Friday Night is Music Night: Songs About Famous People

[Smokin Joe]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGIds7cSf3U

 

[classic33]

There's No One As Irish As Barack Obama - Corrigan Brothers

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DerVmiZeUDw


View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xkw8ip43Vk

 

[smutchin]

Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Tony Adams


View: https://youtu.be/JDLyVGz0epM


(Although despite the title, it's not really about Tony Adams. Still, a great song so worth sharing anyway.)

 

[smutchin]

A House - Endless Art


View: https://youtu.be/ZIlWMHU1l-Y

 

[smutchin]

Carly Simon - You're So Vain


View: https://youtu.be/mQZmCJUSC6g

 

[Lullabelle]

View: https://youtu.be/COy_JKXtzvE

 

[roadrash]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nANIzuIvW5o

 

[Dave 123]

View: https://youtu.be/ZCvs2w_Mjeg

 

[smutchin]

Anorexic Beauty - an early Pulp song, from before they were famous, a tribute to the tragic Lena Zavaroni...


View: https://youtu.be/cL5f_GtgSOY

 

[smutchin]

Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead


View: https://youtu.be/OKRJfIPiJGY

 

[Dave 123]

I’ll try again....

It’s Billy!


View: https://youtu.be/2LnXEPQqSMc

 

[smutchin]

[Half Man Half Biscuit - Dickie Davies Eyes]

This thread could easily run to several pages even if you limited it to just HMHB songs...


View: https://youtu.be/DfKj8Q_H0Co



View: https://youtu.be/pVSd74XdZ_E



View: https://youtu.be/xbjecq0Zuac



View: https://youtu.be/kWfmDIiax_8


In fact, I'm not sure there's a single HMHB song that doesn't mention someone famous...

 

[Smokin Joe]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPOIS5taqA8

 

[Beebo]

Mark Knofler wrote a song about Beryl Bainbridge the author.


View: https://youtu.be/VysLoGdQ-X0

 

[MartinQ]

John Kettley is a weather man (and a few other celebs ...)

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db6WHtNV5-I