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"Morissey Rides a Cockhorse" by Warlock Pinchers
"Has Anybody Here Seen Hank?" (about Hank Williams) by Waterboys
"Prince Alone in the Studio" by Smog
"For the Mekons et al" by Palace
"Roll Over Beethoven" any version

― Moss Feaster (Moss Feaster), Thursday, 11 September 2003 04:00 (twenty-two years ago)

"Michael Jackson" - Fatboy Slim
"Ladykiller" - Lush
"James Brown" - Blood Brothers
"Be My Yoko Ono" - Barenaked Ladies
"Girls" - D12

― Famous Athlete, Thursday, 11 September 2003 05:19 (twenty-two years ago)

"I Just Wanna Get Along" - the Breeders. Nice "fuckyou" song, that.

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 11 September 2003 05:33 (twenty-two years ago)

'jimmy webb is god' the boo radleys
'a banda do ze pretinho' jorge ben

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Thursday, 11 September 2003 05:35 (twenty-two years ago)

"The Freed Pig" Sebadoh (J Mascis)
"Nick Drake Tape" Clem Snide
"The wreck of the Arthur Lee" Robyn Hitchcock
"I saw Nick Drake" Robyn Hitchcock
And then there's The Boy with the Arab Strap
And then there's Mojo Nixon

― Shmuel (shmuel), Thursday, 11 September 2003 07:09 (twenty-two years ago)

'Johnny Thunders' by Vic Godard; 'I Can't Get "Bouncing Babies" by the Teardrop Explodes' by the Freshies

― bham, Thursday, 11 September 2003 07:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Malkmus did a retrospective appreciation of Reckoning for a magazine (Uncut? Mojo?) recently that confirmed his dislike of 'Time After Time'. I think he's nuts.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 11 September 2003 07:13 (twenty-two years ago)

"bring me the head of jerry garcia" by iron prostate, "empty garden" by elton john.

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Thursday, 11 September 2003 07:20 (twenty-two years ago)

is this thread just for songs completely about a musician, or ones that just mention other musicians?

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Thursday, 11 September 2003 07:28 (twenty-two years ago)

"Cool as Kim Deal" - Dandy Warhols

"Needle and the Damage Done" - Neil Young

― JP Almeida (JP Almeida), Thursday, 11 September 2003 08:06 (twenty-two years ago)

You're One by Imperial Teen is about Kurt Cobain too.

― Damian (Damian), Thursday, 11 September 2003 09:36 (twenty-two years ago)

They Might Be Giants, "We're The Replacements"

― Nick Mirov (nick), Thursday, 11 September 2003 09:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Roberta Flack, 'Killing Me Softly'
Eileen Rose, 'Tom Waits Crooning'
Black Box Recorder, 'Andrew Ridgeley'

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 11 September 2003 10:02 (twenty-two years ago)

bill drummond 'julian cope is dead'
julian cope 'bill drummond says'

― joni, Thursday, 11 September 2003 10:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Miles Davis wrote "He Loved Him Madly" as a tribute to Duke Ellington when he died.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 11 September 2003 13:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Also Miles' "John McLaughlin" offa Bitches Brew.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 11 September 2003 13:08 (twenty-two years ago)

"nirvana" by elemeno p

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Thursday, 11 September 2003 13:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Did no one yet mention "I Know Where Syd Barret Lives"?

Re: "Michael Stipe (suck my long skinny pipe)" I recall a Spin feature on the Butthole Surfers long ago where they claimed to have written something similar on the side of their tour van. My memory of this is hazy.

― dlp9001, Thursday, 11 September 2003 15:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm fairly certain that the quote on the side of the Butthole's van went something like this:

Michael Stipe,
Despite the hype,
I wanna suck your big long pipe."

They use to live in Athens, and would park it outside his house.
(The same Spin article called my good friend Trevor [former B-Hole bassist] "the most hated man in America")

― peepee (peepee), Thursday, 11 September 2003 15:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I think that I remember that Johnny Thunder's Sad Vacation is about Sid Vicious.

― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 11 September 2003 16:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Rickie Lee Jones "Chuck E.'s in Love"

― Bruce Urquhart (Bruce Urquhart), Thursday, 11 September 2003 16:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Mojo Nixon to thread:
Elvis is Everywhere
I'm Gonna Dig up Howlin' Wolf
Debbie Gibson is Pregnant with my 2-Headed Love Child
Don Henley Must Die
----
I'm wondering how REM standing up to the Union Army in "Unseen Power of the Picket Fence" means that Malkmus thinks that they suck now. I mean, in that song he remenices about early REM and then he wants to go back to the Civil War and see them marching through Georgia and it ends with "there stands REM" - no indication that they've fallen off. I guess you could assume that Malkmus thinks they've fallen off, since clearly they have, but I wouldn't say it's what that song is about.

― BrianB, Thursday, 11 September 2003 16:18 (twenty-two years ago)

the blow had a song about bob mould that was kinda cute. actually, i think it was about bob mould fans
amy correia's "blind river boy" was about jeff buckley

― Felcher (Felcher), Thursday, 11 September 2003 16:19 (twenty-two years ago)

pj harvey:memphis (j buckley)

― kephm, Thursday, 11 September 2003 17:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Bob Dylan-Song To Woody [Guthrie, that is]
Leonard Cohen-Chelsea Hotel #2 (Janis Joplin)
Bob Dylan-Blind Willie McTell (duh)
Gram Parsons-Return of The Grievous Angel (supposedly about Elvis)

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Thursday, 11 September 2003 18:01 (twenty-two years ago)

the doublehappys - big fat elvis
some dude - walking in memphis
gillian welch - elvis presley blues
the byrds - so you wanna be a rock n roll star

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Thursday, 11 September 2003 22:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Mighty K.C. was a fucking sad song especially after those guys passed. Anyone remember "Michael Stipe" by P? - I think it was a Butthole Surfers side-project or something.

― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Friday, 12 September 2003 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

only living boy in new york - simon and garfunkel
written by paul about art, unknowingly to art - art is tom. when they were first together they released as a duo called Tom and Jerry.

so long frank lloyd wright - simon and garfunkel
again, written by paul about art - and art never knew. art studied architecture in college.

just lemme know if this is common knowledge....or maybe i'm a bit obsessed/have listened to the Old Friends box set too many times/read too many interview.....i dunno.

― zarathustra, Friday, 12 September 2003 03:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Who is "Styx Gig" by?

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 12 September 2003 03:33 (twenty-two years ago)

The Widowed Isis - (I Want To Be) Jim Morrison.

Don't ask.

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Friday, 12 September 2003 03:34 (twenty-two years ago)

"Rmaones"-Motorhead

― dwayne dibley (frownland), Friday, 12 September 2003 09:27 (twenty-two years ago)

oops - "Ramones"

― frownland (frownland), Friday, 12 September 2003 09:27 (twenty-two years ago)

thanks

― dwayne dibley (frownland), Friday, 12 September 2003 09:31 (twenty-two years ago)

"Michael Jackson" by Fatboy Slim.
"Markus Popp Can Kiss My Redneck Ass" by Lesser.
"Luke Vibert Can Kiss My Indie-Punk Whiteboy Ass" by Kid 606.
"There He Stood" by Jamaaladeen Tacuma (it's about Paul Robeson).
"The Baron" by Eric Dolphy (that one's about Charles Mingus).
"Miles' Mode" by John Coltrane (you can guess whom that one is about).

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Friday, 12 September 2003 09:42 (twenty-two years ago)

The Waterboys' It Should Have Been You is supposedly addressed to the late Johnny Thunders.

― Palomino (Palomino), Friday, 12 September 2003 20:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Liveonrelease - "I'm afraid of Britney Spears",

Pet Shop Boys' "The night I fell in love" is about Eminem,

Was Jennifer Rush's "Madonna's eyes" about the Queen of pop?

― Seb, Saturday, 13 September 2003 19:59 (twenty-two years ago)

I hate to bring this up, but 'Killing Me Softly' was written about Don McClean (sp?) singing 'American Pie' about Buddy Holly. I'm going to write a song called 'With a Machine Gun' about this post.

― Speedy Gonzalas (Speedy Gonzalas), Saturday, 13 September 2003 20:08 (twenty-two years ago)

didn't quasi write one or more bitter songs about elliott smith? if so does anyone know what they are? cuz i can really relate right now.

― lolita corpus (lolitacorpus), Saturday, 13 September 2003 21:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Range Life?

"The Stone Temple Pilots are elegant bachelors".

― MarkH (MarkH), Saturday, 13 September 2003 21:22 (twenty-two years ago)

That shit Cranberries song about John Lennon to thread!

Also, the KLF Kylie said to Jason and BMX Bandits Kylie's Got A Crush on Us

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 14 September 2003 11:10 (twenty-two years ago)

"The Assasination of Stephan Grossman" by John Fahey, but he spelt the name wrong, cos its Stefan i think.

― Bob Shaw (Bob Shaw), Sunday, 14 September 2003 11:17 (twenty-two years ago)

(disclaimer - I do realise neither Kylie or Jason could be technically classified as musicians)

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 14 September 2003 11:19 (twenty-two years ago)

(disclaimer - I do realise neither Kylie nor Jason could be technically classified as musicians)

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 14 September 2003 11:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Adam Ant's "Goody two shoes", about Kevin Rowland... Or did someone just say that in the playground and I believed it.

― Keith Watson (kmw), Sunday, 14 September 2003 13:29 (twenty-two years ago)

didn't quasi write one or more bitter songs about elliott smith?
i guess they're on sword of god. little lord fauntleroy et al.

asking ilm when you can just ask your real life friend who you know knows the answer, classic or classic?

― lolita corpus (lolitacorpus), Tuesday, 16 September 2003 18:14 (twenty-two years ago)

"So Tough" - Slits (references Johnny Rotton and Sid Vicious)
"Instant Hit" - Slits (about Keith Levene of PIL)

― Paul Marfleet, Thursday, 18 September 2003 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

ten years pass...

New Babe The Blue Ox album has a song called D. Boon and I got curious. I wonder if he's actually the musician with the most songs about him. Quick scan of Spotify reveals a whole bunch.

― dlp9001, Friday, 25 July 2014 14:56 (eleven years ago)

seven years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzjO6ADwD74

― xzanfar, Friday, 25 March 2022 13:40 (four years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WRSO3usjKA

― xzanfar, Friday, 25 March 2022 13:41 (four years ago)

Joni Mitchell - "That Song About the Midway"
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/joni-mitchell-dumped-david-crosby/

― raven, Saturday, 26 March 2022 11:21 (four years ago)

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