# Rock Songs That Mention Other Musicians By Name **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 19, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-that-mention-other-musicians-by-name/396625 "2007-03-19T21:01:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-that-mention-other-musicians-by-name/396625/101 "2007-03-20T20:23:47Z")
The Police namecheck James Brown and Otis Redding in “When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What’s Still Around.” ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-that-mention-other-musicians-by-name/396625/102 "2007-03-20T21:38:37Z")
**Ramones** _Do You Remember Rock and Roll Radio?_ mentions Jerry Lee [Lewis], John Lennon, and T-Rex. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-that-mention-other-musicians-by-name/396625/103 "2007-03-20T23:30:30Z")
[QUOTE=Promethea] Crowded House mention Andrew Lloyd Webber in the opening lines of Chocolate Cake [/QUOTE] Ooh, reminds me of Roger Waters’ “It’s a Miracle”: _We cower in our shelters With our hands over our ears Lloyd Webber’s awful stuff Runs for years and years and years_ ---
**Author:** ![2pelo\_honey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/ecb155/32.png) [@2pelo\_honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2pelo_honey)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-that-mention-other-musicians-by-name/396625/104 "2007-03-21T01:17:37Z")
Originally Posted by as\_u\_wish I may have missed this since I only skimmed… Alan Jackson mentions Jimmy Buffett by name in “Five O’Clock Somewhere.” [QUOTE=2pelo honey] I must be losing it…I could’ve sworn they performed that together??? 😕 (crawling into a corner now) [/QUOTE] Sorry, but I had to check…comin’ outta that corner now. 😉 It’s Five O’clock Somewhere - Song Lyrics Performed by Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett Written by Jim “Moose” Brown and Don Rollins Reached #1 on the country charts for 8 weeks in 2003, & is the #4 country song of the year for 2003 On the Top 40 charts it reached #23 It set airplay records for six weeks during it’s summertime run in 2003 It has also earned two Grammy nominations, & won the Academy of Country Music award for best single of 2003 The song is the 30th #1 country hit for Alan Jackson For Buffett this is the second highest charting song ever, second only to Margaritaville ---
**Author:** ![Flipstrip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@Flipstrip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipstrip)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-that-mention-other-musicians-by-name/396625/105 "2007-03-21T01:40:24Z")
“I want a man with lips just like Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart’s hair, and Keith Richards’ stagger.” – _What Girls Want_ by **Material Issue** ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-that-mention-other-musicians-by-name/396625/106 "2007-03-21T01:58:34Z")
**"U-Li-La-Lu"** by **Poi Dog Pondering** has this great couplet: _If I should die in a car wreck May I have **Van Morrison** on my tape deck_ **John Cougar (Mellencamp)**'s **“Ain’t Even Done With the Night”** mentions _“ **Sam Cooke** singin’ on the radio.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-that-mention-other-musicians-by-name/396625/107 "2007-03-21T02:06:08Z")
Brain Eno, the album is “Taking Tiger Mountain - By Strategy” The song is “The True Wheel”, and he mentions “The Modern Lovers” Wiki link= [The Modern Lovers - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Modern_Lovers) Regards FML ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-that-mention-other-musicians-by-name/396625/108 "2007-03-21T02:33:17Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] Ehhh, I think they’re okay. But I didn’t know they were a band. [/QUOTE] Well, technically, I suppose, it’s not [the band](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_(band)) they hate, it’s their _fans_… Three cans of water perverts me… ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-that-mention-other-musicians-by-name/396625/109 "2007-03-27T13:06:01Z")
Was just listening to Bill Nelson’s Red Noise this morning…from “A Better Home in the Phantom Zone”: _Your relatives are white and all their children have record players They listen to **Tom Robinson** , the **Beatles** and the **Byrds** and **Leo Sayer** _ ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-that-mention-other-musicians-by-name/396625/110 "2007-03-28T18:28:48Z")
How did I forget **The Rotters** ’ _Sit On My Face Stevie Nicks_? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-that-mention-other-musicians-by-name/396625/111 "2007-03-28T22:20:31Z")
Patti Smith mentions Jim Hendrix in “Rock n Roll Nigger” Simon and Garfunkel mention Rolling Stones, Beatles, Phil Spector, Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan, and Art Garfunkel in “A Simple Desultory Philippic” ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-that-mention-other-musicians-by-name/396625/112 "2007-03-28T22:27:32Z")
From Sweet Home Alabama > [@](#): > > Well I heard mister Young sing about her > Well, I heard ole Neil put her down > Well, I hope Neil Young will remember > A Southern man don’t need him around anyhow ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-that-mention-other-musicians-by-name/396625/113 "2007-03-28T22:38:10Z")
George Harrison, “Blood from a Clone”: _You need some oomph-papa, nothing like **Frank Zappa** _ 10cc, “Art School Canteen”: _Does getting into **Zappa** mean getting out of Zen?_ ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-that-mention-other-musicians-by-name/396625/114 "2007-03-29T02:10:56Z")
The Clash, in Clash City Rockers mention “old Bowie”, Gary Glitter, and somebody named Prince Far-I. T-Rex, Ballrooms of Mars mentions Bob Dylan, John Lennon, and Alan Freed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-that-mention-other-musicians-by-name/396625.md?page=5)