Inspired by hearing this yesterday and its Glass Onion-riffing backreference:
And therefore this also qualifies.
Huh? Veruca Salt aren’t the same artist as The Beatles
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They actually were, they replaced Paul with Veruca Salt after he got ill.
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They replaced one person with an entire band? Says a lot about how important he was really
On Gentlemen, Debonair by The Afghan Whigs calls back to If I Were Going
And on Black Love, Blame Etc. calls back to Crime Scene Part One
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Stayin’ up for days in the Chelsea Hotel
Writin’ “Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands” for you
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The closing section of Pink Floyd’s Shine On You Crazy Diamond (a song about Syd Barrett) uses a motif from See Emily Play (a song written by Syd)
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2:52 of this…
Uses the same lyric as 3:25 of this, and the woah oh ohs after it
As an aside there’s an alternate universe where this band were as popular as Arcade Fire were, think I’d like to be in that universe.
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Mellon Collie’s closer Farewell and Goodnight ends with a line that references the final line of Disc 1 closer Take Me Down.
And from a musical standpoint, the outros to both Farewell and Goodnight and Thru the Eyes of Ruby call back to album opener Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
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