# Songs about other musicians **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [February 10, 2022, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-musicians/959255 "2022-02-10T23:53:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-musicians/959255/141 "2022-02-13T10:52:05Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kf9iZ1hurEU/maxresdefault.jpg "Death of Country Music (Live)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf9iZ1hurEU) ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-musicians/959255/142 "2022-02-13T19:55:07Z")
> [@F.U.Shakespeare](#): > > In 1971, in the wake of the Beatles’ bitter breakup, Lennon wrote [“How Do You Sleep”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Do_You_Sleep%3F_(John_Lennon_song))[, a bitchfest](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teD9t-lO_o0) about Paul McCartney. Which just reminded me of David Gilmour and “You Know I’m Right”, about fellow Pink Floyd member Roger Waters. Gilmour actually wrote and released it on a solo album a year _before_ Waters left the group which lets you know how great things were going at the time. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XVvgoI1YvJM/hqdefault.jpg "David Gilmour - You know I'm right") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVvgoI1YvJM) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-musicians/959255/143 "2022-02-14T15:31:18Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Of course, you have to have Lynyrd Skynyrd for _Sweet Home Alabama_. > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye5BuYf8q4o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye5BuYf8q4o) Take that one step further with Warren Zevon Sweet Home Alabama Play that dead band’s song Turn those speakers up full blast [Play it all night long](https://youtu.be/4W07dFdGadE) not really _about_ Lynyrd Skynrd, but they get a mention, of sorts ---
**Author:** ![derekbd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/derekbd/32/9162_2.png) [@derekbd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/derekbd)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-musicians/959255/144 "2022-02-17T18:30:19Z")
I never knew. Ta. ---
**Author:** ![derekbd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/derekbd/32/9162_2.png) [@derekbd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/derekbd)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-musicians/959255/145 "2022-02-17T18:31:48Z")
I like both groups. That’s allowed, right? ---
**Author:** ![derekbd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/derekbd/32/9162_2.png) [@derekbd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/derekbd)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-musicians/959255/146 "2022-02-17T18:34:14Z")
Excellent. ---
**Author:** ![derekbd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/derekbd/32/9162_2.png) [@derekbd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/derekbd)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-musicians/959255/147 "2022-02-17T18:43:11Z")
Robbie Williams and PSB collaborated on the highlight of his Rudebox album, She’s Madonna. An excellent song and video. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_Wt3XVuF4Pw/maxresdefault.jpg "Robbie Williams Shes's Madonna Official Video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wt3XVuF4Pw) Robbie takes the piss about fame, especially his own, all the time. That’s what keeps him brilliant IMO. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-musicians/959255/148 "2022-02-17T20:20:49Z")
When Harpo Played His Harp. Another from Jonathan Richman: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/--XTa93dqzo/maxresdefault.jpg "When Harpo Played His Harp") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--XTa93dqzo) ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-musicians/959255/149 "2022-02-17T22:42:52Z")
And along those same lines: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yZCTmTZ6MYo/hqdefault.jpg "Spyder Turner - Stand By Me (1967)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZCTmTZ6MYo) ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-musicians/959255/150 "2022-02-17T22:44:09Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Mark E. Smith gets briefly self-referential _(this is, Mr, and Mrs, Smith, to whom, you are speaking)_ in “Slang King”. “Hey Mark, you’re spoiling all the paint work!” ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-musicians/959255/151 "2022-02-17T22:56:58Z")
^ heh - NSG - their best album. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-musicians/959255/152 "2022-02-18T04:38:47Z")
One-hit wonders LFO namecheck both New Kids On the Block and New Edition in _[Summer Girls](https://youtu.be/NHuGG_FsC20)._ ---
**Author:** ![derekbd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/derekbd/32/9162_2.png) [@derekbd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/derekbd)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-musicians/959255/153 "2022-05-19T02:19:41Z")
I just want to see Rollins’ hot bod. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-musicians/959255/154 "2022-05-31T20:51:42Z")
I had never heard this song before. Now its been stuck in my head for 3 days. Exquisitely sad and lovely. Thank you **Jophiel** ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-musicians/959255/155 "2022-05-31T21:54:53Z")
“I Remember Clifford,” about [Clifford Brown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Brown), by Benny Golson but recorded by hundreds of jazz musicians. Here’s Sarah Vaughan: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NUPaMH43F0w/maxresdefault.jpg "Sarah Vaughan Prague 1978 - I Remember Clifford") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUPaMH43F0w) ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-musicians/959255/156 "2022-06-01T21:43:26Z")
Tom T. Hall, “Me and Jimmie Rodgers” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/v4ArLaW95lo/hqdefault.jpg "TOM T.HALL: Me And Jimmie Rodgers (1980)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4ArLaW95lo) ---
**Author:** ![Levolor\_the\_Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc8723/32.png) [@Levolor\_the\_Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Levolor_the_Blind)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-musicians/959255/157 "2022-06-02T06:16:51Z")
“The Spirit of Keith Moon” Peter & The Test Tube Babies [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UnRCLzaddvw/hqdefault.jpg "Peter & The Test Tube Babies - Spirit Of Keith Moon") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnRCLzaddvw) ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-musicians/959255/158 "2022-06-02T13:50:34Z")
It’s the wrong time of year, but: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Nx2_g06CZeo/hqdefault.jpg "Alan Parsons In A Winter Wonderland") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx2_g06CZeo) A band called Grandaddy, with Alan Parsons in a Winter Wonderland ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-musicians/959255/159 "2022-06-02T15:04:07Z")
Like him or not, John Lenon sure inspired a lot of songs about him. I’m sure that would please him. Here’s a couple more : Sympathetic to him: Hurray For The Riff Raff - [Ode To John And Yoko](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uebIVgbaLZc) NOT so sympathetic to him The Damned - [Would You Be So Hot If You Weren’t Dead](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=676mN6nyzjo) ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-musicians/959255/160 "2022-06-02T23:38:40Z")
This is an obscure song by “mickey hart’s mystery box” Garcia is alluded to in the last verse. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NHtmGPHQadw/maxresdefault.jpg "Down The Road") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHtmGPHQadw) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-musicians/959255.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-musicians/959255.md?page=9)