# Songs about famous people **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 24, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-famous-people/482832 "2009-01-24T21:48:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-famous-people/482832/81 "2009-01-27T19:55:37Z")
“The Philosopher Song” by Monty Python’s Flying Circus (“Emmanual Kant was an old pissant who was very rarely stable…”). ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-famous-people/482832/82 "2009-01-27T20:33:46Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > You forgot to mention his tender and heart-warming ballad about his love for Martha Quinn. 🙂 Or “Debbie Gibson is Pregnant With My Two Headed Love Child” which also mention Tiffany, Rick Astley and Spuds MacKenzie. And is there no love for Sparks’ “Talent is an Asset” which is about Albert Einstein? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-famous-people/482832/83 "2009-01-27T21:00:07Z")
_Mr. Rockerfeller_ – Bette Midler [http://www.musicsonglyrics.com/B/bettemidlerlyrics/bettemidlermrrockefellerlyrics.htm](http://www.musicsonglyrics.com/B/bettemidlerlyrics/bettemidlermrrockefellerlyrics.htm) She doesn’t say which Rockefeller but since she asks for money, I assume it the rich and famous ones. Of Montreal has an entire album with Dustin Hoffman’s name in every title – but not in the lyrics. [http://www.audiolunchbox.com/album?a=45060](http://www.audiolunchbox.com/album?a=45060) ---
**Author:** ![batsto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-famous-people/482832/84 "2009-01-27T21:23:04Z")
Ozzy Osbourne’s “Bloodbath in Paradise” is about Charlie Manson Death Angel has a song about him, too, but I can’t remember the title. David Bowie wrote a ‘Song For Bob Dylan’ Bob Dylan wrote a ‘Song for Woody Guthrie’ Ozzy Osbourne also did “Mr. Crowley” about Alistaire Crowley. King Diamond claimed that most of the characters on “The Eye” were real people, but I believe he based this on a book he read, the accuracy of which I can’t attest to. Paul Simon’s “Songs from the Capeman” album is all about the ‘Capeman’ murder. Slayer’s “Angel of Death” I believe was about Josef Mengele. Emmy Lou Harris and Linda Ronstadt’s “Raise the Dead” mentions several singers, such as Hank Williams and Sam Cooke. Neil Young’s “Let’s Impeach the President” is about George W. Bush, as is, I believe, John Fogerty’s “I Can’t Take It No More”. Judas Priest’s “Ripper” is about Jack the Ripper. Suicidal Tendencies “Lovely” mentions Tipper Gore. Neil Young’s “From Hank to Hendrix” refers to Hank Williams and Jimi Hendrix. ---
**Author:** ![Ferd\_Burfel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@Ferd\_Burfel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferd_Burfel)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-famous-people/482832/85 "2009-01-27T22:27:58Z")
Harry Chapin’s “The Sniper” is about [Texas Tower murderer Charles Whitman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Whitman). ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-famous-people/482832/86 "2009-01-28T05:08:16Z")
[Michael Caine](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMbw7BYDG5U) - Madness ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-famous-people/482832/87 "2009-01-28T20:27:13Z")
Two parodies of a sort - Weird Al Yankovic wrote a parody of “It’s Still Rock and Roll To Me” called “It’s Still Billy Joel To Me” and Ray Stevens wrote a style parody called “I Need Your Help, Barry Manilow.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-famous-people/482832.md?page=4)