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Mixtape 261 • The Famous Polka I
Welcome to a near-biographical experience as we focus on songs named after (and occasionally about) real people you may have heard of.
| Song | Artist | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
Brian Eno | MGMT | Making the Happenings | |
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Clint Eastwood | Gorillaz | Something about muesli | |
D. Boon | Uncle Tupelo | Guitar for the Minutemen | |
Alan Bean | Hefner | The fourth man on the moon | |
Jackie Onassis | Human Sexual Response | You had me at big sunglasses | |
| — • BREAK • — | |||
Paul Revere | Asylum Street Spankers | A double whammy | |
Abe Lincoln | Bishop Allen | Very fast walker | |
Dean Martin | Poor Little Fools | A smooth operator | |
Frank Sinatra | Cake | That’s enough | |
| — • BREAK • — | |||
Meg Ryan | Self | It’s the dream | |
Peter Tripodi | Spot 1019 | Self-referential | |
Vincent Van Gogh | The Squirrels | He loved color | |
| — • BREAK • — | |||
Carl Sagan | The Boneless Children Foundation | Billions of stars | |
James K. Polk | They Might Be Giants | More presidentialism | |
Jack Ruby | Camper Van Beethoven | His hat tilted forward | |
| — • BREAK • — | |||
Bill Cosby | Shibboleth | Different times | |
