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i was listening to nada surf's song "blonde on blonde," a dropdead gorgeous ode to walking around nyc in the rain with dylan in your headphones, and trying to think of other songs that are simply a mash note to a favorite album.

― notfazed (notfazed), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 03:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Pavement's "Unseen Power of the Picket Fence" is about R.E.M.'s Reckoning.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 03:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Monster Magnet's epic "Spine of God", while not about a whole album, contains the great lines "bought another copy of Fragile" and "bought another copy of Zoso".

The key thing being that "another" implying that the narrator has owned copies previously at various points in his life and lost them due to either stoned misplacement or truck for pocket change.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 04:19 (twenty-two years ago)

how about Destroyer - "The Sublimation Hour?" droppin bowie lines left and right.

― Brock K. (Brock K.), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 04:37 (twenty-two years ago)

wichita, ks, early 90s, local bar band called Room Full of Walters had a song called "Reading Kipling" and I still remember the line "dance to meat is murder and the smiths make it so sad / spend the day doing nothing makes the bureaucrats mad" haha, good times (bad lyrics).

― Aaron A., Wednesday, 16 April 2003 04:43 (twenty-two years ago)

"It's A Mugs Game" by Soft Cell namedrops both "Deep Purple In Rock" and "Led Zeppelin II" (well even you hate those)

― jack battery-pack (Jack Battery-Pack), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 07:26 (twenty-two years ago)

On Porcupine Tree's "Pure Narcotic", Steven Wilson sings "You keep me listening to The Bends".

― JP Almeida (JP Almeida), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 07:32 (twenty-two years ago)

the nasty on have a song called "amphetamine now" that drops about fifty classic titles.

sloan's "the marquee & the moon" is totally about a bar from their hometown called the marquee but idunno where they pull the 'moon' from...

― brian badword (badwords), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 08:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Terror Squad's "Burn disco burn" has a whole heap of 80s thrash metal albums being namedropped. It's quite hilarious. Of course, that was basically an anti-disco song, not so much a song about a particular album.

― Øystein Holm-Olsen (Øystein H-O), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 09:51 (twenty-two years ago)

that recent 70s/80s track by nightmares on Wax has a reference to 'new boots and panties'

does anyone else love this track?

― Robin Goad (rgoad), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 09:58 (twenty-two years ago)

It's the only reason I haven't flogged that album on eBay, Robin.

Can't believe we haven't mentioned Stephen Malkmus's "Jenny & the Ess-Dog" for referencing "Brothers In Arms".

― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 11:18 (twenty-two years ago)

"sloan's "the marquee & the moon" is totally about a bar from their hometown called the marquee but idunno where they pull the 'moon' from..."

Possibly from Television's "Marquee Moon."

In the Dismemberment Plan's "Ellen and Ben," One line goes "I had stopped by, 'cuz Ellen had my copy of 'Nebraska'." A fleeting reference, but still.

― Brandon Gentry (Brandon Gentry), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 13:29 (twenty-two years ago)

A U2 song (I think "Angel of Harlem") name-checks (or name-drops) Coltrane's A Love Supreme.
TMBG's "Twisting" mentions a dB's Record and a Young Fresh Fellows tape.

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 14:25 (twenty-two years ago)

romo alert! "my oldest motown records, my abba hits CD" - never felt as good, belvedere kane

― matthew james (matthew james), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 14:44 (twenty-two years ago)

"All I ever asked of you
Was a copy of Garage Days and to tell me the truth"

- Spoon, The Agony of Laffitte

― Paul Eater (eater), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 19:59 (twenty-two years ago)

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