Who Wants to Play Celebrity Name Drop?
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The game is simple. The rules are easy. You have a week to think about it. Here they are:
1. Pick a song (artist and title) that mentions the name of a celebrity in it. Celebrity can be defined by any famous person - musician, entertainer, politician, writer, etc.
2. The song can drop the celebrity's name in either the title or in the song. 3 points for title and 7 points for somewhere in the song but not in the title.
3. Full names only. Exceptions are Elvis, Madonna, Jesus, etc.
4. Once a celebrity has been name dropped, they're done. So, no multiple songs about Elvis from other Moggers.
5. Multiple name drops from the same band are fine
6. You have a week to think about it and post (5:00 PM EST next Thursday)
7. I'll moderate, but it would be nice to have some folks help confirm the validity of the songs (moreso the songs about...whomever)
My examples follow - pay attention to the format (these are exempt from the game, so no David Bowie, Leonard Cohen or Jude Law {sorry ladies})
(David Bowie, I Love You) Since I was Six - Brian Jonestown Massacre (David Bowie)
- 3 points
Pennyroyal Tea - Nirvana (Leonard Cohen) - 7 points
Jude Law and a Semester Abroad - Brand New - 3 points
Questions?
OK. Cool.
Ready, Set...Begin!!!
Comments (62)
Thats Life - Filthy Thieving Bastards (Frank Sinatra)
Nice. Sinatra is officially exempt (so no Cake "Frank Sinatra" I guess..
Notorious B.I.G. "Juicy" ("I made the trade from a common thief to up close and personal with Robin Leech") Hahaha. no more robin leech songs, sorry guys, i know.
Good one.
Kevin: 7
Brittany: 7
Billy Joel, We Didnt Start the Fire
49 harry truman, doris day, red china, johnnie ray
South pacific, walter winchell, joe dimaggio
50 joe mccarthy, richard nixon, studebaker, television
North korea, south korea, marilyn monroe
51 rosenbergs, h-bomb, sugar ray, panmunjom
Brando, the king and I and the catcher in the rye
52 eisenhower, vaccine, englands got a new queen
Marciano, liberace, santayana goodbye
Chorus
We didnt start the fire
It was always burning
Since the worlds been turning
We didnt start the fire
No we didnt light it
But we tried to fight it
53 joseph stalin, malenkov, nasser and prokofiev
Rockefeller, campanella, communist bloc
54 roy cohn, juan peron, toscanini, dacron
Dien bien phu falls, rock around the clock
55 einstein, james dean, brooklyns got a winning team
Davy crockett, peter pan, elvis presley, disneyland
56 bardot, budapest, alabama, krushchev
Princess grace, peyton place, trouble in the suez
Chorus
57 little rock, pasternak, mickey mantle, kerouac
Sputnik, chou en-lai, bridge on the river kwai
58 lebanon, charles de gaulle, california baseball
Starkweather, homicide, children of thalidomide
59 buddy holly, ben hur, space monkey, mafia
Hula hoops, castro, edsel is a no-go
60 u-2, syngman rhee, payola and kennedy
Chubby checker, psycho, belgians in the congo
Chorus
61 hemingway, eichmann, stranger in a strange land
Dylan, berlin, bay of pigs invasion
62 lawrence of arabia, british beatlemania
Ole miss, john glenn, liston beats patterson
63 pope paul, malcolm x, british politician sex
Jfk, blown away, what else do I have to say
Chorus
64 - 89 birth control, ho chi minh, richard nixon back again
Moonshot, woodstock, watergate, punk rock
Begin, reagan, palestine, terror on the airline
Ayatollahs in iran, russians in afghanistan
Wheel of fortune, sally ride, heavy metal, suicide
Foreign debts, homeless vets, aids, crack, bernie goetz
Hypodermics on the shores, chinas under martial law
Rock and roller cola wars, I cant take it anymore
Chorus
We didnt start the fire
But when we are gone
Will it still burn on, and on, and on, and on...
Way to set the bar, Rawk, catching up is going to be fun.
REM - It's the End of the World... (Leonard Bernstein. Leonid Breshnev, Lenny Bruce, and Lester Bangs)
Against Me! - Re-Inventing Axl Rose.......that song made him rather upset
BabyBird - King Bing (The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, Celine Dion, Sting)
Wanbli says:
Bob Dylan- Desolation Row (in lyrics)
Bette Davis, Romeo, Cinderella, Cain and Abel. Ophelia, Einstein, Casanova,Nero, Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot
(BTW, I added the famous Mythological/ficticious names as you used Jesus as an example)
Weird Al
My Baby is in love with Eddie Vedder (title)
Weird Al
Iy's all about the Pentiums
(Bill Gates, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Helen Keller)
Cake - Meanwhile, Rick James
Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
Brittany, you just can't leave being "Juicy" alone can you? @=P
Thanks *Brand X* for the Gorillaz idea!
Gorillaz - Murdoc Is God(D-Sides cd, Murdoc is one of the animated band members, in case you didn't know)
Gorillaz - Bill Murray(D-Sides cd)
Gorillaz - Dracula(self titled cd)
Billy Corgan - Mina Loy(Future Embrace cd)- check her "wicki":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mina_Loy.
The Auteurs - Kenneth Anger(The Black Album, unofficial live album)- check his "wiki":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Anger.
Dan Le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip - Thou Shalt Always Kill- Johnny Cash, Sid Barrett, Joe Strummer, Johnny Hartman, Desmond Decker, Jim Morrison, Jimmy Hendrix, Stephen Fry, Danny Glover, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Beach Boys, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Crass, Minor Threat, The Cure, The Smiths, Nirvana, Pixies, Oasis, Radiohead, Bloc Party, The Arctic Monkeys.
Outkast - Rosa Parks (Aquemini cd)
Nice work. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Rawk - I didn't even think of Billy Joel. That's insane. I think I'll award 7 points per song just for sanity's sake of scoring. So, when the dust clears, I'll have to listen to The Against Me song. It's great to infuriate Axel
. Rawk - 28
Brand X - Wow. Nice work. Quite creative. Did Wanbli post 1 Dylan song and 2 Weird Al cuts or was that you? Did the song above mention Prince as The Artist Formerly Known As...? Just curious. Your total is 20.
Wanbli - for Weird Al and Dylan, you have 17
August1-Way to go on the Gorillaz stuff! You took out a number of great names in that remix track. 18 points...(all in song titles)???
You're showing me up. On the spot. I'll post mine at the end of the week.
The Dylan and both Weird Al songs belong to Wanbli.
The Babybird track refers specifically to "the Artist Formerly Known as Prince." (You ain't butter, you ain't harry, you ain't even the artist formerly known as Prince)
Reagan Youth - Reagan Youth
We are the sons of Reagan heil
We're gonna kill all pagans heil
The right's our sacred mission
We'll start an inquisition
We're gonna purge the heathen kind
Haha! Rawkiddo started the fire with that one...dang! Great game.
Bob Dylan "Tombstone Blues"
The reincarnation of Paul Revere's horse
But the town has no need to be nervous.
A bald wig for Jack the Ripper who sits
At the head of the chamber of commerce.
Mama's in the fact'ry
She ain't got no shoes
Daddy's in the alley
He's lookin' for fuse
I'm in the kitchen
With the tombstone blues.
Well, John the Baptist after torturing a thief
The geometry of innocence flesh on the bone
Causes Galileo's math book to get thrown
At Delilah who sits worthlessly alone
But the tears on her cheeks are from laughter.
Where Ma Raney and Beethoven once unwrapped their bed roll
The Paul Revere namedrop made me think of...
Beastie Boy's Oh the references might be endless (Paul Revere of course, but...)
"3 MCs and 1 DJ"...Kenny Rogers' Gambler is my gambling theme
"The New Style"...and I got more juice than Picasso got paint
"Rhymin & Stealin"...Ali Babba and the fourty theives, Black Beard's weak, Moby Dick's on the tick, deliver Colonel Sanders down to Davey Jones locker
"Johny Ryall" Mentions Donald Trump
What'cha want" Eddie Harris
"Hey Ladies" Chuck Woolery
I give, but someone could roll with this...
I will roll with this.....
Hey Ladies:
Tom Thumb
Tom Cushman
Scott Baio.....aka Chachi
Kotter from welcome back kotter
Vincent Van Gogh and his ear
Damnit why didn't I remember the Tom's...Foolery I say!
Oh, and the rap version of we didnt start the fire.........Word Association by 7L and Esoteric. I think I should get bonus points for Crocodile - Dundee
I'm gonna give you a word, you tell me exactly what comes to mind
Cool, let's go
Brain - tumor, suede - Puma
Natalie - true, Liv Tyler - rumor
Lionel - my man, weapon - mic stand
Moogoo - gai-pain? Essex - fry clan
Sample - truncate, 45 - drum break
Mescaline - dumb fake, rent money - month late
Aguilera - lame slut, Cameo - change cut
Lance Rivera - shank up, Rawkus Records - bankrupt
[Esoteric]
Sittin here gettin my brain exam'd
Like I'm a, deranged man with the strangest plan
I got the, seat reclined in the therapy spot
The psycho-analyst is lookin at me like I'm a crackpot
Now sit back and relax - I'm doin that already
Please keep your hands steady - Why? - Your face is all sweaty
Yo I'm ready to heave
Mr. Ryan just breathe
I'll do a few more of these, then I'm gonna leave
Okay Tom Cruise - Ray*Ban, Elton John - gay man
Backpack - wack flow, fur coat - Fat Joe
Farrakhan - Nation, mad soul - Haitian
A title, for this joint? Word Association
{*7L scratching*}
"Listen up as I take out the rhyme book"
"From the rude attitude, done got in it to win it"
Okay, now tell me a little bit about your education
I didn't breeze through school, well actually I did
I breezed through the campus center back to my crib
You like to socialize? - Yeah - Well that's no surprise
Plus it's somethin that a lunatic mostly denies
Chill, whatchu tryin to say, that I'm about to explode?
My last crazy episode was during (?)nematode(?)
"Disguising his microbiotics.." that was dope
Well it goes without saying like old folks, continue
Okay Tiger - Chun Li, Crocodile - Dundee
Big pimp - Rocky V, hook shots - from three
Revelie - no crew, nerd bath - tofu
Richard Lewis - beaucoup, where is he? No clue
Groupies - free throws, Aria - need hoes
Chinatown - peep shows, cellos - umm, cheap clothes
Pedophile - pulpit, De La - cool skit
How do you feel about this exam? I think it's bullshit!
{*7L scratching*}
"Well, well, well! I'll be damned"
"Say what?" - "is the word" - "I don't know"
"Like I.. like I said before.."
"Listen up as I take out the rhyme book"
"I'm dead serious and I won't fess it.."
".. but chill 'til I finish the third verse"
"Now, listen-listen to the past"
This is going well, tell me a little about uhh, Metzer
[Esoteric]
The punk stand front and center
Red carpets roll, ladies trumpet as they enter
Light years beyond, my title's number one contender
Mind of an inventor with the grace of a fencer
Look, I gives a fuck if you're white, black or octaroon
I'll lock you in a room, make you pop balloons
filled with toxic fumes, yeah you shoulda bought a tomb
Cause Esoteric puts the Metal to your Face like Dr. Doom
Is-is that true? - Nah but it's a hot rhyme
Just give me a word, I'll say what pops to my mind
Okay cell - phone or prison? Esoteric - vocalism
Freestyle - old tradition, Mass Ave. - Pole Position
Dirtbag - chopperhead, Trevski - knock him dead
Big troops - knuckle up, Jedi Mind - fuck you up
Diesel - buttonfly, Kool Keith - Russian spy
No press - no Es, hope chest - slow death
This a joke? Hell no, kangaroo - velcro
Fat lace - shelltoe, Spud Webb - Elmo?
Letterman - great host, Moltar - Space Ghost
Applebee's - tastes gross, lap dance - pesos
Kid Rock - white trash, Limp Bizkit - don't ask
Handgun - under stress, LSD - punt the rest
Thanks for your time
Peace
That I can't allow
Huh?
You're legally insane, you'll be living here now
What?
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Okay, one more BBoys ..."Shadrach"
SHADRACH MESACH ABEDNAGO
Steal from the rich and I'm out robbing banks
Give to the poor and I always give thanks
Got more stories that J.D. Salinger
I hold the title and you are the challenger
I've got money like Charles Dickens
Got the girlies in the Couple like the Colonel's got the chickens
Always go out dapper like Harry S. Truman
I'm madder than Mad's Alfred E. Newman
*Never gonna let them say that I don't love you*
My noggin is hoggin all kinds of thoughts
Adam Yoggin is Yauch and he's rockin of course
Smoke the holy chalice got my own religion
Rally round the stage and check the funky dope musicians
Jerry Lee Swaggert or Jerry Lee Falwell
You love Mario Andretti cause he always drives his car well
Vicious circle of reality since the day you were born
And we love the hot butter on what the popcorn
Sippin on wine and mackin
Rockin on the stage with all the hands clappin
Ride the wave of fate it don't ride me
*Being very proud to be an M.C.*
And the man upstairs I hope that he cares
If I had a penny for my thoughts I'd be a millionaire
Amps and crossovers under my rear hood
The bass is bumpin from the back of my Fleetwood Brougham D'Elegance
They tell us what to do hell no
SHADRACH MESACH ABEDNAGO
Because I can and want to, and wont stop. Nice call bringing up the beastie boys sunshine, I feel like you hit a gold mine with them
You Can't, You Won't And You Don't Stop
Mike D Come On And Rock The Sure Shot
I've Got The Brand New Doo-Doo Guaranteed
Like Yoo Hoo
I'm On Like Dr John, Yea Mr Zu Zu
I'm A Newlywed, Not A Divorcee
And Everything I Do Is Funky Like Lee Dorsey
Well, It's The Taking of Pelham, One, Two, Three
If You Want A Doodoo Rhyme Then Come See Me
I've Got The Savoir Faire With The Unique Rhyme
And
I Keep It On And On, It's Never Quitting Time And
Strictly Hand Held Is The Style I Go
Never Rock The Mic With The Panty Hose
I Strap On My Ear Goggles And I'm Ready To Go
'Cause At The Boards Is The Man They Call The
Mario
Pull Up At The Function And You Know I Kojak
To All The Party People That Are On My Bozak
I've Got More Action Than My Man John Woo
And I've Got Mad Hits Like I Was Rod Carew
You Can't, You Won't And You Don't Stop
Ad Rock Come And Rock The Sure Shot
Hurricane Will Cross Fade On Your Ass And
Bust Your Ear Drums
Listen Everybody 'Cause I'm Shifting Gears I'm
Fresh Like Dougie When I Set My Specs And
On The Microphone I Come Correct
Timing Like A Clock When I Rock The Hip Hop
Top Notch Is My Stock On The Soap Box
I've Got More Rhymes Than I've Got Grey Hairs
And That's A Lot Because I've Got My Share
I've Got A Hole In My Head And There's No One
To Fix It
Got To Straighten My Thoughts, I'm Thinking Too
Much Sick Shit
Everyone Just Takes and Takes, Takes, Takes,
Takes
I've Got To Step Back, I've Got To Contemplate
I'm Like Lee Perry, I'm Very
On Rock The Microphone And Then I'm Gone
I'm Like Vaughn bode, I'm a Cheech Wizard
Never Quitting, So Won't You Listen
Oh Yes Indeed, It's Fun Time
'Cause You Can't, You Won't And You Don't Stop
MCA Come And Rock The Sure Shot
I Want To Say a Little Something That's Long
Overdue
The Disrespect To Women Has Got To Be Through
To All The Mothers And Sisters A And The
Wives And Friends
I Want To Offer My Love And Respect To The
End
Well You Say I'm Twenty Something And Should
Be Slacking
But I'm Working Harder Than Ever And You Could
Call It Macking
So I'm Supposed To Sit Upon My Couch Watching My
T.V.
I'm Still Listening To Wax, I'm Not Using The CD
I'm That Kid In The Corner
All Fucked Up And I Wanna So I'm Gonna
Take A Piece Of The Pie, Why Not, I'm Not Quitting
Think I'm Gonna Change Up My Style Just To Fit In
I Keep My Underwear Up With A Piece Of Elastic
I Use A Bullshit Mic That's Made Out Of Plastic
To Send My Rhymes Out To All Nations
Like Ma Bell, I've Got The Ill Communications
The lyrics are flowing to mind now.
Elton John - Goodbye Norma Jean
Tori Amos - "Happy Phantom" There's Judy Garland taking Buddha by the hand
Franz Ferdinand - "You're the reason I'm leaving" The radio sings that Everybody song by R.E.M
The Grateful Dead "Casey Jones"
(Sorry...Don't know why I got all wacky with the bold last time. )
I get half your BBoys points then just because! ; )
bold is fun.......and no you can not have any of my points
yeahh sunshine! NICE ONE! bboys make the greatest references consistently!
dang it Rawkkiddoh! you beat me! Billy Joel "we didn't start the fire"
Jeez, I got a lot of Catching up to do but my first entry:
Bob Dylan -Thunder On The Mountain (Alicia Keyes)
Shew!
On the front end, Brand X, nice obscure band reference w/ Baby Bird (two words or one? Can't remember. Oh, and great reference w/ REM's End of the World...but what about Man on the Moon - Andy Kaufman, anyone???
From the past 8 hours...
Rawk - OK - 10 points for referencing Rawkus and CD. Great reference there. Your total is now up to 45 points
Sunshine - You get most of the BBoys points because you've got so many songs in your head! No can do on the REM reference although Pavement's The Unseen Power of the Picket Fence sings about REM's legacy and is one of my favorites of theirs. There is a song out there titled Michael Stipe by P...??? Can anyone clarify? It was on a CMJ comp. years ago. Total points: 71
Contraband has 7 points.
Don't forget to con't looking at through all of these references and yes, Bold is Very Good
Another:
Range Life - Pavement (Stone Temple Pilots, Smashing Pumpkins)
contra! LMAO cuz when i heard that song off modern times I was likd why Alicia Keys, Bob? why?
I know, it's definitely the weirdest refference - even by Dylan standards.
one more:
James Brown is Dead - LA Style
Parliament-Chocolate City
I was thinking Range Life also, Contraband...we'll have to figure in band references in another round...
Didn't catch Cody B's Parliament reference...?
Madonna - Vogue:
Greta Garbo, and Monroe
Deitrich 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 Rodgers, dance on air
They had style, they had grace
Rita Hayworth gave good face
Lauren, Katherine, Lana too
Bette Davis, we love you
Contraband's catching up - 17 points
Parliament-Chocolate City
Muhammad Ali,Richard Pryor,James Brown,Aretha Franklin,Ike Hayes,Stevie Wonder.
And when they come to march on ya
Tell 'em to make sure they got their James Brown pass
And don't be surprised if Ali is in the White House
Reverend Ike, Secretary of the Treasure
Richard Pryor, Minister of Education
Stevie Wonder, Secretary of FINE arts
And Miss Aretha Franklin, the first Lady
WOOOHOO!!!
Kayne West - "Stronger" just came on..the shuffle gods are rooting for me!
You can be my black Kate Moss tonight
Awesome, the Christian in Christian Dior
Cause it's Louis Vuitton Don night
So we goin' do everything that Kan like
Since prince was on Apollonia
Since OJ (?) had Isotoners
Don't act like I never told ya [x5]
Uh, baby you're makin' it
Gnarls Barkley "The Boogie Monster" (Mythological/ficticious heheh)
Babybird - Bad Jazz (Charlie Brown, Charlie Byrd)
Babybird - Steam Train (Micheal Caine)
Babybird - Neil Armstrong
Band of Horses - Detlef Scrempf
Beastie Boys - Posse In Effect (Jerry Lewis, Abe Vigoda)
Beastie Boys - The new style (Jimmy Page)
Beastie Boys - Brass Monkey (Charlie Chan?)
Beastie Boys - Time to Get Ill (Phyllis Diller)
Big Black - Kasimir S. Pulaski Day
***Cake - Meanwhile, Rick James
Clean - Fats Domino
Dwight Yoakam - Turn it on, Turn it up, Turn me Loose (Buck Owens)
Guttermouth - Jack LaLanne
Guttermouth - Bruce Lee Vs. the KISS Army (Paul Stanley)
Guttermouth - What if? (Fred Schnider, Jim Morrison)
minutemen - political song for michael jackson to sing
nirvana - Frances Farmer will have her revenge on seattle
rapeman - kim gordon's panties
sonic youth - Madonna, Sean and me
soundgarden - ty cobb
stereolab - international colouring contest (lucia pamela)
stereolab - john cage bubblegum
Pizzicato 5 - Twiggy Vs. James Bond
Sorry, I put up Rick James twice!
Originally, when it was just the home recordings, it was Baby Bird, but when the band got involved it became Babybird, so, it is kind of both. Most of the time I just type it as one word, though.
Cody B's Parliment reference:
Parliament-Chocolate City
And when they come to march on ya
Tell 'em to make sure they got their James Brown pass
And don't be surprised if Ali is in the White House
Reverend Ike (Hayes), Secretary of the Treasure
Richard Pryor, Minister of Education
Stevie Wonder, Secretary of FINE arts
And Miss Aretha Franklin, the First Lady
Clutch - "Willie Nelson"
Jay Z - '03 Bonnie & Clyde"
Jay Z - "Change Clothes"
I ain't a New Jack nobody 'gon Wesley Snipe me
Snoop (hafta be Doggie Dog?) is, to the west coast what Face is to Houston
Who don't understand a bra with a mean shoe game
and Vera Wang
K, this is driving me nutz now. I gotta stop.
Bare Naked Ladies - "One Week"
You'll think you're lookin' at Aquaman
Big like LeAnn Rimes
Becasue im all about value
Bert Kaempfort's got the mad hits
I hope the Smoking Man's in this one
Like Harrison Ford I'm gettin frantic
Like Sting, I'm tantric
Like Snickers, guaranteed to satisfy
Like Kurasswa, I make mad films
Just to be clear (from earlier), regardless of what you believe, Jesus was historically proven to have lived - so in essence, he is a famous person and not mythological.
Onto the points
Sunshine - pulling out some good ones. I didn't even know Clutch had a song titled Willie Nelson. My college roommate was/is big into Clutch still! 98 points
Contraband - 24 points
Cody B. - 7 points, R&B and hip-hop are great places to check for this sort of stuff...
Brand X - I'll pass on Frances Farmer...refers to Frances Bean...but great job finding some good ones. You're in the lead. 119 points.
Still have some time. PS - vacation begins for me in about 24 hours so we'll extend this till I return - next Saturday 7/26
Sunshine - 105 points!
So why do bands referenced in lyrics not count as famous musicians? That doesn't make sense to me but then again it's your game Eric, lol. Fun game though.
As far as I understand it, the Nirvana song actually refers to the actress, Frances Farmer, but it is your call as to if it counts.
Everclear - Otis Redding
The Embarassment - Elizabeth Montgomery's Face
Los Lobos - Buddy Ebsen Loves the Night TIme
Ryan Adams - Sylvia Plath
August... I don't think he realized they were in the song. He probably thought you were just throwing bands out there, trying to cheat or something. : P
Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs.Robinson (Joe Dimaggio)
And because its funky friday, Dyke & The Blazers - We Got More Soul
(Ray Charles,James Brown,Johnnie Taylor,Aretha Franklin,Nancy Wilson,Pearl Bailey)
minutemen - History Lesson pt. 2 (mike watt, E. Bloom, richard hell, John Doe, joe strummer and bob dylan, but they've both already been covered here)
I would suggest a revision to the second round of this (to make it more challeging) would be to eliminate both artist name dropped and the artist who name dropped them. Speaking as on who used Dylan, who was cited a number of times, I think it would be more challenging to have to double check or cross refference both from the list.
Example: My Bob Dylan entry would cross both Alicia Keyes and Bob Dylan off the list. Perhaps a shorter play version with these rules?
Just a suggestion, as another mogger who like to create games...
If it references a band member, that counts but if it's just a band name, that's not a celebrity, that's pushing it a little (lots of songs referencing The Bealtes and such...). Does that make sense...?
OK. I like Contraband's round 2 suggestion so let's cancel out acts/bands/artists who have been mentions (yikes, this is getting tough). From this point on, everything mentioned is in foul territory.
Brand X, thanks for the explanation on Frances Farmer - wasn't aware that was referring to a person. You get credit for that. 141 points and the lead.
Cody B - Mrs. Robinson is so blatent but I never even recalled Joe Dimaggio was name dropped in that, 21 points.
As an aside, I invite you to play Wormhole!, my Mog created game. But I do enjoy your game, there is so much potential for this one.
Next entry:
Chuck E. Weiss feat. Tom Waits - "Do You Know What I Idi Amin" (Idi Amin) Both in title and in the song.
Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley
(Lou Rawls, Sam + Dave, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, James Brown)
Archie Bell and the Drells - "Tighten Up" . Hi everybody, we're Archi Bell and the Drells..."
(double points for name checking yourself?
The Game - "The Game" - he mentions 18 people including himself, Dre, Easy E, Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston and a bunch of other people I'm too lazy to look up. But surely it wins a hip-hop crown for most people mentioned in one tune.
Oh oh a game! Yay!
Do these count?
The Wombats - Let's Dance To Joy Division
Bondage Fairies - He-man (har har)
Shit I forgot about this..........
The Games Pain.......how many emcee's must get mentioned?
See, ever since the day I got the chance to make a change
I’ve been in this game, it’s a new day
And I’m making it known ’cause I just want the world to know
I’m paying my dues, and I got the utmost, I just wanna let you know
I’m payin’ homage ’cause you’ve paved the way for me, yeah
The Game
I swear to God, it feel like every day is my birthday
Let the top down, California’s my birthplace
So I’ma take you there like B.I.G took niggaz to New York
“Juicy” had us feeling like we was from New York
And that’s real shit blazed the Philly
It’s summertime shout out to Will Smith
’cause who didn’t wanna be the Fresh Prince
Flat top, gold chain and some fresh kicks?
My nigga Nas told me money make the world go round
And Uncle Luke showed me how to make my girl go down
I’ve been around Hip Hop since ‘85
She had her ups and downs but she stayed alive
I used to think LL stood for Love LA
He from Queens, how the f**k he put that with Cool J?
Red Kangol hat, red sweat suit to match
Red Adidas, nigga, Game is back
Keyshia Cole
And ever since the day I got the chance to make a change
I’ve been in this game, it’s a new day
And I’m making it known ’cause I just want the world to know
I’m paying my dues, and I got the utmost, I just wanna let you know
I’m payin’ homage ’cause you’ve paved the way for me, yeah
The Game
Public Enemy and N.W.A is on my boombox, had to say
Yoday was a good day, had the hood buzzin’
Ice Cube my favorite rapper, y’all niggaz can’t tell me nothin’
Everybody’s first bootleg was Boyz ‘n the Hood
Whoever thought gangsta rap would make noise in the hood
When the cars ride by with the boomin’ system
Two door Mustang and the roof was missing
Every girl at ya school had the new extensions
Even gangstaz was dancin’ like New Edition
’cause the house parties stayed rockin’ all night
Niggas came through and shot it up but it was alright
’cause after the cops left, it was a party then
You down with OPP, then bring Naughty in
They say it never rain in southern California, Tony Toni lied
Sit back, watch Game throw his money in the sky
Keyshia Cole
And ever since the day I got the chance to make a change
I’ve been in this game, it’s a new day
And I’m making it known ’cause I just want the world to know
I’m paying my dues, and I got the utmost, I just wanna let you know
I’m payin’ homage ’cause you’ve paved the way for me, yeah
The Game
Cash rules everything around me, C.R.E.A.M get the money
In the back, I relax with all the hunnies
DJ bring it back, let it go
Mix it in with Black Rob, make ‘em say whoa
Every thing full circle, Game livin’ major
Girls on my hip like a Skytel pager
Now I’m on the top, let the champagne pop
Throw ya hands in the sky ’cause The Game don’t stop
Just a little more change, gotta Benz and the Range
Every rap metaphor always ends in my name:
The Kool Hercs, DJ Red Alerts
Before I was born they was talking ’bout The Game
Ask a Jay-Z fan ’bout Big Daddy Kane
Don’t know him, Game gonna show ‘em
Just like they showed me, my lyrics is O.G
When it’s all said and done, you niggas gon’ quote me
Keyshia Cole
And ever since the day I got the chance to make a change
I’ve been in this game, it’s a new day
And I’m making it known ’cause I just want the world to know
I’m paying my dues, and I got the utmost, I just wanna let you know
I’m payin’ homage ’cause you’ve paved the way for me, yeah
Keyshia Cole
See, Mary J. I want you to understand
you paved the way .. for me
I’m givin’ homage .. to you
AND HOW IN THE HELL DO I ONLY HAVE 45 POINTS, I POSTED WE DIDNT START THE FIRE!
Weezer-"Heart Songs"
Gordon Lightfoot
Sang a song
About a boat
That sank in the lake
At the break
Of the morning
A Cat named Stevens
Found a faith
He could believe in
And Joan Baez
I never listened
Too much jazz
But hippie songs
Could be heard
In our pad
Eddie Rabbitt sang
About how much
He loved a rainy night
Abba, Devo, Benatar
Were there the day
John Lennon died
Mr. Springsteen said
He had a hungry heart
Grover Washington
Was happy on the day
He topped the charts
These are the songs
Chorus:
These are my heart songs
They never feel wrong
And when I wake
For goodness sake
These are the songs
I keep singin'
Quiet Riot got me started
With the bangin' of my head
Iron Maiden, Judas Priest
And Slayer
Taught me how to shred
I've got to admit though
Sometimes
I would listen
To the radio
Debbie Gibson
Tell me that you think
We're all alone
Michael Jackson's
In the mirror
I've gotta have faith
If I wanna see clear
Never gonna give you up
Wish me love
Or wishing well
It takes two to make
A thing go right
If the Fresh Prince
Starts a fight
Don't you worry
For too long
'Cause you know
These are the songs
(Chorus)
Back in 1991
I wasn't havin' any fun
'Till my roommate said
"Come on and put
a brand new record on"
Had a baby on it
He was naked on it
Then I heard the chords
That broke the chains
I had upon me
Got together with my bros
In some rehearsal studios
Then we played
Our first rock show
And watched the fan base
Start to grow
Signed the deal that gave
The dough to make
A record of our own
The song come
On the radio
Now people go
This is the song
These are my heart songs
They never feel wrong
And when I wake
For goodness sake
These are the songs
I keep singing
(4x):
These are the songs
I keep singing
oh and The Flaming Lips-"Thank You Jack White (for the Fiber-Optic Jesus That You Gave Me)"
Oh, I am not done yet!
"Taxi Driver"
I took cutie for a ride in my deathcab
She tipped me with a kiss I dropped her off at the meth lab
Before she left she made a dashboard confessional
And spilled her guts in cursive but whats worse is
I could still see her bright eyes like sunny day real estate
Oh my and in a funny way the ceiling tastes
So high but no chance
My little chemical romance left a bad taste in my mouth
But I approached her like hey mercedes why the long face
Why you cryin? theres no need
Just put on this coheed and fallout
Boy meets girl jimmy eat world
But Schlep eats pills till hes all out
Not once not twice she was thrice times a lady
Mackin on brand new, but I had to
Bounce over to the postal service to
Pick up these pills that take care of my nervousness
And all the way I saw planes and mistook 'em for stars
She played games but she took em too far
At the drive in
Watching soft porn and you can tell
By the trail of the dead, that there was somethin in the popcorn
I hop in my cab destination midtown
Just to get up with some kids that like to get down
I'd made my rounds and that was that
In between the frowns and scraps and heart attacks
And I remember I seen her ass in early november
On a Thursday taking back Sunday for a refund
She shot a wink like no hard feelings
Then she jetted to brazil man them pills had me spun
This is the story of the year right here
This is hot water music
Put ya ramen into it
I don't know what I just walked into. So I'm not going to read everyone's respeonse because I don't have an hour. I'm just going to name drop and hope it flies.
Postal Service: "Don't Wake Me I Plan on Sleeping" (John F. Kennedy)
Postal Service: "Clark Gable"
~Roxy