Songs about people you may or may not know. Think of it as your encyclopedia edition of Listen Up!
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus Three – NY Doll
The Brian Jonestown Massacre – (David Bowie I Loved You) Since I Was Six
David Bowie – Andy Warhol
Robbie Fulks – That Bangle Girl
Family Fodder – Debbie Harry
Lemuria -Christine Perfect
Young Fresh Fellows – Amy Grant
Sonic Youth – Tunic (Song For Karen)
Dennis Alcapone – Cassius Clay
Jr. Thomas & The Volcanos – Brian Wilson
Nancy Dupree with Group Of Rochester, NY Youngsters – James Brown
Simon Love – Joey Ramone
The Ramones – Danny Says
Amy Rigby – Dancing WIth Joey Ramone
Joey Ramone – Maria Bartiromo
Prefab Messiahs – The Man Who Killed Reality
Gang Of People – Ivanka (Things You Can’t Have)
Rod & The MSR Singers – Richard Nixon
Monty Python – Henry Kissinger
The Cheesedogs – Rita Jenrette
Gene Marshall – Jimmy Carter Says Yes
The Skeptics – The Ghost of Abraham Lincoln
The Psyclone Rangers – I Wanna Be Jack Kennedy
Human Sexual Response – Jackie Onassis
The Fall – I Am Damo Suzuki
The Mountain Goats – Andrew Eldritch Is Moving Back To Leeds
The Dead Milkmen – Caitlin Childs
Original Sins – Sally Kirkland
The Johnsons – Sylvia Plath
The Go-Betweens – Lee Remick
The Baseball Project – The Day Doc Went Hunting Heads
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