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Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement)

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 17 2013 10:07 AM

Love that song. It cleverly walks the line between total cheese and complete rockin-out. Plus, what other band except the Monkees and Talk Talk had a theme song featuring their band name? It's like Eddie Van Halen performing while wearing a Van Halen t-shirt or something.

sharpie Oct 17 2013 10:19 AM Re: Vote for Enshrinement

Plus, what other band except the Monkees and Talk Talk had a theme song featuring their band name? Wilco (the Song) Jocko Homo (certainly Devo's theme song but without the band name in the title of the song) Other, not necessarily theme songs, In a Big Country Tubes World Tour

Edgy MD Oct 17 2013 10:25 AM Re: Vote for Enshrinement

"What's Your Favorite Color? (Theme Song)" --- Living Color "Never Mind" --- Red Hot Chili Pepers "Mystery Achievement" ("You know me --- I like pretending") --- Pretenders There's others, and rap acts have a long history of self-referential lyrics.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 17 2013 10:36 AM Re: Vote for Enshrinement

"I didn't do it" by the I Didn't Do It Boy.

metsguyinmichigan Oct 17 2013 10:50 AM Re: Vote for Enshrinement

We're slipping! "R.A.M.O.N.E.S." Now, I know they didn't write it, but they performed it, and it's on their farewell live CD.

MFS62 Oct 17 2013 11:07 AM Re: Vote for Enshrinement

metsguyinmichigan wrote: We're slipping! "R.A.M.O.N.E.S." Who? Later

Gwreck Oct 17 2013 11:10 AM Re: Vote for Enshrinement

Plus, what other band except the Monkees and Talk Talk had a theme song featuring their band name? Bad Company Bo Diddley (technically not a band)

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 17 2013 11:52 AM Re: Vote for Enshrinement

Gwreck wrote: Plus, what other band except the Monkees and Talk Talk had a theme song featuring their band name? Bad Company arrgh. That was the one I couldn't think of.

MFS62 Oct 17 2013 12:01 PM Re: Vote for Enshrinement

So did Wham. http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/w/wham ... ou_do.html Later

Edgy MD Oct 17 2013 12:14 PM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

"Never Mind" by the Red Hots not only is a self-referential "theme" song, but it also references one of this years nominees, as well as Wham!, noted above as having produced their own self-promotion song. Never mind the Pac Jam Never mind the Gap Band Never mind the Zap Band Never mind the Funk Scam 'Cause we're The Red Hot Chili Peppers Never mind the British bands Never mind the synth funk bands Never mind the Wham Wham band Never mind Duran Duran 'Cause we're The Red Hot Chili Peppers Never mind the Soft Cell shit That's strictly for the twits Never mind the Men At Work Those tunes are for the jerks 'Cause we're The Red Hot Chili Peppers Never mind Hall and Oates Those guys are a couple of goats Never mind the Culture Club That jive's just one big flub 'Cause we're The Red Hot Chili Peppers

Mets – Willets Point Oct 17 2013 12:21 PM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

They Might Be Giants album Flood has an opening theme song.

Edgy MD Oct 17 2013 12:24 PM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

Very good. And of course, they wrote a Replacements theme, bringing us back to our R'n'RHoF nominees.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 17 2013 12:25 PM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

The Roches' "We"

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 17 2013 12:54 PM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

"Positive Jam" -- The Hold Steady (several songs on that first album, actually)

Edgy MD Oct 17 2013 01:23 PM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

"We're the Turtles" --- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles "The Man in Black" --- Johnny Cash

RealityChuck Oct 17 2013 09:14 PM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

"Yellow Balloon" by Yellow Balloon. [youtube:3p9r5yf6]CFautkpkm1s[/youtube:3p9r5yf6] And for the win: the flip side of the single was "Noollab Wolley." Also "Creeque Alley" by the Mamas and the Papas (100% autobiographical). "Mother People" by the Mothers of Invention ("We're the Mother People, too." The band's actual name at the time the song was "The Mothers") "Van Dyke Parks" by Van Dyke Parks "Mr. Skin" by Spirit (referring to their drummer, Ed Cassidy) "Bob Dylan's Dream" "Liza with a Z"

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 17 2013 10:17 PM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

"Belle and Sebastian." "Bad Religion." (From Bad Religion, no less.) "Built to Spill." "Iron Maiden." "Motörhead." (From Motorhead.) "Slowdive." "Waavves." (From Waavves.)

Chad Ochoseis Oct 18 2013 04:10 AM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

"Fight for Your Right" - Beastie Boys At least three from Leonard Cohen - "Famous Blue Raincoat", "Going Home", and "Field Commander Cohen"

Rockin' Doc Oct 18 2013 05:38 AM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

"Rock and Roll Band" - Boston Not truly a self reference, but I don't know of any band that got their name into a single song as many times as the Who did with "Who Are You".

seawolf17 Oct 18 2013 07:35 AM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

"Damn Yankees" by Damn Yankees, off their Damn Yankees record. [youtube:2gnrsd5r]Vk1NoUIpl_E[/youtube:2gnrsd5r]

Frayed Knot Oct 18 2013 07:42 AM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

John Lennon - ... I don't believe in Beatles Bruce Springsteen - ... the change was made uptown and the Big Man joined the band

RealityChuck Oct 18 2013 08:54 AM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

"Focus" by Focus (two versions of the same song, one instrumental, the other with lyrics). Focus also had the song titles "Focus II," "Focus III," "Focus IV," "Focus V," "Mother Focus," "Focus 7," "Focus 8," "Focus 9," and "Focus 10." Here's Focus III: [youtube:1pacfytc]1chwMzM2_Pk[/youtube:1pacfytc]

sharpie Oct 18 2013 09:42 AM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

Meet the Boys On the Battlefront by Wild Tchoupitoulas Roadrunner by Modern Lovers (Jonathan says "OK, now you sing Modern Lovers.")

batmagadanleadoff Oct 18 2013 09:50 AM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

[youtube:12b5ep52]6cxzglegBmw[/youtube:12b5ep52]

TransMonk Oct 18 2013 10:31 AM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

Who are you? Who. Who. Who, who.

themetfairy Oct 18 2013 11:10 AM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

Human by the Human League

themetfairy Oct 18 2013 11:14 AM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

batmagadanleadoff wrote: [youtube]6cxzglegBmw[/youtube] I see your Josie and the Pussycats and raise you a Banana Splits - [youtube]CQTq88Ie5sU[/youtube]

Edgy MD Oct 18 2013 11:23 AM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for EJosnshrinem

[list]Josie and the Pussycats! Long tails, and ears for hats! Guitars and Marshall stacks Hot, sweet, super-cool Don't you know these kitties rule? Hurry, hurry! We've been going over... the master plan Driving in a custom... -painted van Practicing for hours... don't you know that Soon no matter where you go We'll be on the radio?! Josie and the Pussycats! Hot lips, we'll give you that! Stone foxes, oh, that's a fact Josie and the Pussycats! Even though we're playing... in our garage Soon we'll have a massive... entouage Going triple-platinum... you'll just watch us Climbing up the Billboard charts Breaking records, breaking hearts! Josie and the Pussycats! Long tails, and ears for hats! We know just where it's at East, West, North, or South Guaranteed to rock the house! Josie and the Pussycats! Josie and the Pussycats![/list:u] That's the way you write a theme-song lyric. Two bridges!

batmagadanleadoff Oct 18 2013 12:35 PM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

themetfairy wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: [youtube]6cxzglegBmw[/youtube] I see your Josie and the Pussycats and raise you a Banana Splits - [youtube]CQTq88Ie5sU[/youtube] When I was young, there was this musical prodigy kid on the block, about one or two years older than me. I was over his house once and he was sitting at his piano. We weren't really friends. We weren't enemies either. But our parents socialized, so that's how I ended up there that weekend afternoon. And he said that he could play anything in the whole wide world on his piano, and then dared me to request a tune. Any tune. Reminiscing, I guess I would've liked to ask him to play some Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue, perhaps, or a real challenge, like Yesterday in the style of Beethoven, or at least the opening to Light My Fire. But I was only about seven or eight, and my musical knowledge was limited to things like the Batman TV theme song and Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. So I asked him to play the Banana Splits theme. Which, to my ears, he absolutely nailed. And that's my Banana Splits story.

Rockin' Doc Oct 18 2013 07:02 PM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

Rockin' Doc wrote: Not truly a self reference, but I don't know of any band that got their name into a single song as many times as the Who did with "Who Are You". TransMonk wrote: Who are you? Who. Who. Who, who. Transmonk and Rockin' Doc similarity score is off the charts on this one.

Ashie62 Oct 19 2013 10:32 AM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

The Who "Who are You"

TransMonk Oct 19 2013 12:40 PM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

That song's got a lot of echo. Sorry.

Edgy MD Oct 19 2013 01:20 PM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

Hey, how about the Who?

Ashie62 Oct 19 2013 07:49 PM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

All recent bands with a song named with such name Porno for Pyros Iron Maiden Damn Yankees Public Image First Edition song is Public Image Meat Puppets Motorhead Black Sabbath Lickitty Clit 1998 How about Tom Petty "I wont back down."?

RealityChuck Oct 19 2013 09:34 PM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

Mott the Hoople: Ballad of Mott the Hoople. [youtube:2yr3i9sm]U2c1Rthebi8[/youtube:2yr3i9sm] And another one from the Mothers of Invention: Motherly Love, an invitation to all groupies. [youtube:2yr3i9sm]FFQbERB2DAM[/youtube:2yr3i9sm]

Chad Ochoseis Oct 20 2013 02:28 PM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

Got your Steely Dan t-shirt? [youtube:2tw7dkpb]-9QVNbUPzgM[/youtube:2tw7dkpb]

Batty31 Oct 20 2013 04:16 PM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

Radio Clash-The Clash Killer Queen-Queen Talk Talk-Talk Talk Icehouse-Icehouse

Batty31 Oct 20 2013 04:30 PM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

Just remembered 2 more: Rammstein-Rammstein And one of my all time favorite bands...Judas Priest-Judas Rising

Edgy MD Oct 20 2013 05:15 PM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

This thread = Batty Bait.

Batty31 Oct 20 2013 05:59 PM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

Edgy MD wrote: This thread = Batty Bait. Indeed! Anthrax-Anthrax Rainbow-Catch the Rainbow

batmagadanleadoff Oct 20 2013 08:08 PM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan's 115th Dream Simon & Garfunkel - A Simple Desultory Philippic (Art Garfunkel, anyways)

d'Kong76 Oct 21 2013 10:08 AM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

[youtube:3b7ul1o4]UKI9jT8kN-I[/youtube:3b7ul1o4]

Frayed Knot Oct 21 2013 11:38 AM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

Semi-self referential or did you read the stuff that Jooly said or little Jimmy with his hair dyed red they don't give a shit Keith Moon is dead is that exactly what I thought I read Pete Townshend (solo) - Jools & Jim

Mets – Willets Point Nov 08 2013 09:30 AM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

[youtube:kfnahxik]74MTIBbn4uI[/youtube:kfnahxik] [youtube:kfnahxik]HMBtBMH2d6g[/youtube:kfnahxik]

Edgy MD Nov 08 2013 09:49 AM Re: Self-Referential Bands (split from Vote for Enshrinement

Yeah, with rap acts, it's almost a rule.