What is your favourite Song that mentions a Celebrity in the Title or Lyrics...?
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ANSWERS: 17
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Elton Johns "Candle in The Wind"
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Photograph - Def Leppard Okay, so it doesn't mention a celebrity by name, but it's supposed to be about Marilyn Monroe.
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'Bette Davis Eyes' Kim Carnes [ also, Jackie DeShannon ]
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Candle in the wind by Elton John
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Man in the Moon - REM
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Bananarama - Robert De Niros Waiting Not really my favorite.. but the only one i could think of!
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Bette Davis Eyes
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Betty Davis Eyes comes to mind.
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Mariah Carey's "We belong together" mentions Bobby Womack's on the radio and Baby face too.
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1. beatles ~ i am the walrus ~ mentions edgar allen poe 2. eagles ~ hotel california ~ indirect reference to steely dan with the "they stabbed it with their Steely knives, but they could not kill the beast" line. steely dan made a jab at the eagles previous album "turn up the eagles, the neighbours are listening". 3. new radicals ~ you get what you give ~ mentions beck, courtney love, hanson, & marilyn manson 4. jimi hendrix ~ fire ~ he mentions himself..."move on over rover, and let jimi take over" 5. michael penn ~ no myth ~ mentions fred astaire 6. r.e.m. ~ its the end of the world as we know it ~ mentions lenny bruce
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cheap trick=Surrender , rolling numbers rock n rollin got my KISS records out...... Sean Paul=temperature, woman dont play me now cuz i'm not Fred sanford or Grady yo.....
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Bob Wills is Still the King - Waylon Jennings Are you Sure Hank Done it This Way? - Waylon Jennings The Ride - David Allan Coe (driver picks up the ghost of Hank Williams). Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton ( Story about Colonel Andrew Jackson's troop, fight with British Army) Candle in the Wind (As written & sung by Elton John at Princess Diana's funeral) Legend of Claude Dallas - Ian Tyson (I do believe this is a song version of the story of the hunt for the Mad Trapper). Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen (Song version of the murder spree by Charles Starkweather & Carol Fugate) Legend of Bonnie & Clyde - Merle Haggard
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Clint Eastwood by the Gorillas
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Elton John's: Goodbye England's Rose For Lady Di.
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Anne Sexton. Because I loved her in all her thorazine rasp and fabulosity!
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Zappa's "Bobby Brown". But I don't think it's the one you might think! ;-)
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Miracle Man- Ozzy, about Jimmy Swaggart
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