Freddie Slack of the Will Bradley Trio “Down the Road Apiece”:
“The drummer-man’s a guy they call Eight-Beat MackYou remember Doc and old ‘Beat Me Daddy’ Slack”
And then later on the Stones updated it for Charlie Watts:
“The drummer's man's a cat they call Charlie McCoyYou know, remember that rubber-legged boy?”
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 12:32 (five years ago) link
Hideous Lump brought up the B-52s upthread - add "Wig" to their resume for this one, also in the "Ready, Steve? Andy?" genre which should also include the Ramones' "Little Ramona."Nilsson must have done this a bunch, though examples aren't popping into my mind.In "Piano Man" we learn of a bartender who addresses the singer as "Bill.""They Might Be Giants" and "Big Country" are borderline cases, I suppose, since they are just using these phrases in lyrics, not singing about the band.
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 12:54 (five years ago) link
"We've been trying to reach you, Thom"
― days of being riled (zchyrs), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 14:50 (five years ago) link
Let's go to Luckenbach, TexasWith Waylon and Willie and the boysThis successful life we're livin' got us feudin'Like the Hatfield and McCoys
Willie Nelson does a duet w/ Kacey Musgraves called "A Willie Nice Christmas"
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 15:08 (five years ago) link
I cheated on you, you cheated on meAnd this is not the way that things supposed to beSo tell me girl, is this for real or just an illusion?I pinch myself to make sure that Wyclef ain't dreamin'
Wyclef - Cheated (Rock Remix)
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 15:34 (five years ago) link
There was that one song on Liz Phair’s terrible s/t record where she sings “you don’t even know who Liz Phair is.”
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 15:49 (five years ago) link
Are you State Phair?Are you Play Phair?Are you Trade Phair?Who wants to know? Who wants to know?
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:20 (five years ago) link
My wife lies down in a chairAnd peels a pearI know she's thereI'm making coffee for twoJust me and youBut I come back in with coffee for threeCoffee for three?
My dead wife sits in a chairCombing her hairI know she's thereShe wanders off to the bedShaking her head"Robyn," she said"You know I don't take sugar!"
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:30 (five years ago) link
didn't see my favourite mentioned, from Sly's 'Thankful & Thoughtful':
someone should've comeand taken me awaybut the main man thought Syl should be here another dayand that's why I've got to bethankful/thoughtful
― whitehallunity, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 18:24 (five years ago) link
Girlpool - "Dear Nora"
In SF we were driving over bridgesWe were singing to "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"Cleo was tiredHarmony was hyperWe switched drivingIn the middle of the highway
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 19:27 (five years ago) link
Blind Willie McTell. So many blues artists did this...
― Sam Weller, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 08:12 (five years ago) link
Answer the phone"Harry, you're no good aloneWhy are you sitting at home on the floor?What kind of pills are you on?"Ringin' the bellAnd nobody's coming to helpYour daddy lives by himselfHe just wants to know that you're wellHarry Styles • As It Was
― middot • is • my • middle • name (breastcrawl), Thursday, 21 April 2022 07:05 (two years ago) link