Songs that mention other songs

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Get ready to be beguiled:



Siouxsie was quite the fan of Cristina's Things Fall Apart and name checks it here. She also played Cristina's Is That All There Is? at the end of The Creatures concerts. 2 icons, I do hope they exchanged letters or at least had a telephone call at one point.

 

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Oh hello again, here's Courtney back on the line

 

[Alla]

There are tons. First one I can think of:



Like James Brown singing Please, Please (Please)

 

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"I don't think so" delivered like spraying graffiti, taken from LL Cool J's Going Back to Calli. And then there's the name Kool Thing itself. One of the best songs ever recorded.

 

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I don't know if I got around to mentioning it when the song was entered into ASFM covers edition, but whilst orgasming Donna Summer back to life before she had even died, Toni also lapses into a bit of Beethoven (I love to listen to) and I certainly do love to listen.

 

[Alla]

Dien Bien Phu falls, "Rock Around the Clock"

 

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We're ladi dadi, this is how we party

 

[RJN]

 

[Art Decade]

 

[Pipo]

 

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