dog Inside Your Body"
Dr. Dog - "That Old Black Hole"
Hole - "Celebrity Skin"
Beautiful Skin - "Harsh Distractions"
The Distractions - "Everything Sounds Like Coldplay"
Coldplay - "Sparks"
Sparks - "Madonna"
Madonna - "Like a Virgin"
Virgin Prunes - "Decline and Fall"
The Fall - "I am Damo Suzuki"
Damo Suzuki - "Eighteenth"
18th Dye - "Glass House Failure"
Failure - "Leo"
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists (Could skip straight here from the Fall via "Mr. Pharmacist") - "The Crane Takes Flight"
Cranes - "Dada 331"
Dada - "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow"
Tomorrow - "Three Jolly Little Dwarfs"
Dwarves - "Drug Store"
Drugstore - "El President"
The Presidents of the United States of America - "Lump"
Lump - "Animal"
The Animals - "Gonna Send You Back to Walker"
Scott Walker - "Big Louise"
Louise Post - "Killer"
The Killers - "Runaways"
The Runaways - "School Days"
The School - "Valentine"
My Bloody Valentine - "Feed Me With Your Kiss"
Kiss - "Shout It Out Loud"
The Shout Out Louds - "In New Europe"
Europe - "The Final Countdown"

Reno for the win!