At the end of Stephen Malkmus‘ long guitar jam “No More Shoes” he begins singing the chorus of the KISS disco atrocity “I Was Made for Loving You,” a direct musical reference to another song through a brief performance within the contemporary song. That’s what I’m talking about! Songs that merely mention other songs don’t count; the referenced song must be included as part of the performance, be it a direct vocal (with original lyrics) or key instrumental passage. Got it?
Beside the Malkmus reference I can immediately think of 3 other examples, 2 of which are by the same band (and 1 of those 2 is a reference to one of that band’s own songs). Collectively, you are much smarter than me, so I trust we’ll come up with at least 5 entries in this difficult challenge.
Two more exclusions:
- The referenced excerpt must be performed specifically for the newer recording; the inclusion of previous recordings, such as the early Buzzcocks records heard on the “radio” at the beginning of “I Believe,” do not count.
- References to songs within the same album on any concept album/rock opera DO NOT QUALIFY. Sorry, those of you who were planning on loading up this LMS with Who self-references from their rock operas.
As always, don’t bogart this thread: one entry per post, please.
Make me proud!
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