Time for a list! 29 songs about actors and actresses

27 Sep 2008

Time for a list! 29 songs about actors and actresses

We haven’t done in a list in a while and life seems empty.

How about “29 Songs About Famous Actors and Actresses”? I’ll start:

Elton John, Candle In the Wind (Marilyn Monroe)
10cc, Somewhere In Hollywood (Marilyn Monroe)
Elton John, Roy Rogers
Gorillaz, Clint Eastwood
Nirvana, Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
Madness, Michael Caine
Serge Gainsbourg, Intitals B.B. (Brigitte Bardot)
Russell Crowe‘s band 30 Odd Foot of Grunts, Other Ways of Speaking (Jodie Foster)
James, Fred Astaire
Bertie Higgins, Key Largo (Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman)
Roxy Music, 2H.B. (Humphrey Bogart)
Lou Reed, City Lights, (Charlie Chaplin)
Lenny Kravitz, It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over, etc (Lisa Bonet)
Bree Sharp, David Duchovny
Woody Guthrie, Ingrid Bergman
The Eagles, James Dean
Sonic Youth, Madonna, Sean and Me (Madonna and Sean Penn)
R.E.M., Man on the Moon (Andy Kauffman)
Toto, Rosanna (Rosanna Arquette)
Bauhaus, Bela Lugosi’s Dead
Bananarama, Robert DeNiro’s Waiting
The Clash, The Right Profile (Montgomery Clift)
Nine Inch Nails, Starfuckers, Inc (Rose McGowan)
Matthew Sweet, Winona (Winona Ryder)
R.E.M., River (River Phoenix)
Natalie Merchant, River (River Phoenix)
Peter Murphy, Marlene Dietrich’s Favorite Poem
Kim Carnes, Bette Davis Eyes
Alanis Morissette, You Oughtta Know (Dave Coulier)

Now it’s your turn. Add more! Why stay at 29?

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13 thoughts on “Time for a list! 29 songs about actors and actresses”

John Mark on September 28, 2008 at 10:12 pm said:

Peter Gabriel – In Your Eyes (Rosanna Arquette)

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VIP Vince on September 29, 2008 at 10:06 am said:

My Turn! CARLY SIMON, “You’re so Vain” …Warren Beatty.

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DFS on September 30, 2008 at 2:58 am said:

Piebald – Grace Kelly With Wings

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Steve on January 25, 2009 at 2:04 pm said:

Marie Provost by Nick Lowe

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Innovae on February 7, 2009 at 6:43 pm said:

Frank Sinatra by Miss Kitten or Cake

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Innovae on February 7, 2009 at 6:44 pm said:

Crispin Glover by Starling

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Innovae on February 7, 2009 at 6:45 pm said:

Oop, Crispin Glover by Scarling

Oh and Bill Murray by Gorillaz

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Mayla S on February 12, 2009 at 1:08 pm said:

Sheryl Crow – Steve McQueen
ZZ Top – Vincent Price Blues

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LTJ on October 10, 2009 at 2:52 pm said:

Chamillionaire (Feat. Z-RO) – Denzel Washington

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Tony Browning on November 19, 2011 at 5:19 am said:

Billy Squier – Nobody Knows (John Lennon)
Elton John – Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny) (John Lennon)
Beatles – Dear Prudence (Song about Mia Farrow’s sister Prudence Farrow)

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- Tony Browning on November 20, 2011 at 8:52 am said:
  
  Pink Floyd – Vera (Vera Lynn)
  The Kinks – Mr. Churchill Says (Vera Lynn)
  
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Tony Browning on December 11, 2011 at 11:46 pm said:

The Wolfmen – Marilyn Monroe (Wam Bam JFK)

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ron on April 25, 2013 at 12:48 pm said:

Hollywood – Michael Buble
Hollywood Nights – Bob Seager
B Movie – Elvis Costello
Hollywood – Red Hot Chili Peppers (orig. The Meters)
E=MC2 – Big Audio Dynamite
Stage Fright – The Band
Hollywood – Madonna
This Ain’t A Surfin’ Movie – Minus The Bear
Act Naturally – The Beatles (orig. Buck Owen)
Like Dylan in the Movies – Belle & Sebastian

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