Posted March 23, 200817 yr Some examples that spring to mind: Jackie Wilson Said by Van Morrsion Roll Over Beethoven by ELO Song for Bob Dylan by David Bowie Any others you can think of?
March 24, 200817 yr The Wombats - Let's Dance to Joy Division Space & Cerys Matthews - The Ballad of Tom Jones Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
March 24, 200817 yr ABC - When Smokey Sings (Smokey Robinson) Paul Young - (Now I Know What Made) Otis Blue (Otis Redding) The Androids - Do It Like Madonna House of Love - The Beatles & The Stones And who remembers this brilliant flop single???: FSaZKgAq8J0 The KLF - Kylie Said To Jason (1989)
March 24, 200817 yr And who remembers this brilliant flop single???: Oh yes - based around the premise that S/A/W songs were essentially pointless rubbish but had great hooks in the chorus which they also used to introduce the song thus grabbing your attention immediately. "Then in walked Skippy...the bush kangaroo"
March 24, 200817 yr Falco - Rock Me Amadeus Falco died about 10 years ago and I've got that record on one of those Bravo Hits CDs...and instead of it being Rock Me Amadeus its a cover tribute to Falco to his famous Amadeus tune DvQYbNYWY5k Falco & Brigitte Nielsen - Body Next to Body ..just in case you are gonna do scarey colloborations next :lol:
March 24, 200817 yr Auteurs - The Rubettes Alvin Stardust - I Feel Like Buddy Holly Danny Mirror - I Remember Elvis Presley
March 25, 200817 yr Fiesta, you should retract that e-mail before Van Morrison fans hang you from the ceiling. Dexy's was a cover version. Although technically they did "Jocky Wilson Said" - according to TOTP floor staff anyway.
March 25, 200817 yr Dora Bryan - All I Want For Christmas Is A Beatle Eurythmics - Beethoven Soul singer The late Arthur Conley had 2 singles out in the 60s that mentioned many soul artists in the songs though not in the titles. They were: Sweet Soul Music - US #2 and UK#7 in 1967 Star Review - 1969 The same with Scooter (with techno/rave artists) in 1994 with their first European hit - Hyper Hyper Edited March 25, 200817 yr by Euro Music
March 25, 200817 yr Dave Berry - Tribute To Buddy Holly Wilson Pickett - Cole, Cooke and Redding (Nat 'King' Cole, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding) Cabaret Voltaire - James Brown What about song titles that mention the artist who wrote them? Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley Is A Lover Mott The Hoople - Ballad Of Mott Edited March 25, 200817 yr by 45cat
March 25, 200817 yr Paul Simon - The Late Great Johnny Ace (old Rock'n'Roll singer who died playing Russian roulette in 1954) Billy Bragg - Levi Stubbs Tears (Levi Stubbs = lead singer of Four Tops) Barenaked Ladies - "Brian Wilson"; "Be My Yoko Ono"; and "New Kid (On The Block)" and who remembers this track..... dL2vo4PUHvo Mojo Nixon - Debbie Gibson is Pregnant with my Two-headed Love Child He also recorded "Elvis (Presley) is Everywhere" & "Don Henley Must Die"
March 26, 200817 yr Jesus and Mary Chain - "Bo Diddley Is Jesus" House of Love - "The Beatles and The Stones" The Dandy Warhols - "As Cool As Kim Deal" (Kim Deal being the bass player for Pixies by the way...) Sonic Youth - "Song For Karen" (as in Karen Carpenter)
March 26, 200817 yr Too bad this thread doesn't include song lyrics as well, since Dexy's Midnight Runners mention Johnny Ray in the song 'Come on Eileen'....
March 27, 200817 yr Kim Wilde-Betty Davies Eyes :wub: Kim Wilde?? I thought it was Elkie Brooks who did that song.... :unsure:
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