[Music] Songs in which real people are namechecked in the title or the lyrics

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

And by far the best of the Cale triptych

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvQFSXyVqDk

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6OYXCaenSg

 

[wolfie]

James Dean lent his coat to somebody in American Pie, but, strangely, Buddy Holly isn't mentioned by name.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Prince Buster.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Dillinger, Leroy Smart, Delroy Wilson, Ken Boothe.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Errol Flynn

 

[Lankyseagull]

https://youtu.be/j-5yn3v3N8A


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[Lankyseagull]

https://youtu.be/H87yGvoCNHU


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[studio150]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFSbLwAy5BQ

Prefer the original

 

[Lankyseagull]

https://youtu.be/eFTLKWw542g


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[marlowe]

1. Cortez the Killer : Neil Young which also namechecks Montezuma

2. Pochahontas by Neil Young which also namechecks Marlon Brando

3. My, My, Hey, Hey (Out of the Blue) by Neil Young namechecks Johnny Rotten

https://youtu.be/m-b76yiqO1E

https://youtu.be/QS4t-a-w8ug

https://youtu.be/i6RZY4Ar3fw

 

[studio150]

 

[marlowe]

Godstar by Psychic TV ....... "it's about Brian Jones, one of the Rolling Stones"

https://youtu.be/s1yr8w_vZ5E

 

[marlowe]

Waterloo Sunset by The Kinks
The line "Terry meets Julie" refers to Terence Stamp and Julie Christie who were in a relationship at the time.

https://youtu.be/N_MqfF0WBsU

 

[marlowe]

Ballroom Blitz by Sweet namechecks its own band members apart from the singer Brian Connolly who asks each band member at the start of the song...
"Are you ready Steve? Uh-huh,
Andy? Yeah,
Mick? Okay
Alright fellas, let's go!"

https://youtu.be/z_jdiU47bFA

 

[hart's shirt]

I like your idea of reality. You think that people can be thrown into a blazing furnace, so hot that kills people standing around it, can stand around in it for several minutes and can come out unscathed?

You must be smoking some powerful stuff.

It's a great song by the Beasties and there's plenty of other names mentioned too including Rambo and MAD's Alfred E Neuman.

This is a music thread, not a theological one, so the aim isn't to derail it.

(But, since you asked, yes to the first part and no to the second. Out of respect to the OP, let's save that for another thread or a separate pm.)

Anyway....back to music. Joan of Arc gets a song by OMD and a name check by Moz who knows how she felt...

 

[hart's shirt]

"'...mother played by Peter Beardsley, father by John Cleese..."

 

[hart's shirt]

Rudolph Valentino - "...I was kissing Valentino by a crystal blue Italian stream..."

 

[hart's shirt]

*takes deep breath*

Guglielmo Marconi - "...Marconi plays the mamba..."

 

[lasvegan]

And I hope Neil Young will remember, the southern man don’t need him around.

“Sweet Home Alabama”