r/Music • u/Fallingbike • 16h ago

discussion Musical name drop chain - longest chain possible?

Last night my brother and I were trying to come up with the longest musical name drop chain. This would be where a song by a musician or band mentions another artist. In turn, that artist mentions a third musical act and so on. (E.g. Hootie & the Blowfish “Only Want to Be With You” to Bob Dylan “Highlands” to Neil Young to …?)
What’s the longest or best chains? Any infinite loops?

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u/MooseMalloy 14h ago

You should be able to patch Reunion’s Life is a Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me) into nearly any chain.

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u/Fallingbike 14h ago

That’s a good one, but I don’t know that anyone name drops Reunion the band. It would have to be the start of the chain, but sooo many jumping off points from there.