Songs named after celebrities not in the band

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Madness: Michael Caine
Prefab Sprout: Faron Young
David Bowie: Andy Warhol
Monty Python: Henry Kissinger

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 19 December 2003 01:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Julian Cope - "Robert Mitchum"
The Adverts - "Gary Gilmore's Eyes"
Bananarama - "Robert DeNiro's Waiting"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 19 December 2003 02:02 (twenty-one years ago)

the Replacements - "Alex Chilton"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 19 December 2003 02:02 (twenty-one years ago)

The Exploited - "Jimmy Boyle"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 19 December 2003 02:03 (twenty-one years ago)

The Young Fresh Fellows - "Amy Grant"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 19 December 2003 02:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Redd Kross - "Linda Blair"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 19 December 2003 02:05 (twenty-one years ago)

The Wedding Present - "Shatner"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 19 December 2003 02:05 (twenty-one years ago)

ALex is just copying all his answers from the other thread

Songs with a real person in the title

― Broheems (diamond), Friday, 19 December 2003 02:07 (twenty-one years ago)

No I'm not.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 19 December 2003 02:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Cripes. I did cite a lot of these before, didn't I.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 19 December 2003 02:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Prince - "Cindy C"

― Jedmond, Friday, 19 December 2003 02:12 (twenty-one years ago)

busted!

*Alex please report to the principal's office*

― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 19 December 2003 02:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Fez Perez - We Miss You Oliver Reed
Cabaret Voltaire - Mussolini Headkick (maybe not a celebrity...)

― Sasha (sgh), Friday, 19 December 2003 02:16 (twenty-one years ago)

I swear i wasn't copying!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 19 December 2003 02:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Depends on your definition of a celebrity. Of course, "Der Mussolini" by D.A.F. would also qualify if he is.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 19 December 2003 02:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Matthew Sweet - Winona
(any other Winona Ryder songs? That could be a new thread!)

― Kate Silver (Kate Silver), Friday, 19 December 2003 03:49 (twenty-one years ago)

"Linda Blair was Born Innocent" -- the Mountain Goats

(Linda Blair is winning!)

― Salmon Pink (Salmon Pink), Friday, 19 December 2003 03:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Tom Daily - "Reese Witherspoon"

― dlp9001, Friday, 19 December 2003 03:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Aargh, I just heard some band covering "Sylvia Plath" earlier today, but I can't remember who it was.

― dlp9001, Friday, 19 December 2003 03:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Mr. Bungle "Travolta"

― James Slone (Freon Trotsky), Friday, 19 December 2003 03:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Charles Mingus, "Fables of Faubus"

― dylan (dylan), Friday, 19 December 2003 04:06 (twenty-one years ago)

more mingus: "all the things you could be now if sigmund freud's wife was your mother."

― dylan (dylan), Friday, 19 December 2003 04:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Cake: "Frank Sinatra" and "Meanwhile, Rick James..."

Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin all made use of the machinery of mass media celebrity in forming their personality cults. So calling them celebrities is not much of a stretch.

― bedbug, Friday, 19 December 2003 06:01 (twenty-one years ago)

The Modern Lovers, "Pablo Picasso"
Belle & Sebastian, "Seymour Stein"

Kate sez: "any other Winona Ryder songs? That could be a new thread!"

She had an actual band (not just a song) which took her name -- The Wynona Riders.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 19 December 2003 13:43 (twenty-one years ago)

'check out my new jesus' joy zipper. surely jesus qualifies as celeb in this lateral thinking world we inhabit ..
(open floodgates for Jesus references now ...)

― mark e (mark e), Friday, 19 December 2003 13:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Aargh, I just heard some band covering "Sylvia Plath" earlier today, but I can't remember who it was

The Peter Laughner song? Death of Samantha did a version of that on Where the Women Wear the Glory and the Men Wear the Pants

― NickB (NickB), Friday, 19 December 2003 13:59 (twenty-one years ago)

That's it! Thanks.

― dlp9001, Friday, 19 December 2003 14:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Here's a twofer: Teenage Fanclub - "Neil Jung"

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 19 December 2003 16:12 (twenty-one years ago)

'Woodrow Wilson,' 'Lucinda Williams,' 'Steve Willoughby,' 'Isadora Duncan' and 'Stevie Smith,' all by Vic Chesnutt.

― retort pouch (retort pouch), Friday, 19 December 2003 22:10 (twenty-one years ago)

in what field did Steve Willoughby earn his celebrity?

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Friday, 19 December 2003 22:20 (twenty-one years ago)

"Donna Summer" - Prefab Sprout

― LondonLee (LondonLee), Friday, 19 December 2003 22:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Vincent Gallo, "I Wrote This Song for the Girl Paris Hilton"

― Lukas (lukas), Friday, 19 December 2003 22:40 (twenty-one years ago)

King Missile: Martin Scorsese (amazing 'song', that one. weird fuckers)

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Friday, 19 December 2003 22:42 (twenty-one years ago)

B-52s - "Debbie"
Blue Oyster Cult - "Joan Crawford"
Frampton Brothers - "Brian Wilson Said"

Originally, Cheap Trick called "The Ballad of TV Violence" the "Ballad of Richard Speck."

― John Fredland (jfredland), Friday, 19 December 2003 23:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Sir Duke- Stevie Wonder

― Speedy Gonzalas (Speedy Gonzalas), Saturday, 20 December 2003 02:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Anne Bancroft - Mega City 4
Blues for George Michael - Boo Radleys

― David Gates of Delirium, Saturday, 20 December 2003 03:34 (twenty-one years ago)

This far in and still no "Bela Lugosi's Dead", by Bauhaus? Whoa.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Saturday, 20 December 2003 04:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Miss Kitten and the Hacker, "Frank Sinatra" (now tied with Linda Blair!)

― Michael Patrick Brady (Michael Patrick Brady), Saturday, 20 December 2003 04:22 (twenty-one years ago)

"Steve McQueen" by Sheryl Crow

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 20 December 2003 04:29 (twenty-one years ago)

three months pass...

Adam Green - "Jessica" (Jessica Simpson)
Ani Difranco - "Napoleon" (for Suzanne Vega)
Velvet Underground - "New Age" (for actor Robert Michum)
David Bowie - "Lady Stardust" (for Marc Bolan of the band T.Rex)
Yo La Tengo - "Let's Save Tony Orlando's House"
the Clash - "The Right Profile" (for actor Montgomery Cliff)
Bikini Kill - "Tony Randall"
Sleater-Kinney - "I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone"
Sonic Youth - "Tunic" (for Karen Carpenter)
Dan Bern - "Kurt" (Kurt Cobain)

― Meagan, Sunday, 11 April 2004 02:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Warren Zevon - Veracruz (Woodrow Wilson) - again!
???????????? - I want to be Jackie Onassis / Possibly by Face to Face

― jim wentworth (wench), Sunday, 11 April 2004 02:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Jackie Onassis was by Human Sexual Response. I had forgotten that song, thanks... fer nuthin

― no opinion, Sunday, 11 April 2004 04:56 (twenty-one years ago)

The entire Edie Sedgwick catalog to thread.

― j.lu (j.lu), Sunday, 11 April 2004 18:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Wesley Willis to thread.

― djdee2005, Sunday, 11 April 2004 20:43 (twenty-one years ago)

three months pass...

Cat Power - "Mr Gallo" (Vincent Gallo)

― Liza, Monday, 26 July 2004 09:58 (twenty-one years ago)

boo radleys: rodney king (song for lenny bruce)

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 26 July 2004 10:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Saint Etienne: Jack Lemmon

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Monday, 26 July 2004 10:23 (twenty-one years ago)

another hunky dory track: "song for bob dylan"
the auteurs - "lenny valentino"

― willem (willem), Monday, 26 July 2004 10:29 (twenty-one years ago)

He's not in the title to the song but 'My Brightest Star' by Solace is all about Mr Bobby Gillespie.

― flowersdie (flowersdie), Monday, 26 July 2004 10:41 (twenty-one years ago)

The French - "Wu Tang Clan"

― briania (briania), Monday, 26 July 2004 11:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Yaphet Katto - the band - is named after the black actor.

― j e r e m y (x Jeremy), Monday, 26 July 2004 11:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Yaphet Katto - the actor - has also made records, confusing discographical research somewhat.

― briania (briania), Monday, 26 July 2004 13:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Seriously? Charles Bronson, then.

― itsa me, mario! (x Jeremy), Monday, 26 July 2004 13:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Seriously. I've got a Yaphet Kotto seven-inch from 'way back in the day -- a black nationalist rant with congas & such that's just the bomb. Trying to research it, all I ever find is info on the band.

― briania (briania), Monday, 26 July 2004 13:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Warrant(!): Andy Warhol Was Right
Tibi Lubin: Calling Hettie Jones
Ed Gein's Car: Annette (for Funicello)
Nick Lowe: "Bay City Rollers We Love You" and "Rollershow"

― mike a, Monday, 26 July 2004 13:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Television Personalities!:

Where's Bill Grundy now?
World of Pauline Lewis
Geoffrey Ingram
I know where Sid Barrett lives
David Hockney’s diaries
Lichtenstein painting
Salvador Dali’s garden party
As John Belushi said
Little Woody Allen

― brian patrick (brian patrick), Monday, 26 July 2004 13:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I know y'all been ignoring it, but: Gorillaz - "Clint Eastwood".

― briania (briania), Monday, 26 July 2004 13:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Hefner, "Lee Remick"

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 26 July 2004 13:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Tsunami, "David Foster Wallace"
Jenny Toomey, "Patsy Cline"

― phil dennison, Monday, 26 July 2004 14:00 (twenty-one years ago)

King Stitt -- "Lee Van Cleef"

― briania (briania), Monday, 26 July 2004 14:11 (twenty-one years ago)

The Flaming Lips - "Thank You Jack White For The Fiberoptic Jesus That You Gave Me"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 26 July 2004 14:16 (twenty-one years ago)

"Jackie O" - John Cougar Mellencamp

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 26 July 2004 15:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Weather Prophets - Like Frankie Lymon
White Town - Hair Like Alain Delon
Unrest - Winona Ryder
Unrest - Cath Carroll
Unrest - Isobel Bishop
The Clientele - Joseph Cornell
Daniel Bedingfield - James Dean
Paul Simon - Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War

― rentboy (rentboy), Monday, 26 July 2004 15:42 (twenty-one years ago)

10,000 Maniacs - Hey Jack Kerouac

― rentboy (rentboy), Monday, 26 July 2004 15:43 (twenty-one years ago)

The Mittens - Elizabeth Hurley

― briania (briania), Monday, 26 July 2004 15:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey
Mellotones - Haile Selassie
U2 - MLK (though I'm thinking Bono was convinced otherwise)
Wedding Present - Kennedy
John Denver - Ballad of Richard Nixon

― rentboy (rentboy), Monday, 26 July 2004 15:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Van Morrison/Dexy's - Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)

― mike a, Monday, 26 July 2004 16:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Morphine "Kerouac"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 26 July 2004 16:58 (twenty-one years ago)

The New Pornographers - The Mary Martin Show

― i'ma luigi, number one! (common_person), Monday, 26 July 2004 17:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Sublime - KRS-One

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 26 July 2004 17:09 (twenty-one years ago)

LA Style - James Brown is Dead
Kool Keith - Black Elvis
Durutti Column - Otis
Butthole Surfers - Julio Iglesias

― rentboy (rentboy), Monday, 26 July 2004 17:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Between Sublime's "KRS-One" and "Wu Tang Clan" by the French, we've come up with two rock songs about rappers. Is it worth another thread to list the others?

― briania (briania), Monday, 26 July 2004 17:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Jonathan Richman with the painter triology "Pablo Picasso", "Salvador Dali" and "Vincent van Gogh".

― Hanna (Hanna), Monday, 26 July 2004 19:08 (twenty-one years ago)

max tundra - gondry

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Monday, 26 July 2004 19:13 (twenty-one years ago)

"Vincent" - Don McLean. Thanks for the reminder, Hanna.

(And it's not called freaking "Starry, Starry Night", Miss Public Radio DJ.)

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 26 July 2004 19:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Peter & the Test Tube Babies - Elvis is Dead
TISM - John Bonham's Coke Roadie
TISM - Martin Scorcese is Quite A Jovial Fellow
New Waver - John Farnham's Coke Roadie
Sonic Youth - Madonna, Sean Penn & Me

"'check out my new jesus' joy zipper. surely jesus qualifies as celeb in this lateral thinking world we inhabit ..
(open floodgates for Jesus references now ...)
-- mark e (m...), December 19th, 2003."

If Jesus does, then so should Satan, and we'll be here for all eternity.

― Sasha (sgh), Monday, 26 July 2004 23:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Go-Betweens
-The House that Jack Kerouac built
-Lee Remick

― The Velvet Overlord (The Velvet Overlord), Monday, 26 July 2004 23:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Mission of Burma - Max Ernst
Mission of Burma - Einstein's Day

Although, again, are these people celebrities? I s'pose Einstein is.

― Sasha (sgh), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 00:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Psychic TV's 'Roman P.' - obviously about Roman Polanski

― Sasha (sgh), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 05:07 (twenty-one years ago)

MX-80 Sound, "Orson" (Welles)
That Petrol Emotion, "Chester Burnette"
Billy Bragg, "Levi Stubbs' Tears"
Alice Cooper, "The Ballad Of Dwight Frye"
Butthole Surfers, "Lou Reed" (Alternate title = "Comb". Makes sense!)
Angel Corpus Christie, "John Cassavetes"

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 07:08 (twenty-one years ago)

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