Comments on: Favorite Self-Referential Tunes

By: joymonger

joymonger — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:16:49 +0000

“Six or seven kids watched the Plan at a strip mall. I thought that they were bored out of their skulls but it turns out they were having a ball, uh huh! And they’re doing the standing still!”

By: black dominoes

black dominoes — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:28:03 +0000

hot…chip…will…break….your…legs…

By: Val

Val — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:48:21 +0000

I do enjoy The Hold Steady, but much of their songs – although self-referential – don’t actually mention “The Hold Steady,” but rather have Craig Finn as protagonist. Although I do feel like I could have remembered one if I’d thought about it harder. I also decided to eliminate alter egos from consideration – thus no Of Montreal talking about Georgie Fruit and no Bowie talking about Ziggy Stardust, etc.

By: Taylor

Taylor — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:21:09 +0000

Nice post. Not a Hold Steady fan I’m guessing?

By: Hanan

Hanan — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:01:27 +0000

nice post!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:20:12 +0000

“Feeling Better” – The Teenagers was a pretty fun one.

By: Pablo

Pablo — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:15:53 +0000

Ah, this brings back memories of when I saw the D-Plan live… the mic broke halfway through this exact song, so they started over without a mic and it was pure chaotic brilliance.

By: stephen

stephen — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:49:46 +0000

there’s also a majority of the hold steady’s oeuvre; craig finn is always talking about how he moved around the country and started a band in his songs, though it’s possible to interpret the bulk of them as being about a craig finn-like protagonist…

By: Val

Val — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:10:20 +0000

Knew it wasn’t a Jens Lekman original idea – I just love Jens Lekman! Kicking myself for blanking on Leonard Cohen though – good call.

By: ivan

ivan — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:02 +0000

leonard cohen, famous blue raincoat: also ends with “sincerely, l. cohen”, it’s not a jens lekman original ideia.

(excuse me for my english…)