Coffee Snake: Name drops
by Sean McPherson and Anna Weggel
April 09, 2021
For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that name drop another musician or band?
Let's see if we can make a "snake" or two -- a chain of songs that reference the next band, then the next band, etc.
Who can put together the longest chain? Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.
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Songs played
The National - So Far Around The Bend
Pavement - Unseen Power Of The Picket Fence
R.E.M. - Man on the Moon
Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes
T. Rex - Telegram Sam
Howlin' Wolf - Smoke Stack Lightning
(And a bonus mini snake) Metric - Gimme Sympathy
Clips
Snakes on a Plane - Enough is enough! - TV Edit
Raiders of the Lost Ark - Why Did It Have to Be Snakes
Mean Girls - When you get bit by a snake
YouTube - I'm a snake
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - You won't believe what this snake is doing
Toy Story - There's a snake in my boot