Cartoon references in songs and band names

[MonkeyFunk]

"One Week" by the Barenaked Ladies
"You'll think you're lookin' at Aquaman
I summon fish to the dish,
Although I like the Chalet Swiss
I like the sushi'cause its ever touched a frying pan"

"Gotta get in tune with Sailor Moon
Cause that cartoon has got the boom anime babes
That make me think the wrong thing"

"Astroboy" and "Teen Titans" by the Beangrowers
The lyrics to this Italian group's song Astroboy are generic sci-fi stuff with no direct references to the anime ("Astroboy, he lives in a tin can, Astroboy, he flies in a rocket"); Teen Titans as far as I can tell has nothing to do with either the series or comic aside from the title.

"Johnny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts" by Less than Jake
The song actually refers to a real-life fan of the band, nicknamed Johnny Quest, not the HB series. But I thought the title was too awesome not to mention...

As far as band names go, there's a German hip-hop group named Signor Rossi, after a Bruno Bozetto character; a DJ named Danger Mouse; and, for some reason, a metal band named Urotsukidoji, after the archetypal tentacle rape anime.

[lupercal]

There's a song called 'Mickey Mouse' by Sparks. The entire lyrics are about Disney characters.

There's 'Master of the Universe' by Hawkwind, but that came out years before the cartoon series.

'Who Killed Bambi?' by The Sex Pistols

(though they probably didn't have the cartoon version in mind) 'I Wish I could Fly Like Superman' by The Kinks. Also "I Whupped Batman's Ass' by Wesley Willis.

Scooby-Doo (and Superman) are mentioned in 'Are You the Business?' by John Cooper Clarke

'Snoopy and the Red Baron', by whoever did that...

I once wrote a song called 'Roger Rabbit, H.P. Lovecraft and Me'

Guided by Voices have a track called 'The Who versus Porky Pig'

Loudon Wainwright III had a song called 'Saturday Morning Fever', which mentions The Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Popeye and Olive Oyl, and probably lots more, but it's years since I heard it.

(ok... after much mental straining I remembered the last verse)

"On Saturday morning I was watching Popeye the Sailor Man
He really gets it on when he gets into that spinach can
He kicks the hell out of Bluto, and he always gets his girl
Skinny and sexy, sleazy, greasy Olive Oyl."


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(Robin Williams also did a brilliant vocal track on an early 80's album, titled 'Elmer Fudd sings Bruce Springsteen')

[MonkeyFunk]

Found another one: The Whole World is Quiet by Del Amitri:

Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse seem stuck for what to say
Even the presence of Jesus in this house couldn't chase those demons away
The whole world is quiet

And Charlie Brown with his big baseball glove finds it hard to keep the blush upon his face
When only an uncle knows the secret of the stolen drops of pearl on your pillowcase
The whole world is quiet

Look who's got a present for sweet little you
You'd better button up about it or he'll cry
Someone's in the kitchen mixing biscuits in a bowl
You can hear it if you lie completely quiet
Just like Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse
The whole world is quiet

...no, I don't know what they're talking about either.

[lupercal]

Oh yeah, The Kinks also mention Donald Duck (and Desperate Dan) in 'The Village Green Preservation Society'.

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[MonkeyFunk]

Now Superman;s been brought up... there must have been tons of songs that mention him. Off the top of my head, Jim Croce sang "you don't tug on Superman's cape"; some rapper or another sang "I'll be your Superman" and Queen sang "I don't believe in Peter Pan, Frankenstein or Superman".

(come to think of it, I'm pretty sure the video for the last one showed Disney's Peter Pan)

[athena]

well there's a super obvious one... Aqua's 'Cartoon Heroes'...


"Cartoon Heroes"

We are what we're supposed to be
Illusions of your fantasy
All dots and lines that speak and say
What we do is what you wish to do

We are the color symphony
We do the things you wanna see
Frame by frame, to the extreme

Our friends are so unreasonable
They do the unpredictable
All dots lines that speak and say
What we do is what you wish to do

It's all an orchestra of strings
Doin' unbelievable things
Frame by frame, to the extreme
One by one, we're makin' it fun

We are the Cartoon Heroes - oh-oh-oh
We are the ones who're gonna last forever
We came out of a crazy mind - oh-oh-oh
And walked out on a piece of paper

Here comes Spiderman, arachnophobian
Welcome to the toon town party
Here comes Superman, from never-neverland
Welcome to the toon town party

We learned to run at speed of light
And to fall down from any height
It's true, but just remember that
What we do is what you just can't do

And all the worlds of craziness
A bunch of stars that's chasing us
Frame by frame, to the extreme
One by one, we're makin' it fun

We are the Cartoon Heroes - oh-oh-oh
We are the ones who're gonna last forever
We came out of a crazy mind - oh-oh-oh
And walked out on a piece of paper

Here comes Spiderman, arachnophobian
Welcome to the toon town party
Here comes Superman, from never-neverland
Welcome to the toon town party

You think we're so mysterious
Don't take us all too serious
Be original, and remember that
What we do is what you just can't do

What we do is what you just can't do
What we do is what you just can't do
What we do is what you just can't do
What we do is what you just can't do

We are the Cartoon Heroes - oh-oh-oh
We are the ones who're gonna last forever
We came out of a crazy mind - oh-oh-oh
And walked out on a piece of paper

There's still more to come
And everyone will be
Welcomed at the
Toon - Toon
Town - Town
Party


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