THE BATTLE RAGES ON!

Name a song in which the lyrics mention another band or artist.

The rules:
1. Only one name check per song. (eg, You can only use “Ready Steady Go” for the Beatles or the Stones or Bobby Dylan but not all three).

2. You can’t repeat a band/artist name once it’s been used.

3. You can use different band names containing the same person (eg, if there is a song that name checks Clapton and another that name checks Blind Faith, both songs count)

4. The name must be used in the lyrics. Shout-outs do not count.

5. The reference must be on purpose. The lyrics can't just accidentally name check the band (eg, "Alabama Getaway" does not refer to the pop county band Alabama).

6. As with all Last Man Standing competitions, only one name at a time please.

Ready? Steady? GO!

“Ready Steady Go,” by Generation X - Bobby Dylan

I am proposing possibly the shortest Last Man Standing competition in the history of Rock Town Hall...but how many times have you heard that before?

I was listening to a song today that mentioned the animal the buffalo. My mind quickly raced to two other rock songs that involve the animal the buffalo. Just now, a few hours later, a fourth song came to mind, maybe the most obvious. Can you name the four songs that I have in mind? Can you name any more than four rock songs involving the animal the buffalo?

Rock songs involving the city of Buffalo do not count. Sorry "Buffalo Rocks," or whatever.

Because pickings are so slim, I will sit this contest out. Hopefully I will still remember the four songs I presently have in mind. Go to it!

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To help give a final push to Townsman Hrrundivbakshi's efforts at providing aid to Haiti, I thought it might be helpful to conduct a Last Man Standing challenge on Helpful Songs. The songs should contain the word "help" in the title or a word synonymous with help (eg, "aid"). As is often the case, who knows how far this challenge can go. I can only think of four songs that would fit the bill off the top of my head, including this one:

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Bands so unique that they required two or more adjectives. I'll start with Fine Young Cannibals. (Note: The use of the same adjective does not qualify, see Mighty Mighty Bosstones.)

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The challenge is self-explanatory. The only thing I ask is that you stay away from listing every odd percussion device that Harry Partch may have invented. Let's keep this to rock 'n roll and other forms of popular music.

I'll start with Jon King's use of the folding chair.

Many moons ago Townsman sammymaudlin had an idea for Last Man Standing centered on song titles in the form of questions and answers. We'd since forgotten all about it, but luckily I found a reminder that I scribbled on a piece of scrap paper all those years ago. Posts must follow from the previous song title, so that a song title in the form of a question must be followed by an entry in the form of an answer. You may only post ONE song title at a time. You cannot just list a bunch of song title questions or song title answers in a row because you're smart. The goal is to create song title dialog. Answers should be at least somewhat related to the questions. You'll be standing especially tall if you can ask a question that builds off the previous answer.

I'll start things off with a song title in the form of a question:

Q: "What's New Pussycat?"

The first comment that anyone posts here, therefore, should be a song title that answers this question.

A:

Who'll get the last word in, someone posting a song title in the form of a question or someone posting a song title in the form of an answer?

Pretty self explanatory. The band's namesake does not have to be a real person.

For Bonus Points, please include a few words describing who the namesake is. I'll start things off:

Lynyrd Skynyrd: The band members' high school gym teacher.

After a marathon REM CD-A-Thon last weekend (aka many hours working in the garden w/my iPod boom box) The song "I Believe" from Lifes Rich Pageant jumped to the front of the pack. (I never considered this song one of their best or one of my favorites until now.)

I especially like the line "I believe in coyotes and time as an abstract"

and later ... "I believe my throat hurts"

So my Last Man Standing Challenge is: Songs with "I Believe" in the title or a line in the song.

This Last Man Standing competition may be wide open: we're looking for songs with lyrics that spell out one or more words in the song's title. The reason we're limiting this to words within the title is to create at least some difficulty for this challenge. Three songs immediately come to mind for me, led by the following and its amusing video clip:

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Limiting ourselves to a representation of one of each body part, how many body parts can identify through song titles? The song titles may contain more than one body part, such as the Smokey Robinson & The Miracles song I've cited in the title, but once a part has been cited in one song title, it cannot be cited in another. This may be a tough one with these conditions, but I want to prevent against the 8 billion song titles featuring parts like "head" and "heart."

So two body parts (head and toe) are down with who knows how many more to go!