I have my iTunes on right now, and Interpol's "Evil" is playing. I read somewhere once that the use of the name "Rosemary" in the song is a referance to the movie "Rosemary's Baby" (yikes!). Who knows whether or not that's true, but I always think about that when I hear it.
Do you have a favorite?
2007-10-09 04:40:51 · 20 answers · asked by Sookie 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
Prof - LOL! I know what you mean about your drink being laced - I feel like someone has put something in my tea.
Shaq rapping *is* hysterical all on its own. And you know that you're always welcome to come back with anything else that pops into your head.
2007-10-09 05:05:46 · update #1
lovnrckets - I never knew that!
2007-10-09 05:10:00 · update #2
James M - LOL! It's entirely possible.
2007-10-09 05:10:38 · update #3
rukrym - you're not being weird, so no apology is necessary. :)
2007-10-09 14:22:09 · update #4
Damn, this always happens with your questions, I know that somewhere in the back of my mind I have an answer, I just don't have a torch good enough for searching the dark recesses of my head. Sorry for being weird, just in that kind of mood :) LOL.
Anyhoo... The only one I can think of is Get Cape.Wear Cape.Fly making reference to Star Wars in his song "The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager (Part 2)";
"...and would there be a second chapter if they didn't leave the Death Star alive..."
Also, Irish band Bell X1 quoting Patrick Kavanagh in the song "Reacharound", and Oscar Wilde in the song "Rocky Took a Lover", but that's hardly pop culture.
2007-10-09 11:14:47 · answer #1 · answered by rukrym 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
One is a Rob Zombie song. Never Gonna Stop contains some Clockwork Orange references. The main one is the Durango number 95 is the car that they drove.. I love that movie and that song.
Also, Primus has a Choptop (Texas Chainsaw Massacre II) quote in Jerry Was A Racecar Driver... "Dog will hunt"
I also enjoy some Bloodhound Gang songs and they are FULL of pop culture references, waaay too many to list.
2007-10-09 19:49:28 · answer #2 · answered by ♫ՖքØØķ¥♫ 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
This will be predictable but it's so awesome. The song Dragula by Rob Zombie was about the race car that was featured in an episode of The Munsters.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragula
Sonic Youth - Kool Thing - This song could either be about Kim Gordon's fascination with The Black Panther movement from the 60's or an obsession with L.L. Cool J.
Prof - The only thing worse than Shaq rapping is Shaq acting, LOL. Did you ever see Kazaam?
2007-10-09 05:04:35 · answer #3 · answered by Rckets 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
What about Shaquille O'Neill with his Can We Rock, What's Up Doc...
I know it's weak, but I think it's a good question and I wanted to answer, but I got nothing for some reason. I think they put ambien in my coffee. Maybe something better will come to mind. Plus, Shaq trying to rap is hilarious. I couldn't resist. Too funny.
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Yeah, one of those days. I'm not sure whether it's shameful or totally awesome that I actually own Shaq Diesel. It did come from the two dollar bin, in my defense.
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Hi lovenrckts, I actually tried to watch Kazaam once, but even my tolerance for things that are ironically funny couldn't get me through that war of attrition. Shaq defeated me.
Speaking of people who should never enter the realm of acting, did you ever see Cool as Ice. Vanilla Ice actually dropped "Schling a schlong" as a way of trying to say, "it's all good" as well as somehow bunny hopping a four foot or so fence on a motor bike. It's great (we actually rewound it a couple times to laugh more), you can see the bike going up an invisible ramp. Poor dad from Family Ties, did it really come to that.
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Of Course! There is a Simon and Garfunkle song called A Simple Desultory Phillipic (Or How I Was Robert MacNamara'd into Sumbission) that has a whole bunch of name dropping in it. One of my favorite Simon and Garfunkle tunes. "They're so unhip. When you say Dylan they think you're talking about Dylan Thomas, whoever he was. The man ain't got no culture, but it's all right now. Everybody must get stoned."
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Hi Huevo Ranchero: Yeah "Lose the zero get with the hero." That movie is so bad. It isn't even fun anymore after about 1/2 an hour.
Thanks for the education too. I did not know that Teenage Riot is about J Mascias. That is really cool to know.
2007-10-09 05:01:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm. I'm sure there's going to be a better answer that comes to mind - usually about 15 minutes after a best answer is picked, I come up with something REALLY great. C'est la ve, right? :)
As horrible as it is, I have to admit that the Offspring's Pretty Fly For A White Guy is amusing in that it makes fun of the stereotypical hip-hop culture - AND makes fun of Ricki Lake all at once! :)
2007-10-09 05:13:08 · answer #5 · answered by sylvia 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Wow -- soo many, but let's see ...
I love the Cult's "Edie Cia Baby" ( a reference to Edie Sedgewick's suicide)
Lou Reed's reference to Andy Warhol's Factory in "Take a Walk On The Wild Side" - nuts! Another Warhol-related reference...
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds ... heh heh, I think we know the cultural acronym that The Beatles were referring to on this one ...
I'm not an Eagle's fan, but I guess I thought the lyrics to "Hotel California" were amusing, considering it had to do with the Charles Manson massacre
I'm sure I'll follow up with some more edits ... there's actually so many out there :)
*Oh and I love how Tom Petty makes reference to Dell Shannon... in "Running Down a Dream" ....
And Suicidal Tendencies' reference to 80's Televangelists in "Send Me Your Money"
***Is it just me or do bands nowadays just not make as many lyrical references as bands of yesteryear?
2007-10-09 14:49:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
Hey Prof, I jusr remember the trailer for Cool as Ice and the line "Drop the zero and get with the hero." Yeah, hero my a$$.
Favorite pop culture reference is that SY's "Teenage Riot" was written about J Mascis. He is truly a man with a focus and a temper who can open up a map and see between one and two.
2007-10-09 14:14:38 · answer #7 · answered by Huevo 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Def Leppard's Rockit harkens back to old song and musician references.
Could Pink's U and UR hand be a reference to being a Master of One's Domain?!
2007-10-09 05:07:16 · answer #8 · answered by James M 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only one I can think of right now is in the Guns N' Roses song 'You Could Be Mine', where it says "Cause I think we've seen that movie too".
It's a referance to the Elton John song 'I've Seen That Movie Too'.
There is also a line in The Who's 'You Better You Bet', which goes "I drunk myself blind to the sound of old T-Rex. To the sound of old T-Rex ... and Who's Next"
'Who's Next' was the title of one of their albums.
In The Who song 'The Seaker', they reference :~
Bob Dylan, Timothy Leary, and The Beatles.
2007-10-09 04:50:09 · answer #9 · answered by Lady Silver Rose * Wolf 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
to the girl who said "watching x-files with no lights on" that's in One Week by The Barenaked Ladies NOT Smashmouth.
mine is probably something from bloodhound gang's hooray for boobies. they have a ton of pop culture refrences
2007-10-09 04:50:07 · answer #10 · answered by kk-killit 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋