'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
What song would you play at every birthday party you would ever throw for yourself?
"Birthday," the Sugarcubes. Yay early Bjork!
A song that mentions a piece of art (movie, sculpture, poem, whatev.)
The Smithereens song "A Lonely Place" is about the Bogart movie of the same name.
And then of course there's "the old man in/that book by Nabokov" in "Don't Stand So Close to Me."
For some reason I think Betsy will like this Richard Thompson song. (It can be heard here, starting around 16:50.)
And then of course there's "the old man in/that book by Nabokov" in "Don't Stand So Close to Me."
Even better is their Pale Fire tribute, "Don't Drive My Powerful Kramler": I was the shadow of the wax Sting slain/Zembla's my home/Kinbote's the name.
If the song has to actually explictly mention the work of art, rather just do a namecheck, hm. Off the top of my head, there's "Certain Songs" by The Hold Steady, which references a whole bunch of 80s songs, and "504" by the Old 97s talks about an "Elmore Leonard novel" (got the band a nice note from Mr L., too!)... I'll keep looking.
I'm stuck on the Mountain Goats's "Grendel's Mother," which is *about* Beowulf, but doesn't actually mention it.
Lloyd Cole's "Rattlesnakes" mentions reading Simone De Beauvior and Eve Marie Saint in On The Waterfront.
What song would you play at every birthday party you would ever throw for yourself?
That's Right - Lyle Lovett
You are my Sunshine
Happy Birthday - Altered Images
A song that mentions a piece of art (movie, sculpture, poem, whatev.)
Andy Warhol - David Bowie
Would U2's "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" count? The lyrics are taken directly from Salman Rushdie's novel of the same name.
Barenaked Ladies "If I Had $1,000,000" references buying some art ... I think it mentions Picasso directly, but I might be crazy.
Ooh, "The Bad Touch" by the Bloodhound Gang and "One Week" by the Barenaked Ladies both reference The X-Files.
Or, for that matter, you could go with Bree Sharp's "David Duchovny."
What song would you play at every birthday party you would ever throw for yourself?
I am currently addicted to Cibo Matto's "Birthday Cake." That might be appropriate. In a way.
May the song mention another song?
If so, "Radar Love" by Golden Earring ("Comin' On Strong" by Brenda Lee)
(ETA: And "Summer Rain" by Johnny Rivers ("Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"))
May the song mention another song?
"Land of a Thousand Dances" by... lots of people.
There's a song on the new Amy Rigby album called "Last Night I Was Dancing With Joey Ramone" that's really sweet. It mentions as many different songs as "Land of a Thousand Dances".