Quote from: KeithE4Phx on August 10, 2021, 07:48:43 PM
The 1967 autobiographical Creeque Alley by the Mamas and Papas, mentions Roger McGuinn and Barry McGuire ("still gettin' higher") in the chorus. They also mention John Sebastian and Zal Yanovsky of the Lovin' Spoonful, plus themselves, in the lyrics.
As shown above in my post on another thread. These mentions could be either in the song title or within the lyrics. I'll put a few here to start:
In the Song TitleBo Diddley:
Bo Diddley,
Diddley Daddy, and
Hey Bo DiddleyBeatles:
Ballad of John and YokoBlack Ace:
I Am the Black AceBad Company:
Bad CompanyHound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers:
Taylor's Rock and
Phillips' Theme (the latter for 2nd guitarist Brewer Phillips)
Within the Song LyricsMuddy Waters:
Rollin' Stone ("Come here now, Muddy")
Mamas and Papas:
Creeque Alley (All four members are mentioned in the lyrics as noted above)
Slim Harpo:
Shake Your Hips ("Say what do you know there, Slim Harpo")
Beatles:
Glass Onion ("The Walrus was Paul")
Devo:
Jocko Homo ("Are we not men" We are Devo")
Another song title one: "Refused Are Fucking Dead" , by Refused.
Rickie Lee Jones in "Danny's All Star Joint"
Mentioned in the song lyrics:
Fishbone, "Party at Ground Zero" ("please do not fear, 'cause Fishbone is here to say...")
Song title and in the song lyrics:
They Might Be Giants, "They Might Be Giants"
Madness, "Madness" (interestingly, it was a cover song, originally by Prince Buster, so you might argue that they're not actually referencing themselves)
"Hey, hey, we're the Monkees..."
Does Jim Morrison's, "Mr Mojo Risin'," count?
In a Big Country - Big Country.
Quote from: Throckmorton on August 11, 2021, 12:36:45 AM
Does Jim Morrison's, "Mr Mojo Risin'," count?
Maybe... at least, umm,
part of him. :)
Quote from: Throckmorton on August 11, 2021, 12:36:45 AM
Does Jim Morrison's, "Mr Mojo Risin'," count?
TIL that's an acronym.
"Everybody Wang Chung Tonight" - Wang Chung
"Who Are You" - The Who
Tempus Fugit is full of "Yes, Yes" and "answers to Yes"
"Killer Queen"
Quote from: kurumi on August 11, 2021, 12:44:55 AM
Quote from: Throckmorton on August 11, 2021, 12:36:45 AM
Does Jim Morrison's, "Mr Mojo Risin'," count?
TIL that's an acronym.
"Everybody Wang Chung Tonight" - Wang Chung
"Who Are You" - The Who
Tempus Fugit is full of "Yes, Yes" and "answers to Yes"
"Killer Queen"
Hm. Besides Wang Chung, are those really mentioning the names (proper nouns) or just common nouns?
Every Limp Bizkit song.
The remake of "The Twist" by Chubby Checker and the Fat Boys mentions both of them; the Fat Boys' remake of "Wipeout," on which the Beach Boys provide backing vocals, mentions the Beach Boys.
Springsteen has a song called "The E Street Shuffle" that contains those words as well, although the E Street Band were not credited on the album in question.
Mott the Hoople's "Ballad of Mott the Hoople" mentions most of the band members by first name.
(edited to correct a capitalization error caused by autocorrect)
Several songs by Boyz II Men have them making self references (usually by the group's name, but also the individual members' names).
Johann Sebastian Bach: Tristis est anima mea (arr.)
(https://i.imgur.com/HITAXea.png)
Quote from: SectorZ on August 11, 2021, 07:16:42 AM
Every Limp Bizkit song.
Every DJ Khaled (or should I say, "DDD JJJJJ KHALEDDDDDDD!!!!!!!") song.
A couple that jumped to mind...
Tag Team - Whoomp (There It Is)
All Time Low - One In a Lifetime
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Nuthin' But a G Thang (It's the capital S, oh, yes, I'm fresh, N, double-O, P, D, O, double-G, Y, D, O, double-G, you see)
Chris
Jimi Hendrix in one of his songs mentions " Let Jimi Take Over."
"Black Sabbath" by Black Sabbath.
"Blue Murder" by Blue Murder.
"Motorhead" by Motorhead.
There's a Manowar song in which they refer to themselves quite a bit.
"Ice Cream Man" by Van Halen. "Look out now, 'cause Dave's got something for you, tell you what it is." He used to come out on stage with an acoustic guitar painted like an ice cream treat with the word "Davesicle" on it.
Metallica makes a self-reference in "Whiplash."
Chaka Khan Chaka Khan Chaka Khan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW0sxgYAmLM
Paul McCartney's throwaway track "The Lovely Linda" .
George Thorogood mention himself in one song that I can't remember what.
Quote from: roadman65 on August 12, 2021, 02:55:13 PM
George Thorogood mention himself in one song that I can't remember what.
Who Do You Love.
It counts twice: For Thorogood ("Lonesome George, you know I understand"), as well as the Bo Diddley original ("Ooh, Bo, you know I understand"). That's four for Diddley.
5th Dimension - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In near the end they sing "I want you to sing along with the 5th Dimension"
Beatles (title only) - That Boy (Ringo's Theme)
Stevie wonder calls out his own name in I was Made to Love Her
Cool it Now by New Edition mentions the individual members
Hank Williams self-references in Family Tradition
Archie Bell introduces himself and the band in Tighten Up
In Float On, one of the Floaters introduces himself by first name at the start of each verse
Kool and the Gang sing about going to the Kool and the Gang Show in Hollywood Swinging
Steely Dan - Show Biz Kids specifically mentions "Steely Dan T-shirt" in the lyrics
Girls' Generation's self titled song actually is an interesting twist as it is a cover of a late 80s tune (and thus arguably that kpop group got its name from the tune). Having said that, kpop groups mentioning their own name in intros is not uncommon. Specific to Girls' Generation, they namedrop themselves in their 2011 song The Boys - "Girls' Generation make you feel the heat" - and via abbreviation in the intro to their 2013 song I Got A Boy - "Ayo, GG!"
A little of a twist: Ben Folds's solo song Not The Same mentions a band member of his then-inactive band Ben Folds Five, when he talks about an event happening "at Robert Sledge's party"
In a couple of Billy Joel songs - namely Still Rock And Roll To Me - Billy directly precedes a Richie Cannata sax solo by yelling out "Hey Rico!". In Piano Man, as he recounts his time playing at a piano bar in LA, he quotes a bar patron talking to him - "Bill, I believe this is killing me"
Before joining Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks were in a duo called Buckingham Nicks and one of the tunes is an instrumental from Lindsey titled "Stephanie" (Stevie's real first name)
During the Bitches' Brew era, one of Miles Davis's tunes on that album was called Miles Runs The Voodoo Down. Another tune off that is named after that ensemble's guitarist: John McLaughlin.
Jason Molina's original band/project Songs:Ohia had a tune titled Cross The Road, Molina.
Another Beatles song came to mind here: John Lennon writing and singing in the lyric "The walrus was Paul" in Glass Onion, a sarcastic treatise towards fans who tended to overanalyze their lyrics (which to a degree also is why I Am The Walrus existed in the first place).
Quote from: TheStranger on August 12, 2021, 03:55:29 PM
Another Beatles song came to mind here: John Lennon writing and singing in the lyric "The walrus was Paul" in Glass Onion, a sarcastic treatise towards fans who tended to overanalyze their lyrics (which to a degree also is why I Am The Walrus existed in the first place).
Obscure reference to that, in Veruca Salt's "Volcano Girls", Nina Gordon sings the line "The Seether's Louise", in regards to co-vocalist Louise Post and the song "Seether" from their prior album. Exists solely just to reference the Beatles.
This was fairly common for a while during the 1980s due to radio stations not identifying the songs that they were playing.
Dev identified her backup band ('The Cataracs') in her song 'In the Dark' (2012).
Mike
If we fudge things a bit, John Lennon's "God" has the line about believing in "just Yoko and me".
Sean Paul is notorious for being unable to complete a song without saying his name.
Quote from: Duke87 on August 12, 2021, 08:54:08 PM
Sean Paul is notorious for being unable to complete a song without saying his name.
DMX in "X Gon Give It To Ya"
"Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" by the Backstreet Boys. Fun aside, this song was on the their first American album (so they could hardly be "back"), but it came from their second European album. (The American debut drew from their first two European albums for its content.)
Big Country mentions their name in their one big hit from 1983 called It's A Big Country.
I Lost on Jeopardy: "That's right Al, you lost!"
"Invisible Man" by Queen - all 4 members are mentioned by name
Alvin? Alvin? ALVIN? 😅