Top 10 Rock Songs About Musical Scenes or Genres

This song literally describes the music scene of 1980's glam metal. Knopfler here criticizes the glam metal musicians for leading a lavish lifestyle without working hard.

I would have to say I kind of disagree with him. On the one hand I’m with him that the lifestyles of the rich and famous are pretty excessive however specifically criticising the musicians of a particular genre and also suggesting they didn’t need to work hard to get there seems disingenuous. Good list by the way.

Again, Mark Knopfler here talks about a small jazz band singing at a pub. They are not famous because they don't play mainstream rock music.

Good to have you back! This is a pretty solid list.

Basically this song is about people dancing to the beats of rock n' roll music. The rock music of the '50s.

About the dead musicians. Especially from the psyche rock scene. From Janis Joplin to Jimi Hendrix.

Describes several musical acts especially the heavy metal suicide.

It is probably about Rory Gallagher himself. He talks about listening to blues songs all the day in a bar. He is isolated from everybody.
"There's a song on the lips of everybody,
There's a smile all around the room,
There's conversation overflowing,

But I sit here with the blues. from everybody and devotes himself to music"

Talks about music censorship

It is about Lennon being high. Probably not a very good item here but still its kinda related to psych rock scene of that time.

Song about idiotic Nazis in the Punk scene.

Punk song ripping on Punks.

What can I say, Poison Idea hates Reggae. Personally I dig it.

This song's about the 60's rock and roll