Bands that mention other bands

chopper wrote: BaldFriede wrote: Peter Hammill mentions Nick Lowe and David Hemmings in "Pushing Thirty". All the writers watch each other for the way to go, follow each other like lemmings - swear they're all waiting for Nicky Lowe to turn out like David Hemmings... but only because "Hemmings" is the only thing that rhymes with "Lemmings".

How about "spammings"? Though I must admit there was no spamming at the time that song was recorded. But "slammings" would rhyme with lemmings too. Anyway, he just picked two artists at random in tazs song; the only reason he picked Nick Lowe was that he rhymed with "go".

One of rock'n' roll anthems, "My my hey hey" (Neil Young):

"The king is gone but he’s not forgotten
This is the story of a johnny rotten."

Also someone told about the connections between Genesis' "As sure as eggs is eggs (Supper's ready)" and Beatles' "Scrambled eggs" (first title of "Yesterday").

Edited by Atkingani

Non-prog -
but there's the famous Cheap Trick line from Surrender -
"...got my Kiss records out!"

Old stuff....

"Crequee Alley" - Mamas & Papas

"I dig rock 'n' roll music" - Peter, Paul & Mary

Either song mentions a bunch of other artists.

 

Barclay James Harvest has a song, "Titles" with the lyrics done with Beatles' title songs. I found the lyrics:

"The long and winding road that leads to your door
Here comes the sun it's alright people shout for more
But were you trying to deceive telling me
All you need is love to succeed
Across the universe one after nine 'o' nine
I got a feeling for you blue and I feel fine
I tried so hard to make believe that I'd see
All you need is love to succeed

CHORUS:

Lady Madonna let it be
Something in the way you moved me yesterday
All you need is love so they say."

BJH also recorded a song named "John Lennon's guitar".

Supersister mention Frank Zappa and the Mothers in Corporation Combo Boys

Zoso wrote: Mindless Self Indulgence - I Hate Jimmy Page

Thouse b*****ds!!!

Majestic_Mayhem wrote: Deep Purple's Smoke on Water mentioned: Frank Zappa and The Mothers and The Rolling Stones

Sorry to be a sad git, but wasn't it the Rolling Stones mobile recording studio that actually gets the mention?

Am I right in thinking the Dream Theater track "Octavarium" includes a section that has references to a string of prog tracks like Supper's Ready (OK not bands in themselves....)?

Not prog But Neil Young mentions Johnny Rotten in Hey, Hey, My, My.

Kevin Godley & Lol Creme's Art School Canteen from "L":

"Does getting into Zappa mean getting out of Zen?"