"Hey Jude" by the Beatles, obviously written about singer/songwriter Julian Lennon.
OK, it was written long before Julian ever became an artist, but still.
The rock group Heaven's "In The Beginning" (It is well known in my circles)
In the beginning there Hendrix
Playing Purple Haze and Voodoo Child
Deep Purple gave you Smoke on the Water and Highway Star
Led Zepplin gave you Black Dog and a Whole Lotta love
In the beginning there was volume and
the Lord he said come bang my head
Everybody wishing for thoughts around
They can play in a rock n roll band
Everybody dancing along c'mom c'mon
In the beginning the Rolling Stones
Gave you Honky Tonk Woman and Jumping Jack Flash
Black Sabbath gave you War Pigs and mother Mob Rules of rock
ACDC Hells Bells and Shook Me All Night Long
In the beginning there was volume and
the lord he said come bang my head
Everybody wishing for thoughts around
They can play in a rock n roll band
Everybody dancing along c'mom c'mon
In the beggining there was rock n roll
In the beggining there was rock n roll
In the beginning there was rock n roll
In the beginning there was rock n roll
You heard it all volume you
You 've got such an honour too
Motorhead pumping along
C]mon its on with the show tonight
(in the beginning there was Heaven)
R.E.M Man on the moon. Mentions Mott the Hoople and Elvis, also Andy Kaufman, but he was a comedian, does that count ?
This is an old thread, but still cool.
I'm only familiar with about half of Zappa's catalogue, but he's got plenty of references. He could probably have his own thread. Just from memory:
"The Mud Shark" - about the infamous Zeppelin/groupie/hotel incident
"Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy" - She put a Doobie Brothers tape on/I had a Roger Daltrey cape on...
The album Sheik Yer Bouti could be interpreted as poking fun at "Shake Your Booty" by KC and the Sunshine Band. On that album, "I Have Been in You" is a Frampton parody, and "Flakes" features a Bob Dylan impression (by Terry Bozzio? Can't remember)
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