Bands calling other bands out

UrbanSprawl

Speedwell wrote: »

There's always the classic example of Lynyrd Skynyrd in "Sweet Home Alabama" calling out Neil Young for "Southern Man". Though opinions differ: http://thrasherswheat.org/jammin/lynyrd.htm

Very interesting and I did not know any of that about Southern Man and Sweet home Alabama.:cool:

The Bishop Basher

UrbanSprawl wrote: »

Very interesting and I did not know any of that about Southern Man and Sweet home Alabama.:cool:

We can throw the drive by truckers into this mix as well...

Specifically on Southern Rock Opera... Reads like prose but it's a spoken song...

"Bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd attempted to show another side of the south, one that certainly exists, but few saw beyond the rebel flag and this applies not only to their critics and detractors but also their fans and followers. So for a while, when Neil Young would come to town, he'd get death threats down in Alabama. Ironically, in 1971, after a particularly racially charged campaign, Wallace began backpeddling and he opened up Alabama politics to minorities at a rate faster than most northern states or the federal government. Wallace spent the rest of his life trying to explain away his racist past and in 1982 he won his last term in office with over 90% of the black vote, such as the duality of the southern thing. "

UrbanSprawl

Swanner wrote: »

We can throw the drive by truckers into this mix as well...

Specifically on Southern Rock Opera... Reads like prose but it's a spoken song...

"Bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd attempted to show another side of the south, one that certainly exists, but few saw beyond the rebel flag and this applies not only to their critics and detractors but also their fans and followers. So for a while, when Neil Young would come to town, he'd get death threats down in Alabama. Ironically, in 1971, after a particularly racially charged campaign, Wallace began backpeddling and he opened up Alabama politics to minorities at a rate faster than most northern states or the federal government. Wallace spent the rest of his life trying to explain away his racist past and in 1982 he won his last term in office with over 90% of the black vote, such as the duality of the southern thing. "

Brilliant song! Wallace sounds like some character.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MIztbe1_e8

Levi Stubbs, The Four Tops, and the Motown songwriting partnerships of Holland&Holland&Dozier and Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong are a magic recipe for a classic tearjerker

Second Toughest in_the Freshers

Nobody listens to techno...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHM7QGMWjAw

Pete Moss

"Bob Dylan Blues" by Syd Barrett

Got the Bob Dylan blues
And the Bob Dylan shoes
And my clothes and my hair's in a mess
But you know I just couldn't care less
Gonna write me a song 'bout what's right and what's wrong
Got God and my girl and all that
Quiet while I make like a cat

Cause I'm a poet, doncha know it
And the wind you can blow it
Cause I'm Mr. Dylan the king
And I'm free as a bird on the wing

Roam from town to town, get to get people down
But I don't care too much about that
Cause my gut and my wallet are fat
Make a whole lot of dough but I deserve it though
I got soul and a good heart of gold
So I'll sing about war and the cold

Cause I'm a poet, doncha know it
And the wind you can blow it
Cause I'm Mr. Dylan the king
And I'm free as a bird on the wing

Well I sings about dreams and I rhymes it with seams
Cause it seems that my dream always means
That I can prophesy all kinds of things
Well the guy that digs me
Should try hard to see
That he buys all my discs in a hat.
And when I'm in town go see that.

Cause I'm a poet, doncha know it
And the wind you can blow it
Cause I'm Mr. Dylan the king
And I'm free as a bird on the wing

The way Barrett delivers "blow it" in each of the chorus is a excellent.

The Bishop Basher

Dylan gets called in quite a few tunes.. Deservedly so...

Always loved Mr. Jones - Counting Crows

"Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio
Yeah we stare at the beautiful women,
She's perfect for you, man, there's got to be somebody for me,
I want to be Bob Dylan.
Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky.
When everybody loves you, son, that's just about as funky as you can be."

The Bishop Basher

Also love Neil Young's deliberate misquote of Dylan in Bandit...

You're invisible, you've got too many secrets, Bob Dylan said that, or something like that

Earthhorse

They built portholes for Bono so he could gaze out across the bay and sing about mountains, maybe.

Whipping Boy - We Don't Need Nobody Else

Elvis; was a hero to most
But he never meant sh*t to me
Straight up racist
That sucker was simple and plain
Mother-f*ck him and John Wayne.

Public Enemy - Fight The Power

Crosby, Stills, & Nash, The Grateful Dead, and the three individual members of Husker Du by name. Demented genius!

UrbanSprawl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTrmUDlydac

Sheridan81

Counting Crows-Hey MOnkey
Hey monkey, what's life without an occasional surprise?
Got nowhere but home to go
Got Ben Folds on my radio right now
I'm in trouble for the things I need
Hey monkey don't you want to be needed too?

Manic Street Preachers-1985
In 1985, the Civil War failed why?
Kept hidden like scars of birth
Nature unable to soften the words
In 1985, my words they came alive
Friends were made for life
Morrissey and Marr gave me choice
In 1985, in 1985

Fighting Tao

How about one calling out the Rock industry and the antics of the bigger bands? It's doesn't call out anyone specific and I if I recall correctly from the bands now defunct forum, it was really about the likes of Nickleback. They style is not typical of Hurt as it's more generic.

Lorelli!

We Didnt Start The Fire by Billie Joel mentions loads. Elvis Presley, Billy Joel, U2 etc.

Reminds me, the older kids where I grew up had a version of that whole song replacing the lyrics mostly with a story of the adults in the area we knew. Some of the lyrics went like..

Annie Murphy is a bitch
Throw her in the Nolan's ditch
We didn't start the fire....

We were horrible children

UrbanSprawl

He is still at it ..wonder what his problem is with them in particular..
http://www.nme.com/news/music/stephen-malkmus-hits-out-at-fake-smashing-pumpkins-reunion-2330253