pop culture references
Artists Listing
A
- AC/DC
You Shook Me All Night Long
Chapter 12
- Abba
Dancing Queen
Chapter 20
- Laurie Anderson
Let X Equal X
Chapter 7
- The Animals
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Chapter 38
- Anti-ROTC slogan
Pigs off campus
Chapter 7
- The Aristocrats
- "The Aristocrats" joke Chapter 11
- The A-Team
I pity the fool.
Chapter 22
- Fred Astaire
Top Hat
Chapter 34
- Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
Chapter 18
B
- Shirley Bassey
Goldfinger
Chapter 6
- The Beach Boys
God Only Knows
Chapter 14
Sloop John B.
Chapter 45
Wouldn't it be Nice
Chapter 18
- Beastie Boys
Fight for Your Right to Party
Chapter 1
- The Beatles
All Together Now
Chapter 23
All You Need Is Love
Chapter 6
Bad Boy
Chapter 19
A Day in the Life
Chapter 14, Chapter 21
Drive My Car
Chapter 3
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Chapter 5, Chapter 34
Get Back
Chapter 18
Hello Goodbye
Chapter 11, Chapter 16, Chapter 40
Helter Skelter
Chapter 41
Hey Jude
Chapter 10
I Am the Walrus
Chapter 11
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Chapter 22
I'm Looking Through You
Chapter 10
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Chapter 5
Revolution
Chapter 18
Rocky Raccoon
Chapter 9
Tomorrow Never Knows
Chapter 13
Twist and Shout
Chapter 11
Two of Us
Chapter 14
With a Little Help from My Friends
Chapter 40
- The Beau Brummels
Laugh Laugh
Chapter 19
- The Bee Gees
Massachusetts
Chapter 35
- Lou Bega
Mambo Number 5
Chapter 7
- Pat Benatar
Hit Me with Your Best Shot
Chapter 43
- Irving Berlin
Puttin' on the Ritz
Chapter 34
- Chuck Berry
Johnny B. Goode
Chapter 8
School Days
Chapter 10
- Blondie
One Way or Another
Chapter 9
X Offender
Chapter 4
- Blue Oyster Cult
Don't Fear the Reaper
Chapter 5, Chapter 43
- Body Count
Cop Killer
Chapter 39
- Gary US Bonds
This Little Girl is Mine
Chapter 15
- Bongos, Bass, and Bob
Oral Hygiene
Chapter 19
- Bongwater
Double Bummer
Chapter 22
- The Boomtown Rats
I Don't Like Mondays
Chapter 26
- Pat Boone
Love Letters in the Sand
Chapter 27
- Bow Wow Wow
I Want Candy
Chapter 19
- David Bowie
“Heroes”
Chapter 43
Let's Dance
Chapter 34
Oh! You Pretty Things
Chapter 14
Rock and Roll Suicide
Chapter 33
- Al Bowlly
You Ought to Be in Pictures
Chapter 21
- The Box Tops
The Letter
Chapter 23
- Johannes Brahms
Lullaby
Chapter 45
- Marlon Brando
- Apocalypse Now Chapter 13
- James Brown
Hot Pants
Chapter 43
Please Please Please
Chapter 43
Sex Machine
Chapter 6
- Jackson Browne
Doctor My Eyes
Chapter 1
- The Buggles
Video Killed the Radio Star
Chapter 21
- The Byrds
So You Want to be a Rock and Roll Star
Chapter 21
C
- John Cale
Leaving it Up to You
Chapter 44
- Canned Heat
Sic 'Em Pigs
Chapter 7
- Captain Beefheart
Safe as Milk
Chapter 33
Lick My Decals Off, Baby
Chapter 33
- The Carrie Nations (Beyond the Valley of the Dolls)
Come with the Gentle People
Chapter 9
- Jim Carroll
People Who Died
Chapter 18
- Johnny Cash
A Boy Named Sue
Chapter 19
- Cheap Trick
I Want You to Want Me
Chapter 39
- The Clash
Brand New Cadillac
Chapter 18
The Call Up
Chapter 10
I'm So Bored with the U.S.A.
Chapter 15
Lost in the Supermarket
Chapter 13
Somebody Got Murdered
Chapter 8
- Patsy Cline
Crazy
Chapter 35
- David Allen Coe
Take this Job and Shove It
Chapter 34
- Nat King Cole
Nature Boy
Chapter 12
- The Commodores
Brick House
Chapter 7
- Alice Cooper
School's Out
Chapter 20
Welcome to My Nightmare
Chapter 9
- Elvis Costello
Girls Talk
Chapter 14
Miracle Man
Chapter 12
(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
Chapter 34
White Knuckles
Chapter 6
- Cover Girl cosmetics ad campaign
Cover Girl's the one for clean makeup
Chapter 20
- The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Fire
Chapter 45
- Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
Ohio
Chapter 26
Our House
Chapter 18
- Culture Club
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?
Chapter 16
Karma Chameleon
Chapter 20
D
- Bobby Darin
Mack the Knife
Chapter 45
- Jimmy Dean
Big Bad John
Chapter 27
- Deep Purple
Hush
Chapter 33
- Bo Diddley
Who Do You Love?
Chapter 1
- Marlene Dietrich
Falling In Love Again
Chapter 20
- Dirty Harry
I know what you're thinking, punk.
Chapter 23, Chapter 26, Chapter 39
- Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
Billy Don't Be a Hero
Chapter 11
- The Doors
Break on Through
Chapter 26
Hello, I Love You
Chapter 18
Light My Fire
Chapter 5
- Ian Dury and the Blockheads
Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick
Chapter 43
- Bob Dylan
Absolutely Sweet Marie
Chapter 11, Chapter 16
Brownsville Girl
Chapter 5
Gotta Serve Somebody
Chapter 11
The Lonesome death of Hattie Carrroll
Chapter 30, Chapter 39
Love Minus Zero/No Limit
Chapter 16, Chapter 19
Maggie's Farm
Chapter 21
Tell Me Mamma
Chapter 10, Chapter 41
Time Passes Slowly
Chapter 17
The Times They Are A-Changin'
Chapter 10, Chapter 11
To Ramona
Chapter 19
E
- Eminem
Kill You
Chapter 6
The Way I Am
Chapter 2
- The Everly Brothers
Bye Bye Love
Chapter 12
F
- The Four Lads
Standing on the Corner
Chapter 5, Chapter 44
- Aretha Franklin
Natural Woman
Chapter 14
- Kinky Friedman
The Ballad of Charles Whitman
Chapter 33
- The Bobby Fuller Four
I Fought the Law
Chapter 11
G
- Gloria Gaynor
I Will Survive
Chapter 8
- Mitzi Gaynor
I'm Gonna Wash that Man Right Out of My Hair
Chapter 40
- J. Geils Band
Centerfold
Chapter 5
Wammer Jammer
Chapter 1
- Glen or Glenda
Pull the string! Pull the string!
Chapter 32
- Lesley Gore
It's My Party
Chapter 23
H
- Isaac Hayes,
Shaft
Chapter 15
- John Hurt
- The Elephant Man Chapter 16
I
- I Love Lucy
Lucy, you gotta lotta 'splainin' to do!
Chapter 39
- Iron Butterfly
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Chapter 34
J
- Michael Jackson
Beat It
Chapter 22
- Tommy James and the Shondells
I Think We're Alone Now
Chapter 45
- The Jefferson Airplane
Somebody to Love
Chapter 41
- Jethro Tull
Aqualung
Chapter 35
- Billy Joel
The Stranger
Chapter 40
- Howard Johnson
Mother
Chapter 8
- Jack Jones
Wives and Lovers
Chapter 16
- Janis Joplin
San Francisco Bay Blues
Chapter 22
- The Jungle Book
I Wanna Be Like You
Chapter 6
K
- Albert King
Born Under a Bad Sign
Chapter 1
- The Kinks
Lola
Chapter 15
L
- Led Zeppelin
Black Dog
Chapter 8
Whole Lotta Love
Chapter 3, Chapter 36
- John Lennon
Gimme Some Truth
Chapter 2
God
Chapter 33
Power to the People
Chapter 11
- Jerry Lee Lewis
Great Balls of Fire
Chapter 33
- Ted Lewis
On the Sunny Side of the Street
Chapter 7
- Love
My Little Red Book
Chapter 16
M
- MC5
Kick Out the Jams
Chapter 1
- The Magic Christian
Right and double right…
Chapter 35
- Manfred Mann
Do Wah Diddy
Chapter 34
- Little Peggy March
I Will Follow Him
Chapter 44
- Marcy Playground
Sex and Candy
Chapter 31
- Steve Martin
King Tut
Chapter 21
…there's a clown in the refrigerator.
Chapter 22
- Don McLean
Vincent
Chapter 17
- Herman Melville
- Moby Dick Chapter 47
- Ethel Merman
Everything's Coming Up Roses
Chapter 22
- Russ Meyer
- Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Chapter 16
- Moby Grape
Hey Grandma
Chapter 33
- The Modern Lovers
Ice Cream Man
Chapter 10
Roadrunner
Chapter 1, Chapter 21
- The Monkees
A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You
Chapter 40
Daydream Believer
Chapter 31
Last Train to Clarksville
Chapter 22
- Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
The Ballad of Jed Clampett
Chapter 11
- Alanis Morissette
You Oughta Know
Chapter 7
- The Mothers of Invention
Call Any Vegetable
Chapter 20
N
- NRBQ
Hot Biscuits & Sweet Marie
Chapter 31
Rocket in My Pocket
Chapter 45
- Johnny Nash
I Can See Clearly Now
Chapter 17
- Ogden Nash
The Purple Cow
Chapter 16
- The Nerves
Hanging on the Telephone
Chapter 7
- Randy Newman
Mama Told Me Not to Come
Chapter 18
- Jack Nicholson
- Chinatown Chapter 17
- Harry Nilsson
One
Chapter 6
- Nirvana
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Chapter 2, Chapter 4
O
- The Offspring
Come Out and Play
Chapter 20
- Roy Orbison
In Dreams
Chapter 40
- Gilbert O'Sullivan
Alone Again Naturally
Chapter 12
P
- Dolly Parton
Nine to Five
Chapter 16
- The Partridge Family
I Think I Love You
Chapter 13, Chapter 26
- Penn & Teller stage show
King of Animal Traps
Chapter 36
- Penn & Teller Get Killed
- deleted scene Chapter 11
- Peter, Paul, and Mary
Puff the Magic Dragon
Chapter 8
- Gene Pitney
Town Without Pity
Chapter 22
- Plan 9 from Outer Space
Your stupid minds, your stupid, stupid minds.
Chapter 32, Chapter 44
Did you hear anything? I thought I did. I thought I did.
Chapter 32
- The Police
Every Breath You Take
Chapter 9
Roxanne
Chapter 20
- Iggy Pop
The Idiot
Chapter 45
- The Pretenders
Brass in Pocket
Chapter 22
- Prince
Little Red Corvette
Chapter 7, Chapter 10
- Pro-motorcycles bumper sticker
Loud pipes save lives
Chapter 2
- Public Enemy
Bring the Noise
Chapter 1
Q
- Queen
We Are the Champions
Chapter 11, Chapter 20
R
- Ramones
Blitzkrieg Bop
Chapter 8, Chapter 30
- The Rascals,
People Got to Be Free
Chapter 18
- Helen Reddy
I Am Woman
Chapter 12
You and Me Against the World
Chapter 22
- Lou Reed
Take a Walk on the Wild Side
Chapter 1, Chapter 12
There is No Time
Chapter 30
- Arthur "Blind Willie" Reynolds
Outside Woman Blues
Chapter 7
- Right Said Fred
I'm Too Sexy
Chapter 2
- Johnny Rivers
Secret Agent Man
Chapter 44
- The Rolling Stones
Beast of Burden
Chapter 3, Chapter 8
Dancing with Mr. D
Chapter 34
Jigsaw Puzzle
Chapter 9
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Chapter 1
Live With Me
Chapter 1
Midnight Rambler
Chapter 43
Paint it Black
Chapter 9
Satisfaction
Chapter 20
Waiting on a Friend
Chapter 12
S
- Santana
Smooth
Chapter 44
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- The Terminator Chapter 19
- The Searchers
Needles and Pins
Chapter 1
- Bob Seger
Night Moves
Chapter 22
- The Sex Pistols
Liar!
Chapter 16
Pretty Vacant
Chapter 40
- Jean Shepherd
- In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash Chapter 21
- The Silence of the Lambs
Don't touch the glass.
Chapter 22
- Carly Simon
You're So Vain
Chapter 45
- Paul Simon
The Myth of Fingerprints
Chapter 20
- Simon and Garfunkel
Homeward Bound
Chapter 41
Sounds of Silence
Chapter 30
- Frank Sinatra
I Got Plenty of Nothing
Chapter 30
I've Got the World on a String
Chapter 34
I've Got You Under My Skin
Chapter 46
One for My Baby
Chapter 6
Someone to Watch Over Me
Chapter 22
- Sir Mix-A-Lot
Baby Got Back
Chapter 10
- The Smithereens
Blood and Roses
Chapter 22
- Snoop Doggy Dogg
What's My Name
Chapter 43
- Sonny and Cher
I Got You Babe
Chapter 10, Chapter 16
- Spin Doctors
Two Princes
Chapter 26
- Bruce Springsteen
Candy's Room
Chapter 19
Dancing in the Dark
Chapter 35
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Chapter 40
- Star Trek
Live long and prosper.
Chapter 23
- The Statler Brothers
Flowers on the Wall
Chapter 32
- Steppenwolf
Born to Be Wild
Chapter 2
The Pusher
Chapter 2, Chapter 9
- Cat Stevens
The First Cut is the Deepest
Chapter 43
- Ray Stevens
Everything is Beautiful
Chapter 12
- The Stooges
I Wanna Be Your Dog
Chapter 17
- Sun Ra
Rocket Number Nine
Chapter 41
- Superman comics
She had been his superpower under a yellow sun.
Chapter 8
T
- T Rex
Bang a Gong
Chapter 20
- Talking Heads
Burning Down the House
Chapter 2, Chapter 30
- Thin Lizzy
The Boys Are Back in Town
Chapter 12
- Big Joe Turner
Shake, Ratle, and Roll
Chapter 5
- Travis Tritt
Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof
Chapter 2
U
- U.S. Navy Recruiting Poster
It's Not a Job. It's an Adventure.
Chapter 17
V
- Frankie Valli
My Eyes Adored You
Chapter 12
- Van Halen
Jump
Chapter 43
- The Velvet Underground
Heroin
Chapter 9
Rock and Roll
Chapter 1
Sunday Morning
Chapter 31
Sweet Jane
Chapter 30
Venus In Furs
Chapter 31
White Light/White Heat
Chapter 8, Chapter 9
- The Village People
In the Navy
Chapter 22
YMCA
Chapter 2, Chapter 7
- Violent Femmes
American Music
Chapter 1
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Breakfast of Champions Chapter 19
W
- Tom Waits
Invitation to the Blues
Chapter 33
- Dinah Washington
Teach Me Tonight
Chapter 22
- Wham!
Careless Whisper
Chapter 14
- White Plains
My Baby Loves Lovin'
Chapter 2
- Paul Whiteman
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Chapter 15
- The Who
Behind Blue Eyes
Chapter 23
Christmas
Chapter 5
Magic Bus
Chapter 10
My Generation
Chapter 30
Pictures of Lily
Chapter 22
Tommy Can You Hear Me
Chapter 35, Chapter 40
Won't Get Fooled Again
Chapter 21
- Hank Williams
I Saw the Light
Chapter 36
- The Wizard of Oz
If I Only Had a Brain
Chapter 4
- Tammy Wynette
Stand By Your Man
Chapter 33
Y
- Neil Young
Down By The River
Chapter 6, Chapter 8
Z
- ZZ Top
Legs
Chapter 10
Cheap Sunglasses
Chapter 34
- Warren Zevon
Lawyers, Gins, and Money
Chapter 43
- The Zombies
Time of the Season
Chapter 6, Chapter 12