I can't name names but someone very kindly forwarded me a copy of Glasgow Eyes by The Jesus and Mary Chain. I am not particularly a fan of the band but like the curate's egg it is good in parts.
One particular song which appealed to me was The Eagles and The Beatles which seems to more about the Rolling Stones.
This got me thinking of other songs where the Stones get a namecheck. The most obvious one is the song by Michael Hall and the Woodpeckers which lends its name to this post title
Finally a couple where they feature briefly. From the album Halcyon Days I give you Jason & the Scorchers with Moonshine Guy/Releasing Celtic Prisoners where they like the Stones and hate the Doors and think The Beatles sing for girls.
In 1977 The Clash are less than impressed with Elvis, Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
No doubt Rol could provide another 20 or 30 but that will do me for now.
The Jesus and Mary Chain - The Eagles and the Beatles
Michael Hall & the Woodpeckers - Sometimes I Wish I Never Heard the Rolling Stones
Jason & the Scorchers - Moonshine Guy/Releasing Celtic Prisoners
What nice people you know.
ReplyDelete'All The Young Dudes' and 'Beatles And The Stones' by House of Love are the ones that springs to mind immediately, but as you say there are probably countless others.
Ready Steady Go - Generation X. The House of Love is, as Ernie alludes to, a classic.
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Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger
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The House Of Love would have been my obvious choice, but you could also have...
ReplyDeleteKris Kristofferson - Blame It On The Stones
Waylon & Willie - Rocks from Rolling Stones
The Andrew Oldham Orchestra - 365 Rolling Stones (One for Everyday of the Year)
Cloud Control - The Rolling Stones
Dinosaur Jr - I Met The Stones
Not sure why KK didn't immediately spring to mind
Delete"Godstar" - Psychic TV. There's a corker.
ReplyDeleteWas just about to mention Godstar
ReplyDeleteWould this series include Beatles Bones and n' Smoking Stones?
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DeleteGreat stuff, CC. Slightly out on a limb but would individual Stones count? I.e. The Clash 'Jail Guitar Doors': "And then there's Keith, waiting for trial, twenty-five thousand bail..." (Plus a Wayne Kramer and Peter Green bonus!)
ReplyDeleteBob Dylan's 2020 song 'I Contain Multitudes' includes the line '...them British bad boys the Rolling Stones...' and 47 years earlier, Bowie told us that '... people stared in Jagger's eyes and scored, like the video films we saw...'
ReplyDeleteHouse of Love was my obvious suggestion. No one has so far mentioned Daniel Johnston's The Beatles which is well worth a listen
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