Not if you were the last Dandy on earth by The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
*Miss William’s Guitar * (Jayhawks) about Victoria
*Eddie Vedder * (Local H)
I didn’t think I’d come up with any!
Juliana Hatfield “Nirvana” (about Nirvana)
I was hoping to have a chain going…since Nirvana recorded “Frances Farmer will have her Revenge Upon Seattle”, but she unfortunately never recorded any music.
T. Rex : “You Better You Bet”
James Brown is Dead, by “I don’t know who” in the early nineties. It’s a rave song. Yes, it was long before he was actually dead.
Judgement of the Moon and Stars (Ludwig’s Tune) - Joni MItchell
Furry Sings the Blues - Joni Mitchell (Furry Lewis)
Add “King Of The Mountain” to this by Kate Bush
and “Riding With The King” by John Hiatt
Brian Wilson himself did about a minute of this song on his Live at The Roxy album. Very surreal.
“Pretty Angry (for J. Sheehan)” - Blues Traveler
“When Billy Joel Sings” - Hickey Necklace
Near misses -
“Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band” - The Beatles
“Birdland”, by both Weather Report and Manhattan Transfer. It’s about Charlie Parker’s club of the same name.
Iron City Houserockers did a song called “Blondie” about an actress, but I don’t think they were talking about Debbie Harry.
The Pixies - “Brick Is Dead”
Billy Bragg: “Levi Stubbs’ Tears”
Teena Marie had “My Dear Mr. Gaye”
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
Then we also have Billy Bragg: “I dreamed I saw Phil Ochs last night”
Marty Robbins: “God Speaks of Marty Robbins”
The Animals stained an otherwise fine catalog with “The Story of Bo Diddley”. I read in Wikipedia that Bob Seger failed to learn from their mistakes, and also recorded a version of it. I have not heard Seger’s version, and I don’t intend to, as the song is puerile.
“Otis Redding” by Sara Evans.