Request: Songs about the band

[barondave]

I have this mad desire to make another Mind's Eye Music compilation (ie, a Thematic Mix CD that will go to several people, perhaps you), aiming for Convergence. I have many possibilities, and thought of another as I was listening to Tom Jones: Self-Chronicling songs. That is, songs about the band/singer performing.

Early candidates:
Creeque Alley, by the Mamas and the Papas
Smells Like Teen Spirit, by Pearl Jam (though I'll probably use the Chantmania version)
Green Onion, by the Beatles
Tom Jones International
I can't even think of the rapper's name, but it's a bouncy rap "ziggy zaggy". (I don't have a copy of this anyway.)
The Monkees is an obvious choice, but I used it on MEM II (and TV theme songs is a different MEM)
The Intro and the Outro by Bonzo Dog Band (though that's stretching it)

Big Bopper?
Does What's Love Got To Do With It? or Private Dancer by Tina Turner count? Autobiography is not exactly what I'm looking for.
Fanboy by Luke Ski? Does that count?

Suggestions are encouraged.

Comments

A song

[markiv1111.livejournal.com]

Danny O'Keefe recorded a song called "The Road" (not the same as my song of the same title, although he and I both hail from Vashon Island, Washington) that seems to fit in the general category. A very, very borderline case would be "Homeward Bound" by Simon and Garfunkel. By the way, when you go looking for the Beatles song you mention, the title is "Looking Through A Glass Onion" -- "Green Onions" (note plural) is an instrumental piece by Booker T and the MGs. But you'd probably have figured this out before too long.

Nate

Re: A song

[barondave.livejournal.com]

Many bands have songs about touring as part of their second (or early) albums, eg On The Road by Willie Nelson. I tend to place Homeward Bound in that generic category, but I'll check it out.

You're right about Glass Onion. (I misheard my inner voice singing the wrong song, Savoy Truffle: "Creme Tangerine and montelimat" somehow fused into "Green Onion".)

Most of your songs are autobiographical, but if I had to pick one self-chronicling your musical journey it would be Preposterous.

I'll look for the Canned Heat song; I don't have a copy. Indeed, most of the suggestions I started with are of the subset "owned by me" and most of the suggestions here are not in that subset.