I Only Wrote This Song For You

Songs titled after or written about a reasonably famous person or persons. 40 favorites. Although as usual, I'm sure I'm forgetting plenty.

40d. Andy Warhol - David Bowie
40c. New York - Sex Pistols
40b. Gene Autry - Beulah
40a. Silicon Teens - Pulsars
40. Jimmie Jones - The Vapors
39. Ken Boothe Special - I-Roy
38. Stand Down Margaret - English Beat
37. Look Away - Iggy Pop
36. Linda Blair - Redd Kross
35. The Day John Kennedy Died - Lou Reed
34. Tribute To The Duke - Dr. Alimantado
33. Something - Beatles
32. Debbie & Kim - Redd Kross
31. Jean Genie - David Bowie
30. Buddy Holly - Weezer
29. Good Evening Mr. Waldheim - Lou Reed
28. I Never Loved Eva Braun - Boomtown Rats
27. Steve & Edie - Dramarama
26. Frederick - Patti Smith
25. Marcus Garvey - Burning Spear
24. Good Day - Paul Westerberg
23. Borneo Jimmy - Dictators
22. Joe The Lion - David Bowie
21. Jackie Wilson Said - Van Morrison
20. Adventurer - Lou Reed
19. Gary Gilmore's Eyes - Adverts
18. Song For Bob Dylan - David Bowie
17. Gene & Eddie - Stray Cats
16. Sad Vacation - Johnny Thunders
15. Who Killed Marilyn? - Misfits
14. Don't Get Weary Joe Frazier - I-Roy
13. Otis Redding - Everclear
12. Lil' Boys Play With Dolls - Lords Of The New Church
11. Angie - Rolling Stones
10. My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue) - Neil Young
9. Candle In The Wind - Elton John
8. Bonzo Goes To Bitburg - Ramones
7. Break It Up - Patti Smith
6. Alex Chilton - Replacements
5. Billy Idol - Bob Salvati
4. Lady Stardust - David Bowie
3. Johnny's Gonna Die - Replacements
2. Lon Chaney - Garland Jeffreys
1. London Boys - Johnny Thunders

Forgot Silicon Teens, Gene Autry, New York and Andy Warhol.



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Michael Caine-Madness
Candy Says-Velvet Underground
Clara Bow-The Cleaners From Venus
Mr. Churchill Says-The Kinks
Marie Provost-Nick Lowe
Robert Montgomery-Love
Talent Is An Asset-Sparks
I Saw Nick Drake-Robyn Hitchcock
Joey-Bob Dylan

Chelsea Hotel #2 - Leonard Cohen
Frederick - Patti Smith
Where's Bill Grundy Now?
and I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives - Television Personalities
Sit On My Face Stevie Nicks - The Rotters
Danny Says - Ramones



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Victoria-The Kinks (from the same album as Mr. Churchill Says & I forgot about it. D'oh!)
New York Doll-Robyn Hitchcock
Screaming Lord Sutch-Kimberly Rew

Walter Johnston-Jonathan Richman
James K. Polk & Meet George Ensor-TMBG
I'm Henry the VIII I Am-Herman's Hermits

Dylan - "Hurricane"

Recent fave : "You Got Away With It" - Todd Snider

Off the top of my head (and during break at work):

Faron - Prefab Sprout
Little Miss S - Edie Brickell
Cindy C - Prince
Johnny Cash - Sons and Daughters
For Lenny's Own Pleasure - Joy Zipper (Lenny Bruce)
Neal and Jack and Me - King Crimson
Biko - Peter Gabriel
Delius - Kate Bush
Pablo Picasso - Modern Lovers
V2 Schneider - David Bowie
Amelia Earhart Vs. The Dancing Bear - Handsome Family
The Giant of Illinois - Handsome Family (subject: Robert Wadlow)
How Do You Sleep? - John Lennon
Vincent Van Gogh - Jonathan Richman



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Thank You John-The Flamin' Groovies
Johnny Carson-The Beach Boys
Otis Sleep On-Arthur Conley
Tribute to A King-William Bell



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God I love these types of songs. These are some of my favorite songs of all time period:

Danny Says - Ramones
Lady Stardust - David Bowie
Alex Chilton - Replacements
Bonzo Goes To Bitburg - Ramones
Who Killed Marilyn? - Misfits
Marie Provost-Nick Lowe


Who is Candy Says about?

How about the most obvious:
Layla
Celluloid Heroes
You're so Vain
Johnny's Gonna Die

And then theres:
Dime store mystery - Reed
the campaigner - Young
Cortez the Killer - Young (truely one of his best)
eulogy to lenny bruce - nico
Chinese Rocks (by the Heartbreakers, about Dee Dee)(by the Ramones, about, Arty V.)
Tumblin Dice (it's about me)
I Wanna be You're Boyfriend (PJ Soles- or at least in the movie)
Arthur Lee's Lullabye - Walter Schreifels (this is an incredible song find it on myspace)

Oh yeah,

The Three men I admire most,
father, son...

I still maintain that "Prove It" by Television is about David Byrne, but since I can't find any documentation for it I'll let it go. But I KNOW I read that in several different sources 25 years ago.

Others:

All Those Years Ago - George Harrison (subject: John Lennon)
The Right Profile - The Clash (Montgomery Clift)
Jet Pilot - Son Volt (GW Bush)
Never Gonna Come Back Down - bT (DJ Rap)
God Save the Queen - the Sex Pistols
Joe Meek - Wreckless Eric
Lonesome Cowboy Bill - the Velvet Underground (William S Burroughs)
Velvet Underground - Jonathan Richman
Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack (Don McLean)
About a Boy - Patti Smith (Kurt Cobain)
Sleeps With Angels - Neil Young (Kurt Cobain)
Let Me In - REM (Kurt Cobain)
Man on the Moon - REM (Andy Kaufman)
Stuck in a Moment that You Can't Get Out Of - U2 (Michael Hutchence)
Joan of Arc & Maid of Orleans - OMD
Pandora's Box - OMD (Louise Brooks(
Lee Remick - the Go-Betweens
Melt - Monster Magnet
The entire Everything's Different Now album - Til Tuesday (Jules Shear)
Jesus Loves You, Brian Wilson - Lost Dogs
Boom Boom Mancini - Warren Zevon
Porcelain Monkey - Warren Zevon (Elvis)
Charlton Heston - Stump
Heads We're Dancing - Kate Bush (Hitler)
Hefner and Disney - T Bone Burnett
Frank Sinatra - Miss Kittin
Magnets - the Vapors (JFK & RFK)
James Brown - Big Audio Dynamite
Debbie Gibson is Pregnant with My Two-Headed Love Child - Mojo Nixon
Pretty Baby - Blondie (although I'm not sure if it's actually about Brooke Shields or not)
Valentina Tereshkova - Komputer
Tom Courtenay - Yo La Tengo
Under the Gun - Blondie (Jeffrey Lee Pearce)
2541 - Grant Hart (Bob Mould)
Ghost of David - Damien Jurado (David Bazan)
Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen (Charlie Starkweather)
Werner von Braun - Nova Mob
Galileo - Indigo Girls
David Duchovney - Bree Sharp
Tunic (Song for Karen) - Sonic Youth (Karen Carpenter)
The Unseen Power of the Picket Fence - Pavement (REM)
Houdini - Long Fin Killie
Tugboat - Alejandro Escovedo (Sterling Morrison)
Uma - Majesty Crush



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>The entire Everything's Different Now album - Til Tuesday

I'll assume Jules Shear is the topic...

Considering that it includes "J for Jules," I'm guessing the same.

"Who is Candy Says about?"

Candy Darling - trannie/Warhol scenester

ouija radio - "spirit of the ox"

"I Can't Get Bouncing Babies by the Teardrop Explodes" by The Freshies

"I Know Someone Who Knows Someone Who Knows Alan Mcghee Quite Well" by The Pooh Sticks

"(I Want To) Kill Somebody" by S*M*AS*H*

yeah yeah yeah song ---flaming lips
me and bobby d---everything but the girl
under a raging moon---roger daltry
danielle steele---the beautiful south
iggy and angus---sloan
we're the replacements---they might be giants

The House Jack Kerouac Built - The Go Betweens
Duk Koo Kim - Sun Kil Moon
Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus
Margaret on the Guillotine - Morrissey
Tough Guy - Beastie Boys
Butterfly McQueen - Boo Radleys
Rodney King (Song for Lenny Bruce) - Boo Radleys
Astley in the Noose - The Wonder Stuff

Bonnie & Clyde - Serge Gainsbourg
Teardrop Explodes - The Negro Problem
Sebastian Cabot - The Negro Problem
Jools and Jim - Pete Townshend
Blondie - Iron City Houserockers
California Uber Alles - Dead Kennedys
Shonen Knife - Shonen Knife
Ballad of Mott - Mott the Hoople
Well I Don't Know - Julian Lennon
I Just Shot John Lennon - The Cranberries
Madonna - Sparks
Tsui Hark - Sparks



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Silver Bullet - The Briefs
Danny Partridge - Mr. T Experiment
Axl & Iggy - East River Pipe
Shame Shame - Sloan
Strummerville - Stiff Little Fingers
No Mother - Old 97s
Debbie ♥s Joey - Helen Love



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Elizabeth Montgomery's Face - the Embarrassment



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Off the top of my head:

Free Nelson Mandela - Special AKA
Judgement Ina Babylon - Lee 'Scratch' Perry (re: Chris Blackwell as vampire)

Child Star - the Diodes (Anissa Jones)



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big tits richard pryor

Johnny Mathis' Feet - American Music Club
When Eno Sings - The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy

Sylvia Plath - Peter Laughner

Don't forget "2HB" by Roxy Music.

(And Willie "Loco" Alexander did a single called "Kerouac.")



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Sting Cannot Possibly Be the Same Guy Who Was in the Police - Atom and his Package



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Hats Off To Halford - Atom and his Package

chris burke freud

jad fair shakespeare

billy the kid blodwyn pig

joan of arc L cohen

nick cave jack the ripper

A Day Without Me - U2 (Ian Curtis)
Legend of a Mind - Moody Blues (Timothy Leary)
James Brown is Dead - LA Style
Billy Shakespeare - Skye Sweetnam
Monty Got a Raw Deal - REM (Montgomery Clift)
Rufus is a Tit Man - Loudon Wainwright (rufus Wainwright)
Bloody Motherfucking Asshole - Martha Wainwright (Loudon Wainwright)
The Death of the Psychoanalyst of Salvador Dali - Ellen Foley
Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle - Nirvana
Dance to Moroder - Joy Electric
Ingrid Bergman - Billy Bragg & Wilco
Walt Whitman's Niece - Billy Bragg & Wilco
Eisler on the Go - Billy Bragg & Wilco
Hey Jack Kerouac - 10,000 Maniacs
William Blake - Daniel Amos
Frank and Jesse James - Warren Zevon
Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd (Syd Barrett)
Young Ned on the Hill - the Pogues (Oliver Cromwell)
Shane MacGowan's Dentist - Mojo Nixon
I Do the Rock - Tim Curry (Current affairs people in 1979 or so)
It's About Time - Lemonheads (Juliana Hatfield)
Rick James Style - Lemonheads
Jesus Christ - Big Star
Jesus - Velvet Underground
Hey Jude - The Beatles (Julian Lennon)
Beautiful Boy - John Lennon (Sean Lennon)



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Did it ever occur to anyone that the parameters here might be a little broad?

it never occured to me four freshmen

np gasoline alley

Songs about little broads:

Winona - Matthew Sweet
Kylie Said to Jason - the KLF



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That's better. Much more specific.

songs about big girls

big boned gal---kd lang
moby dick---led zep
activity girl---joan jett
fat bottomed girls---queen
stars in all my dreams---some girls
big girls don't cry---four seasons
baby got back---sir mix alot

songs about parameters by broads

parameters ani difranco ((hubba less hubba less)

parameters vic chestnutt
parameters chrome (hubba hubba)

parameter-confined songs about big broads with big titties that never occured to me

Victoria Kinks

NP
DJ cherrystones
word

WORD UP!!!



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Christine(Sizemore)[Siouxsie And The Banshees]
Ivo(Watts-Russell)[Coteau Twins]

Shizzle wrote:

> Songs titled after or written about a reasonably famous person
> or persons.


pretty much every half man half biscuit song

hank, karen, elvis ---young fresh fellows
xtc vs adam ant ---tmbg
especially for you ---the beautiful south (alternate:song for whoever)