Chrissie Hynde also mentions Brigitte Bardot in the Pretender’s Message of Love. Patti Smith’s Land (Horses) - “go Rimbaud go Rimbaud go Rimbaud” (OK, he’s been dead a long time, but so has Vincent.) And gods help me that “in the back of the Ben-Z” song mentions “sittin’ next to Vanna White”.
Laughing Lagomorph (do you have my vinyl collection?) beat me to the punch on the Smithereen’s excellent Behind the Wall of Sleep. (Jeannie Shrimpton was arguably the original supermodel back in the “Swingin’ Sixties”.)
Dragon Phoenix, I think Free Nelson Mandela was by the Special AKA.
Gaahhhh! Is there something about pushing the submit button that makes you regain your memory?
I forgot Mary Chapin Carpenter’s I Feel Lucky : “Dwight Yoakam’s in the corner, trying to catch my eye/ Lyle Lovett’s right beside me with his hand upon my thigh”.
Sheryl Crow’s A Change (Would Do You Good) is a plethora of pop culture - mentioning everyone from Jekyll and Hyde to Buddy (Holly). Her If It Makes You Happy mentions Geronimo, Marilyn, Benny Goodman and Coltrane.
Oh, oh…When Smokey Sings by ABC! “When Smokey sings - I hear violins/ When Smokey sings - I forget everything…”
Yes, I do have an odd record collection, why do you ask?