Celebrity songs: Rick James to Jim Morrison

Courage built a bridge, jealous tore it down …

“Rick James Style,” The Lemonheads
“Jasper Johns,” Twitchen Vibes
“Jung and the Restless,” Steve Taylor
“My Name Is Lisa Kalvelage,” Ani DiFranco
“Kasparov vs. Deep Blue,” Moxy Fruvous
“Hey Jack Kerouac,” 10,000 Maniacs
“Up to the Mountain (MLK Song),” Patty Griffin
“Kohoutek,” R.E.M.
“I Wanna Be Your J.Lo,” Cansei De Ser Sexy
“Bela Lugosi’s Dead,” Bauhaus

So let’s see: Two musicians, two pacifists, an actor, a writer, a painter, a psychotherapist, a chess master, and an astronomer. That’d be another very interesting dinner party. (Yeah, OK, “Kohoutek” is probably named after the comet, but the comet was named after the astronomer, so I’m counting it.)