# Artists That Call Out Other Artists **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 26, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-that-call-out-other-artists/309930 "2005-06-26T17:18:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2005, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-that-call-out-other-artists/309930/21 "2005-06-27T12:56:10Z")
Reading through the thread today has reminded me that eons ago I heard that the title of “Hero Takes a Fall” by the Bangles referred to Steve Wynn of the Dream Syndicate. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2005, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-that-call-out-other-artists/309930/22 "2005-06-27T13:20:17Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > By any chance, has the band ever revealed which Ezra it is better than? (I bet the guys loathe answering this question, but maybe at some point in their long career, they might have broken down and confessed.) I have heard (don’t quote me on this) that they used to be called Ezra, and then smoeone in the band died (possibly the lead singer.) They then vowed that they were going to be better than they were before, in honor of the dead band member, as a sort of honor for him. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2005, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-that-call-out-other-artists/309930/23 "2005-06-27T13:47:51Z")
Not exactly one band calling another one out, but there’s a track on Korn’s album \*\*Follow the Leader \*\* called _All in the Family_ where Jon Davis and Fred Durtz of Limp Bizkit diss each other all throughout. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2005, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-that-call-out-other-artists/309930/24 "2005-06-27T14:33:56Z")
Mott the Hoople by way of David Bowie in _All the Young Dudes_: And my brother’s back at home With his Beatles and his Stones We never got if off on that revolution stuff What a drag Too many snags ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2005, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-that-call-out-other-artists/309930/25 "2005-06-27T14:36:46Z")
From Liveonrelease’s song “I’m Afraid of Britney Spears”: \*I’m afraid of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera Backstreet Boys and N’Sync I don’t know what to think It’s slick the way they dress I heard they all have fake breasts One thing I’ll do if I can Is go on Britney’s bus and get a tan They dance like they need a cure Let’s get the number of their choreographer There so worried 'bout what we’ll think They took the time to learn to lip sync \* ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2005, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-that-call-out-other-artists/309930/26 "2005-06-27T15:01:00Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > By any chance, has the band ever revealed which Ezra it is better than? (I bet the guys loathe answering this question, but maybe at some point in their long career, they might have broken down and confessed.) > [@bouv](#): > > I have heard (don’t quote me on this) that they used to be called Ezra, and then smoeone in the band died (possibly the lead singer.) They then vowed that they were going to be better than they were before, in honor of the dead band member, as a sort of honor for him. **bouv** , I never heard that story, but my fandom hasn’t stretched to the point of obsession where I’ve researched the name. AFAIK, all albums have been released under the full name of Better Than Ezra. **Snooooopy** , the only thing I can really offer is that they have one song called “Ezra Pound,” so perhaps they’re lamenting the poet? I don’t know the song well so I can’t offer lyrics offhand. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-that-call-out-other-artists/309930.md?page=1)