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From Nirvana to The Clash and The Boo Radleys to Scroobius Pip, Steve and Felix explore tracks which reference other artists, including a revelation by Courtney Love about the origins of Gwen Stefani's Hollaback Girl.

Produced by Paul Sheehan at Cup and Nuzzle for BBC Radio 6 Music Indie Forever.

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Music Played

  • Weezer

    Buddy Holly

    • Geffen.

  • Bill Ryder-Jones

    This Can't Go On

    • Domino.

  • Echo & the Bunnymen

    The Killing Moon (2012 Remaster)

    • Radio 1 Classics 100 Vol. 2.
    • WM Benelux BV.
    • 15.

  • Metric

    Gimme Sympathy

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Metric Productions.
    • 1.

  • The House of Love

    Beatles And The Stones

    • Fontana.

  • Beastie Boys

    Shake Your Rump

    • Capitol Records.

  • A House

    Endless Art

    • Setanta.

  • IDLES

    Danny Nedelko

    • PARTISAN RECORDS.

  • Arctic Monkeys

    Star Treatment

    • Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino.
    • 1.

  • Gwen Stefani

    Hollaback Girl

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.

  • Nirvana

    Heart-Shaped Box

    • Geffen.

  • The Clash

    Train In Vain

    • The Essential Clash.
    • Sony Music Entertainment.

  • Beck

    Devils Haircut

    • Geffen.

  • Travis

    Slide Show

    • The Man Who (20th Anniversary Edition).
    • Craft Recordings.
    • 10.

  • LCD Soundsystem

    Losing My Edge

    • LCD Soundsystem.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 1.

  • Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip

    Thou Shalt Always Kill

    • Angles.
    • Strange Famous Records.
    • 3.

  • Neil Young

    Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)

    • Greatest Hits.
    • Reprise.
    • 14.

  • Public Image Ltd

    Rise

    • Virgin.

  • The National

    Don't Swallow the Cap

    • Trouble Will Find Me.
    • 4AD.
    • 3.

  • Oasis

    Cast No Shadow

    • CREATION RECORDS.

  • Richard Ashcroft

    A Song For The Lovers

    • Hut Music.

  • Sons and Daughters

    Johnny Cash

    • Johnny Cash / Hunt.
    • Domino Recording Co.
    • 1.

  • Lucinda Williams

    Drunken Angel

    • Car Wheels On A Gravel Road.
    • Island Def Jam.
    • 4.

  • The Boo Radleys

    It's Lulu

    • Creation Records.

  • Ben Folds

    Rockin' The Suburbs

    • Epic.

  • Half Man Half Biscuit

    Joy Division Oven Gloves

    • Probe Plus.

Broadcast

  • Thursday 10:00
    BBC Radio 6 Indie Forever