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Reply #30 posted 07/22/13 7:43pm

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Aerosmith ~ Dude Looks Like A Lady {supposedly Vince Neil, but varies by who's talking. In all tellings there's a Motley Crue connection}

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton

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Reply #31 posted 07/23/13 9:19am

datdude	Living Colour - Elvis is Dead
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Reply #32 posted 07/27/13 2:23pm

MickyDolenz

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John Mellencamp ~ R.O.C.K In The U.S.A. {Frankie Lymon, Bobby Fuller, Mitch Ryder, Jackie Wilson, The Shangri-Las, Martha Reeves, James Brown}

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Reply #33 posted 07/27/13 3:08pm

Identity	Paul Simon - "The Late Great Johnny Ace" The song is about the accidental death of '50s R & B vocalist Johnny Ace and the killing of Lennon.
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Reply #34 posted 07/27/13 7:20pm

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David Allen Coe ~ You Never Even Called Me by My Name {Waylon Jennings, Charley Pride, Merle Haggard}

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Reply #35 posted 07/28/13 10:01am

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Reply #36 posted 07/29/13 3:56pm

Identity	LL Cool J- ''Ripper Strikes Back'' (Canibus diss) Eminem - ''The Warning'' (Mariah diss) Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Sweet Home Alabama" (Neil Young diss)
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Reply #37 posted 07/29/13 5:00pm

DerekH	MickyDolenz said: Aerosmith ~ Dude Looks Like A Lady {supposedly Vince Neil, but varies by who's talking. In all tellings there's a Motley Crue connection} Godsmack-Cryin' Like A Bitch is supposedly about Nikki Sixx
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Reply #38 posted 08/07/13 11:36am

Identity	Prefab Sprouts' "Cars and Girls" is a not-so-subtle jab at Bruce Springteen for his redemption songs about cars, driving and women. [Edited 8/8/13 19:32pm]
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Reply #39 posted 08/07/13 2:46pm

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...

Charles Mingus - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat ( Lester Young)

Joni Mitchell - Furry Sings the Blues - (Furry Lewis)

Brenda Russell - Jarreau (Al Jarreau)

Kate Bush - Delius - (Frederick Delius)

Lori Leiberman - Killing Me Softly With His Song (Don Mclean)

Josee Hurlock/Hefner - Shuggie's Shoes (Shuggie Otis)

Weather Report - "Birdland" (Charlie Parker)

Weather Report - Cannon Ball - (Cannonball Adderly)

Miles Davis/Marcus Miller - Mr Pastorius - (Jaco Pastorius)

The Brothers Johnson -"Q" - (Quincy Jones)

Herbie Hancock - "Sly" (Sly Stone)

Q-Tip - "Where Do You Go" (Dilla)

Narada Michael Walden - Song for Devadip (Carlos Santana)

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" I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout

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Reply #40 posted 08/08/13 7:28pm

Identity	Robbie Robertson's ''Fallen Angel" was written for former Band member Richard Manuel, who in 1986 hanged himself in a hotel room.
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Reply #41 posted 08/08/13 10:04pm

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Teena Marie also has a song written for Smokey Robinson called "When Smokey Sings", also for Marvin Gaye "My Dear Mr. Gaye", and for Rick James "Cassanova Brown"

If it breaks when it bends, U better not put it in!

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Reply #42 posted 08/09/13 2:17am

Dancelot

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