read Norman Mailer
Listening to Lloyd Cole’s ‘Rattlesnakes’ at the weekend. On the song ‘Are you ready to be heartbroken?’ Lloyd makes the astute observation:
read Norman Mailer
or get a new tailor
which in turn makes me think of the 10,00 maniacs song ‘hey Jack Kerouac’ about well yes Jack Kerouack and the “San Fransico beat boys”.
So here’s the question what other authors have been name checked in songs?
