# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2871
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57407 "2018-02-21T02:32:41Z")
Songs that refer to other songs by title 1. “Songs That She Sang in the Shower,” Jason Isbell (ref. “Wish You Were Here,” among others) 2. “Luckenback, Texas,” Waylon Jennings, feat. Willie Nelson (ref. “Blue Eyes Cryin’ in the Rain” by Nelson) 3. “A Praise Chorus,” Jimmy Eat World (Crimson and Clover, Our House, among others) 4. “This is Country Music” by Brad Paisley (ref. nine other country songs at the end!) 5. “Glass Onion” by The Beatles (Strawberry Fields Forever, I Am the Walrus, The Fool on the Hill, Lady Madonna, Fixing a Hole) 6. “All Summer Long” by Kid Rock (ref. “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd) 7. “The Band Played ‘Waltzing Matilda’” by various artists 8… “Rock and Roll Heaven” by the Righteous Brothers (ref. many indirectly, but “Bad Bad Leroy Brown” and “Mack the Knife” are mentioned specifically) 8. “Garden Party” by Ricky Nelson. Refers to “Johnny B. Goode”, plus parts of others 9. “Runnin’ Down a Dream” by Tom Petty (“Runaway” by Del Shannon) 10. “Having a Party” by Rod Stewart (“I Know”, “Soul Twist”, “Mashed Potato”) 11. “Shooting Star” by Bad Company (“Love Me Do”, I think it was) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57408 "2018-02-21T02:47:43Z")
Songs that refer to other songs by title 1. “Songs That She Sang in the Shower,” Jason Isbell (ref. “Wish You Were Here,” among others) 2. “Luckenback, Texas,” Waylon Jennings, feat. Willie Nelson (ref. “Blue Eyes Cryin’ in the Rain” by Nelson) 3. “A Praise Chorus,” Jimmy Eat World (Crimson and Clover, Our House, among others) 4. “This is Country Music” by Brad Paisley (ref. nine other country songs at the end!) 5. “Glass Onion” by The Beatles (Strawberry Fields Forever, I Am the Walrus, The Fool on the Hill, Lady Madonna, Fixing a Hole) 6. “All Summer Long” by Kid Rock (ref. “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd) 7. “The Band Played ‘Waltzing Matilda’” by various artists 8… “Rock and Roll Heaven” by the Righteous Brothers (ref. many indirectly, but “Bad Bad Leroy Brown” and “Mack the Knife” are mentioned specifically) 8. “Garden Party” by Ricky Nelson. Refers to “Johnny B. Goode”, plus parts of others 9. “Runnin’ Down a Dream” by Tom Petty (“Runaway” by Del Shannon) 10. “Having a Party” by Rod Stewart (“I Know”, “Soul Twist”, “Mashed Potato”) 11. “Shooting Star” by Bad Company (“Love Me Do”, I think it was) 12. “When the Band Was Playing ‘Shaking All Over’” by the Guess Who Songs that Mention the Beatles 13. “All the Young Dudes” by Mott the Hoople ( “My brother’s back at home with his Beatles and his Stones”) ---
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Songs that Mention the Beatles 1. “All the Young Dudes” by Mott the Hoople ( “My brother’s back at home with his Beatles and his Stones”) 2. “We Love You Beatles” by the Carefrees ---
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Songs that Mention the Beatles 1. “All the Young Dudes” by Mott the Hoople ( “My brother’s back at home with his Beatles and his Stones”) 2. “We Love You Beatles” by the Carefrees 3. “Life in a Northern Town” by Dream Academy ---
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Songs that Mention the Beatles 1. “All the Young Dudes” by Mott the Hoople ( “My brother’s back at home with his Beatles and his Stones”) 2. “We Love You Beatles” by the Carefrees 3. “Life in a Northern Town” by Dream Academy 4. “Never Been to Spain” by Three Dog Night ---
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Songs that Mention the Beatles 1. “All the Young Dudes” by Mott the Hoople ( “My brother’s back at home with his Beatles and his Stones”) 2. “We Love You Beatles” by the Carefrees 3. “Life in a Northern Town” by Dream Academy 4. “Never Been to Spain” by Three Dog Night 5. “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You” by Sugarloaf They play the guitar riff from “I Feel Fine,” while singing, “sounds like John, Paul, and George.” ---
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Songs that Mention the Beatles 1. “All the Young Dudes” by Mott the Hoople ( “My brother’s back at home with his Beatles and his Stones”) 2. “We Love You Beatles” by the Carefrees 3. “Life in a Northern Town” by Dream Academy 4. “Never Been to Spain” by Three Dog Night 5. “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You” by Sugarloaf 6. “Ball of Confusion” by The Temptations (“the Beatles’ new record’s a gas”) ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57414 "2018-02-21T12:36:28Z")
Songs that Mention the Beatles 1. “All the Young Dudes” by Mott the Hoople ( “My brother’s back at home with his Beatles and his Stones”) 2. “We Love You Beatles” by the Carefrees 3. “Life in a Northern Town” by Dream Academy 4. “Never Been to Spain” by Three Dog Night 5. “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You” by Sugarloaf 6. “Ball of Confusion” by The Temptations (“the Beatles’ new record’s a gas”) 7. Merle Haggard’s, “Are The Good Times Really Over” (Before the Beatles and Yesterday, when a man could still work and still would.) ---
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Songs that Mention the Beatles 1. “All the Young Dudes” by Mott the Hoople ( “My brother’s back at home with his Beatles and his Stones”) 2. “We Love You Beatles” by the Carefrees 3. “Life in a Northern Town” by Dream Academy 4. “Never Been to Spain” by Three Dog Night 5. “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You” by Sugarloaf 6. “Ball of Confusion” by The Temptations (“the Beatles’ new record’s a gas”) 7. Merle Haggard’s, “Are The Good Times Really Over” (Before the Beatles and Yesterday, when a man could still work and still would.) 8. “London Calling” by The Clash (Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust) ---
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Songs that Mention the Beatles 1. “All the Young Dudes” by Mott the Hoople ( “My brother’s back at home with his Beatles and his Stones”) 2. “We Love You Beatles” by the Carefrees 3. “Life in a Northern Town” by Dream Academy 4. “Never Been to Spain” by Three Dog Night 5. “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You” by Sugarloaf 6. “Ball of Confusion” by The Temptations (“the Beatles’ new record’s a gas”) 7. Merle Haggard’s, “Are The Good Times Really Over” (Before the Beatles and Yesterday, when a man could still work and still would.) 8. “London Calling” by The Clash (Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust) 9. “Will you be my Yoko Ono" The Bare Naked Ladies ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57417 "2018-02-21T14:18:51Z")
Songs that Mention the Beatles 1. “All the Young Dudes” by Mott the Hoople ( “My brother’s back at home with his Beatles and his Stones”) 2. “We Love You Beatles” by the Carefrees 3. “Life in a Northern Town” by Dream Academy 4. “Never Been to Spain” by Three Dog Night 5. “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You” by Sugarloaf 6. “Ball of Confusion” by The Temptations (“the Beatles’ new record’s a gas”) 7. Merle Haggard’s, “Are The Good Times Really Over” (Before the Beatles and Yesterday, when a man could still work and still would.) 8. “London Calling” by The Clash (Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust) 9. “Will you be my Yoko Ono" The Bare Naked Ladies 10. “Pop Hates The Beatles” Allan Sherman ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57418 "2018-02-21T14:21:58Z")
Songs that Mention the Beatles 1. “All the Young Dudes” by Mott the Hoople ( “My brother’s back at home with his Beatles and his Stones”) 2. “We Love You Beatles” by the Carefrees 3. “Life in a Northern Town” by Dream Academy 4. “Never Been to Spain” by Three Dog Night 5. “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You” by Sugarloaf 6. “Ball of Confusion” by The Temptations (“the Beatles’ new record’s a gas”) 7. Merle Haggard’s, “Are The Good Times Really Over” (Before the Beatles and Yesterday, when a man could still work and still would.) 8. “London Calling” by The Clash (Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust) 9. “Will you be my Yoko Ono" The Bare Naked Ladies 10. “Pop Hates The Beatles” Allan Sherman 11. “When We Was Fab” by George Harrison ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57419 "2018-02-21T14:59:17Z")
Songs that Mention the Beatles 1. “All the Young Dudes” by Mott the Hoople ( “My brother’s back at home with his Beatles and his Stones”) 2. “We Love You Beatles” by the Carefrees 3. “Life in a Northern Town” by Dream Academy 4. “Never Been to Spain” by Three Dog Night 5. “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You” by Sugarloaf 6. “Ball of Confusion” by The Temptations (“the Beatles’ new record’s a gas”) 7. Merle Haggard’s, “Are The Good Times Really Over” (Before the Beatles and Yesterday, when a man could still work and still would.) 8. “London Calling” by The Clash (Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust) 9. “Will you be my Yoko Ono" The Bare Naked Ladies 10. “Pop Hates The Beatles” Allan Sherman 11. “When We Was Fab” by George Harrison 12. “God” by John Lennon I thought about including “American Pie,” but nah. ---
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Songs that Mention the Beatles 1. “All the Young Dudes” by Mott the Hoople ( “My brother’s back at home with his Beatles and his Stones”) 2. “We Love You Beatles” by the Carefrees 3. “Life in a Northern Town” by Dream Academy 4. “Never Been to Spain” by Three Dog Night 5. “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You” by Sugarloaf 6. “Ball of Confusion” by The Temptations (“the Beatles’ new record’s a gas”) 7. Merle Haggard’s, “Are The Good Times Really Over” (Before the Beatles and Yesterday, when a man could still work and still would.) 8. “London Calling” by The Clash (Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust) 9. “Will you be my Yoko Ono" The Bare Naked Ladies 10. “Pop Hates The Beatles” Allan Sherman 11. “When We Was Fab” by George Harrison 12. “God” by John Lennon 13. “Dogs of L.A.” by Liz Phair Next: Most quotable lines from Shakespeare 1. “Neither borrower nor lender be. For loan oft loses both itself and friend” Hamlet Act 1 scene 3 ---
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Next: Most quotable lines from Shakespeare 1. “Neither borrower nor lender be. For loan oft loses both itself and friend” Hamlet Act 1 scene 3 2. “Oh, that I were a glove upon that hand. That I might touch that cheek!” Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Scene 2 ---
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Next: Most quotable lines from Shakespeare 1. “Neither borrower nor lender be. For loan oft loses both itself and friend” Hamlet Act 1 scene 3 2. “Oh, that I were a glove upon that hand. That I might touch that cheek!” Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Scene 2 3. “Who steals my purse steals trash.” Othello, Act 3 Scene 3 ---
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Most quotable lines from Shakespeare 1. “Neither borrower nor lender be. For loan oft loses both itself and friend” Hamlet Act 1 scene 3 2. “Oh, that I were a glove upon that hand. That I might touch that cheek!” Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Scene 2 3. “Who steals my purse steals trash.” Othello, Act 3 Scene 3 4. “To be, or not to be: that is the questions.” Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1 ---
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Most quotable lines from Shakespeare 1. “Neither borrower nor lender be. For loan oft loses both itself and friend” Hamlet Act 1 scene 3 2. “Oh, that I were a glove upon that hand. That I might touch that cheek!” Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Scene 2 3. “Who steals my purse steals trash.” Othello, Act 3 Scene 3 4. “To be, or not to be: that is the questions.” Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1 5. “Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?” Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 1 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57425 "2018-02-21T16:25:56Z")
Most quotable lines from Shakespeare 1. “Neither borrower nor lender be. For loan oft loses both itself and friend” Hamlet Act 1 scene 3 2. “Oh, that I were a glove upon that hand. That I might touch that cheek!” Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Scene 2 3. “Who steals my purse steals trash.” Othello, Act 3 Scene 3 4. “To be, or not to be: that is the questions.” Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1 5. “Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?” Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 1 6. " We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep." The Tempest, Act 4, Scene 1 ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57426 "2018-02-21T16:28:10Z")
Most quotable lines from Shakespeare 1. “Neither borrower nor lender be. For loan oft loses both itself and friend” Hamlet Act 1 scene 3 2. “Oh, that I were a glove upon that hand. That I might touch that cheek!” Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Scene 2 3. “Who steals my purse steals trash.” Othello, Act 3 Scene 3 4. “To be, or not to be: that is the questions.” Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1 5. “Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?” Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 1 6. " We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep." The Tempest, Act 4, Scene 1 7. “Lay on, MacDuff!” MacBeth, Act 5, Scene 8 I’ve been using this quite a bit lately. Not sure why. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2870) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2872)