- *The Beatles* - "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (alludes to Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland")
- *Bob Dylan* - "All Along the Watchtower" (alludes to the Book of Isaiah in the Bible)
- *Pink Floyd* - "The Wall" (alludes to George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four")
- *Led Zeppelin* - "Kashmir" (alludes to the Kashmir region in India)
Allusions to History:
- *Bruce Springsteen* - "Born in the U.S.A." (alludes to the Vietnam War)
- *U2* - "Sunday Bloody Sunday" (alludes to a violent event in Northern Ireland)
- *Green Day* - "American Idiot" (alludes to the George W. Bush presidency)
Allusions to Mythology:
- *Madonna* - "Like a Virgin" (alludes to the Virgin Mary)
- *The Rolling Stones* - "Sympathy for the Devil" (alludes to the devil in Christian mythology)
- *Led Zeppelin* - "Stairway to Heaven" (alludes to the biblical story of Jacob's ladder)
Allusions to Pop Culture:
- *The B-52s* - "Love Shack" (alludes to the TV show "The Love Boat")
- *Run-D.M.C.* - "Walk This Way" (alludes to the movie "Young Frankenstein")
- *Eminem* - "Stan" (alludes to the character Stan from the Eminem song of the same name)