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alongwaltz.
 Post subject: songs about songs
PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:20 am 
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"California Zephyr" - Dolly Varden
And the song in my head was "California Zephyr"

"Play That Fast Thing (On More Time)" - Rockpile
"Song Sung Blue" - Neil Diamond

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I've recently noticed that all the unfortunate events in the lives of blues singers all seem to rhyme... I think all these tragedies could be avoided with a good rhyming dictionary.

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Off the top of my head...

Denim: The Best Song In The World
The Chameleons: Singing 'Rule Brittania'
The Higsons: Same Song


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Bonzo Dog Band - "The Sound Of Music"

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I've recently noticed that all the unfortunate events in the lives of blues singers all seem to rhyme... I think all these tragedies could be avoided with a good rhyming dictionary.

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Willie Nelson - "A Song for You"
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Wrote a Song for Everyone"
Wilco - "Someone Else's Song"
The Who - "The Song Is Over"
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Billzebub
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Joe Jackson: Hit Single
The Fall: How I Wrote Elastic Man
The Damned: Love Song
PiL: This Is Not A Love Song
Stones: It's The Singer Not The Song
Frickin' A: Cut Number 7
Splodge: Over-dramatic Songs In Very Low Voices
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REM: Pop Song 89
Blur: Good Song
Blur: Sweet Song
Pulp: Something Changed
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"This is the song that never ends...."

= song about songs taken one step further
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Tenacious D - Tribute
And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda - The Pogues (and others)
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Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard
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A Melody From A Past Life Keeps Pulling Me Back

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I Bet You They Won't Play This Song on the Radio - Monty Python
This Song - George Harrison
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This Song - George Harrison


Just heard this on the radio today and thought about this thread.
You beat me to it!

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Paul Caporino of M.O.T.O. Wrote:
I've recently noticed that all the unfortunate events in the lives of blues singers all seem to rhyme... I think all these tragedies could be avoided with a good rhyming dictionary.

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PopTodd Wrote:
HideousLump Wrote:
This Song - George Harrison


Just heard this on the radio today and thought about this thread.
You beat me to it!

And here's another really obvious George Harrison song that I didn't think of until it came up in another context: Only a Northern Song!
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alongwaltz.
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I was thinking more of songs about specific songs, whereas a lot of these are just about songs in general. But still.
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That Song - Big Wreck

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