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* In 1976 the retro/disco group Dr. Buzzard's Original "Savannah" Band had a hit with the song "Cherchez La Femme." The opening verse contained a [[Shout-Out]] to their manager, Tommy Mottola. Later Mottola became famous as the president of CBS Records and the mentor and husband of Mariah Carey. But after his bitter 1997 divorce from Carey, the song's lyrics about Mottola suddenly rang true: "He lost his lady two months ago/Maybe he'll find her, maybe he won't...I guess you could say the man has learned his lesson/Now he's alone, he's got no woman and no home."
* In 1976 the retro/disco group Dr. Buzzard's Original "Savannah" Band had a hit with the song "Cherchez La Femme." The opening verse contained a [[Shout-Out]] to their manager, Tommy Mottola. Later Mottola became famous as the president of CBS Records and the mentor and husband of Mariah Carey. But after his bitter 1997 divorce from Carey, the song's lyrics about Mottola suddenly rang true: "He lost his lady two months ago/Maybe he'll find her, maybe he won't...I guess you could say the man has learned his lesson/Now he's alone, he's got no woman and no home."
* The band [[Garbage]], led by Shirley Manson, recorded the title track for the [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] film ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]''; the music video featured a robotic duplicate of Manson killing her, taking her place at the front of the band, then blowing herself up at a concert for the rich and famous. Now that Manson's playing [[The Sarah Connor Chronicles|the T-1000]], the music video takes on a slightly different meaning.
* The band [[Garbage]], led by Shirley Manson, recorded the title track for the [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] film ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]''; the music video featured a robotic duplicate of Manson killing her, taking her place at the front of the band, then blowing herself up at a concert for the rich and famous. Now that Manson's playing [[The Sarah Connor Chronicles|the T-1000]], the music video takes on a slightly different meaning.
** Also, [http://web.archive.org/web/19991007235640/http://www.cafemomo.com/inprint/9604details.shtml this] interview has Manson replying to the rumor that her name was "made up as [[Marilyn Manson|a mixture of Shirley Temple and Charles Manson]]".
** Also, [https://web.archive.org/web/19991007235640/http://www.cafemomo.com/inprint/9604details.shtml this] interview has Manson replying to the rumor that her name was "made up as [[Marilyn Manson|a mixture of Shirley Temple and Charles Manson]]".
* Deep Forest's song "Desert Walk", from their self-titled album, features a rather unusual-sounding sample at about 3:30 into the song. Playing it backwards reveals a snarky message in French, claiming that the group made their own samples to avoid paying royalties to rights agencies. But the apparent reason the album has not been re-released is that Deep Forest failed to get full permission from the anthropologist whose work they ''did'', in fact, sample. Oops.
* Deep Forest's song "Desert Walk", from their self-titled album, features a rather unusual-sounding sample at about 3:30 into the song. Playing it backwards reveals a snarky message in French, claiming that the group made their own samples to avoid paying royalties to rights agencies. But the apparent reason the album has not been re-released is that Deep Forest failed to get full permission from the anthropologist whose work they ''did'', in fact, sample. Oops.
* Tom Lehrer has pointed out that "I Got it From Agnes," which is about a group of friends who share everything and happen to pass whatever it is from male to female and female to male, takes a different light now, after AIDS and other STDs have come into public consciousness.
* Tom Lehrer has pointed out that "I Got it From Agnes," which is about a group of friends who share everything and happen to pass whatever it is from male to female and female to male, takes a different light now, after AIDS and other STDs have come into public consciousness.
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