smoe.org mailing lists
ivan@stellysee.de
From | rob@splitsville.com |
Subject | =?US-ASCII?B?UkU6IFJlOiBmYW1vdXMgcGVvcGxlL2NoYXJhY3RlciBzb25ncw==?= |
Date | Mon, 2 Jan 2006 18:31:51 -0500 |
[Part 1 text/plain US-ASCII (3.5 kilobytes)]
(View Text in a separate window)
Yeah, I'll throw in another or two from the Baltimoreans (both from their first CD 'USA')
Splitsville- Come Back To The Five and Dime, Larry Storch, Larry Storch
and
- Brenda Starr
(a cartoon character, but a character nonetheless like some below)
Also Led Zep- Hats Off to (Roy) Harper
>----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>From: :audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Sent: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 00:01:15
>
>> I've been thinking of putting together a mix CD
>of songs titled
>> after famous
>> people/characters. Here are a few I can think of
>off the top of my head:
>>
>> Van Halen - Nerf Herder
>> Courtney (Love) - Nerf Herder
>> Jenna Bush Army - Nerf Herder
>> Paul Stanley - Hellacopters
>> Gladys Kravits - (The band name escapes me)
>> Johnny Carson - Beach Boys
>> Miss Emma Peel - Dishwalla
>> Betty Ford - (Another brain cramp)
>> Alfred Hitchcock - Mockingbirds
>> Winona (Ryder) - Matthew Sweet (I know he denies
>it but...)
>>
>> What other ones am I missing?
>> Thanks, Mike
>
>The Tories did "Gladys Kravitz."
>
>I'll see your "Miss Emma Peel" and raise you "John
>Steed" by Tahiti 80.
>
>I had the same idea for a SOTT theme a while back
>(specifically, musicians
>writing about other musicians), but never finished
>the research. Here's some
>of it:
>
>Replacements - Alex Chilton
>Phil Angotti & The Idea - Being Colin Blunstone
>Easy - Between John & Yoko
>John Kruth - Blonde John Lennon
>Neil Young - Buffalo Springfield Again
>John Hiatt - Crossing Muddy Waters
>Prefab Sprout - Faron Young
>Robbie Fulks - Fountains Of Wayne Hotline
>Montgomery Cliffs - Gary Numan
>Robyn Hitchcock - I Saw Nick Drake
>Paul Melancon - Jeff Lynne
>Marshall Crenshaw - I'm Sorry (But So Is Brenda
>Lee)
>Wreckless Eric - Joe Meek
>Cosmic Rough Riders - Laura Nyro
>Tahiti 80 - Mr. (Ray) Davies
>The Sunshine - Simon Le Bon
>Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke (Ellington)
>The Blondes - Suzy Quatro
>Splitsville - Husker Du
>Splitsville - Love Songs of B. Douglas wilson
>Jenny Toomey - Patsy Cline
>Crash Into June - Pete Ham
>Eggplant - Rolling Stones
>Frampton Bros - Johnny Doesn't Like The Ramones
>
>And more songs about real people, though not all
>musicians:
>
>Splitsville and The Action Slacks both have a "Joan
>Of Arc," and Clem Snide
>gets a two-for-one in "Joan Jett Of Arc."
>Dillon Fence - Ben Franklin's Theme
>Kim Karnes - Bette Davis Eyes
>Johnny Wakelin - Black Superman Muhammad Ali
>Richard Davies - Chips Rafferty
>7 Deadly 5 - Fredric March's Pinecone
>Specials - Free Nelson Mandela
>White Town - Hair Like Alain Delon
>Dangtrippers - Henry Slade
>Jill Souble - Houdini's Box
>The Negro Problem - I'm Sebastian Cabot
>Don Dixon - Jean Harlow's Return
>Clientele - Joseph Cornell
>64 Spoons - Julius Caesar
>Tommy Keene - Karl Marx
>Barcelona - Kasey Keller
>Chris Stamey - Kirkegaard
>Asteroid No. 4 - King Richard
>Day One - Lawrence of Arabia
>Dubstar - Liz Taylor & Richard Burton
>Warren Zevon - Lord Byron's Luggage
>Dangtrippers - Nehru
>Doug Powell- Nietzche Is Dead
>Elvis Costello - Oliver (Cromwell)'s Army
>Dickies - In The Pagoda With Tricia Toyota
>Dangtrippers - Piper Laurie
>Toto - Rosanna (Arquette)
>Rich Arithmetic - Russ Meyer's Revenge
>The Bad Examples - She Smiles Like Richard Nixon
>Kyle Vincent - Van Gogh Sunset
>Michael Penn - Walter Reed
>The Guess Who - Clap For The Wolfman (Jack)
>Splitsville - Ponce DeLeon
>
>
>
>--
>No virus found in this outgoing message.
>Checked by AVG Free Edition.
>Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.9/217 -
>Release Date: 12/30/2005
For assistance, please contact
the smoe.org administrators.