Songs that have brief musical references to other tunes in there..

For instance, David Bowie's Starman, which has a little bit of "Wichita Lineman" just before the chorus starts.

bowie does this with "a day in the life" in "young americans"

three others ~

the sex pistols' "emi" references the modern lovers' "roadrunner"
the specials' "little bitch" references the rolling stones' "brown sugar"
jessica pratt's "strange melody" references duran duran's "hungry like the wolf"

For instance, David Bowie's Starman, which has a little bit of "Wichita Lineman" just before the chorus starts.

― Mark G, Wednesday, January 3, 2018 11:40 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Oh yeah! Never heard this as a reference before but clearly it is!

HMHB to thread! Like when Irk The Purists takes a break from being Sing Hosanna to quote Agadoo :D

Oh yeah, and that bit from Oliver, "Oom Pah Pah" to make a reference to Mariella Frostrup

Sugarloaf's "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" turns into "I Feel Fine" for a second, after they mention the Beatles.

The Whitlams' "I Make Hamburgers" makes repeated use of the "Summer Breeze" riff (maybe just a ripoff).

Johnathan Richman "Velvet Underground"

before the last chorus he plays and sings a few bars of "Sister Ray"

Beck "Halo of Gold"/Skip Spence "Furry Heroine"

references Johnny Cash's "Walk the Line" with Beck's version imitating a classic country arrangement for that one line

Grace Jones' La Vie en Rose has a piano playing the main Wichita Lineman riff in the second half.

fwiw I don't believe "Starman" is referencing "Wichita Lineman" so much as just a generic broadcast signal - much like "Wichita Lineman" did.

v. obvious but the reference to the guitar solo in the Buzzcocks' 'Boredom' in 'Rip It Up' by Orange Juice

That bit in Roxy Music's Re-Make/Re-Model where the bass does the 'Day Tripper' riff

The bit in Prince's 'Ballad of Dorothy Parker' quoting Joni Mitchell's 'Help Me'

The Beatles « All You Need Is Love » : « La Marseillaise », « She Loves You », « Yesterday », Bach’s « Invention no8 », Glenn Miller’s « In the Mood », Wayne Shanklin « Chanson d’Amour », « Greensleeves ».

Lots of this on PJ Harvey's Let England Shake, most notably 'The Words That Maketh Murder' which makes multiple references to 'Summertime Blues'

Pin by Grimes has that quote of Landslide in the bridge

Elvis Costello's "You Bowed Down" has the 12-string riff from "Turn Turn Turn" in it, probably played by McGuinn himself.

Rodney Crowell's "I Walk the Line Revisited" quotes, of course, "I Walk the Line" and he got Cash to sing on it.

Bach's 'Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring' is quoted in the guitar break in The Byrds' 'She Don't Care About Time'

The Sea Nymphs' 'A Thousand Strokes And A Rolling Suck' makes very good use of The Beatles' Good Morning Good Morning

and Joni nicks a bit of Van Morrison's "Baby Goodbye" for This Flight Tonight (also done by Nazareth)

Then there are all 80's/90's hip-hop tracks that sampled plenty of other tracks of course (bomb squad, Beastie boys, etc)

One of my favourite examples of this is Tori Amos’ “In St he Springtime of his Voodoo”, which starts with “standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona / and i’m quite sure i’m in the wrong song...”

The goofy little 1812 Overture excerpt at the start of 2112.

john williams' theme for "lost in space" is practically pastiche of mussorgsky's "ballet of the unhatched chickens"

The Rutles "(Listen to the) Flower People" does a quotation of Ein Kleine Nachtmusik after the line "Listen, it's like a Mozart symphony"

that's Spinal Tap

and Joni nicks a bit of Van Morrison's "Baby Goodbye" for This Flight Tonight (also done by Nazareth)

― Mark G, Wednesday, January 3, 2018 10:04 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Not to mention the bit of Jingle Bells in the intro and outro of The River.

Kevin Morby's "1234" references Jim Carroll's "People Who Died" at the end.

that's Spinal Tap

omg i can't believe i did that heh

This is the inevitable thread for ILxors in their forties

Elvis Costello's "You Bowed Down" has the 12-string riff from "Turn Turn Turn" in it, probably played by McGuinn himself.

Appropriate, since the song was written for and first recorded by McGuinn for his comeback LP Back From Rio.

...and on that tip, the Byrds bringing up a "Ticket To Ride" in "Artificial Energy".

"All Modern Conveniences" by Clifford T. Ward. When he sings the line "She likes to listen to the radio, music, Clifford T..." the string section plays his own "Gaye."

'vine street' as performed & arranged by van dyke parks on song cycle features a very obvious string quote of beethoven's 9th

'trippin' on a hole in a paper heart' by stone temple pilots quotes the main riff of led zeppelin's 'dancing days' in the prechoruses

'cherub rock' by the smashing pumpkins has a couple: the opening E octave vamp is a rip from the middle of rush's 'bytor and the snow dog,' and the chorus is the same melody/chords as cheap trick's 'oo la la la'

great thread btw

The 'Thought you might like to know' bit in Pink Floyd's "Apples and Oranges" references Sgt. Pepper title track.

"The Skye Boat Song" is referenced in Parliament's "The Silent Boatman"

MJ « Will You Be There » : Beethoven’9th

'you were wrong' by built to spill is full of lyrical references to famous songs but afaik has no musical references

bartok's concerto for orchestra quotes/mocks a theme from shostakovich's seventh

Does it have to be two different bands? "Pop Goes The World" by Men Without Hats drops the "Safety Dance" keyboard thing in the middle.

Eddie Money "Take Me Home Tonight" and they got Ronnie Spector to sing her own reference

The Velvet Underground "There She Goes Again" plays the intro riff from Marvin Gaye's "Hitch Hike" (The Smiths copped this too for "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out")

'silence kid' by pavement has the same vocal melody as buddy holly's 'everyday.' although i don't think that's really what the thread is looking for- this is little riffs or melodies dropped or weaved in, rather than wholesale rips right? another example of that is 'i want it that way' by the backstreet boys, which is exactly the same vocal melody as bruce springsteen's 'atlantic city'

Billy Joel's "The River of Dreams" concludes with him singing a little bit of the Cadillacs' "Gloria."

Paul McCartney (feat. Stevie Wonder)'s "What's That You're Doing" ends up with some "she loves you, yeah, yeah yeah" material. His concert-warmup-track "P.S. Love Me Do" is best left forgotten.

The 'Thought you might like to know' bit in Pink Floyd's "Apples and Oranges" references Sgt. Pepper title track.

― Whiney Houston (Tom D.), Wednesday, January 3, 2018 5:33 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post

Never spotted that! Yeah..

Does it have to be two different bands?

lou reed quotes "sweet jane" at the start of street hassle.

foetus does this a lot... off the top of my head:

"kid hate kid" starts with the opening of the monkees theme song.
"satan place" quotes "wipeout"

"sick man" quotes the batman tv show theme tune.

'Lucifer Over London' by Current 93 starts off with the opening riff from Black Sabbath's 'Paranoid'

yeah that one! the transition is stunning

it's the best song really

Ray Mang - Number One seems to have a bit of Turn Your Love Around by George Benson in the melody, but i'm not sure if that was intentional or not.

https://youtu.be/DN60ENBVGVw

another foetus: "enter the exterminator" quotes grieg's "in the hall of the mountain king".

Lots of Ariel Pink songs:

the chorus of "Not Enough Violence" quotes the distorted vibrato guitar that runs through "One Hundred Years" by The Cure.

"Time to Live" quotes the verse melody of "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.

"Bubblegum Dreams" quotes the melody of "Son of a Gun" by The Vaselines.

"Another Weekend" quotes the opening of "Private Line" by William Bell and Judy Clay.

"the osmonds" by denim quotes snatches of "kojak" by lee perry and "rock on" by david essex.

Oh that Dinosaur Jr Version of "Quicksand" that starts with the intro from "Andy Warhol"

mysterioso pizzicato in the intros to the sonics' "strychnine" and Kevin ayers's "don't sing no more sad songs" and surely others

toward the end there pavement's "range life" references billy squire's "everybody wants you"

"4th Time Around" by Bob Dylan is a mocking melodic and arrangement quotation of "Norwegian Wood" by The Beatles.

malkmus' "jo-jo's jacket" references dylan's "it's all right ma (i'm only bleeding)" but more lyrically than musically

Liz Phair's "Jealousy" ends with the little ~diddle-oo diddle-oo~ that similarly closes "When The Levee Breaks."

More Joni, she quotes "Do you wanna dance" in "In France They alias on the Main Street"

Lol, "In France They ***Kiss On the Main Street"

In France They Alias on Main Street is a great fucking title as well, thank you for the typo

the queens of the stone-age fortress track which has a neil young riff reference to hey hey, my my

Dave E. and the Cool Marriage Counselors' "Searching Through Sears" references Mr. Ed in the lyrics, then drops in a couple bars from the theme song.

among other can songs the fall's "i am damo suzuki" references "oh yeah"

Thompson Twins use the riff from their "In the Name of Love" in "Love On Your Side

"moonlight in vermont" by captain beefheart quotes "come out" by steve reich and "old-time religion".

"1,000 Umbrellas" by XTC quotes the strings at the end of "Glass Onion" by The Beatles.

Wilco - I'm Always In Love. The end of that song references I'm Waiting For My Man, Velvet Underground.

Neil Young & Stephen Stills - Long May You Run
Maybe the Beach Boys have got you now, with those waves singing Caroline (Oh Caroline no)

this one isn't super brief, but

lana del rey - terrence loves you

"You Only Live Twice" strings are transposed to lana's vocal melody on some of the verses

"Bing Crosby" by Van Dyke Parks interpolates "Pennies from Heaven" by Arthur Johnston and Johnny Burke (made famous by Bing Crosby).

Julian Cope singing the tune from "As Tears Go By" at the end of "Passionate Friend"

Mutantes breaking into "Satisfaction" at the end of "Mágica"

Captain Beefheart, "Beatle Bones 'n' Smokin' Stones" references "Strawberry Fields Forever".

Which reminds me, it's time to break out Nilsson's version of "You Can't Do That", which, according to a guy in the YouTube comments section, and I can't be bothered to check, references (in order): She's A Woman, I'm Down, Drive My Car, You Can't Do That, You're Gonna Lose That Girl, Good Day Sunshine, A Hard Day's Night, Rain, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Day Tripper, Paperback Writer, Do You Wanna Know a Secret, Girl, Norwegian Wood, Yesterday, Strawberry Fields Forever.

https://www.you.tube.com/watch?v=Ue0Mf7_EHk8

And there's also "Buy My Album" by Nilsson, where he references himself, a good way to solve the problem of what to do for a b-side.

https://www.you.tube.com/watch?v=GrGBtWjS3o4

Another Nilsson one: his cover of "Cowboy" quotes John Barry's "Theme From Midnight Cowboy" at the end.

And, on the same album, "Dayton, Ohio 1903" references "Moonlight Serenade".

"I'm singing a borrowed tune, I took from the Rolling Stones"

"moonlight in vermont" by captain beefheart quotes "come out" by steve reich

wait what

Rush 'Spirit Of Radio' quotes Simon & Garfunkel's "words of the prophets" bit from 'Sound Of Silence'

Yes's "I've Seen All Good People" includes the chorus of "Give Peace A Chance."

(xp) There's also a Trout Mask Replica track that references a track from Sketches of Spain.

Possibly "Sugar 'n Spikes"?

Joni Mitchell's "River" makes prominent use of "Jingle Bells" in the piano part.

Stereolab's The Free Design quotes Dancing Queen, and (I maintain) Op Hop Destination quotes There Is A Light That Never Goes Out.

Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night - Stereolab

Johnny Rivers - “Summer Rain” quoting Sgt Pepper right after lyrically referencing it.

xp yes! good call noel

there's a whole youtube series of stereolab songs and the other songs they reference:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNRYm3MsuFo

New Order's Way of Life, from Brotherhood, references Love Will Tear Us Apart in the closing acoustic guitar bit.

“Mind on my money, money on my mind” from Snoop’s “gin and juice” (is this actually the origin?) referenced in like 1,000 hip hop songs.

But that’s a lyrical reference not a musical one, sorry misread the thread title.

Snoop was quoting a Tupac line as well

new noise : ta for the nudges re Foetus.
of course i knew of the Batman theme, but when it comes to lyrics i rarely join the dots.
and even if i had noticed those lyrics i would not have realised.
that said i am pretty sure there is a massive Elton John rip during one of the songs on the live album, MALE.
'Puppet Dude' perhaps ?
been years since i ventured into that part of the archive.

yeah "puppet dude" is a semi-cover of "rocket man" (iirc... it's years since i heard it). more than a "brief musical reference" though.

"moonlight in vermont" by captain beefheart quotes "come out" by steve reich

wait what

admittedly this isn't such a "musical" reference... the captain sings "come out to show them" (quoting reich's piece) a bunch of times right as the song morphs into "old time religion".

Ray Manzarek worked the riff from "House In The Country" by Blood, Sweat & Tears into his "LA Woman" solo.

Didn't Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy" have a bit of Hendrix's "Third Rock From the Sun" in it, or am I thinking of another song? I know someone included Third Rock somewhere.

The Prodigy's wretched "Baby's Got A Temper" brings back the Breeders sample from "Firestarter" to highlight Keith Flint declaring that he'll "once again ignite the skyline."

Listen carefully to the line "And Dan came in from Jersey" in Aimee Mann's "I've Had It" and you can hear a celeste or some such tinkly instrument play a motif from Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run".

Frank Zappa "Flakes" has Adrian Belew doing a great Bob Dylan impression (complete with harmonica solos) but no idea what Dylan song it is parodying if any specifically (my knowledge of '70s Dylan is far from comprehensive)

dean wareham's "emancipated hearts" references "the little drummer boy"

Frank Zappa "Flakes" has Adrian Belew doing a great Bob Dylan impression (complete with harmonica solos) but no idea what Dylan song it is parodying if any specifically (my knowledge of '70s Dylan is far from comprehensive)

― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau)

he quotes lionel hampton's "midnight sun" in "nanook rubs it" though

Sonic Youth's "Winner's Blues" has a shoutout to Carole King's "Sweet Seasons" ("sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes you got still the blues") and of course the whole song pretty much has the same melody

The Beatles' "Paperback Writer" has John and George singing "Frère Jacques" behind Paul's lead vocals during the last verse

"Jingle Bells" has been mentioned already, but it's also a popular coda to other Christmas songs including Nat King Cole's take on "The Christmas Song" and Springsteen's "Santa Claus is Coming to Town". Snippets of classic xmas songs seem to show up frequently in newer ones in general.

Yeah, and "Lonely This Christmas" too.

Joni Mitchell's Chinese Café completely interpolates Unchained Melody into, even crediting it as a medley.

Is the coda to Love Will Tear Us Apart a quote from Then He Kissed Me?
I noticed it was the bit that the Swans cover left out

XTC's Leisure quotes from Hoagy Carmichael/Johnny Mercer's Lazybones

just posted in the roland kirk thread, he does a bit of "hey jude":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btCyMMViUIQ

the Four Seasons cover of Jake Holmes' "Genuine Imitation Life" also incorporates the entire "Hey Jude" long fadeout. Didn't bother John Lennon who praised the album it was from.

"Fifty Cents" by Dios (Malos) segues into the "i wanna cry" end second of the Beach Boys' "You Still Believe In Me" for 35 seconds before reverting to the 3rd verse

Aimee Mann again from "Whatever:" first track "Long Shot" has a little guitar bit with a quote from "Up the Junction." Think Tilbrook played it!

usher's "u got it bad" briefly interpolates maxwell's "fortunate"

"williams blood" by grace jones goes into "amazing grace" at the end... i feel there must be a load of songs that do this one.

another example of that is 'i want it that way' by the backstreet boys, which is exactly the same vocal melody as bruce springsteen's 'atlantic city'

also uses the piano part from the hook of Spandau Ballet's "True"

Tori Amos - caught a lite sneeze with the NIN reference

"Made my own pretty hate machine"

It's been posted on ILM before but the main melody for Kraftwerk's Tour de France is lifted wholesale from the beginning of Paul Hindemith's Sonata For Piano and Flute.

First thing I thought of was the bridge on FKA Twigs' "Two Weeks", which lifts the chorus from "All out of Love" by Air Supply.

Destroyer to thread. Let's begin with "The Bad Arts-" 'You've got the spirit - don't lose the feeling' from Joy Division's "Disorder"

"Adam's Song" by blink-182 references "Come As You Are" in one of the verses ("I took my time, I hurried up / the choice was mine I didn't think enough")

the dirtbombs' version of 'no expectations' throws in some 'sympathy' and some 'hey jude'

"Hollaback Girl" has that brief lyrical and melodic reference to "Another One Bites The Dust".

Ben Folds Five - 'Philosophy' incorporates Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue in the solo near the end of the track

Joni also sings the first line from the US national anthem during the title track from Don Juan's Reckless Daughter.

Is the coda to Love Will Tear Us Apart a quote from Then He Kissed Me?

'Submarine' by Black Grape references the Beatles' 'A Day In The Life' in the 2nd verse

I don't know if it's on purpose but Siobhan Donaghy's "Medevac" quotes "Running Up That Hill" near-exactly (the "if I only could" part before the chorus)

Yet another Aimee Mann: "Could've Been Anyone," includes a musical quote from the beginning of The Byrds' version of "Mr. Tambourine Man." And it is, of course, played by McGuinn.

Swing out sister breakout --> West End Girls bassline at the beginning

Didn't Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy" have a bit of Hendrix's "Third Rock From the Sun" in it, or am I thinking of another song? I know someone included Third Rock somewhere.

The Amboy Dukes quoted it in "Journey to the Center of the Mind", and I seem to recall Santana quoting it on some live album. And the Replacements did the same during their 2013 Toronto reunion set.

_Is the coda to Love Will Tear Us Apart a quote from Then He Kissed Me?_
How did I never notice this before? :0

Ah, it was also foregrounded on earlier Isley’s studio version.

Back to that other recent birthday boy who also liked lightning bolts who was mentioned in the OP: In “The Jean Genie” David Bowie does a “Ooh-wooh” reminiscent of Howlin’ Wolf in “Smokestack Lightning.”

El perro del mar - walk on by quotes massive attack - unfinished sympathy

"Like a soul without a mind, in a body without a heart, I'm missing every part"

The part in Big Boi's Shutterbug where the music stops and everyone starts singing "BACK TO LIFE, BACK TO REALITY" is great

Did we mention the snippet of "In the name of love" in "Love on your side" ?

I love the 'Silent Night' phrasing in the flute solo to 'Holes' by Mercury Rev.

_Is the coda to Love Will Tear Us Apart a quote from Then He Kissed Me?_
How did I never notice this before? :0

Me neither. Good catch.

Wow, me either.

'cherub rock' by the smashing pumpkins has a couple: the opening E octave vamp is a rip from the middle of rush's 'bytor and the snow dog,'

!

There's a hook in the "Hummer" coda that sounds a bit like a reference to Rush's "In the End", from the same album.

Scott Walker is good at this, but sometimes the references are so cryptically buried as to not be noticed:

- Intro to 'Jesse' is the same opening chords as 'Jailhouse Rock'
- 'The Psoriatic' contains elements of the jazz standard "Ja-Da (Ja Da, Ja Da, Jing, Jing, Jing!)"
- The sound effect at the beginning of 'The Escape' is a riff on the start of the Looney Tunes Merrie Melodies theme

"Ja-da" writer is credited on the album

There's a hook in the "Hummer" coda that sounds a bit like a reference to Rush's "In the End", from the same album.

― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Thursday, January 11, 2018 5:11 AM (eight hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wow, good catch! the acoustic bit in the beginning is very similar to the main chord progression in 'hummer' (D-G/B-C). also when the electric guitars kicked in on 'in the end,' i immediately thought of 'snail.' but yeah that riff at 4:34 in the rush song is identical to the coda of 'hummer.'

'rocket' has one, but no one knows the source. in the 2011 reissue of siamese dream, billy wrote in the liner notes that he lifted the guitar lead line at the end of the song (when everything drops out) from someone/somewhere he "can never reveal." i'm assuming it's rush

"Back on the Chain Gang" brings in the "ooh! ahh!" backing vocals from the original "Chain Gang."

De La Soul's "Ego Trippin' Part Two" quotes (lyrically and melodically) from like a dozen classic rap tunes

"Back on the Chain Gang" brings in the "ooh! ahh!" backing vocals from the original "Chain Gang."

I wonder what is the most quoted/referenced classic rap song... "Top Billin'," maybe?

"La Di Da Di" maybe

There seems to be a couple of references to Scott Walker in Kid A/Amnesiac era Radiohead, an obvious one is that static string chord at the beginning of How To Dissappear.. which is voiced very similarly to the first chord of Sleepwalker's Woman.

The most referenced hip-hop song might still be Rapper's Delight tbh

'vine street' as performed & arranged by van dyke parks on song cycle features a very obvious string quote of beethoven's 9th

Which then dissolves into a lick from "The Entertainer"! There are probably fifteen little jokes on that album

“Mind on my money, money on my mind” from Snoop’s “gin and juice” (is this actually the origin?) referenced in like 1,000 hip hop songs.

The origin of that phrase was recently an answer to a question on HQ Trivia

One of my favourite recent instances of this is when Perfume Genius sings "you can 'say a little prayer for me'" on "Go Ahead"

I like it when this stuff happens in classical music most of all. I love when Debussy starts mocking the opening of "Tristan And Isolde" in the middle of "Golliwog's Cakewalk". The intro to Beethoven's 5th pops up all over the place in Ives' "Concord Sonata" like a persistent catchphrase.

Have we really not got to the "Jesus Christ Superstar" quote in Soundgarden's "Jesus Christ Pose" yet?

robert pollard's "subspace biographies" is practically karaoke of the police's "ωmegman"

Rush's "La Villa Strangiato" quotes the middle section of Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse" at one point, can't remember if it was actually credited or not.

It wasn’t, but Rush later contacted Scott and arranged for some form of royalty payments.

'vine street' as performed & arranged by van dyke parks on song cycle features a very obvious string quote of beethoven's 9th

Which then dissolves into a lick from "The Entertainer"! There are probably fifteen little jokes on that album

there are probably fifteen little jokes in that one song, the album is just relentless

echo...

Cate le Bon - wild features a guitar solo that references my favourite things from sound of music.

She also references Bowie on rock pool

this is a great thread. My mind is blown by the grace jones/wichita lineman and (to a lesser extent) love will tear us apart/and then he kissed me.

Crowded House's Four Seasons in a Day includes a despondent nod to their own Don't Dream It's Over.

The harmonic guitar pattern in How Soon Is Now is taken from a Lovebug Starski track.

Dillinger Escape Plan's 'Sugar Coated Sour' quotes that Entry Of The Gladiators circus tune for a split second. Which I guess has likely been done before, I bet by Primus or maybe some jam band.

it might not be brief enough for this thread, but the original version of Spirtualized's "Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space" which quotes from "Can't Help Falling in Love"

portishead's machine gun probably is referencing blue monday

The bridge in “blue flower” by mazzy star contains the melody of “i’ll be your mirror”

It’s so seamlessly integrated but also an unmistakable nod. I love it.

was the bit of madonna's "express yourself" that sounds just like the bit from the staple singers' "respect yourself" intentional or no? i don't see mention of it on wikipedia/discogs/etc. and when i google it all i get are petty madonna-gaga stan wars

"Colorado" by the Flying Burrito Brothers sounds a lot like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-Xm7s9eGxU

I love the "Moon River" string instrumental line that forms a counterpoint to the melody in Cat Power's "The Greatest"

The bridge in “blue flower” by mazzy star contains the melody of “i’ll be your mirror”

― treeship 2, Monday, January 15, 2018 10:54 PM (yesterday) Bookmark

this is a cover and it also sounds like VU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsUoEaRNDTM

the original ^^ has a "waiting for the man" vibe

Interesting, I’ve never heard of this other band but I like this version too. Thanks LL!

i didn't know til a few years ago and it explained why i liked that mazzy star song so much more than the other ones i heard. it was actually sort of fun?

Maybe obvious but there's also the quote from "Blue Moon" at the beginning of Clapton's solo in "Sunshine of Your Love".

^^ I swear I was literally just coming here to post that.

Sly & The Family Stone - Plastic Jim/Beatles - Eleanor Rigby

another madonna one that i figure must be intentional is in "justify my love": I don't wanna be your mother/I don't wanna be your sister either/I just wanna be your lover -- must be a reference to prince "i wanna be your lover", yes?

OK how about a bit of Beethovens fifth in in Paul Nicholas' "Reggae like it used to be"

"Reggae Beethoven" indeed

At 1:41 in Alice Coltrane's 'Journey In Satchidanda' Pharoah Sanders quotes something Freddie Hubbard does at 16:53 in John's 'Ascension (Edition I)'.

Which is dead cool as in both instances it's in the context of improvisation. Unless it's originally a reference to something else.

In Huey Lewis's "I Want A New Drug," lead guitarist Chris Hayes plays the intro riff to "Purple Haze" during his outro solo.

Richard Thompson "The Great Valerio" has a brief exposed quotation from the "Balancoire" number from Erik Saties "Sports et Divertissements" suite

In "Good Love" Prince says Mahler No. 3 is jamming on the box and a short in your face synth-orchestral riff comes in suddenly and I have not identified it as a specific moment from Mahler's 3rd but I feel confident is

Soloing in Silkworm's "Raised by Tigers" mimics soloing/vocalizing from Pavement's "In the Mouth a Desert." I listened to that Silkworm album, In the West, once in like '95, noticed that musical reference, and have been waiting 22 years for this thread so I could share this observation. Thank you.

I can die now.

Oh, and the intro and outro of Sammy Turner's "Stay My Love" reference the 2nd movement of Dvorak's New World Symphony

the entire song sounds like it's derived from that movement

Ha, you are so right, dyl. Guess it doesn't qualify as brief musical reference.

Tons on the new Lana :

- "don't worry baby" and "my boyfriends back" in lust for life

- "Scarborough fair" is referenced in "cherry"

- Neil young and the locomotion track both referenced on the closing cut

- "stairway to heaven" referenced on coachella I'm my mind

speaking of Scarborough Fair: Elizabeth My Dear by the Stone Roses

more than a bit brief tho I suppose, it's basically Scarborough Fair with new lyrics

In "Lazy Sunday" by the Small Faces they play the Stones' "Satisfaction" riff on kazoo, and also the "Colonel Bogey March" (the whistling tune in Bridge on the River Kwai)

The intro to Criminal Minded by Boogie Down Productions is done to the tune of Hey Jude

Oh, and there's the bit in the Bridge Is Over that's rapped to the tune of It's Still Rock & Roll To Me

Correction: don't worry baby ref is in the song love not lust for life

"Glass Onion" has a reference to "The Fool on the Hill" after John sings "I told you bout the fool on the hill / I tell you man, he's living there still" - and then Paul plays a brief phrase on the recorder, calling back to "The Fool on the Hill."

The Beatles "Polythene Pam" uses the "Yeah yeah yeah" refrain from "She Loves You". the inclusion of the catchphrase turns that section of the Abbey Road medley into a conscious throwback to their first hit 6 years prior

^ that also shows up at the end of "All You Need is Love," Paul singing the chorus of "She Loves You" slowly by himself as the song fades out

Dean blunts Papi liberally samples echoes by pink Floyd for the beat

On the same record he samples oh daddy by Fleetwood Mac, particularly a stretch of the beat used near the outro of the original song

Steely Dan's Show Biz Kids has that little bit of the Reelin' in the Years guitar lick after the "They got the Steely Dan t-shirt" line.

Speaking of the Beatles, the Offspring's "Why Don't You Get A Job" borrows heavily from "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da."

Also in "All You Need Is Love," one of them shouting "ALL TOGETHER NOW" in the outro

even at their most acid fried the Beatles understood the concept of good brand synergy

I think "All together now" came after "All you need is love"

Jenny hval kingsize references Laurie Anderson

"But here I see no subculture, no future;
No big science"

Also jenny hval references merry Xmas - war is over in take care of yourself. Throw back to Fiona Apple on "and feminism is over and socialism's over"

The solos in "People Who Died" repeatedly throw in the "Roll Over Beethoven" riff, but that may just reflect Chuck's contribution to rock DNA generally.

There's a live version of The Go-Betweens' "The Clock" where Grant, right before Robert's outro guitar solo, says/sings "Play, magic fingers!" exactly the way Mike Nesmith does on The Monkees' "Papa Gene's Blues."

There's a song on the new first aid kit which has the line "what comes after this, momentary bliss" - beach house

speaking of Scarborough Fair: Elizabeth My Dear by the Stone Roses
― nate woolls, Friday, January 19, 2018 10:41 AM (two weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Scarborough Fair is actually a folk song from like the 16th century which has lots of variants, so you could just say the Stone Roses were reclaiming that tradition.

Two more for the 80's kids:
- In the middle of La Di Da Di, Slick Rick starts singing a few lines from "Sukiyaki" by A Taste of Honey.
- In the Thompson Twins "Love On Your Side", they make a musical reference to their own song. When he sings "I've played you all my favorite records", the song quotes the melody from "In The Name of Love", which was on their previous album. I've always thought it was lame to shout out their own song (surely this one can't be his actual favorite record)

Sean Ryder to thread. Lazyitis shovels in great big handfuls of 'ticket to ride', 'family affair' and David Essex.

Big Boi’s Shutterbug breaks into Soul II Soul -Back to life

Does This is why I’m hot fit here?

Does This is why I’m hot fit here?

believe in something fun by price rama references "break stuff" by limp bizkit

there's also a reference to within you, without you on another track

jay-z's "i just wanna love u (give it 2 me)" very briefly references carl thomas's "i wish", which was a hit earlier in the same year. (obviously its interpolation of rick james's "give it to me baby" for the hook is more prominent.)

Ariana Grande’s “R.E.M.” evokes the famous ”bum-bum-bum-bum” scatting of “Mr. Sandman” — working the same “dream theme” — without actually repeating the earlier song’s melody.

(Come to think of it — Pharrell’s spoken line in the same song (”I know how to keep it”) arguably echoes Mr. Sandman’s ”Yes?” in the Chordettes classic.)

Omc - "how bizarre" has a trumpet playing "the lion sleeps tonight" at some point

^R.E.M. (the band) pay tribute to the same song in “The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite”

The brass breakdown from The Cure's "Close to Me" is the middle eight of Sufjan Stevens' "Come On! Feel the Illinoise!"

Pavement’s “Trigger Cut” nicks the intro of VU’s “Coney Island Steeplechase”

the microphones - florida beach (beach boys' 'good vibrations')

“Universal Frequencies,” by His Name Is Alive, is sort of an extended study in musical references to “Good Vibrations” (maybe to a point beyond the scope of this thread topic).

Okkervil River have a couple of these. "John Allyn Smith Sails" quotes from "Sloop John B" and "Famous Tracheotomies" quotes from "Waterloo Sunset". In both cases the musical quotation is integral to the lyrics of the song. Will Sheff is one clever dude.

and that's the third post in a row to reference the Beach Boys

I always appreciated how the Handsome Furs "All We Want Baby Is Everything" walks the line between homage, cover version, and complete reimagination of New Order's "Temptation".

And speaking of New Order, they sort of did the same thing on "Run 2" which reimagines "Leaving On A Jet Plane". But in their case I think it was inadvertent or just plain coincidental.

Does "Christina Applegate you gotta put me on" from "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" by PM Dawn count?

No one has ever successfully explained how Run is similar to Leaving on a Jet Plane to me.

if the entire song is a reimagination of another it's not really a 'brief' musical reference

Harry Nilsson's cover of "You Can't Do That" has direct quotes of at least a dozen other Lennon/McCartney songs: https://youtu.be/Ue0Mf7_EHk8

I don't hear "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" in "How Bizarre"

I think it's the trumpet line that's similar but I wouldn't claim it's a direct reference.

like, it does that same octave jump and descending notes...

if the entire song is a reimagination of another it's not really a 'brief' musical reference

― dyl

Fair enough.

But when I try to think of a brief one, all I can come up with is the Dead Milkmen on "Bottomless Pit", quoting the intro to "Ballroom Blitz". And I try my best these to forget that I was ever into the Dead Milkmen.

And come to think of it, the Dead Milkmen quote from "Love Me Two Times" during the spoken intro to "Bitchin Camaro". God, that band is awkward adolescence personified.

just noticed that tom d mentioned that nilsson cover a while back

oops

I feel like these have surely come up elsewhere (ancient posts by electricsound perhaps, given it's Aus indie) but:

Smudge's "Don't Want to Be Grant McLennan" suddenly becomes The Go-Betweens' "Bye Bye Pride" for the bridge to the final chorus.

The Cat's Miaow's "The Phoebe I Know"/"Phoebe" closes with the "together, forever..." section of "Say a Little Prayer"

No Ramones yet?!

Two off the top of my head:

"Judy Is a Punk" quotes Herman's Hermits "I'm Henry the Eight I Am" (Second verse/same as the first)

The bridge melody of "It's Not My Place (in the 9 to 5 World)" is The Who's "Whiskey Man"

I’m pretty sure that White Fang interpolate a bit of Umberto Tozzi’s “Gloria” around 1:00 into “Grateful to Shred”; though I’ve never been positive that’s what they’re actually playing:

https://gnartapes.bandcamp.com/album/grateful-to-shred

Also reasonably certain the Fiery Furnaces reference “Billie Jean” in their song “Oh Sweet Woods” (maybe because the lyrics involve “mistaken identity?); though I suppose the musical similarities could also be coincidental.

(Would be surprised if this is the only example of the FFs pulling such a move, but can’t immediately think of another instance...)

Cornershop's "England's Dreaming" is another containing a direct quote, of Morrissey and (presumably) PE: "I was was happy in the haze of a drunken hour... Fight the power!"

and the title is a sex pistols hat-tip!

Does This is why I’m hot fit here?

― ƒ©˙∆˚¬ (Whitey on the Moon), Wednesday, February 7, 2018 1:54 AM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

came here to post this! and yes it does, there are quotes from Jesus Walks, Shook Ones, Nuthin But a G Thang, Front 2 Back, and Tell Me When To Go

The oooooh's in the beginning of "Womantown" by Gang of Four seem to allude to "Mannequin" by Wire, but I cannot confirm that's intentional.

nelly's "ride wit me" borrows a line from debarge's "i like it": i like the way you comb your hair / i like those stylish clothes you wear (he replaces 'comb' w/ 'brush')

sometimes i think the "you got me singing oh-oh-oh-oh"-etc. line from justin timberlake's "until the end of time" is an intentional reference to the similar bit toward the end of mint condition's "what kind of man would i be" but it could just be a coincidental similarity

well of course there's the "7 Rings" / "My Favourite Things" lift

^a “briefer” example would be the NSYNC melody in “Break Up With Your Girlfriend...” (but I feel like cleared & credited samples or interpolations shouldn’t really “count” for this thread?)

beyoncé's first line in "party" ('i may be young but i'm ready...') seems to be a clear reference to the first line from keith sweat's "right and a wrong way" ('you may be young but you're ready...')

shows how much crediting references and interpolations has changed in just a few years that that particular interpolation, tho brief, wasn't listed in the credits for that album -- the only sample listed for that song is for doug e. fresh's "la di da di" -- yet lemonade gave songwriting credits to animal collective b/c of the phrase 'material things' appearing in "6 inch"

The “Blurred Lines” case happened in the interim.

Also it looks like Beyoncé and her team were insanely liberal (or conservative, in terms of risk avoidance) when it came to doling out credit: https://www.stereogum.com/1873310/beyonce-producer-boots-explains-animal-collective-credit-on-6-inch/news/

I think it's the trumpet line that's similar but I wouldn't claim it's a direct reference.

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, March 18, 2019 4:02 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

like, it does that same octave jump and descending notes...

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, March 18, 2019 4:02 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

OK I had to listen to The Lion Sleeps Tonight and forgot about that main vocal melody that comes after the titular lyric. Yeah, it is pretty close, though How Bizarre's trumpet has more trills.

(but I feel like cleared & credited samples or interpolations shouldn’t really “count” for this thread?)

― What's that Phish song that goes "Bag it, Tag it"? (morrisp), Tuesday, March 19, 2019 10:52 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

idk i feel like Prince inserting Joni's "Help Me" into the middle of "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker" is the ne plus ultra of this

One of the more improbably affecting examples of this is Jamila Woods - Lonely, which interpolates the Dawson's Creek theme song.

jamila does that sort of thing all the time--she can wring pathos out of miss mary mack, fergodsake.

"Push It" by Garbage repeatedly invokes "Don't Worry Baby" by the Beach Boys.

ariel pink - time to live references video killed the radio star

I don't think that's a reference so much as a straight-up steal

still tight tho

another rip/reference on that album is "Bubblegum Dreams" which is just "Son of a Gun" by the Vaselines

Or 'Bend Me, Shape Me' by Amen Corner on 'I Think I'm Paranoid' ...

Hatfield and the North "Shaving Is Boring" (on side 2 of the record) has a segment with the sound of footsteps running over to open doors, and each door opening sound reveals a snippet of a song previously heard on side one.

"Push It" by Garbage repeatedly invokes "Don't Worry Baby" by the Beach Boys.

― Good morning, how are you, I'm (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, June 5, 2019 10:50 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Garbage also directly quote the Pretenders' "Talk of the Town" near the end of their track "Special".

Also, the chorus of Catherine Wheel's "Delicious" (".........YOU EAT!...YOU SLEEP!...YOU BREATHE!") shares the melody and rhythm of the "Talk of the Town" chorus (or is it a post-chorus? There's so many hooks and sections of that tune, no wonder it's so prolific at inspiring other songs), when Chrissie sings "....YOU'VE CHANGED!..."

And I swear I've heard another song that reminiscent of the "...MAYBE TOMOR-OR-OR-OR-OR-OR-OR-OW-OWW!...Maybe SOME-DAY!!!" chorus (or it could just be another example of the descending major scale that occasionally sneaks into pop music, although the only such song I can remember right now is Pink Floyd's "Apples and Oranges").

i figured the various occurrences of 'sexy sexy sexy' in odb's "got your money" were a reference to rick james's "cold blooded" but i didn't realize until now that he did a version of that whole song on the same album -- the track directly preceding "got your money" in fact!

Spiritualized's "Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space" ending with Elvis' "Can't Help Falling in Love"

god i had a great one a few days ago and couldn't find the darn thread

reference was to "lonely woman" ... hold on

Harvey Milk's "The Anvil Will Fall" using Gustav Holst's "Jupiter: Bringer of Jollity" to perfection

"Mutiny!" on Motorpsycho's Death Defying Unicorn has a jam section which suddenly morphs into "Changes" by Yes

Beck "Halo of Gold"/Skip Spence "Furry Heroine"

references Johnny Cash's "Walk the Line" with Beck's version imitating a classic country arrangement for that one line

The intro to “Diamond Bollocks” is a paraphrase of “Girotondo” from Vergogna Schifosi

The 'Thought you might like to know' bit in Pink Floyd's "Apples and Oranges" references Sgt. Pepper title track.

The intro to “Flaming” references “Later During a Flaming Riviera Sunset”

"Bing Crosby" by Van Dyke Parks interpolates "Pennies from Heaven" by Arthur Johnston and Johnny Burke (made famous by Bing Crosby).

And there’s a bit of “I Ain’t got Nobody” in “The Four Mills Brothers”. The original versions of both songs by Roaring Lion are on the Folkways Real Calypso comp.

I could be pedantic here and point out the originals of "Bing Crosby" and "The Four Mills Brothers" by The Lion reference "Pennies From Heaven" and "I Ain't Got Nobody" and all VDP did was cover the original songs. But I wouldn't do that.

Especially as I've just noticed you mentioned the originals! I suspect there's other references in "Bing Crosby" which I can't work out.

Another Christmas one: Nina Simone's Little Girl Blue quotes Good King Wenceslas.
Another Beatles one: It's All Too Much quotes Sorrow by the Merseybeats.

someone upthread mentioned the Velvets borrowing Marvin Gaye's Hitch Hike for There She Goes Again; to be specific, I think they borrowed the Stones' version.

Towards the end of The Church's cover of "It's All Too Much" they work in one line of Eddy Grant's "Electric Avenue"

This live version of Carboforce by Trans Am lifts a whole chunk of the vocal line (played on guitar) of a Qawwali song, that I heard Nusrat perform on one of his more well-known records but cannot seem to lay a hand on annoyingly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdFQELWES9o

(John Wesley Harding) Wes Stace’s, Cathy’s New Clown has a musical reference to the Everly Bothers song at the very end. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiLdU2jBb2o

In the middle of "The Electric Co." on U2's Under A Blood Red Sky, Bono starts singing "Send In The Clowns." U2 never cleared or paid royalties to Stephen Sondheim (who subsequently sued) which results in this long note on the Wikipedia entry for the album.

At the very end of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond pt. 6-9" Richard Wright plays the "Soon after dark, Emily cries" melody from "See Emily Play"

XP - Ian McCulloch was especially prone to doing this, thinking of the Dion quote in Over The Wall, and he would throw in lots of quotes in live performance.

The main piano riff in Coldplay’s “Trouble” is the exact same riff note-for-note as the synth/vocal riff in “Love Will Tear Us Apart” (F#, G, F#, D, B).

Volcano Girls by Veruca Salt. A musical quote from Seether followed by a nod to Glass Onion with "Here's another clue if you please, The Seether's Louise..."

I suspect there's other references in "Bing Crosby" which I can't work out.

― Buckfast At Tiffany's (Tom D.)

Possibly "Git Along Little Dogies" which Crosby doesn't seem to have recorded himself until 1959

The intro to "Where's Bill Grundy Now?" by the Television Personalities quotes "Windy"

Mick Ronson quotes Bowie's "Song For Bob Dylan" while playing with Dylan on the live 1975 "Knockin' On Heaven's Door."

Sonic Youth's Trilogy (the Wonder) sounds like Throbbing Gristle's Six Six Sixties sped up a little.

And another Christmas one: the Push Kings repurpose the "fall on your knees" bit of "O Holy Night" for the bridge of "Be Kind, Be Still, Be Near"

And Greg Lake's 'I Believe In Father Xmas' with a large chunk of Prokofiev

Nobody will believe me, but “Rapper’s Delight” quotes the baseline from “Good Times”

Pusha T - Numbers On The Board references Jay Z - Rhyme No More v briefly

i thought that was a literal sample of the song inserted?

thanks autocorrect for “baseline” and making me look like a doofus

I just read the whole thread and have to unburden myself of everything that came to mind as I read:

That bit in Roxy Music's Re-Make/Re-Model where the bass does the 'Day Tripper' riff

...and the sax plays "Ride of the Valkyries".

Bach's 'Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring' is quoted in the guitar break in The Byrds' 'She Don't Care About Time'

...and also by Steve Nieve in "The Only Flame in Town" by Elvis Costello.

The goofy little 1812 Overture excerpt at the start of 2112.

...and "Night of Fear" by The Move.

At the very end of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond pt. 6-9" Richard Wright plays the "Soon after dark, Emily cries" melody from "See Emily Play"

Something I read said he also quoted "Strangers in the Night" here, but I can't hear that now.

In "The All-Golden" by Van Dyke Parks, he sings, "Off the record..." and is answered by a parody of the horn fanfares from "Surf's Up" (which he co-wrote for the Beach Boys Smile album).

Beck quotes the melody of "Jingle Bells" in "Hotwax".

Deep Purple interpolate a section of Manuel De Falla's "El Sombrero De Tres Picos" into their rendition of "Hey Joe" (and then credited the whole thing to themselves).

Chris Stamey:

on Repercussion, the second of the dB’s records, there is a shout-out to Ives. He was famous for incorporating musical “quotes” in his original works, and we put a phrase of one of his favorites, the hymn “Shall We Gather By The River?” after the line, “Ives was on the stereo,” into the second verse of our song “From A Window To A Screen.”

Quasi-sampling:

The opening track of Game Theory's Lolita Nation features a montage of the opening seconds of three previous Game Theory records.

King Crimson play a bit of the record of "The Court of the Crimson King" in "The Devil's Triangle".

Faust play the Rolling Stones and Beatles recordings of "Satisfaction" and "All You Need is Love" in the intro of "Why Don't You Eat Carrots".

Metallica's very stupid "Don't Tread on Me" has a dual octave guitar rendition of "America" from West Side Story before the main riff starts.

ironic, since the movie version of that WSS song espouses ideas very much the polar opposite of what Metallica is expressing in their song.

"Stay Up Late" by Talking Heads calls back to "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" by the Temptations.

"I know you wanna leave me"

Michael Stipe's Elvis impersonation on "Hey baby" after the "Andy, are you goofing on Elvis?" line in R.E.M.'s "Man On The Moon."

Pink Floyd's "Fearless" ends with the football crowd singing "You'll Never Walk Alone"

Spacemen 3's "Revolution" basically *is* the MC5's "Black To Comm"

The main riff from The Hives' "Go Right Ahead" ended up sounding so much like ELO's "Don't Bring Me Down" that the band preemptively contacted Jeff Lynne for permission and gave him a songwriting credit.

Never mind "Fearless" - it's outside the scope of this thread

"The Silent Boatman" by Parliament references "The Skye Boat Song"... not briefly though.

Rich by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions quotes Telegram Sam by T Rex towards the end .

pretty sure Ballad of the Band by Felt quotes Outdoor Miner by Wire.

I been working on Concord Sonata this week and anyone who likes this kind of shit would be wise to go deep—-there are PhDs and published books written about tracking all Ives’s nods and quotes in it— Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Wagner, spirituals— he even wrote original “folk” music (and a fake Sousa March) as source material for his collageing— it’s great

Michael Stipe's Elvis impersonation on "Hey baby" after the "Andy, are you goofing on Elvis?" line in R.E.M.'s "Man On The Moon."

I glanced at a reference to "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" upthread a couple of days ago and assumed it was about the quote in "Sidewinder". But someone was claiming that the horns in "How Bizarre" quote "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (idk)

Kate Bush throws out a verse of 'When You Wish Upon A Star' at the end of 'In Search Of Peter Pan'

xp that was me I was tripping

'vine street' as performed & arranged by van dyke parks on song cycle features a very obvious string quote of beethoven's 9th
Which then dissolves into a lick from "The Entertainer"! There are probably fifteen little jokes on that album

there are probably fifteen little jokes in that one song, the album is just relentless

― flappy bird, Saturday, January 13, 2018 8:10 PM (four years ago) bookmarkflaglink

I been working on Concord Sonata this week and anyone who likes this kind of shit would be wise to go deep—-there are PhDs and published books written about tracking all Ives’s nods and quotes in it— Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Wagner, spirituals— he even wrote original “folk” music (and a fake Sousa March) as source material for his collageing— it’s great

― the five French fry feeling (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, August 25, 2022 11:11 AM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink

https://medium.com/@bizmarkiemoon/charles-ives-in-groucho-marxs-pajamas-5ffcd3f5597f

xps Jellyfish have a "When You Wish Upon a Star" reference too, in "Joining a Fan Club" — the strings come in with a bit of the melody after a lyrical reference to Pinocchio

At the end of "Fruits and Vegetables" by Chunky, Novi and Ernie, they interpolate melodies from at least three sources:

Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf
The Merrie Melodies theme
The Toreador theme from Bizet’s Carmen

'The Purple People Eater' by Sheb Wooley (1958) has brief quotations of 'Short Shorts' by The Royal Teens and 'Tequila' by the Champs, both of the same year, as well as Little Richard's 'Tutti Frutti', then a fairly recent hit.

Also, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway has a bit of 'On Broadway' by the Drifters.

...and there's a few bars of 'In the Hall of the Mountain King' in 'Joan Crawford' by Blue Oyster Cult