Tip of the hat, a flip of the bird, songs that reference other musical acts

'Running order squabblefest' - Half Man Half Biscuit

Lyric: 'You're going on after Crispy Ambulance'

Rae Spoon
There is a light (but it's not for everyone)



Leonard Cohen
Morrisey
Kraftwerk

Love this!

Even in French....
Ex‐fan des sixties by Jane Birkin

Ex-fan des sixties, petite baby doll
Comme tu dansais bien le rock'n'roll
Ex-fan des sixties, où sont tes années folles?
Que sont devenues toutes tes idoles?
Où est l'ombre des Shadows
Des Byrds, des Doors
Des Animals, des Moody Blues
Séparés, McCartney
George Harrison
Et Ringo Starr et John Lennon
Ex-fan des sixties, petite baby doll
Comme tu dansais bien le rock'n'roll
Ex-fan des sixties, où sont tes années folles?
Que sont devenues toutes tes idoles?
Disparus Brian Jones, Jim Morrison
Eddie Cochrane, Buddy Holly
Idem Jimi Hendrix
Otis Redding
Janis Joplin, T.Rex, Elvis
Disparus Brian Jones, Jim Morrison
Eddie Cochrane, Buddy Holly
Idem Jimi Hendrix
Otis Redding
Janis Joplin, T.Rex, Elvis
Disparus Brian Jones, Jim Morrison
Eddie Cochrane, Buddy Holly
Idem Jimi Hendrix
Otis Redding
Janis Joplin, T.Rex, Elvis

The Monkees' Randy Scouse Git has a couple of references.

• The girl in the yellow dress - Cass Elliot of the Mamas and the Papas
  
• The four kings of EMI - the Beatles

In the UK it's called Alternate Title.

Sugarloaf - Don't Call Us, We'll Call You



they throw in a guitar riff from the Beatles', "I Feel Fine"
(@ 1:39)

Eric Burdon & The Animals ~ Monterey

I just went back through this entire thread to see if we'd already posted this or the next one. We hadn't that I could see.


From station to station, back to Düsseldorf City
Meet Iggy Pop and David Bowie

Pink Floyd's shout out to Vera Lynn (lyrics in video)

I'm doing my annual 'add chart metadata' to the collection and came across this that drags this thread into the 2020s

Dua Lipa by Jack Harlow (has a name drop of Kanye West and Ariana Grande too). If you don't know who Dua Lipa is you probably won't know any of the four names I've just listed

Reference to on the record though not in the lyrics

A second entry for Nerf Herder - not impressed with late stage "Van Halen"
some vaguely relevant back story

I bought Van Halen I
It was the best damn record I ever owned
TG&Y 1978
Two hand tapping guitar technique really got me off
Eruption yeah, ain't talkin' 'bout love, I'm on fire
Tomorrow may come
Tomorrow may never come again
Can't you hear Jamie cryin?
She's runnin' with the devil
I bought Women and Children First
Fair Warning and Van Halen II
Dance the night away
1984 my favorite record yeah I wore it down
Might as well jump [x2]
Tomorrow may come
Tomorrow may never come again
Can't you hear Jamie cryin?
She's runnin' with the devil
Is this what you wanted, Sammy Hagar?
Sammy Hagar, is this what you wanted, man?
Dave lost his hairline but you lost your cool buddy
Can't drive 55
I'll never buy your lousy records again
Again, again, again, never again:
Tomorrow may come
Tomorrow may never come again
Can't you hear Jamie cryin?
She's runnin' with the devil
Jump jump jump jump jump jump jump, might as well jump [x2]