New game: Guess That Namecheck!

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Come up with a personage of note namechecked in a song, and we have to guess what song it's from...(no googling!)

― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 02:08 (twelve years ago)

yul brynner?

― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 02:35 (twelve years ago)

Staple Singers?

Enoch Powell?

― you, your max is on fire (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 02:46 (twelve years ago)

yul brynner?

I know this one but I'm ashamed to say

― you, your max is on fire (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 02:47 (twelve years ago)

*cough* there's a James single from 2008 where he sings about looking like Yul Brynner and I remember it because a) Tim Booth sings a lot about Golden Age Hollywood and those references stick out even on a cursory listen and b) you wish you looked like Yul Brynner, Tim

― you, your max is on fire (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 02:50 (twelve years ago)

Peter Green

― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 03:00 (twelve years ago)

Enoch Powell - Beatles demo of Get Back?

― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 03:23 (twelve years ago)

Mark Ronson.

― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 03:24 (twelve years ago)

Oh my god, Mick Ronson, I meant. Early onset Alzheimer's and pot...

― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 03:25 (twelve years ago)

Dude, it's One Night in Bangkok by Murray Head from the Chess Sdtk

― sarahell, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 03:36 (twelve years ago)

Peter Green - Ballad of John and Yoko?

― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 03:42 (twelve years ago)

the press agent for the Beatles, not the Fleetwood Mac founder

― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 03:43 (twelve years ago)

Peter Brown, damn I did it again! OK, good night, enjoy my game!

― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 03:44 (twelve years ago)

Enoch Powell - Beatles demo of Get Back?

Not what I was thinking of! The song I had in mind also features Graham Greene

― you, your max is on fire (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 04:07 (twelve years ago)

Dude, it's One Night in Bangkok by Murray Head from the Chess Sdtk

Oh, OK!

― you, your max is on fire (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 04:09 (twelve years ago)

Milton Berle?

― you, your max is on fire (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 04:09 (twelve years ago)

Not what I was thinking of! The song I had in mind also features Graham Greene

Ah, is it 'Graham Greene' by John Cale?

― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 09:14 (twelve years ago)

yul brynner?

Stephen Malkmus - Jojo's Jacket

― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 09:42 (twelve years ago)

bingo

― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 10:51 (twelve years ago)

jammaster jay?

― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 10:58 (twelve years ago)

so not only do you have to identify the song that somebody's mentioned in but you have to identify the specific song that you're thinking about that somebody name-checked in multiple songs is mentioned in? psychic research for fun and profit

― A fat, shit, jittery fraud of a messageboard poster (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 11:17 (twelve years ago)

Mick Ronson hint: this sons also name checks the (American) football player Larry Johnson!

― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:48 (twelve years ago)

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