What is your favourite Song that mentions a Celebrity in the Title or Lyrics...?
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Elton Johns "Candle in The Wind"
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Photograph - Def Leppard Okay, so it doesn't mention a celebrity by name, but it's supposed to be about Marilyn Monroe.
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'Bette Davis Eyes' Kim Carnes [ also, Jackie DeShannon ]
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Candle in the wind by Elton John
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Man in the Moon - REM
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Bananarama - Robert De Niros Waiting Not really my favorite.. but the only one i could think of!
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Bette Davis Eyes
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Betty Davis Eyes comes to mind.
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Mariah Carey's "We belong together" mentions Bobby Womack's on the radio and Baby face too.
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1. beatles ~ i am the walrus ~ mentions edgar allen poe 2. eagles ~ hotel california ~ indirect reference to steely dan with the "they stabbed it with their Steely knives, but they could not kill the beast" line. steely dan made a jab at the eagles previous album "turn up the eagles, the neighbours are listening". 3. new radicals ~ you get what you give ~ mentions beck, courtney love, hanson, & marilyn manson 4. jimi hendrix ~ fire ~ he mentions himself..."move on over rover, and let jimi take over" 5. michael penn ~ no myth ~ mentions fred astaire 6. r.e.m. ~ its the end of the world as we know it ~ mentions lenny bruce
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cheap trick=Surrender , rolling numbers rock n rollin got my KISS records out...... Sean Paul=temperature, woman dont play me now cuz i'm not Fred sanford or Grady yo.....
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Bob Wills is Still the King - Waylon Jennings Are you Sure Hank Done it This Way? - Waylon Jennings The Ride - David Allan Coe (driver picks up the ghost of Hank Williams). Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton ( Story about Colonel Andrew Jackson's troop, fight with British Army) Candle in the Wind (As written & sung by Elton John at Princess Diana's funeral) Legend of Claude Dallas - Ian Tyson (I do believe this is a song version of the story of the hunt for the Mad Trapper). Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen (Song version of the murder spree by Charles Starkweather & Carol Fugate) Legend of Bonnie & Clyde - Merle Haggard
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Clint Eastwood by the Gorillas
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Elton John's: Goodbye England's Rose For Lady Di.
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Anne Sexton. Because I loved her in all her thorazine rasp and fabulosity!
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Zappa's "Bobby Brown". But I don't think it's the one you might think! ;-)
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Miracle Man- Ozzy, about Jimmy Swaggart
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"My Old School" - Steely Dan Daddy G is prosecutor in a drug bust G. Gordon Liddy. Famous Watergate criminal.
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"Move like Jagger" Maroon 5
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"Some Of That Marley" by Ruby Amanfu. Also mentions other singers in the lyrics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLdBe-aFP-s
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"Vogue" by Madonna has these lyrics: Greta Garbo, and Monroe Dietrich and DiMaggio Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean On the cover of a magazine Grace Kelly; Harlow, Jean Picture of a beauty queen Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers, dance on air They had style, they had grace Rita Hayworth gave good face Lauren, Katherine, Lana too Bette Davis, we love you Ladies with an attitude Fellows that were in the mood Don't just stand there, let's get to it Strike a pose, there's nothing to it Vogue, vogue Vogue, vogue
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"Dickie Davies Eyes" by Half Man Half Biscuit. Dickie Davies was a sports presenter on British TV in the 70s.
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First thought: "Elvis was a Narc". After some thought: "I Dig Rock 'n' Roll Music" by Peter, Paul and Mary. (What a great song!)
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Falco - Rock Me Amadeaus: https://youtu.be/cVikZ8Oe_XA?si=tEjOROGNuu_R6tOB Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756–1791
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Marvin Gaye by Charlie Puth featuring Meghan Trainor
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