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Bands that have sung songs about themselves



atfc village

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Mar 28, 2013
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Ossie's dream [Spurs are on their way to Wembley ] 1981 Tottenham Tottenham 1982 Glory Glory Man Utd 1983 and Oh Millwall 1994 all cup final songs ,not bands but hits all the same.
 






Spun Cuppa

Thanks Greens :(
As the title asks about songs about artists themselves, I reckon the whole of Springsteen's Tunnel of Love is autobiographical about the disintegration of his marriage to the model whose name escapes me :nono:
 


Bevendean Hillbilly

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Sep 4, 2006
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Nestling in green nowhere
Every time the adverts come on its "who killed the Zutons" by the Zutons. I'm not buying it on principle
 


Herr Tubthumper

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Jul 11, 2003
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The Fatherland
That guy off That's Life wrote a song about himself.
 




Seagull kimchi

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Oct 8, 2010
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Korea and India
I'll start with Motörhead - Motörhead
Anti nowhere League - We are the League.

Don't want to be pedantic here but I will....Lemmy wrote Motorhead (the song) when he was with Hawkwind - He then got kicked out of Hawkwind and formed Motorhead and took the song with him.

I guess it's just a chicken/egg scenario - but in truth they do perform an eponymous song.
 








Brovion

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Jul 6, 2003
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Macc Lads: Ay oop we're the Macc Lads (to the tune of Hey Hey we're the Monkees)
Mott the Hoople: All the way from Memphis
Beatles: Ballad of John and Yoko (Well, it''s about one of them)
Mammas and the Pappas: Creeque Alley
 




Superphil

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Jul 7, 2003
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In a pile of football shirts
Don't want to be pedantic here but I will....Lemmy wrote Motorhead (the song) when he was with Hawkwind - He then got kicked out of Hawkwind and formed Motorhead and took the song with him.

I guess it's just a chicken/egg scenario - but in truth they do perform an eponymous song.

And when he formed the band he wanted to call it 'Bast***s' but his manager said he'd never be able to ge them on TOTP with that name, so he changed it to Motörhead. I understand their manager rose to the occasion and got them on TOTP.

Anyway,
Lords of the New Church with the self titled song, 'Lords of the New Church'. Hey!
 
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sully

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Jul 7, 2003
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Worthing
As the title asks about songs about artists themselves, I reckon the whole of Springsteen's Tunnel of Love is autobiographical about the disintegration of his marriage to the model whose name escapes me :nono:

Likewise Phil Collins with "Face Value"
 






Pogue Mahone

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Apr 30, 2011
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I was orally pleasuring a lady once and said 'I love you Sharon' while at it, and she said to me' 'That's nice, saying it twice...' and I said, 'I only said it once...' :ohmy:


*think echo :wink:

Were you in a tunnel? I suppose you were, now I come to think about it.
 












Goldstone Rapper

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Jan 19, 2009
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BN3 7DE
Any chance of someone starting a 'Bands that have sung songs about natural life' thread?
 


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