100 songs that namedrop T. Rex

2. The Who - "You Better You Bet"

3. Mott the Hoople "All the Young Dudes"

why not 1000 i say

4. REM - "The Wake Up Bomb"

Do other dinosaurs count? if so, "Brontosaurus" by the Move. (If not, never mind.)

nah I'm thinkin specifically of the band to test my theory that this is the most directly namedropped band in rock

6. Zodiac Mindwarp "Prime Mover"

er, 5.

6. Weird Al Yankovic: "Jurassic Park"
(has nothing to do with Marc Bolan though)

7. Does "Bolan" count? If so, John Lennon's God (I think)

8. Pixies' 'Cactus' sort of (the spelling thing)

Does "Bolan" count? If so, John Lennon's God (I think)

O_o ???

I don't believe in magic,
I don't believe in I-ching,
I don't believe in bible,
I don't believe in tarot,
I don't believe in Hitler,
I don't believe in Jesus,
I don't believe in Kennedy,
I don't believe in Buddha,
I don't believe in mantra,
I don't believe in Gita,
I don't believe in yoga,
I don't believe in kings,
I don't believe in Elvis,
I don't believe in Zimmerman,
I don't believe in Beatles

Damn! Geir beat me to it.

...
"i just believe in T.rex,
Yoko and T.rex...."

xpost

Replacement for 7.

7. Brimful of Asha - Cornershop

Jurassic Park is frightenin' in the dark.
The dinosaurs are running wild!
Someone let T Rex out of his pen.
And I'm afraid that they will harm me,
'Cause the sure don't look like Barney,
And they want me to be their dinner, not their friend!
Oh Noooooo!

(Hmm. This is not entirely correct word by word though)

Oh Noooooo!
Don't let them draag you down....

I always wondered what Lawrence was singing in the verses!

"i just believe in T.rex,
Yoko and T.rex...."
Gettin' it on
And banging a gong

I wa-a-as The Jeepster
And now I'm reborn
I wa-a-as the Twentieth Century Boy
And now I am John

If he didn't pronounce Buddha to rhyme with mutha, I wouldn't have been confused...but your jokes are soooo funny!

Surely Beatles/Stones are more namedropped than T. Rex?

Alaska Y Dinarama - Rey Del Glam

Te Has Quedado En El 73
con Bowie Y T-Rex.

Surely Beatles/Stones are more namedropped than T. Rex?

I dunno, are they? I can only think of a handful of songs that directly namedrop the Beatles (the Dream Academy, aforementioned Lennon tune, etc.) As for the Stones I can't think of a single one, but I'm sure there must be a few.

Well a hippy-trippy name dropper came through my door
He said, I just bumped into Mick, he told me You know where to score.
No not me friend
I mind my own and my own minds me

Small Faces - Universal

that's a great song, but a pretty indirect reference

As for the Stones I can't think of a single one

3. Mott the Hoople "All the Young Dudes"

House of Love, The Beatles and the Stones

3. Mott the Hoople "All the Young Dudes"

hahaha oh man DU

DU

DUH

"Drive In Saturday"!!

Kate Bush - "Blow Away" mentions Bolan

Soulwax - "Teachers" (Daft Punk cover)

<i>As for the Stones I can't think of a single one, but I'm sure there must be a few.</i>

No Elvis, Beatles of the Rolling Stones in 1977'

Won't you tell your Dad
Get off my back
Tell him what we said
'Bout "Paint It Black"

that's a quote, not a namedrop

her dad was marc bolan

I got Stones in my passway
And my road seem dark as night.

Sorry

<i>As for the Stones I can't think of a single one, but I'm sure there must be a few.</i>

'But like Mick Jagger said, I can't get no satisfaction'

Psychic TV - "Godstar"

you guys are all confusing the issue

which is HOW GREBT IS T REX and lets talk about songs that namedrop them

Is there a song that references The Stones without mentioning the Beatles?

Deep Purple-"Smoke On The Water"

We ended up at the Grand Hotel - It was empty, cold and bare
But with the Rolling Truck Stones Thing just outside making our music there

The Royal We - "I Hate Rock n' Roll"

Brooks & Dunn-- "She laughed and said play me some Rolling Stones/
I couldn’t let that chance go by/
I sang her "You Can’t Always Get What you Want"

GET YOUR OWN THREAD

"4 M.B." by Lloyd Cole, from Bad Vibes (US Ryko CD version)