Impossible Mix Tape

[eltee]

Originally posted by econo:
  There's a live version of Jeff Buckley singing Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah where he says, "I used to live with Leonard before I knew ya."  

Better Than Ezra reference in the song "Under You" - Lyric: "You're a Leonard Cohen song..."
 
 
 Are those all dupes or is Ben Lee a big name dropper?

[saco]

Nice topic.
 
 Drive By Truckers: "Ronnie and Neil"; "Danko/Manuel"; "Carl Perkins Cadillac".
 
 Springsteen: Thunder Road- "..Roy Orbison singing for the lonely"....
 
 Social D: "Prison Bound" mentions Johnny Cash.
 
 Smithereens: "Behind the wall of Sleep"
 
 "Well she held a bass guitar
 and she was playing in a band
 And she stood just like Bill Wyman
 Now I am her biggest fan"

[xneverwherex]

dandy warhols - cool as kim deal, lou weed and probably a bunch of others im forgetting at the moment.
 
 BJM - not if you were the last dandy on earth

[kcjones119]

Hold Steady "The Swish" mentions Journey (Steve Perry, Neil Schon) and the Band (Rick Danko, Robbie Robertson)
 
 I'm sure they've got some more in their catalog somewheres.
 
 Also, Jonathan Richman's "Velvet Underground"

[vansmack]

Originally posted by Graace:
  Okay this is going to be hard to do, but I'm trying to create a mix of songs that allude to other songs/artists.  

Great idea. I did something similar a while ago and even added some cover songs that relate to artists.  I spent days on it, if not months.  
 
 Of course, the brilliance was lost on just about everybody I gave it to and it ends up being just another mix tape to everybody else...

[TheREALHunter]

Cheap Trick-Surrender
 Songs by Wesley Willis are a good standby as well haha

[terry]

Originally posted by kcjones119:
  "Thirteen" by Big Star (covered by everyone incl. Elliott Smith, Wilco, Evan Dando, etc) references the Rolling Stones.

If I'm doing this correctly, Alex Chilton by the Replacements can come before or after this one.

[kookiemnstr8]

Originally posted by vansmack:
   

Originally posted by Graace:
  Okay this is going to be hard to do, but I'm trying to create a mix of songs that allude to other songs/artists.  

Great idea. I did something similar a while ago and even added some cover songs that relate to artists.  I spent days on it, if not months.  
 
 Of course, the brilliance was lost on just about everybody I gave it to and it ends up being just another mix tape to everybody else... [/b]

I'm glad someone appreciates this.  My friends all laughed at me when I got excited about it, haha.

[Fico]

Wilco - "Heavy Metal Drummer" mentions KISS
 Weezer - "In my Garage"(?) I believe it also mentions KISS posters on a wall..
 Alfonzo Velez (of Monopoli) - Prayer for Bobby Dylan
 Wallflowers - "Sleepwalker"

[Summerteeth]

Counting Crows - Monkey (Ben Folds)

[HoyaSaxa03]

LCD soundsystem - "losing my edge"
 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Losing_My_Edge
 
 The track mentions the following artists and music venues:
 
     * Can
     * Suicide
     * Captain Beefheart
     * Daft Punk
     * CBGB
     * Paradise Garage
     * Larry Levan
     * Ibiza
     * Beach Boys
     * Modern Lovers
     * Niagara
     * Detroit Techno
     * Yaz
 
 and ends with "But have you seen my records?" and a list of the following:
 
     * This Heat
     * Pere Ubu
     * Outsiders
     * Nation of Ulysses
     * Mars
     * Trojans
     * Black Dice
     * Todd Terry
     * The Germs
     * Section 25
     * Althea and Donna
     * Sexual Harassment
     * a-ha
     * Dorothy Ashby
     * PIL
     * The Fania All-Stars
     * The Bar-Kays
     * The Human League
     * The Normal
     * Lou Reed
     * Scott Walker
     * Monks
     * Niagara
     * Joy Division
     * Lower 48
     * The Association
     * Manuel Göttsching
     * Rammelzee
     * Sun Ra
     * Scientists
     * Royal Trux
     * 10cc
     * Eric B. and Rakim
     * Index
     * Basic Channel
     * Soulsonic Force
     * Juan Atkins
     * David Axelrod
     * Electric Prunes
     * Gil Scott Heron
     * The Slits
     * Faust
     * Mantronix
     * Pharoah Sanders and
     * the Fire Engines
     * Swans
     * Soft Cell
     * The Sonics

[eltee]

Originally posted by Fico:
  Wallflowers - "Sleepwalker"

It's been awhile...who is the mention?

[mattedling]

Mott the Hopple or David Bowie singing- All the Young Dudes, mentions the Beatles and the Stones

[sweetcell]

elton john - empty garden (hey hey johnny)
 
 several RHCP songs mention sly & family stone, "give it away" mentions bob marley, "apache rose peacock" mentions louis armstrong
 
   

Originally posted by Hoya Paranoia:
  LCD soundsystem - "losing my edge"

already been mentioned  

[kcjones119]

The CLash - 1977
 
 "no elvis, beatles or the rolling stones"