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Old 06-12-2011, 12:24
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Man O' Sand To Girl O' Sea - The Go-Betweens
There's Your Trouble - Dixie Chicks

Both bands feature a violin in their lineup
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Old 06-12-2011, 12:43
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There's Your Trouble - Dixie Chicks
Salt Sweat Sugar - Jimmy Eat World

Both bands have encountered political controversy within the Bush presidential reign; the former for their remarks in the run-up to the Iraq invasion, and JEW had to change the title of their album 'Bleed America' to an eponymous title in the aftermath of 9/11
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Old 06-12-2011, 16:37
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Salt Sweat Sugar - Salt Sweat Sugar - Jimmy Eat World
The Ghost of Tom Joad - Bruce Springsteen



The song "Goodbye Sky Harbor" by Jimmy Eat World (on album Clarity) is based on the John Irving novel, A Prayer for Owen Meany.
"The Ghost of Tom Joad" by Bruce Springsteen is about The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.
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Old 06-12-2011, 19:36
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The Ghost of Tom Joad - Bruce Springsteen
Meat is Murder - the Smiths

'A ghost' and 'some meat' are both things Lady Gaga has dressed up as.
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Old 07-12-2011, 09:23
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Meat Is Murder - The Smiths
Favorite Dish - Lee Perry

You can hear cows mooing on both tracks
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Old 07-12-2011, 13:09
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I think that goes for a lot of Lee Perry dubs. He liked to use one of those mooing cow toys.

Favorite Dish - Lee Perry
In The Closet - Michael Jackson

Lee Perry famously burnt down his Black Ark recording studio after walking backwards for three days tapping the ground with a hammer.
In The Closet was (I hope) recorded at Teddy Riley's Future Recordings Studio in Virginia Beach, VA which was also destroyed, this time following an electrical fire.
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Old 07-12-2011, 13:44
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In The Closet - Jacko
Underwear - Pulp

Jacko and Jarvis of course had that infamous Brits 'fart waft' encounter, plus you keep your underwear in a closet
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Old 08-12-2011, 08:14
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Underwear ~ Pulp
Now I Know What Made Otis Blue ~ Paul Young

Pulp had a hit with Common People, and Paul Young had a hit with Love of the Common People
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Old 08-12-2011, 09:21
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Now I Know What Made Otis Blue - Paul Young
Marvin - Chris Rea

Marvin Gaye and Otis Redding were lampooned in The Smell Of Reeves And Mortimer. Marvin gradually became increasingly more bored as the series progressed, wanting to go "down the Grapevine to have a drink"
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Old 08-12-2011, 15:02
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Marvin - Chris Rea
Kiss Me, Honey Honey Kiss Me - Shirley Bassey

Chris Rea had a cameo role in the 1996 film, La Passione, for which he wrote the soundtrack . It was also where Shirley Bassey made her feature film debut
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Old 08-12-2011, 15:30
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Kiss Me, Honey Honey Kiss Me - Shirley Bassey
Let The Bright Sepharim - Kiri Te Kanawa

Both dames
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Old 08-12-2011, 16:34
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Let The Bright Sepharim - Kiri Te Kanawa
I Got You - Split Enz

Tried to think of famous Kiwis like Dame Kiri but could only come up with the Funn brothers I'm afraid.
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Old 08-12-2011, 16:59
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I Got You - Split Enz
Only Happy When It Rains - Garbage

Both bands were on Mushrooms..... record label, I mean
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Old 08-12-2011, 18:00
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Only Happy When It Rains - Garbage
Samson & Delilah - Reverend Gary Davis

The latter song covered by the former band's lead singer when she appeared on the Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles TV show
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Old 08-12-2011, 18:12
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Samson & Delilah - Reverend Gary Davis
Puff the Magic Dragon - Peter Powell and Mary

PP&M covered Samson and Delilah and both artists include a former radio one DJ's name. If you change the words a bit
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Old 09-12-2011, 06:16
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Puff the Magic Dragon - Peter 'Powell' and Mary
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds - the Beatles

Both songs falsely rumoured to be about drugs- Marijuana and LSD respectively. Interestingly, the character 'Mary Jane' in the first song was common mid-century slang for cannabis, and 'Lucy' became a street name for acid due to the Beatles song.
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Old 09-12-2011, 08:36
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Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
One Day At A Time - Lena Martell

The B-side of Elton John's 'Lucy...' cover was entitled 'One Day (At A Time)'
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Old 09-12-2011, 15:33
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One Day At A Time - Lena Martell
Kiss Me - Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy

Tenuous link of the day: Martell's real name is Helen Thomson and there is a supporting character named Thomson (of ... "& Thompson" fame) in Hergé's Adventures Of Tintin
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Old 09-12-2011, 15:41
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Kiss Me - Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy
River Man - Nick Drake

Duffy and his bro co-founded The Lilac Time, the bands name taken from a line in the latter song
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Old 09-12-2011, 15:47
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River Man - Nick Drake
Too Hot To Handle - UFO

Drake's sister Gabrielle played SHADO lieutenant Gay Ellis in the UFO TV series
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Old 09-12-2011, 16:24
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Too Hot To Handle - UFO
Wind of Change - Scorpions


Michael Schenker, formerly of Scorpions & was lead guitarist for UFO for approx 5 yrs
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Old 09-12-2011, 16:59
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Wind of Change - Scorpions
Prince Charming - Adam and the Ants

Scorpios was the opening track of the Ants' Prince Charming album.
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Old 09-12-2011, 20:09
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Prince Charming - Adam and the Ants
Telephone Thing - The Fall

Adam and the Ants famously had two drummers, as did the Fall in one of their early line-ups.
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Old 09-12-2011, 21:17
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Telephone Thing
Creep - Radiohead

The Fall had a song called C.R.E.E.P, plus, err, I've seen both bands at the Oxford Venue
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Old 10-12-2011, 15:47
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Creep - Radiohead
Alright - Supergrass

Radiohead played their first gig at The Jericho Tavern in Oxford under the name "On A Friday", and Supergrass secured a record deal after a gig there
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