Songs About Other Musicians

[HelloAngel]

Originally posted by FelipeVox



Also, Cloud On My Tongue is probably about Anthony Kiedis

I've never heard this. I wouldn't assume the lyric "I'll be wearing your tattoo" is referring to a physical tattoo, but perhaps a mental scar from a relationship with a person. Further, the lyric "I'm over that bridge now" is possibly referring to someone who has "crossed that bridge" like the figure of speech, and has come out the other side. As a keen follower of Tori's career and lyrical references, I've never heard anything about a relationship with Anthony Kiedis.

The lyrics are here: http://www.lyricsdomain.com/20/tori_...my_tongue.html if anyone wants to read them.

[TylerDurden]

Originally posted by Jack In The Box
whole Mars Volta album (De-Loused in the Comatorium) is about death of a unknown musician/artist (I can't remember his name)

Not sure, but isn't it about one of the members of At The Drive In (the rest of which make up Mars Volta) who committed suicide? Could be way off there...


Here's another sad one....

'Wave Goodbye' by Chris Cornell is about Jeff Buckley. They were very close friends.


Words get tangled on your tongue
And you stumble on your feet
When you miss somebody
And everywhere you think you see them
Walking down the street
When you miss somebody
When you miss somebody
You tell yourself a hundred thousand times
Nobody ever lives forever
So you give it one more try
To wave goodbye, wave goodbye


Every hurtful thing you ever said
Is ringing in your ear
When you miss somebody
And everything of beauty that you see


Only brings a tear
When you miss somebody
When you miss somebody
You tell yourself everything will be alright
Try to stand up strong and brave
When all you want to do is lay down and die


How long i've waited for an answer or a sign
Lonely and weary from
The troubled task of trying
To wave goodbye


So now you start to recognize
That every single path you see
Leads to a tear in your eye
So wave goodbye, wave goodbye

[HeartlandGirl]

Originally posted by FelipeVox
Also, Cloud On My Tongue is probably about Anthony Kiedis

Tell us why you think this. I'd be interested to hear.

[wolfeden]

There's always "Rock Me Amadeus"... complete with spoken-word timeline of Mozart's life...

[Danospano]

How about all those songs dedicated to John Lennon after his death?
--George Harrison: "All Those Years Ago"
--Paul McCartney: "Coming Up"
--Elton John: "Hey Hey Johnny (Empty Garden)"
--Loudon Wainwright III: "Not John"

and then there's these:

--Bo Diddly: "Bo Diddly"
--Weezer: "Buddy Holly"
--Carly Simon: "You're So Vain", which is said to be about James Taylor, Mick Jagger or Warren Beatty. Two out of three of the most named subjects are musicians.
--Prince: "My Name is Prince"

[HeartlandGirl]

Originally posted by wolfeden
There's always "Rock Me Amadeus"... complete with spoken-word timeline of Mozart's life...

Falco

[joyfulgirl]

Originally posted by HelloAngel


As a keen follower of Tori's career and lyrical references, I've never heard anything about a relationship with Anthony Kiedis.

Same here, but the very idea makes me

[djerdap]

Immortality by Pearl Jam - abput Kurt Cobain. Maybe it was mentioned before, haven't read the whole thread. Although Eddie Vedder has said that this song has nothing to do with Kurt, some of the details told in the song are very much similar to Cobain's last days.