tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post243255021665575685..comments2024-03-28T14:41:03.787-04:00Comments on PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special Extremely Meta Audio/Video Edition!NYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-32558879576821441512010-06-28T02:24:39.491-04:002010-06-28T02:24:39.491-04:00Late with another one, and I finally found a '...Late with another one, and I finally found a 'reference' song - not the easier 'Song' songs...<br /><br />this one just =had= to be included - it's got a song reference, but the artist is mis-identified, of course:<br /><br />Dead Milkmen - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJYjr-vUKZM" rel="nofollow"> "Punk Rock Girl"</a> (!!), off of <i>Beelzebubba</i>.<br /><br />to quote:<br />And someone played a Beach Boys song<br />On the jukebox<br />And it was "California Dreamin'"<br />So we started screamin'<br />"On such a winter's day"John Fowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02640694304430187948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-29562517728105634862010-06-28T00:09:23.982-04:002010-06-28T00:09:23.982-04:00If I can nominate an album rather than a song, the...If I can nominate an album rather than a song, the Stone's Get Yer Ya Yas Out, which visually quotes Visions of Johanna. APAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-64313310816962302032010-06-28T00:04:44.714-04:002010-06-28T00:04:44.714-04:00There have been many "medley" songs, fro...There have been many "medley" songs, from Buchanan & Goodman's "Flying Saucer" singles to Spyder turner's bizarre "Stand By me," but against all odds, Arthur Conley's "Sweet Soul Music" seems to transcend the genre. For sheer exuberance and utter craziness, it's had to top.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03743825684303825072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-43825934863979507162010-06-27T16:42:16.060-04:002010-06-27T16:42:16.060-04:00I heard Seger say in an interview that the song he...I heard Seger say in an interview that the song he was referring to was "Raindrops" by Dee Clark, although that song actually came out in '61.J. Loslonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-57137775820893095222010-06-26T21:22:32.487-04:002010-06-26T21:22:32.487-04:00In "Night Moves," when Bob starts hummin...In "Night Moves," when Bob starts hummin' a song from 1962..." (I like to think it was "Duke of Earl" or "Telstar"...but that's just me...)Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378528518778247285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-2242905737017483342010-06-26T16:59:05.688-04:002010-06-26T16:59:05.688-04:00And how can we forget Traffic's "(Here...And how can we forget Traffic's "(Here's a Little Song) You Can All Join in"?<br /><br />Easily, I guess. :-)Brooklyn Girlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-3830812802760902132010-06-26T16:55:37.526-04:002010-06-26T16:55:37.526-04:00More Beatles: "Northern Song"More Beatles: "Northern Song"Brooklyn Girlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-61994580469328225082010-06-26T02:13:09.532-04:002010-06-26T02:13:09.532-04:00Wow, here's Harry singing "You Can't ...Wow, here's Harry singing "You Can't Do That" live at a Beatles' convention in '84. Definitely past his prime, but worth checking out for historical purposes...<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C63OcPY6AiEdave™©https://www.blogger.com/profile/15303249276504183167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-89449471100720318652010-06-26T02:09:35.926-04:002010-06-26T02:09:35.926-04:00So no one's mentioned "I Wrote a Simple S...So no one's mentioned "I Wrote a Simple Song" by Billy Preston? How about "This Song" by Beatle George? <br /><br />And speaking of the Bee-at-els, come on guys - Harry Nilsson! "You Can't Do That"!! BEATLES FOREVER!!!<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-3IH3T1DoEdave™©https://www.blogger.com/profile/15303249276504183167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-89740567794992749512010-06-26T01:36:51.886-04:002010-06-26T01:36:51.886-04:00Song in the title
A House - 13 Wonderful Love Song...Song in the title<br />A House - 13 Wonderful Love Songs <br />Alex Chilton - The Oogum Boogum Song<br />Ashtray Boy - Song for Rupert<br />Bad Religion - Punk Rock Song<br />BNL - Little Tiny Song<br />Bat for Lashes - Siren Song<br />Beatles - Honeymoon Song<br />Belle & Sebastian - Song for Sunshine<br />Ben Folds Five - Song for the Dumped<br />Big Star - India Song<br />Brian Wilson - Song for Children<br /><br /><br />I'll stop with the B's since there's still 292 more songs in the list.Mike Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349105021858057261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-55038942051383775402010-06-25T21:18:48.042-04:002010-06-25T21:18:48.042-04:00A few others:
Bad Company, "Shooting Star&qu...A few others:<br /><br />Bad Company, "Shooting Star" (references "Love Me Do" by the Beatles in the first verse)<br /><br />U2, "Angel of Harlem" (the song's about Billie Holliday, but "A Love Supreme" by John Coltrane is the song that gets the mention in the lyric)<br /><br />And--I had to double check to make sure this one hadn't been mentioned yet, and it's hard to believe on a blog called PowerPop that it hasn't:<br /><br />Big Star, "Thirteen" (with, of course, the reference to "Paint It Black" by the Stones)TJWoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00312890704167853988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-70972128618610129172010-06-25T20:06:39.654-04:002010-06-25T20:06:39.654-04:00Aww, you missed the best one:
"Sweet Home Al...Aww, you missed the best one:<br /><br />"Sweet Home Alabama, play that dead band's song<br /><br />Turn those speakers up full blast, play it all night long!"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUyNBEzJTNE" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLP_r7NZY_w" rel="nofollow">here</a>MBowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17992038501958547302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-36174215283253763962010-06-25T19:01:02.444-04:002010-06-25T19:01:02.444-04:00Mitch Friedman - "This Is A Song"<a href="http://auspowerpop.blogspot.com/2010/01/song-of-day-mitch-friedman-this-is-song.html" rel="nofollow">Mitch Friedman - "This Is A Song"</a>Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13694593832483511316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-39681240010536763252010-06-25T17:27:43.332-04:002010-06-25T17:27:43.332-04:00Kirsty MacColl's Quietly Alone:
"the syn...Kirsty MacColl's <i>Quietly Alone:</i><br /><br />"the synthesizer's playing 'Johnny B Goode', so I'd rather go home and stay quietly alone"Fazenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-57288252832992794812010-06-25T16:55:33.159-04:002010-06-25T16:55:33.159-04:00Valley Winter Song
The greatness of this tune can...<i>Valley Winter Song</i><br /><br />The greatness of this tune cannot be overstated. Nice list, JF.Noam Sanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14078219408896745687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-75092044757630886802010-06-25T15:38:03.398-04:002010-06-25T15:38:03.398-04:00this week's Listomania is sort of in two categ...this week's Listomania is sort of in two categories - I ended up picking nominees for the less interesting part - 'Song' in the title. In some cases, it seems to be a somewhat lame way to title a song when you can't think of anything else - e.g., 'The Riff Song'. Still, some great tunes here, I think. Featuring a song for biology nerds, and Liz Phair x2!<br /><br />Cadamole - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osWuWjbeO-Y" rel="nofollow"> "A Biologist's Mother's Day Song"</a>. A niche market song, I suppose - it 'went viral' among biologists last Mother's Day. The biology is spot on & humorous, the sentiment is sweet, and the tune is good too!<br /><br />Liz Phair - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eelviLDxrto" rel="nofollow"> "Divorce Song"</a>, off of <i>Exile in Guyville</i>. On many days I would argue that this is the best track on this album...<br /><br />Liz Phair + Material Issue - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JvB5AL59fM" rel="nofollow"> "The Tra-La-La song"</a>, off of <i>Saturdays Morning Cartoons' Greatest Hits</i>. As discussed previously on this blog.<br /><br />R.E.M. - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi8UGbmidw8" rel="nofollow"> "Finest Worksong"</a>, off of <i>Document</i>. Wins out over "Pop Song 89".<br /><br />Otis Redding - <a href="http://www.ilike.com/artist/Otis+Redding/track/Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa+(Sad+Song)" rel="nofollow"> "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)"</a>, off of <i>Ultimate Otis Redding</i>. I see, already nominated by Brooklyn Girl!<br /><br />Blur - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfjOmE81yDc" rel="nofollow"> "Song 2"</a>, off of <i>Blur</i>.<br /><br />Fountains of Wayne - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B00jK6TJ8aA" rel="nofollow"> "Valley Winter Song"</a>, a second choice off of <i>Welcome Interstate Managers</i>.<br /><br />CCR - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz4aNwlNrsg" rel="nofollow"> "Wrote a Song for Everyone"</a>, off of <i>Green River</i>.<br /><br />Randy Newman - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVCGf0CnYzw" rel="nofollow"> "God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)"</a>, off of <i>Sail Away</i>.<br /><br />Simon & Garfunkel - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KZi-aV0VTk" rel="nofollow"> "59th Street Bridge Song (Feeling Groovy)"</a>, off of <i>Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme</i>.<br /><br />John Mellencamp - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1tSc0UNoVk" rel="nofollow"> "Authority Song"</a>, off of <i>Uh-huh</i>.<br /><br />Research Turtles - <a href="http://researchturtles.com/" rel="nofollow"> "The Riff Song"</a>, off of <i>Research Turtles</i>. Probably the least good song on that album, originally pointed out by Steve a few weeks ago. thanks again, as these guys have stayed on my playlist quite a bit recently!<br /><br />Flock of Seagulls - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFZHxlsAPjA" rel="nofollow"> "Space Age Love Song"</a>, off of their first (self-titled). Not as good as "Wishing", but better than "I Ran". But, is it possible to look past the haircuts???<br /><br /><br />And a nominee for worst, most-annoying 'Song' song:<br />"The Piña Colada Song", by Rupert somebody, I think...John Fowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02640694304430187948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-9406878493359592182010-06-25T15:23:31.669-04:002010-06-25T15:23:31.669-04:00Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa...Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) by Otis Redding<br /><br />And the Beatles were self-referential on more than one occasion ... "All You Need Is Love" ends with a reprise of "She Loves You", and "Glass Onion" has tons of references to earlier songs: <br /><br /><i>I told you about strawberry fields,<br />You know the place where nothing is real<br />Well here's another place you can go<br />Where everthing flows.<br />Looking through the bent backed tulips<br />To see how the other half lives<br />Looking through a glass onion.<br /><br />I told you about the walrus and me-man<br />You know that we're as close as can be-man.<br />Well here's another clue for you all,<br />The walrus was Paul.<br />Standing on the cast iron shore-yeah,<br />Lady Madonna trying to make ends meet-yeah.<br />Looking through a glass onion.<br />Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah.<br />Looking through a glass onion.<br /><br />I told you about the fool on the hill,<br />I tell you man he living there still.<br />Well here's another place you can be,<br />Listen to me.<br /><br />Fixing a hole in the ocean<br />Trying to make a dove-tail joint-yeah<br />Looking through a glass onion</i>Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18282613112168154071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-38537732466727067482010-06-25T15:14:25.435-04:002010-06-25T15:14:25.435-04:00Ok more:
"Roy Orbison's singing for the ...Ok more:<br /><br />"Roy Orbison's singing for the lonely"- Bruce Sprinsteen -Thunder Road (so it is more of an allusion, it'll do)<br /><br />"The boys from the NYPD choir were singing 'Galway Bay'" -The Pogues Fairy Tale of New York<br /><br />Jonathan Richman's Parties In The USA mentions Louie Louie, Little Latin Loop De Lou and Hang On SloopyEdwardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-44597331397268407922010-06-25T12:58:11.591-04:002010-06-25T12:58:11.591-04:00David Sylvian, "Pop Song", which is noth...David Sylvian, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfBHZfuNEVc" rel="nofollow">"Pop Song"</a>, which is nothing of the sort:<br /><br /><i>Behind the iron gates<br />The shifts were worked in silence<br />Each weekend beckoned like Ulysses' Sirens<br />And as the words were few<br />We'd listen to the radio<br />It was loud and irritated me so<br /><br />I'll tell you I love you<br />Like my favorite pop song</i><br /><br />Captain Beefheart, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmcrdSwnzyE" rel="nofollow">"81 Poop Hatch"</a>, from Ice Cream for Crow, which remains my favorite Captain album:<br /><br /><i>a typical musician’s nest of thoughts filter through dust speakers …<br />"Why don’t you go home? Oh Blobby, are you great," exclaims two lips in some jumbled rock ‘n’ roll tune, and wears a spot I cannot scratch</i><br /><br />...and for the more traditional-minded, Van Morrison's lovely waltz, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg6m3v28p5k" rel="nofollow">"Song of Home"</a>, from his fine last record, "Keep it Simple".<br /><br />Van also shouts out some songs and singers at the end of the exquisitely enervating "Real Real Gone"...Wilson Picket's "In the Midnight Hour," Solomon Burke's "If You Need Me," James Brown's "Try Me".Noam Sanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14078219408896745687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-62438372544719907642010-06-25T12:52:43.843-04:002010-06-25T12:52:43.843-04:00Johnny Rivers (favorite guilty pleasure)- Summer R...Johnny Rivers (favorite guilty pleasure)- Summer Rain<br />All summer long we spent dancin' in the sand<br />And the jukebox kept on playin'<br />Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandMichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14775477925658327141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-70553538625471026352010-06-25T12:43:31.543-04:002010-06-25T12:43:31.543-04:00You know, say what you will about Hootie, but I ha...You know, say what you will about Hootie, but I have to admire a bunch of guys who titled the followup to their bazillion selling debut album "Fairweather Johnson."<br />:-)steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-59561729958525905182010-06-25T11:39:58.809-04:002010-06-25T11:39:58.809-04:00Radar Love!
"The radio plays some forgotten ...Radar Love!<br /><br />"The radio plays some forgotten song/<br />Brenda Lee's 'Comin' On Strong.'"<br /><br />Or words to that effect.J. Loslonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-24737650528757308152010-06-25T11:08:02.349-04:002010-06-25T11:08:02.349-04:00Oh, and "Less Than A Feeling" by the Hoo...Oh, and "Less Than A Feeling" by the Hoodoo Gurus.Jonhttp://mbtn.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-37685189311484003072010-06-25T11:04:08.513-04:002010-06-25T11:04:08.513-04:00That Hootie song where he sung a whole verse of &q...That Hootie song where he sung a whole verse of "Idiot Wind."Jonhttp://mbtn.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-38696194860987500172010-06-25T10:21:00.581-04:002010-06-25T10:21:00.581-04:00"Song is Over" - the Who
"Look What..."Song is Over" - the Who<br />"Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma" - Melanie<br />"A Song for You" - Leon Russelldave™©https://www.blogger.com/profile/15303249276504183167noreply@blogger.com