August 22, 20232 yr Heard one on the drive home yesterday. Got me to thinking about bands reflecting on being in a band. I could think of quite a few. I won't list them all here because it will be interesting to see what people recall. I'll just start with one of my favorites.
August 22, 20232 yr Also worth a watch if you can find it on streaming: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1675761/
August 22, 20232 yr as someone who did some dreaming and some touring and some alcoholicing, these all hit me square in the dick
August 22, 20232 yr Author 34 minutes ago, DixonHur said: This thread needs more cowbell Ha. That is actually the one I heard on the radio yesterday that got me thinking about this topic. Great cowbell song for sure.
August 23, 20232 yr Man, you guys missed a real obvious one. Kurt Cobain must have really hated his A&R guy. I’ll do the Sturgill Simpson cover because the lyrics pop a bit better: Radio by Sylvan Esso does a hella job laying out the push to churn out hits.
August 23, 20232 yr Speaking of Nirvana, Jay and Jeff’s diss on Kurt Cobain’s professed dislike of making it big, slams, goes very hard:
August 23, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, DougO said: Has nothing to do with the theme of the thread, but seeing your post made me think of what’s probably my favorite song.
August 23, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, DougO said: Not sure if this counts, because this is a song about a band. More in the vein of "Top Jimmy" than "It's a long way to the top."
August 23, 20232 yr Pretty far from one of Duran Duran's better songs, but fits the topic. Was reminded of this by the "In Bloom" discussion above.
August 23, 20232 yr Sgt. Pepper's was a real band pretending to be a fake band singing about themselves. Does that count?
August 23, 20232 yr 9 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said: Maybe? What do you mean maybe. It's a top three most appropriate in this thread.
August 23, 20232 yr Buncha kids here. Jesus. I just realized this album is 20 years old and a child born when I discovered the band could drive. Edited August 23, 20232 yr by Al_4_ISU
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