Songs that give potted histories of scenes

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I love these and want to make a mix. Here are the four I can think of:

Mott The Hoople - Saturday Gigs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nKNfMfNrpM

Urusei Yatsura - Siamese (bit tenuous)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXO2aJLvlSs

Durrty Goodz - Switching Songs Pt 2 (this is the only perfect example here)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71ufGS8XcUU

Kevin Saunderson - Detroit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x-dWUYm8s4

sent a message through the Internet but it rejected (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 14 October 2025 14:13 (three weeks ago)

Bound to be some Laurel Canyon songs, those fuckers were obsessed with each other.

Webinar in Wetherspoons (Tom D.), Tuesday, 14 October 2025 14:16 (three weeks ago)

Do songs that namecheck a bunch of bands in a scene automatically qualify? If so:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK8hPiELFC0

Tullycraft - "Pop Songs Your New Boyfriend's too Stupid to Know About"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lG7P-wQA3E

Mary Lou Lord - "His Indie World"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAJ6dxM0a9I

Wayne County and the Backstreet Boys - "Max's Kansas City 1976"

She's the Tariff (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 14 October 2025 14:24 (three weeks ago)

Helen Love's 'Long Live the UK Music Scene'? It's not particularly complimentary about it, but definitely a time capsule.

emil.y, Tuesday, 14 October 2025 14:26 (three weeks ago)

The Mamas & the Papas - Creeque Alley

Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 14 October 2025 15:29 (three weeks ago)

Sebadoh "Gimme Indie Rock"

sleeve, Tuesday, 14 October 2025 15:32 (three weeks ago)

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock

so far so noir (Matt #2), Tuesday, 14 October 2025 15:37 (three weeks ago)

Edan - Fumbling Over Words That Rhyme

city worker, Tuesday, 14 October 2025 15:38 (three weeks ago)

B-52s - Deadbeat Club

Brad C., Tuesday, 14 October 2025 16:05 (three weeks ago)

Todd Snider - Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues (history and snark)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yKBu33Y2bI

that's not my post, Tuesday, 14 October 2025 16:24 (three weeks ago)

Christy Moore, Lisdoonvarna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SVo9W4QM5A

Or, writ large, R.O.C.K in the U.S.A.

putting the cad in decadent (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 14 October 2025 16:39 (three weeks ago)

Boogie Down Productions - South Bronx
Just-Ice - Going Way Back

*pies flung everywhere* -- Pill's Trap Goin' Ham (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 14 October 2025 16:49 (three weeks ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFGKm_bJ5Uw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD_AyGGhuCA

Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Tuesday, 14 October 2025 17:11 (three weeks ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZvsAh5VFRw

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 14 October 2025 17:17 (three weeks ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp9oRUw_vZc

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 14 October 2025 17:18 (three weeks ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlYOcyekCo8

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 14 October 2025 17:25 (three weeks ago)

re: all the young punks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWqApAvuALE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31_WEU2FerI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pKkOOQR7_o

all from the ‘where’s bill grundy now?' ep

Cock A. Doodledoo (Deflatormouse), Tuesday, 14 October 2025 18:02 (three weeks ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVvSX1fFHV8

Tom T. Hall - Spokane Motel Blues

bulb after bulb, Tuesday, 14 October 2025 18:11 (three weeks ago)

Minutemen - “History Lesson - Part II”

Lady Sovereign (Citizen) (milo z), Tuesday, 14 October 2025 20:03 (three weeks ago)


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