Friday, June 29, 2007

Don't tell me not to reference my songs within my songs

I might need some help with this one... I can think of three songs that reference other songs but if you can add any to the list, please leave a comment. My excuse for laziness is it's Friday night and the end of term and I'm totally exhausted.

Glass Onion, The Beatles
This one actually references a whole pile of other Beatles songs like I Am the Walrus, Strawberry Fields Forever, The Fool on the Hill, Fixing A Hole and more. A bit of self indulgence or self reverence perhaps, from the White Album.

Hands Open, Snow Patrol
I think this song is what captured my attention about Snow Patrol, because it refers to Sufjan Stevens and the song Chicago. Not something many people would know, but hopefully Triple J fans would be familiar with the reference.

On the Radio, Regina Spektor
'And on the radio they played November Rain. That solo's awful long, but it's a good refrain. We listened to it twice 'cause the DJ was asleep'. A great single from Begin to Hope.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

http://tmbw.net/wiki/References_To_Other_Songs_Or_Musicians

Sara said...

Thanks, although it would be nice to know who you are. (Mark? Bec?)