Inspired by the A-M, N-Z lists, how many songs by the band namecheck themselves?

Off the top of my head - Pat Trip Dispenser, Neighbourhood Of Infinity, The NWRA, Jim's "The Fall", Crap Rap... what else? (I haven't got time to do a search on all the lyrics)

the one which begins Fall Advance - what's that?

fall advice ? so what about it? were number 1?

Other bands that have namechecked themselves

• Motorhead
• er, Living In A Box

Oh, god, KMFDM did this in every song.

My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult.
Visage.
EMF.

Surely Pop Will Eat Itself mentioned themselves at some point.

Don't forget Before The Moon Falls!

"You're sleeping with a hippy half-wit who thinks he's Mr Mark Smith"

Bo Diddely is quite fond of mentioning himself.

Why are People Grudgeful?

He spits in the sky
It falls in his eye
Or some old line . . .

I think that's from Frightened, on Live at the Witch Trials.

Slang King... this is Mr & Mrs Smith to whom you are speaking...

Manowar frequently namecheck themselves... as did Sun Ra... Iggy's China Girl (Jimmy)... KLF...
I heard a late (80s probably) Sinatra version of Mack the Knife the other day where he adds a few verses at the end referring to Satchmo & Bobby Darin's versions, and then proceeds to list all the cats in his band, from George Benson on down... was quite impressed by this...

Lou Reed mentions himself on Walk On The Wild Side and Beginning Of A Great Adventure.

Public Image on their first record.

There was a thread on this subject way back. Maybe I started it, who knows?

television ("don't go to my head") and...um...


...tin machine ("take me anywhere")

The Monkess – Monkees Theme (i.e. "Hey hey we're the Monkees"). Maybe The Fall could cover this as Black Monkees Theme?

The Who: Who Are You?

n bob dylan's had a fair few dreams of course...

Hope R.Totale won't be offended when he sees how many people have helpfully corrected him here.

Several other 'Who' ones actually.

Variation on a theme: "I don't believe in Beatles" ( John Lennon)

when we was fab (harrison)

and james brown seems to do little else nowadays (memory must need jogging i assume...)

LFO - LFO
Public Enemy - Public Enemy no.1
Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Jungle

morrissey - ouija board, ouija board (S.T.E.V.E.N. P.U.S.H.O.F.F.)

(have hit bit of a quiet spell at w*rk this end...)

Not at all.. Info and corrections always welcome.. But I don't think there are many bands that mythologise themselves quite like the Fall group. Perhaps inspired by "Who Will Save The World? The Mighty Groundhogs.."

Devo did it too I guess

To be fair.. rappers do it all the time. It was the phenomenon of guitar bands doing it that struck me as more unusual

Black Sabbath: "Black Sabbath"

Iron Maiden: "Iron Maiden"

Just to re-iterate, my original question in this thread was how many Fall songs other than the ones I mentioned refer to themselves as an entity??

Ha! Stephen, this is priceless. Tell me you don't actually own it!

as opposed to "how many fall songs feature the word "fall" ", then...

otherwise the The would have namechecked themselves quite a lot :)

has someone already talked about Peaches here?
oh and there's this hidden track by Belle and Sebastian, where they keep on repeating : "Belle and Sebastian...on the radio...playing songs for children..."



ok this isn't helping you a lot, i know it's not what you were asking for :lol:

would it be too boring to do a list of songs that mention other people?

ian mcshane, lloyd cole, etc ,etc.

yes, too boring

MES in Shoulder Pads.

I think its hilarious when the fall mention themselves in songs, the best is the intro on totale's turn, we are white crap that talks back.

My favourite...'Take no Prisoners'....'I do Lou Reed better than anyone else'

the one about a speed dealer not being able to fool their noses-pat the trip dispenser/sleep debt?

lots of mes self-refs like paintwork; last commands etc

:rolleyes: slightlyoffthread here, but off to see Lou and Sonic next month, caught the new edition of the Fall at York, which was the nearest it getsl.

win fall cd-overture?

No, but top marks for mentioning Peaches. Saw her a couple of months back and she was spinetingling!

In My Area:

"And former friends suck on the Fall
Genuine white crap article"

Neighbourhood Of Infinity

Gross Chapel - GB Grenadiers: "no temper for Fall group"

bruce springsteen: the e-street shuffle (& the "big man" gets a mention in 10th ave freeze out...)

oh & john cale mentions the velvet underground on songs for drella's style it takes
(and lou reed (as andy warhol) mentions himself, cale and the velvets in 'a dream' on the same album...)