Songs about or mentioning Andy Warhol?

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Of course there's the Bowie song and "Andy's Chest", but are there any other songs that namecheck him or are about him? (Excepting "Songs For Drella", obviously) Thanks in advance.

Iago Galdston, Saturday, 15 December 2012 21:51 (twelve years ago)

Simon & Garfunkel, "A Simple Desultory Philippic"

my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Saturday, 15 December 2012 22:01 (twelve years ago)

Maureen Tucker - Andy <-- love this

ばか ざっぴ (zappi), Saturday, 15 December 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago)

"Jackie Onasis" by Human Sexual Response namechecks him: "I want my portrait done by Andy Warhol / I'll let him market a Jackie O doll."

Room 227 (cryptosicko), Sunday, 16 December 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago)

The Fugs "Salute To Andy Warhol"
The Times "My Andy Warhol Poster"
The Teardrop Explodes "Christ Versus Warhol"
Generation X "Andy Warhol"

crustaceanrebel, Sunday, 16 December 2012 00:08 (twelve years ago)

Warrant - "Andy Warhol Was Right"

xhuxk, Sunday, 16 December 2012 00:23 (twelve years ago)

Monkees- "No Time" (the line "Andy you're a dandy/you don't seem to make no sense" refers to Warhol, according to Mickey Dolenz)

Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 16 December 2012 00:29 (twelve years ago)

TV Personalities - All My Dreams Are Dead "I remember the day Andy Warhol died/I must have cried for a week"

ばか ざっぴ (zappi), Sunday, 16 December 2012 00:32 (twelve years ago)

Ultravox - Artificial Life ("She ran through divine light, chemicals, Warhol, Scientology, her own sex")
Lou Reed - Dime Store Mystery
Lou Reed - Vicious (sort of -- Andy told him to write a song about "vicious" - Lou asked "What kind of vicious?" Andy said "Like, you hit me with a flower.")

And, erm, I wrote a song about Warhol - inspired by something from his diaries: http://lingereffect.bandcamp.com/track/popism

Kent Burt, Sunday, 16 December 2012 02:57 (twelve years ago)

Oh and, of course, Warhol is supposedly the "Napoleon in rags" and/or "diplomat" of Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone."

Kent Burt, Sunday, 16 December 2012 03:05 (twelve years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sw8nHWqEjM

late adopter, Sunday, 16 December 2012 06:34 (twelve years ago)

thanks, all!

Iago Galdston, Sunday, 16 December 2012 15:35 (twelve years ago)

Dead Milkmen "(Instant Club Hit) You'll Dance To Anything"

"I met Andy Warhol at a really chic party
Blow it out your hairdo 'cause you work at Hardees"

Not really a very good song...

dlp9001, Monday, 17 December 2012 01:42 (twelve years ago)

"And I'm all over the radio, I'm topping every chart
Andy Warhol of rap, I'm a fucking work of art"

Bow Wow - Crunch Time

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 17 December 2012 02:46 (twelve years ago)

Not about him...AT ALL...but still:

Happy Mondays - "Anti-Warhole (On The Dance Floor)"

henry s, Monday, 17 December 2012 03:26 (twelve years ago)

Digging down into the punk, in increasing obscurity...

Treepeople - Andy Warhol
Seems Twice - Warhol
Civil Dismay - Warhol Genius

Michael Train, Monday, 17 December 2012 13:31 (twelve years ago)


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