Goalscrounger's 30 Day Music Challenge - Day 2 - Tuesday 7th April - A Song That Mentions (But Isn't About) A Famous Person

[goalscrounger]

"She looks like Eve Marie Saint in On The Waterfront
She reads Simone de Beauvoir in her American circumstance".

 

[spanishman]

I hope God counts as a famous person (if there is one of course). So in the title.

 

[Muttley]

Billy Joel drops a few mentions in this bad boy

 

[goalscrounger]

Billy Joel drops a few mentions in this bad boy

..one or two! Wonder if this has the most namedrops? (or "Hello" by The Beloved or "Endless Art" by A-House maybe?)

 

[RedAsABeetroot]

 

[atomicloonybin aka ALB]

Bill Withers was good to me
Pretend I'm Bill and lean on me

 

[changingman]

Honorary mention for F. Scott Fitzgerald.

You're very well read, it's well knoooooooooooown

 

[ticker_tape]

When people stared in Jaggers eyes and scored.

 

[ticker_tape]

He looked a like Che Guevara Havent listened to this for a good while, great lyrics.

 

[goalscrounger]

He looked a like Che Guevara Havent listened to this for a good while, great lyrics.

Think I might give Aladdin Sane a spin today after this!

 

[Capybara]

There's loads in here.

 

[ticker_tape]

TIME Reminds me of Amsterdam you were posting about, Jacques Brel, or at least an attempt by Bowie to write in his style. Bowie did do a B-side of Amsterdam.

Great Album Aladdin Sane, Prettiest Star being my favourite with Ronsons Les Paul an unmistakable sound. I think the Album was inspired by Bowies half brother.

 

[rkangel]

As perhaps the greatest cultural diarists since Pepys I think mining HMHB will always unearth treasures. And how they'd slag me for mixing my metaphors. Neil Morrisey, who doesn't come out of this song well, is generally regarded as a very nice

bloke.

 

[ticker_tape]

Never really listened to HMHB but will do, Neil Morriseys a nob ed

 

[Johnny Vincents Motorbike]

Captain James Cook get a shout, amongst others !

 

[asredastheycome]

They’ve got nothing but total respect for
Annie Lennox

 

[asredastheycome]

This lists loads of people.

Turn A Blind Eye
They came for the palmists, but I wasn’t a palmist so I did nothing
They came for the bungee jumpers, but I wasn’t a bungee jumper so I did nothing
They came for the players’ agents, but I wasn’t a players’ agent so I did nothing
They came for the Charles Manson fans, but I wasn’t a Charles Manson fan so I did nothing
They came for the reflexologists, but I wasn’t a reflexologist so I did nothing
They came for the camp TV chefs, but I wasn’t a camp TV chef so I did nothing
They came for the RoMos, I laughed
They came for the martial arts enthusiasts, but I wasn’t a martial arts enthusiast so I did nothing
They came for Eamonn Holmes and I think I’m right in saying I applauded
They came for the fire-eaters, but I wasn’t a fire-eater so I did nothing
They came for Dani Behr, I said she’s over there, behind the wardrobe
Turn a blind eye, sometimes it’s best to
Turn a blind eye, sometimes it’s best to
Turn a blind eye, sometimes it’s best to
Turn a blind eye, sometimes it’s best to
Turn a blind eye, sometimes it’s best to
Turn a blind eye, sometimes it’s best to
Turn a blind eye, sometimes it’s best to
Turn a blind eye, sometimes it’s best to

 

[ticker_tape]

Id heard of them but how did I miss them? They know where things are in B&Q

 

[bear66]

Old Father Time

 

[Johnny Vincents Motorbike]