O/t Song lyrics that reference other bands and musicians.

[the_idiotb_stardson]

Example


Song

Smoke on the water


Artist

Deep Purple

Lyric

"Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around"

[CTMilller]

Creeque Alley

The Mamas and the Papas

"McGuinn and McGuire just a-gettin' higher
In LA you know where it's at."

[CAMiller]

Moves like Jagger
Maroon 5

Take me by the tongue and I'll know you
Kiss me 'til you're drunk and I'll show you all the moves like Jagger
I've got the moves like Jagger
I've got the moves like Jagger

[Shark27]

Pennyroyal tea
Nirvana

"Give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld
So I can sigh eternally"

[jakethemiller]

Killing me softly by Roberta Flack was about Don McLean.

[CAMiller]

American Pie
Don McLean

And while Lennon read a book on Marx
The quartet practiced in the park
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died
We were singin'

Bye, bye Miss American Pie....

(much debate on whether it's Lennon or Lenin but popular opinion is it's a song about the 60s/70s so more likely Lennon but possibly a clever play on the names)

[jakethemiller]

All the young dudes by MottThe Hoople/Bowie mentions the Beatles and the Stones.

[CAMiller]

Green green grass of home
Tom Jones

The old home town looks the same
As I step down from the train
And there to meet me is my Mama and Papa

[great_fire]

Steely Dan - Midnite Cruiser

"Felonious, my old friend"

Reference to jazz pianist Thelonious Monk.

Also:

Your Gold Teeth

"Even Cathy Berberian knows / There's one roulade she can't sing."

Everything You Did

"Turn up the Eagles, the neighbours are listening"

[CTMilller]

Willy

Joni Mitchell

"Willy is my child, he is my father"

(Willy was Joni's nickname for Graham Nash who she was in a relationship with at the time.)