# Songs that name other people **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 25, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-name-other-people/105560 "2002-04-25T16:36:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-name-other-people/105560/61 "2002-04-26T13:59:36Z")
**Mojo Nixon** in _Punk Rock Girl_ by The Dead Milkmen ---
**Author:** ![StephenG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@StephenG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StephenG)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-name-other-people/105560/62 "2002-04-26T14:32:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Oblong \* > \*\*I think in Neil Young’s song “Rockin in the free world” he refers to George Bush when he says “We’ve got a thousand points of light, for the homeless man”, but I could be wrong. \*\* And, (same song, next line), > [@](#): > > “we’ve got a kinder, gentler machine gun hand.” “Now I know what Brian Wilson meant … since God invented girls.” – “Since God Invented Girls”, Elton John “Candle In the Wind” is about Marilyn Monroe and names her (as both Norma Jean and Marilyn Monroe). There’re a couple of songs about or mentioning Yoko Ono, particularly by Elton John, which I just can’t think of at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-name-other-people/105560/63 "2002-04-26T15:02:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Morgainelf \* > \*\ ***Mojo Nixon** in _Punk Rock Girl_ by The Dead Milkmen \*\* And **Minnie Pearl**. John Cougar Mellencamp’s “R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A” features another litany of folks. Blondie’s “Rapture”: Fab 5 Freddy ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-name-other-people/105560/64 "2002-04-26T16:10:35Z")
Jesus Christ, Pontius Pilate, Nicholas II (“the czar”), Anastasia Romanov, John and Bobby Kennedy - “Sympathy for the Devil” by The Rolling Stones Martin van Buren, James Buchanan, Lewis Cass, Napoleon - “James K. Polk” by They Might Be Giants ---
**Author:** ![robinh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@robinh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinh)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-name-other-people/105560/65 "2002-04-26T20:00:20Z")
In the “people you wouldn’t expect to get mentioned” category: Crime crime Rockin’ like **Janet Reno** Time time Eighteen and life in Chino “Original Prankster”, The Offspring With the funky hot riffs Thick like **Al Roker** Pumpin out hits Gettin chips like **Oprah** “Forever”, Kid Rock ---
**Author:** ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2002, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-name-other-people/105560/66 "2002-04-27T16:44:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Morgainelf \* > \*\ ***Mojo Nixon** in _Punk Rock Girl_ by The Dead Milkmen \*\* I could be wrong, but didn’t Mojo Nixon do, “Debbie Gibson is pregnant with my two-headed love child?” A few others: Cracker - Burt Bacarach [sp?] is mentioned in “Shine” Frank Sinatra is mentioned in “Teen Angst” I’m ashamed to admit I know this one, but what about Blessed Union of Soul’s “Hey Leonardo?” It’s got Leo, Cindy Crawford, Tyson Beckford, Robert Redford, Pavarotti [sp?] The Smiths - Prince Charles gets a line in “The Queen is Dead”- \*\* “Charles don’t you ever crave To appear on the front of the Daily Mail Dressed in your mother’s bridal veil?” ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2002, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-name-other-people/105560/67 "2002-04-27T17:51:41Z")
Joan Osbourne- “Spiderwebs” is about Ray Charles getting his sight Bree Sharp- " David Duchovny, Why won’t you love me" self explaintory (there’s a country song too, but I forget who by) Yellow Broth Chicken Sloth- " Gillian Anderson" self explanatory Mark Crause- " What about Gillian Anderson?" self explanatory Local H- " Eddie Vetter" self explanatory Alien Crime Syndicate- " Ozzy" about Ozzy Osborne and other 80’s metal bands Nerf Herder- " Van Hallen" about how much they now hate the band Veruca Salt- " Vocano Girls" does a _Glass Onion_ and refers back to their song “Seether” by claiming that Seether is Louise [Post, one of the singers] Toad the Wet Sprocket- “Nancy” has this line " I can’t believe you bend your words like Uri Geller’s spoons" The Bloodhound Gang- " Mope" refers to Notorious B.I.G, Tupac Shakur, Falco, Deep throat, Journey, the Pope, Tori Spelling, Luciano Pavoratti, Bo Jackson, and Frankie Goes To Hollywood " " - “Fire Water Burn” mentions Barry White, Frank Black, J.F.K., Marvin Gaye, Martha Raye, Lawrence Welk, Kurt Cobain, Mark Twain and Jimi Hendrix and Emmanuel Lewis Paula Cole- “Where have all the cowboys gone” John Wayne Bush- " Everything’s Zen" Elvis Lucky Boy’s Confusion- " Fred Astaire" self explanatory John Oszajca- " Where is Bob Dylan when you need him?" self explanatory \ can we do a thread about imaginary people too? Bloodhound Gang probably has over a dozen references between those two songs alone. \ ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-name-other-people/105560/68 "2002-04-30T14:07:59Z")
Beastie Boys: _Finger Lickin’ Good_ mentions **The Frugal Gourmet** _So Whatcha’ Want_ mentions **Dr. Spock** and **Eddie Harris** (and I always thought they mentioned **Vincent Gardenia** , but I guess I was wrong!) ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-name-other-people/105560/69 "2002-04-30T14:49:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JohnBckWLD \* > \*\*The are so many. One of my faves by **Simon & Garfunkel** entitled _A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara’d into Submission)_. It runs the gamut of late 60’s pop culture. \*\* And of course, during the fade out Simon says, “I’ve lost my harmonica, Albert”, which is a reference to Albert Grossman, Dylan’s manager. Some others come to mind that may not have been mentioned: _Dr. Bernice_ by Cracker - "Though the wind my whisper an epic sometimes, the cast must include Karen Black. " _Good Morning, Mr. Waldheim_ by Lou Reed mentions Kurt Waldheim, Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan and the Pope. _The Right Profile_ by the Clash is all about Montgomery Clift. ---
**Author:** ![pbrtallboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f475e1/32.png) [@pbrtallboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbrtallboy)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-name-other-people/105560/70 "2002-04-30T21:53:53Z")
Has anyone mentioned “Rosanna” by Toto? IIRC, it’s written for Rosanna Arquette. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-name-other-people/105560/71 "2002-05-01T04:28:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jack Batty \* > \*\*I’m sure there are even more. \*\* I’m not sure if this counts, but I think Green Day were originally called Sweet Children. Then for some reason, they changed their name, renaming themselves after one of their songs. (probably about weed) However, in regards to the OP: These are all songs by the Clash, seeing as I’ve got my Clash Lyrics book handy: 😛 [ul] [li]“1977” mentions **Elvis** , **the Beatles** , and the **Rolling Stones** (“no Elvis, Beatles, or the Rolling Stones”)[/li][li]“City of the Dead” references **Johnny Thunders** of the New York Dolls (“that’s what New York Johnny said”)[/li][li]“The Magnificent Seven” lists a bunch of people: **Karl Marx** , **Friedrich Engels** , **Martin Luther King** , **Mahatma Gandhi** , **Socrates** , **Richard Nixon** , and **Plato** [/li][li]“Washington Bullets” mentions **Allende** , **Castro** , and **the Dalai Lama** [/li][li]“Ghetto Defendant” meations **Jean Arthur Rimbaud** [/li][li]“White Man in Hammersmith Palais” mentions **Adolf Hitler** [/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-name-other-people/105560/72 "2002-05-01T04:37:51Z")
“I saw the **Stooges** and the **MC5** ” by Radio Birdman from _Do The Pop_. “ **Garland Jeffries** on the car radio …” also by R.B. from _I-94_. “I saw the **Stooges** , covered in bruises” by the Dictators from _Who Will Save Rock and Roll_. “The King is Gone but is not forgotten, Is this the story of **Johnny Rotten** ” by Neil Young from _“Hey Hey My My”_. “Smelling like an old adobe woman, a **William Burroughs** playing for lost time” by John Cale from _Dying On The Vine_. (ps, the John Cale song is called _Mr Wilson_, not _Brian Wilson_). “How in the world were they making that sound, The **Velvet Underground** ” by Jonathan Richman. “I asked **Hank Williams** , how lonely does it get …” by Leonard Cohen from _Tower of Song_ (changed to “I asked **Leonard Cohen** …” by Nick Cave in his cover of it.) “Just because I watch **Dinah Shore** , doesn’t mean I need a facelift” by the Victims (Australia) from _Television Addict_. The song _Dolly Parton’s Guitar_ (as in “I’m as happy as …”) by Lee Hazlewood. The song _I know where **Syd Barrett** lives_ by The Television Personalities. [returning to hijack]Another artist who have named songs after themselves - **Iron Maiden** [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-name-other-people/105560/73 "2002-05-01T07:11:25Z")
There’s also a Counting Crows song, “Monkey”, that says “I’ve got Ben Folds on the radio” ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-name-other-people/105560/74 "2002-05-01T07:44:55Z")
From \*\*Warren Zevon[/b: “Boom Boom Mancini”, In “Turmoil”, he names Gorbachev and Schevarnadze. “Jesus Mentioned” - ‘Can’t you just imagine, digging up The King, begging him to sing.’ **Waylon Jennings:** “Are you sure Hank done it this way?” \*\*Dion:(??): \*\* “Abraham, Martin, and John” ---
**Author:** ![downbylaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@downbylaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/downbylaw)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-name-other-people/105560/75 "2002-05-01T17:20:27Z")
the afghan whigs mention nas in the song “omerta” “'I don’t sleep ‘cuz sleep is the cousin of death’, Least that’s what Nas says” of course, greg dulli of the whigs is referring to nasir (nasty nas/nas escobar/nastradamus) jones, the emcee who brought us the classic album “illmatic.” that’s one of the few times a rock singer has mentioned (and quoted) a hiphop artist, as far as i know. but this IS the same group who covered tlc’s “creep” (and did a damn fine version of it, much better than the original). but in rap, emcees name-drop constantly. a hiphop album can have hundreds of references, especially to funk and motown artists, sometimes even pointing out where the beat came from. or they’ll call out other rappers, who oftentimes get thoroughly dissed. ---
**Author:** ![SLingshot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@SLingshot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SLingshot)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-name-other-people/105560/76 "2002-05-02T04:18:56Z")
Billy Bragg wrote “The Passion” which has the chorus: And sometimes it takes a grown man a long time to learn Just what it would take a child a night to learn Later, Michael Franti of Spearhead wrote “Water Pistol Man.” The first stanza contains the lines: but my friend **Billy** told me that sometimes it takes a grown man a long time to learn just what it takes a child a night to learn and my son proved his words ---
**Author:** ![A\_wizard\_song\_for\_thee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/46a35a/32.png) [@A\_wizard\_song\_for\_thee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_wizard_song_for_thee)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-name-other-people/105560/77 "2002-05-02T06:09:58Z")
**Lou Reed** talks about people in practically every song. Someone already mentioned “Good Morning, Mr. Waldheim,” but “Walk on the Wild Side” name-drops a bunch of the old Factory folks. Candy Darling, Holly Woodlawn, “Little Joe” Dallesandro, and Jackie Curtis. Not to mention Sugar Plum Fairy. Also, nearly every song on _Songs for Drella_ refers to Andy Warhol, and the entire album was about him… Bob Dole and Rush “Rambo” get lanced in “Sex with your Parents (Motherfucker) Part 2” on _Set the Twilight Reeling_, and I know I’m forgetting people that Reed has name-checked… **The Magnetic Fields** mention Billy Holiday in “My Only Friend.” Okay, I just completely lost my train of thought… ---
**Author:** ![PompousBastard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58f4c7/32.png) [@PompousBastard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PompousBastard)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-name-other-people/105560/78 "2002-05-02T06:53:14Z")
Someone beat me to Tori Amos’ Neil Gaiman reference in _Tear In My Hand_, but there’s another one in _Horses_: > [@](#): > > But will you find me if Neil makes me a tree? This is a reference to Gaiman’s story _Stardust_ in which the spirit who inhabits a particular tree is supposed to, in some fashion, be Tori. U2 has a reference to Bruce Cockburn in _God Part II_: > [@](#): > > Heard a singer on the radio, late last night/Said he’s gonna kick the darkness, 'til it bleeds daylight R.E.M. has quite a few. [51, at last count](http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Stage/9208/real.html), and that’s not even counting their two most recent albums. The Red Hot Chili Peppers mention Mazzy Star in _Aeroplane_ and The Butthole Surfers in _Deep Kick_. ---
**Author:** ![PompousBastard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58f4c7/32.png) [@PompousBastard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PompousBastard)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-name-other-people/105560/79 "2002-05-02T07:12:13Z")
Oh, I forgot another Tori reference. _Glory of the 80’s_ mentions Raquel Welsh, Joan of Arc, and “that blonde chick that sings Bette Davis Eyes.” I can’t remember who the actual “blonde chick” is at the moment. I suppose that means she mentions Bette Davis too, come to think of it. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-name-other-people/105560/80 "2002-05-02T13:25:05Z")
A little reformatting, add a few and we’re up over **900** (Split into 3 posts) Here are the 1st 323. (Mentionees A thru G):[ol][li]311: 311 “Down”[/li][li]Abraham: Bob Dylan “Highway 61 Revisited”[/li][li]AC/DC: Kid Rock “American Bad Ass”[/li][li]Adler (Lou): Simon & Garfunkel “A Simple Desultory Philippic”[/li][li]Aguilera (Christina): Live On Release “I’m Afraid of Britney Spears” [/li][li]Aleichem (Sholom): Neil Diamond “Done Too Soon”[/li][li]Allende (Salvator): The Clash “Washington Bullets”[/li][li]Amin (Idi): Tim Curry “I Do The Rock (Politician’s Verse)”[/li][li]Anderson (Gillian): Marcus Crause “What about Gillian Anderson?” [/li][li]Anderson (Gillian): Yellow Broth Chicken Sloth- “Gillian Anderson”[/li][li]Archer (Jeffrey): The Beloved “Hello”[/li][li]Archies: Reunion “Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)”[/li][li]Astaire (Fred): Cast of 1956 Play “Bells Are Ringing” [/li][li]Astaire (Fred): Lucky Boy’s Confusion “Fred Astaire”[/li][li]Astaire (Fred): Madonna “Vogue”[/li][li]B Bumble and the Stingers: Reunion “Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)” [/li][li]Bacall (Lauren): Cast of 1956 Play “Bells Are Ringing” [/li][li]Bacall (Lauren): Madonna “Vogue”[/li][li]Bach (Johann Sebastian): Mike Agranoff “Ballad Of The Sandman”[/li][li]Bacharach (Burt): Cracker “Shine” [/li][li]Backstreet Boys): Live On Release “I’m Afraid of Britney Spears” [/li][li]Bad Company: Bad Company “Bad Company” [/li][li]Ball (Lucille): Cast of 1956 Play “Bells Are Ringing”[/li][li]Bangs (Lester): REM “It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)”[/li][li]Bara (Theda): Monroe Silver “Rebecca Came Back From Mecca”[/li][li]Barbee (John / Revelaires): REM “Voice of Harold”[/li][li]Bardo (Bridgitte): The Pretenders “Message Of Love” [/li][li]Bardot (Bardot): Billy Joel “We Didn’t Start the Fire”[/li][li]Barilko (Bill): The Tragically Hip “50 Mission Cap"[/li][li]Barnett (Johnnie): Tom Waits “Warm Beer & Cold Women”[/li][li]Barrett (Rona): Tim Curry “I Do The Rock (Pop-Culture Personalities Verse)”[/li][li]Barrett (Syd – Referred To): Pink Floyd “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” [/li][li]Barrett (Syd): The Television Personalities “I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives”[/li][li]Baruch (Barney): Cast of 1956 Play “Bells Are Ringing” [/li][li]Basell (Kim): The Beloved “Hello”[/li][li]Beach Boys: Mike Agranoff “Ballad Of The Sandman”[/li][li]Beatle(s): Simon & Garfunkel “A Simple Desultory Philippic” [/li][li]Beatles (Alter Ego Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band): Def Leppard “Rocket”[/li][li]Beatles (Alter Ego Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band): Johnny Rivers “Summer Rain”[/li][li]Beatles (Referred To): Don McLean “American Pie”[/li][li]Beatles): Billy Joel “We Didn’t Start the Fire”[/li][li]Beatles: Allan Sherman “Pop Hates The Beatles”[/li][li]Beatles: Cledus T. Judd “(She’s Got a Butt) Bigger Than the Beatles”[/li][li]Beatles: Donna Lynn “I Had a Dream I Was a Beatle”[/li][li]Beatles: Donna Lynn “My Boyfriend Got a Beatle Haircut”[/li][li]Beatles: Dream Academy “Life In A Northern Town” [/li][li]Beatles: Eric Burdon & The Animals “Winds Of Change”[/li][li]Beatles: John Lennon “God”[/li][li]Beatles: Mike Agranoff “Ballad Of The Sandman”[/li][li]Beatles: Peter Paul & Mary “I Dig Rock and Roll Music”[/li][li]Beatles: The Clash “1977”[/li][li]Beatty (Warren): Carly Simon “You’re So Vain”[/li][li]Beck: New Radicals “You Get What You Give”[/li][li]Beckford (Tyson): Blessed Union of Soul “Hey Leonardo?”[/li][li]Beethoven (Ludwig Von): Beatles “Roll Over Beethoven”[/li][li]Beethoven (Ludwig Von): Chuck Berry “Roll Over Beethoven”[/li][li]Beethoven (Ludwig Von): ELO “Roll Over Beethoven”[/li][li]Begin (Menachem): Tim Curry “I Do The Rock (Politician’s Verse)”[/li][li]Bell (Alexander Graham): Neil Diamond “Done Too Soon”[/li][li]Ben Folds (Five): Counting Crows “Monkey”[/li][li]Bernstein (Leonard): REM “It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)”[/li][li]Berry (Chuck): Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band “Rock n Roll Never Forgets”[/li][li]Berry (Chuck): Eric Burdon & The Animals “Winds Of Change”[/li][li]Berry (Chuck): The Sex Pistols “The Great Rock n’ Roll Swindle”[/li][li]Best (Edna): Cast of 1956 Play “Bells Are Ringing”[/li][li]Best (George): Tim Curry “I Do The Rock (Sports Verse)”[/li][li]Betts (Dickie): Charlie Daniels Band “The South’s Gonna Do It Again”[/li][li]Big Country: Big Country “In a Big Country” [/li][li]Binks (Jar Jar): Weird Al Yankovic “The Saga Begins”[/li][li]Bishop (Elvin): Charlie Daniels Band “The South’s Gonna Do It Again”[/li][li]Black (Frank): The Bloodhound Gang “Fire Water Burn"[/li][li]Black (Karen): Cracker “Dr. Bernice”[/li][li]Black Sabbath (Entitled, But Not Mentioned): Black Sabbath “Black Sabbath” [/li][li]Black Sabbath: Frank Zappa & The Mothers “200 Motels”[/li][li]Blair (Janet): Cast of 1956 Play “Bells Are Ringing”[/li][li]Blair (Stephen): The Beloved “Hello”[/li][li]Blassie (Freddie): REM “Man On The Moon”[/li][li]Blue Oyster Cult: Blue Oyster Cult “Blue Oyster Cult”[/li][li]Bogart (Humphrey): Neil Diamond “Done Too Soon” [/li][li]Bonaparte (Napoleon): They Might Be Giants “James K. Polk”[/li][li]Booth (John Wilkes): Neil Diamond “Done Too Soon” [/li][li]Boss Nass (Star Wars): Weird Al Yankovic “The Saga Begins”[/li][li]Bowie (Angie, Allegedly): Rolling Stones “Angie” [/li][li]Bowie (David – Implied via Ziggy): Def Leppard “Rocket”[/li][li]Bowie (David): Kraftwerk “Trans Europe Express”[/li][li]Bowie (David): Reunion “Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)”[/li][li]Bowie (David): The Clash “Complete Control”[/li][li]Bragg Billy): Michael Franti / Spearhead “Water Pistol Man.”[/li][li]Brahms (Johannes): Mike Agranoff “Ballad Of The Sandman”[/li][li]Bramlett (Bonnie): Reunion “Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)” [/li][li]Brando (Marlon): Billy Joel “We Didn’t Start the Fire”[/li][li]Brando (Marlon): Madonna “Vogue”[/li][li]Brenda and the Tabulations: Reunion “Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)” [/li][li]Brezhnev (Leonid): Pink Floyd “The Fletcher Memorial Home” [/li][li]Brezhnev (Leonid): REM “It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)”[/li][li]Brezhnev (Leonid): Tim Curry “I Do The Rock (Politician’s Verse)”[/li][li]Brice (Fanny): Neil Diamond “Done Too Soon”[/li][li]Brown (Charlie): The Beloved “Hello”[/li][li]Brown (Hollis): Bob Dylan “The Ballad Of Hollis Brown”[/li][li]Brown (James): Arthur Conley “Sweet Soul Music”[/li][li]Brown (James): John Cougar Mellencamp “R.O.C.K In The USA”[/li][li]Brown (James): Van Morrison “Real Real Gone”[/li][li]Brown (James): Was Not Was “I Feel Better Than James Brown” [/li][li]Brown (Governor Jerry): Tim Curry “I Do The Rock (Pop-Culture Personalities Verse)”[/li][li]Brown (Pamela): Leo Kottke[/li][li]Brown (Peter) The Beatles “Ballad of John and Yoko” [/li][li]Bruce (Lenny): REM “It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)”[/li][li]Bruce (Lenny): Simon & Garfunkel “7 O’Clock News / Silent Night”[/li][li]Bruce (Lenny): Simon & Garfunkel “A Simple Desultory Philippic”[/li][li]Buchanan (James): They Might Be Giants “James K. Polk”[/li][li]Bungle (Sydney): The Beloved “Hello”[/li][li]Burke (Billie): Edgar Leslie & Bert Kalmar “Take Your Girlie to the Movies” [/li][li]Burke (Solomon): Van Morrison “Real Real Gone”[/li][li]Burr (Courtney): Cast of 1956 Play “Bells Are Ringing” [/li][li]Burroughs (William): John Cale “Dying On The Vine”[/li][li]Burton (Richard): Tim Curry “I Do The Rock (Pop-Culture Personalities Verse)”[/li][li]Bush (George H.W. – Interpretted / Refuted) Neil Young “Rockin’ in The Free World”[/li][li]Bush (George H.W.): REM “Drive”[/li][li]Bush (George): A Thousand Points Of Light “Read My Lips”[/li][li]Butthole Surfers: Red Hot Chili Peppers “Deep Kick”[/li][li]Byrds (Referred To): Don McLean “American Pie”[/li][li]Byrds: Eric Burdon & The Animals “Montery”[/li][li]C-3PO: Weird Al Yankovic “The Saga Begins”[/li][li]Cale (JJ): Reunion “Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)” [/li][li]Calhoun (Rory): Cast of 1956 Play “Bells Are Ringing”[/li][li]Callas (Maria): REM “E-Bow the Letter”[/li][li]Campanella (Roy): Billy Joel “We Didn’t Start the Fire” [/li][li]Camus (Albert): Neil Diamond “Done Too Soon” [/li][li]Candy Darling: Lou Reed “Walk on the Wild Side”[/li][li]Cannon (Tommy): The Beloved “Hello”[/li][li]Capote (Truman): Lou Reed “Small Town”[/li][li]Captain Kidd: Bob Dylan “Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream”[/li][li]Carlos (Walter Carlos): Mike Agranoff “Ballad Of The Sandman”[/li][li]Carpenters: (London) Suede’s “He’s Gone” [/li][li]Carter (Jimmy ): Tim Curry “I Do The Rock (Politician’s Verse)”[/li][li]Carter (Rubin aka Hurricane): Bob Dylan “Hurricane”[/li][li]Cash (Johnny aka The Man In Black): George Jones “Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes”[/li][li]Cash (Johnny): Kid Rock “American Bad Ass” [/li][li]Cash (Johnny): Reunion “Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)”[/li][li]Cass (Lewis): They Might Be Giants “James K. Polk”[/li][li]Castro (Fidel): Billy Joel “We Didn’t Start the Fire”[/li][li]Castro (Fidel): The Clash “Washington Bullets”[/li][li]Castro (Fidel): Tim Curry “I Do The Rock (Politician’s Verse)”[/li][li]Castro (Fidel): Was Not Was “I Feel Better Than James Brown”[/li][li]Causar (Emperor Nero Claudius): REM “Little America”[/li][li]Chandler (Gene): Van Morrison “Real Real Gone”[/li][li]Chaney (Lon Jr.): Warren Zevon “Werewolves of London”[/li][li]Chaney (Lon): Warren Zevon “Werewolves of London”[/li][li]Charles (Ray Referred To): Joan Osbourne “Spiderwebs”[/li][li]Charles (Ray): Eric Burdon & The Animals “Winds Of Change”[/li][li]Charles (Ray): REM “Can’t Get There From Here”[/li][li]Checker (Chubby): Billy Joel “We Didn’t Start the Fire”[/li][li]Chessman (Caryl): Neil Diamond “Done Too Soon” [/li][li]Chilton (Alex): The Replacements “Alex Chilton” [/li][li]Christ (Jesus): Neil Diamond “Done Too Soon”[/li][li]Christian (Charlie): Eric Burdon & The Animals “Winds Of Change”[/li][li]Clapton (Eric): Reunion “Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)” [/li][li]Clash Kid Rock “American Bad Ass”[/li][li]Clift (Montgomery): John Prine “Picture Show”[/li][li]Clift (Montgomery): REM “Monty Got a Raw Deal”[/li][li]Clift (Montgomery): The Clash “The Right Profile”[/li][li]Cobain (Kurt): The Bloodhound Gang “Fire Water Burn"[/li][li]Cobb (Ty): John Fogerty “Centerfield”[/li][li]Cockburn (Bruce): U2 “God Part II”[/li][li]Coe (Davis Allen): Kid Rock “American Bad Ass”[/li][li]Cohen (Leonard): Nick Cave “Tower of Song”[/li][li]Cohn (Roy): Billy Joel “We Didn’t Start the Fire” [/li][li]Colombo (Russ): Neil Diamond “Done Too Soon” [/li][li]Colonel Sanders (KFC – Referred To): Was Not Was “I Feel Better Than James Brown”[/li][li]Columbus (Christopher): Bob Dylan “Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream”[/li][li]Connolly (Maureen aka Little Mo): Tim Curry “I Do The Rock (Sports Verse)”[/li][li]Cooder (Ry): The Tragically Hip “At The Hundredth Meridian" [/li][li]Cooke (Alistair): Cast of 1956 Play “Bells Are Ringing”[/li][li]Cooke (Sam): The Wallflowers “Sleepwalker” [/li][li]Cooke (Sam): Van Morrison “Real Real Gone”[/li][li]Cooper (Gary)” Irving Berlin (Remade / Changed by Taco) “Puttin’ on the Ritz”[/li][li]Corkhill (Billy): The Beloved “Hello”[/li][li]Cousin Brucie: Mike Agranoff “Ballad Of The Sandman” [/li][li]Cousteau (Jacques) REM “Narrator”[/li][li]Cowdrey (Colin): Tim Curry “I Do The Rock (Sports Verse)”[/li][li]Crawford (Cindy): Blessed Union of Soul “Hey Leonardo?”[/li][li]Crazy Otto: Grateful Dead “Ramble On Rose” [/li][li]Cream: Mike Agranoff “Ballad Of The Sandman”[/li][li]Croce (Jim{my}): The Righteous Brothers “If There’s a Rock and Roll Heaven”[/li][li]Crockett (Davy): Billy Joel “We Didn’t Start the Fire”[/li][li]Crosby Stills Nash & Young: Frank Zappa “Do You Like My New Car?” [/li][li]Crowder (Leslie): The Beloved “Hello” [/li][li]Crystals (Referred To): Mike Agranoff “Ballad Of The Sandman”[/li][li]Cure: Ben Folds Five “Battle of Who Could Care Less” [/li][li]Curtis (Jackie): Lou Reed “Walk on the Wild Side”[/li][li]Dale and Ronnie: Reunion “Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)” [/li][li]Dallesandro (Little Joe): Lou Reed “Walk on the Wild Side”[/li][li]Daltrey (Roger): Frank Zappa “Do You Like My New Car?”[/li][li]Dando (Evan): Barenaked Ladies “Jane”[/li][li]Daniels (Charlie): Charlie Daniels Band “The South’s Gonna Do It Again” [/li][li]Darin (Bobby): The Righteous Brothers “If There’s a Rock and Roll Heaven”[/li][li]Darwin (Charles): REM “Man On The Moon” [/li][li]Davis (Bette): Kim Carnes “She’s Got Bette Davis Eyes”[/li][li]Davis (Bette): Madonna “Vogue”[/li][li]Davis (Bette): Tori Amos “Glory of the 80’s”[/li][li]Davis (Sammy): Reunion “Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)”[/li][li]Day (Doris): Billy Joel “We Didn’t Start the Fire”[/li][li]Day (Doris): Cast of 1956 Play “Bells Are Ringing”[/li][li]Day (Doris): Reunion “Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)”[/li][li]Day (Doris): Wham! “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” [/li][li]Dean (Dizzy): Tim Curry “I Do The Rock (Sports Verse)”[/li][li]Dean (James): Bellamy Brothers “Elvis, Marilyn And James Dean”[/li][li]Dean (James): “Electrolyte”[/li][li]Dean (James): Billy Joel “We Didn’t Start the Fire”[/li][li]Dean (James): Don McLean “American Pie”[/li][li]Dean (James): Kid Rock “I Am The Bullgod”[/li][li]Dean (Jimmy): Madonna “Vogue”[/li][li]Dean James): John Prine “Picture Show” [/li][li]Deep Purple: Reunion “Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)” [/li][li]Deep Throat: The Bloodhound Gang " Mope"[/li][li]DeGaulle (Charles): Billy Joel “We Didn’t Start the Fire”[/li][li]Deitrich (Marlene): Madonna “Vogue”[/li][li]DeMille (Cecil B.): Lou Reed “Starlight”[/li][li]Denver (John): Reunion “Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)” [/li][li]DiCaprio (Leonardo): Blessed Union of Soul “Hey Leonardo?”[/li][li]Dickens (Charles): Rod Stewart “Every Picture Tells a Story”[/li][li]Dickinson (Emily): Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Dangling Conversation”[/li][li]Diddley (Bo): Bo Diddley “Bo Diddley”[/li][li]DiMaggio (Joe): Billy Joel “We Didn’t Start the Fire” [/li][li]DiMaggio (Joe): John Fogerty “Centerfield” [/li][li]DiMaggio (Joe): Madonna “Vogue”[/li][li]DiMaggio (Joe): Simon & Garfunkel “Mrs Robinson”[/li][li]DiMaggio (Joe): Tim Curry “I Do The Rock (Sports Verse)”[/li][li]Din (Gunga): Neil Diamond “Done Too Soon”[/li][li]Dior (Christian): Cast of 1956 Play “Bells Are Ringing”[/li][li]Doe (Christian): The Beloved “Hello”[/li][li]Doherty (Denny): Mamas & The Papas “Creeque Alley”[/li][li]Dole (Senator {Down Boy!} Robert): Lou Reed ““Sex with your Parents (Motherfucker) Part 2” [/li][li]Domino (Fats): Eric Burdon & The Animals “Winds Of Change”[/li][li]Domino (Fats): Reunion “Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)” [/li][li]Donovan: Peter Paul & Mary “I Dig Rock and Roll Music” [/li][li]Doobie Brothers: Frank Zappa “Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy” [/li][li]Dr. John (Mac Rebbenack): Reunion “Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)”[/li][li]Dreiser (Theodore – Referred To): George Jones “Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes”[/li][li]Duchovny (David): Bree Sharp “David Duchovny”[/li][li]Dylan (Bob – Referred to as Zimmerman): John Lennon “God”[/li][li]Dylan (Bob): Billy Joel “We Didn’t Start the Fire” [/li][li]Dylan (Bob): Eric Burdon & The Animals “Winds Of Change”[/li][li]Dylan (Bob): Jesus Jones “Right Here, Right Now” [/li][li]Dylan (Bob): John Oszajca “Where is Bob Dylan when you need him?”[/li][li]Dylan (Bob): Simon & Garfunkel “A Simple Desultory Philippic”[/li][li]Easter (Mitch): REM “Tighten Up”[/li][li]Eddy ({Twangin’} Duane): Reunion “Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)”[/li][li]Einstein (Albert) Counting Crows “Einstein On The Beach”[/li][li]Einstein (Albert): Billy Joel “We Didn’t Start the Fire”[/li][li]Einstein’s (Albert): Tim Curry “I Do The Rock (Thinker’s Verse)”[/li][li]Eisenhower (Dwight): Billy Joel “We Didn’t Start the Fire”[/li][li]Ekland (Brit): Tim Curry “I Do The Rock (Pop-Culture Personalities Verse)”[/li][li]Ellington (Duke): Eric Burdon & The Animals “Winds Of Change”[/li][li]Elliot (Mama Cass): Mamas & The Papas “Creeque Alley”[/li][li]Engels (Friedrich): The Clash “The Magnificent Seven”[/li][li]Estaire (Fred): The Beloved “Hello”[/li][li]Everlast: Eminem “Quitter” [/li][li]Everly Brothers (Phil & Don): Paul McCartney “Let Em In” [/li][li]Fab Five Freddy: Blondie “Rapture”[/li][li]Fagg (J. Elmo / The Blue Ridge Quartet): REM “Voice of Harold”[/li][li]Falco: The Bloodhound Gang " Mope"[/li][li]Falwell (Jerry): Lou Reed “The Original Wrapper”[/li][li]Farouk (King): Cast of 1956 Play “Bells Are Ringing”[/li][li]Farrakhan (Louis): Lou Reed “Good Morning, Mr. Waldheim”[/li][li]Farrakhan (Louis): Lou Reed “The Original Wrapper”[/li][li]Farrow (Prudence): The Beatles “Dear Prudence”[/li][li]Fawcett-Majors (Farrah): Tim Curry “I Do The Rock (Pop-Culture Personalities Verse)”[/li][li]Ferrer (Jose): Cast of 1956 Play “Bells Are Ringing”[/li][li]Flintstone (Fred{dy}): The Beloved “Hello”[/li][li]Flow (Diane): The Beloved “Hello”[/li][li]Flynn (Errol): Cast of 1956 Play “Bells Are Ringing”[/li][li]Fontanne (Lynn): Cast of 1956 Play “Bells Are Ringing” [/li][li]Foster (Steven): Reunion “Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)” [/li][li]Fox (Michael J.): Mojo Nixon “Elvis Is Everywhere” [/li][li]Frank Zappa: Captain Beefheart “The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica)” [/li][li]Frank Zappa: Eric Burdon & The Animals “Winds Of Change”[/li][li]Frankenstein: Grateful Dead “Ramble On Rose”[/li][li]Frankie Goes To Hollywood: The Bloodhound Gang " Mope"[/li][li]Franklin ({A}retha): Steely Dan “Hey Nineteen”[/li][li]Freed (Alan): Eric Burdon & The Animals “Winds Of Change”[/li][li]Freed (Alan): Neil Diamond “Done Too Soon”[/li][li]Frost (Robert): Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Dangling Conversation” [/li][li]Fuller (Bobby): John Cougar Mellencamp “R.O.C.K In The USA”[/li][li]Funderburk (Reverend Bill / Revelaires): REM “Voice of Harold”[/li][li]Gaiman (Neil): Tori Amos “Beauty Queen: Horses”[/li][li]Gaiman (Neil): Tori Amos “Tear in My Hand”[/li][li]Gandhi (Mahatma): The Clash “The Magnificent Seven”[/li][li]Garbo (Greta): Madonna “Vogue”[/li][li]Garbo (Greta): The Kinks “Celluloid Heroes” [/li][li]Garfield (John): John Prine “Picture Show”[/li][li]Garfunkel (Art): Simon & Garfunkel “A Simple Desultory Philippic”[/li][li]Gates (Bill): Weird Al Yankovic “It’s All About The Pentiums”[/li][li]Gaye (Marvin Tribute): The Commodores “Nightshift”[/li][li]Gaye (Marvin) India.Arie’s “Introduction”[/li][li]Gaye (Marvin): The Bloodhound Gang “Fire Water Burn"[/li][li]Gee (Wendell): REM “Wendell Gee”[/li][li]Geisel (Dr. Theodor Seuss): REM “The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite”[/li][li]Geller (Uri): Toad the Wet Sprocket “Nancy”[/li][li]Gentry (Joel): REM “Voice of Harold”[/li][li]Getz (Stan): Tom Waits “Spare Parts I (Nocturnal Emission)”[/li][li]Gibson (Debbie): Mojo Nixon “Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant With My Two-Headed Love Child” [/li][li]Glenn (Senator John): Billy Joel “We Didn’t Start the Fire”[/li][li]Glitter (Gary): The Clash “Complete Control”[/li][li]Goetz (Bernard): Billy Joel “We Didn’t Start the Fire” [/li][li]Goodman (Benny): Mike Agranoff “Ballad Of The Sandman”[/li][li]Gorbachev (Mikhail): Warren Zevon “Turmoil”[/li][li]Gore (Lesley): Reunion “Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)” [/li][li]Grand Master Flash: Kid Rock “American Bad Ass”[/li][li]Grandmaster Flash: Blondie “Rapture” [/li][li]Grateful Dead: Eric Burdon & The Animals “Montery”[/li][li]Grateful Dead: Frank Zappa “Teenage Wind” [/li][li]Gray (Barry): Cast of 1956 Play “Bells Are Ringing”[/li][li]Green (Al): REM “Just a Touch” [/li][li]Green Day: Weezer “El Scorcho” [/li][li]Greider (William): REM “Departure”[/li][li]Grey (Paris): The Beloved “Hello”[/li][li]Grossman (Albert-Referred To): Simon & Garfunkel “A Simple Desultory Philippic”[/li][li]Guevara (Che): David Bowie “Panic In Detroit”[/li][li]Gump (Forrest): Weird Al Yankovic “Gump”[/li][li]Guthrie (Arlo – Referred To): Mike Agranoff “Ballad Of The Sandman”[/li][li]Guthrie (Woody): Bob Dylan “Song To Woody”[/li][li]Gwenn (Edmond): Cast of 1956 Play “Bells Are Ringing”[/li][/ol] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-name-other-people/105560.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-name-other-people/105560.md?page=5)