Also in "All You Need Is Love," one of them shouting "ALL TOGETHER NOW" in the outro
― hoooyaaargh it's me satan (voodoo chili), Friday, 19 January 2018 21:55 (six years ago) link
even at their most acid fried the Beatles understood the concept of good brand synergy
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 19 January 2018 22:07 (six years ago) link
I think "All together now" came after "All you need is love"
― Mark G, Friday, 19 January 2018 22:44 (six years ago) link
Jenny hval kingsize references Laurie Anderson
"But here I see no subculture, no future;No big science"
― kolakube (Ross), Saturday, 20 January 2018 09:19 (six years ago) link
Also jenny hval references merry Xmas - war is over in take care of yourself. Throw back to Fiona Apple on "and feminism is over and socialism's over"
― kolakube (Ross), Saturday, 20 January 2018 09:35 (six years ago) link
The solos in "People Who Died" repeatedly throw in the "Roll Over Beethoven" riff, but that may just reflect Chuck's contribution to rock DNA generally.
― if you steeleye spanshine (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:57 (six years ago) link
There's a live version of The Go-Betweens' "The Clock" where Grant, right before Robert's outro guitar solo, says/sings "Play, magic fingers!" exactly the way Mike Nesmith does on The Monkees' "Papa Gene's Blues."
― Millennial Whoop, wanna fight about it? (Phil D.), Thursday, 25 January 2018 16:26 (six years ago) link
There's a song on the new first aid kit which has the line "what comes after this, momentary bliss" - beach house
― kolakube (Ross), Monday, 5 February 2018 20:25 (six years ago) link
speaking of Scarborough Fair: Elizabeth My Dear by the Stone Roses― nate woolls, Friday, January 19, 2018 10:41 AM (two weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Scarborough Fair is actually a folk song from like the 16th century which has lots of variants, so you could just say the Stone Roses were reclaiming that tradition.
― enochroot, Tuesday, 6 February 2018 14:11 (six years ago) link
Two more for the 80's kids:- In the middle of La Di Da Di, Slick Rick starts singing a few lines from "Sukiyaki" by A Taste of Honey.- In the Thompson Twins "Love On Your Side", they make a musical reference to their own song. When he sings "I've played you all my favorite records", the song quotes the melody from "In The Name of Love", which was on their previous album. I've always thought it was lame to shout out their own song (surely this one can't be his actual favorite record)
― enochroot, Tuesday, 6 February 2018 17:39 (six years ago) link
Sean Ryder to thread. Lazyitis shovels in great big handfuls of 'ticket to ride', 'family affair' and David Essex.
― out comes stanley, Tuesday, 6 February 2018 21:33 (six years ago) link
Big Boi’s Shutterbug breaks into Soul II Soul -Back to life
― ƒ©˙∆˚¬ (Whitey on the Moon), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 06:16 (six years ago) link
Does This is why I’m hot fit here?
― ƒ©˙∆˚¬ (Whitey on the Moon), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 06:53 (six years ago) link
― ƒ©˙∆˚¬ (Whitey on the Moon), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 06:54 (six years ago) link
believe in something fun by price rama references "break stuff" by limp bizkit
there's also a reference to within you, without you on another track
― tinnitus the night (Ross), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 19:57 (six years ago) link
jay-z's "i just wanna love u (give it 2 me)" very briefly references carl thomas's "i wish", which was a hit earlier in the same year. (obviously its interpolation of rick james's "give it to me baby" for the hook is more prominent.)
― dyl, Monday, 18 March 2019 03:02 (five years ago) link
Ariana Grande’s “R.E.M.” evokes the famous ”bum-bum-bum-bum” scatting of “Mr. Sandman” — working the same “dream theme” — without actually repeating the earlier song’s melody.
― What's that Phish song that goes "Bag it, Tag it"? (morrisp), Monday, 18 March 2019 03:43 (five years ago) link
(Come to think of it — Pharrell’s spoken line in the same song (”I know how to keep it”) arguably echoes Mr. Sandman’s ”Yes?” in the Chordettes classic.)
― What's that Phish song that goes "Bag it, Tag it"? (morrisp), Monday, 18 March 2019 04:05 (five years ago) link
Omc - "how bizarre" has a trumpet playing "the lion sleeps tonight" at some point
― brimstead, Monday, 18 March 2019 04:11 (five years ago) link
^R.E.M. (the band) pay tribute to the same song in “The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite”
― What's that Phish song that goes "Bag it, Tag it"? (morrisp), Monday, 18 March 2019 04:16 (five years ago) link
The brass breakdown from The Cure's "Close to Me" is the middle eight of Sufjan Stevens' "Come On! Feel the Illinoise!"
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Monday, 18 March 2019 04:17 (five years ago) link
Pavement’s “Trigger Cut” nicks the intro of VU’s “Coney Island Steeplechase”
― What's that Phish song that goes "Bag it, Tag it"? (morrisp), Monday, 18 March 2019 04:19 (five years ago) link
the microphones - florida beach (beach boys' 'good vibrations')
― but i'm there are fuckups (Karl Malone), Monday, 18 March 2019 04:24 (five years ago) link
“Universal Frequencies,” by His Name Is Alive, is sort of an extended study in musical references to “Good Vibrations” (maybe to a point beyond the scope of this thread topic).
― What's that Phish song that goes "Bag it, Tag it"? (morrisp), Monday, 18 March 2019 04:37 (five years ago) link
Okkervil River have a couple of these. "John Allyn Smith Sails" quotes from "Sloop John B" and "Famous Tracheotomies" quotes from "Waterloo Sunset". In both cases the musical quotation is integral to the lyrics of the song. Will Sheff is one clever dude.
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Monday, 18 March 2019 08:59 (five years ago) link
and that's the third post in a row to reference the Beach Boys
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Monday, 18 March 2019 09:00 (five years ago) link
I always appreciated how the Handsome Furs "All We Want Baby Is Everything" walks the line between homage, cover version, and complete reimagination of New Order's "Temptation".
And speaking of New Order, they sort of did the same thing on "Run 2" which reimagines "Leaving On A Jet Plane". But in their case I think it was inadvertent or just plain coincidental.
― enochroot, Monday, 18 March 2019 13:30 (five years ago) link
Does "Christina Applegate you gotta put me on" from "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" by PM Dawn count?
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Monday, 18 March 2019 13:39 (five years ago) link
No one has ever successfully explained how Run is similar to Leaving on a Jet Plane to me.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 18 March 2019 15:56 (five years ago) link
if the entire song is a reimagination of another it's not really a 'brief' musical reference
― dyl, Monday, 18 March 2019 16:01 (five years ago) link
Harry Nilsson's cover of "You Can't Do That" has direct quotes of at least a dozen other Lennon/McCartney songs: https://youtu.be/Ue0Mf7_EHk8
― Neus Anneus (voodoo chili), Monday, 18 March 2019 16:04 (five years ago) link
I don't hear "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" in "How Bizarre"
― flappy bird, Monday, 18 March 2019 16:16 (five years ago) link
I think it's the trumpet line that's similar but I wouldn't claim it's a direct reference.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 18 March 2019 20:02 (five years ago) link
like, it does that same octave jump and descending notes...
if the entire song is a reimagination of another it's not really a 'brief' musical reference― dyl
― dyl
Fair enough.
But when I try to think of a brief one, all I can come up with is the Dead Milkmen on "Bottomless Pit", quoting the intro to "Ballroom Blitz". And I try my best these to forget that I was ever into the Dead Milkmen.
― enochroot, Monday, 18 March 2019 20:25 (five years ago) link
And come to think of it, the Dead Milkmen quote from "Love Me Two Times" during the spoken intro to "Bitchin Camaro". God, that band is awkward adolescence personified.
― enochroot, Monday, 18 March 2019 20:30 (five years ago) link
just noticed that tom d mentioned that nilsson cover a while back
― Neus Anneus (voodoo chili), Monday, 18 March 2019 20:32 (five years ago) link
oops
I feel like these have surely come up elsewhere (ancient posts by electricsound perhaps, given it's Aus indie) but:
Smudge's "Don't Want to Be Grant McLennan" suddenly becomes The Go-Betweens' "Bye Bye Pride" for the bridge to the final chorus.
The Cat's Miaow's "The Phoebe I Know"/"Phoebe" closes with the "together, forever..." section of "Say a Little Prayer"
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 02:03 (five years ago) link
No Ramones yet?!
Two off the top of my head:
"Judy Is a Punk" quotes Herman's Hermits "I'm Henry the Eight I Am" (Second verse/same as the first)
The bridge melody of "It's Not My Place (in the 9 to 5 World)" is The Who's "Whiskey Man"
― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 04:57 (five years ago) link
I’m pretty sure that White Fang interpolate a bit of Umberto Tozzi’s “Gloria” around 1:00 into “Grateful to Shred”; though I’ve never been positive that’s what they’re actually playing:https://gnartapes.bandcamp.com/album/grateful-to-shred
― What's that Phish song that goes "Bag it, Tag it"? (morrisp), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 05:36 (five years ago) link
Also reasonably certain the Fiery Furnaces reference “Billie Jean” in their song “Oh Sweet Woods” (maybe because the lyrics involve “mistaken identity?); though I suppose the musical similarities could also be coincidental.(Would be surprised if this is the only example of the FFs pulling such a move, but can’t immediately think of another instance...)
― What's that Phish song that goes "Bag it, Tag it"? (morrisp), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 05:47 (five years ago) link
Cornershop's "England's Dreaming" is another containing a direct quote, of Morrissey and (presumably) PE: "I was was happy in the haze of a drunken hour... Fight the power!"
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 06:34 (five years ago) link
and the title is a sex pistols hat-tip!
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 13:17 (five years ago) link
― ƒ©˙∆˚¬ (Whitey on the Moon), Wednesday, February 7, 2018 1:54 AM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
came here to post this! and yes it does, there are quotes from Jesus Walks, Shook Ones, Nuthin But a G Thang, Front 2 Back, and Tell Me When To Go
― Neus Anneus (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 14:15 (five years ago) link
The oooooh's in the beginning of "Womantown" by Gang of Four seem to allude to "Mannequin" by Wire, but I cannot confirm that's intentional.
― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 14:19 (five years ago) link
nelly's "ride wit me" borrows a line from debarge's "i like it": i like the way you comb your hair / i like those stylish clothes you wear (he replaces 'comb' w/ 'brush')
― dyl, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 02:14 (five years ago) link
sometimes i think the "you got me singing oh-oh-oh-oh"-etc. line from justin timberlake's "until the end of time" is an intentional reference to the similar bit toward the end of mint condition's "what kind of man would i be" but it could just be a coincidental similarity
― dyl, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 02:17 (five years ago) link
well of course there's the "7 Rings" / "My Favourite Things" lift
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 20 March 2019 02:29 (five years ago) link
^a “briefer” example would be the NSYNC melody in “Break Up With Your Girlfriend...” (but I feel like cleared & credited samples or interpolations shouldn’t really “count” for this thread?)
― What's that Phish song that goes "Bag it, Tag it"? (morrisp), Wednesday, 20 March 2019 02:52 (five years ago) link