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[Music] Songs in which real people are namechecked in the title or the lyrics



marlowe

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Dec 13, 2015
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"Monterey" by Eric Burdon and the Animals
People namechecked: Jimi Hendrix, Ravi Shankar, Hugh Masekela, Brian Jones (referred to as "Prince Jones").
Bands namechecked: The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, The Who, The Byrds.

https://youtu.be/xExo67OLrdY
 
























hart's shirt

Well-known member
Jul 8, 2003
10,170
Kitbag in Dubai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Y87LNw26U

1. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego - the 3 men who were thrown into the fiery furnace in Daniel 3
2. Jacoby and Meyers - Len Jacoby and Steven Meyers who built the US law firm
3. Charles Dickens - writer
4. Harry S. Truman - US President
5. Swaggart and Falwell - televangelists
6. Mario Andretti - race driver
7. Colonel Sanders - KFC founder
 


AnotherArch

Northern Exile
Apr 2, 2009
1,180
Stockport & M62
Moves like Jagger by Maroon 5
Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder, and his 'Happy Birthday' contains Martin Luther King.
Madonna's 'Vogue' includes a whole list of famous names - Greta Garbo, etc.
 














Gwylan

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Jul 5, 2003
31,336
Uffern
1. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego - the 3 men who were thrown into the fiery furnace in Daniel 3

I like your idea of reality. You think that people can be thrown into a blazing furnace, so hot that kills people standing around it, can stand around in it for several minutes and can come out unscathed?

You must be smoking some powerful stuff.
 












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