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Elvis Fu
 Post subject: Songs that refer to other songs
PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:17 pm 
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I'm sure we've done this before, but it's been a while, and this Okkervil River jernt does this several times in "Plus Ones".

BRING 'EM OUT!

Warren Zevon, "Play It All Night Long" ("Sweet Home Alabama")
Steve Earle, "Hard-Core Troubadour" (Springsteen's "Rosalita")
Tom Petty, "Runnin' Down a Dream" (Del Shannon's "Runaway")

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Damn, I can't think of any right now except:

Jimmy Eat World "The Authority Song" (Mellencamp's "Authority Song")
Bicycle Thief "It's Raining (4am)" (Irma Thomas' "It's Raining")
Genya Ravan "Jerry's Pigeons" ("Da Doo Ron Ron" + a bunch of others)
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Well, 6 songs in, this mixtape is shaping up nicely.

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Marah, "Round Eye Blues" ("Dock of the Bay"; "Proud Mary")

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"Sweet Home Alabama" and "Rosalita" are two of my all-time favorites; I should give those two other songs a listen. A fresh listen with the Zevon song, because I didn't know. I guess you could use "Sweet Home Alabama" on its' own, since it refers to "Southern Man."
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bruce, thunder road - (roy obrbison)

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Paul Westerberg: "Good Day" (The Replacement's "Hold My Life")
Richmond Fontaine: "Making it Back" (The Pogues' "Summer In Siam")
Big Star: "Thirteen" (The Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black")
Neil Young: "Long May You Run" (Beach Boys' "Caroline No")

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nickisnotdead Wrote:
"Sweet Home Alabama" and "Rosalita" are two of my all-time favorites; I should give those two other songs a listen. A fresh listen with the Zevon song, because I didn't know. I guess you could use "Sweet Home Alabama" on its' own, since it refers to "Southern Man."


Very well done.

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here's some

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Goddammit that's not the point.

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"5:15" by The Who refers to their earlier recording, "My Generation."


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fuck man, I could really up my post-count using billy g's link.
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The Faces "Last Orders Please" (Smokey Robinson's "Tracks of My Tears")
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billy g Wrote:
here's some

That about covers it.

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just about every other song by The Ergs

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gym class heroes cupid's chokehold
john mayer 83
fall out boy calm before the storm
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tcf crew if you want to sex me up

haha this mixtape has gone to hell.

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King of this:

Built to Spill: "You Were Wrong"

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harry Wrote:
I understand that you, of all people, know this crisis and, in your own way, are working to address it. You, the madras-pantsed julip-sipping Southern cracker and me, the oldman hippie California fruit cake are brothers in the struggle to save our country.

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Oh man good call.

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yep. built to spill song was awesome call.
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Well, technically, Oasis' "Hello" references The Stones' "Sweet Virginia":

"So wipe the shit from your shoes"

But I don't know if that counts or not?

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harry Wrote:
I understand that you, of all people, know this crisis and, in your own way, are working to address it. You, the madras-pantsed julip-sipping Southern cracker and me, the oldman hippie California fruit cake are brothers in the struggle to save our country.

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Jimmy Eat World does this a lot.
"A Praise Chorus" alone references "Our House," by Madness, "Don't Let's Start" by TMBG, "Crimson and Clover" by Tommy James & The Shondells and "Kickstart My Heart" by Motley Crue.
And I'm probably missing some.

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Sure as hell counts, and I'm gonna toss out Paul Westerberg's "Kickin' the Stall" (Stones' "Bitch").

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Foo Fighters "Times Like These" (Husker Du, "New Day Rising")
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In modest mouse's "missed the boat," Isaac brock does his best Robert Smith on, "All our favorites were playin' so we could shake, shake! Shake, Shake, Shake!"
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