PopTodd Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 A friend of mine was talking about getting screwed by a website elsewhere, and that he wrote a song about it.That sparked me to thinking about other songs on the same topic; and these came to mind:"Baby You're a Rich Man" - The Beatles"The Compromise" - The Format And, I know that there are many others.Might make for a good mix. Can you help me out? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Graham Parker - Mercury PoisoningThe Chameleons - Up The Down EscalatorTall Dwarfs - Sign The Dotted Line Quote Link to post Share on other sites
howdjadoo Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 The Ultimate: The Rattling Bones - Cocksucker Blues Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 "Zanz Kant Danz" by John Fogerty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 "The Moneygoround" - The Kinks"Laffitte Don't Fail Me Now" - Spoon"The Agony of Laffitte" - Spoon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Graham Parker - Mercury Poisoning Maybe the most famous song of this type of all time. Didn't Michelle Shocked also have a nasty song about Mercury too? LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shakespeare In The Alley Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Reptiles - Them Crooked Vultures Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted May 28, 2010 Author Share Posted May 28, 2010 Not sure if it's about getting screwed, but it is certainly done with tongue firmly in cheek."I Love My Label" - Nick Lowe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winston Legthigh Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 "Baby You're a Rich Man" - The Beatles It is? How about EMI by the Sex Pistols? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted May 28, 2010 Author Share Posted May 28, 2010 Winston,Supposedly it was written at a time where the guys in the band were getting kinda pissed at Brian Epstien for some of his shadier business practices. Or at least for some of his posturing. Not sure if it's true, but that's the legend. (Supposedly the original title of the song was "Baby, You're a Rich Fag Jew". Again, not sure if that's true or not, but that's the legend.) Lyrics:How does it feel to beOne of the beautiful people?Now that you know who you areWhat do you want to be?And have you travelled very far?Far as the eye can see.How does it feel to beOne of the beautiful people?How often have you been there?Often enough to know.What did you see, when you were there?Nothing that doesn't show.Baby you're a rich man,Baby you're a rich man,Baby you're a rich man too.You keep all your money in a big brown bag inside a zoo.What a thing to do.Baby you're a rich man,Baby you're a rich man,Baby you're a rich man too.How does it feel to beOne of the beautiful people?Tuned to a natural EHappy to be that way.Now that you've found another keyWhat are you going to play?Baby you're a rich man,Baby you're a rich man,Baby you're a rich man too.You keep all your money in a big brown bag inside a zoo.What a thing to do.Baby you're a rich man... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Artifice Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 The Smiths - Paint a Vulgar Picture At the record company meetingOn their hands - a dead starAnd oh, the plans they weaveAnd oh, the sickening greed At the record company partyOn their hands - a dead starThe sycophantic slags all say :"I knew him first, and I knew him well" Re-issue ! Re-package ! Re-package !Re-evaluate the songsDouble-pack with a photographExtra Track (and a tacky badge) A-list, playlist"Please them , please them !""Please them !"(sadly, THIS was your life) But you could have said noIf you'd wanted toYou could have said noIf you'd wanted to BPI, MTV, BBC"Please them ! Please them !"(sadly this was your life) But you could have said noIf you'd wanted toYou could have walked away...Couldn't you ? I touched you at the soundcheckYou had no real way of knowingIn my heart I begged "Take me with you ...I don't care where you're going..." But to you I was facelessI was fawning, I was boringJust a child from those ugly new housesWho could never begin to know Who could never really knowOh ... Best of ! Most of !Satiate the needSlip them into different sleeves !Buy both, and feel deceived Climber - new entry, re-entryWorld tour ! ("media whore")"Please the Press in Belgium !"(THIS was your life...) And when it fails to recoup ?Well, maybe :You just haven't earned it yet, baby I walked a pace behind you at the soundcheckYou're just the same as I amWhat makes most people feel happyLeads us headlong into harm So, in my bedroom in those 'ugly new houses'I danced my legs down to the kneesBut me and my 'true love'Will never meet again ... At the record company meetingOn their hands - at last ! - a dead star !But they can never taint you in my eyesNo, they can never touch you now No, they cannot hurt you, my darlingThey cannot touch you nowBut me and my 'true love'Will never meet again Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Sex Pistols "E.M.I." Lynyrd Skynyrd "Workin' for MCA" Ohhh ... seven years of hard luck, comin' down on meFrom the Florida border, yes, up to Nashville TennesseeI worked in every joint you can name, yessuh, every honkytonkAlong come Mister Yankee Slicker, sayin' maybe you what I want Want you to sign your contractWant you to sign todayGonna give you lots of moneyWorkin' for MCA Ohhh ... nine thousand dollars, that's all we could winBut we smiled at the Yankee Slicker with a big ol' Southern grinThey're gonna take me out to California, gonna make me a superstarJust pay me all my money and maybe you won't get a scar Want you to sign your contractWant you to sign todayGonna give you lots of moneyWorkin' for MCA Ohhh ... slickers steal my money, since I was seventeenIf it ain't no pencil pusher, then it got to be a honkytonk queenBut I'll sign my contract, baby, and I want you people to knowEvery penny that I make, I want to see where my money goes Want you to sign your contractWant you to sign todayGonna give you lots of moneyWorkin' for MCA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vacant Horizon Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Pretty much any song by van morrison...? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moxiebean Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 "Complete Control" - The Clash Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Skynyrd - Working for MCA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dagwave Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Sex Pistols "E.M.I." Lynyrd Skynyrd "Workin' for MCA" Ohhh ... seven years of hard luck, comin' down on meFrom the Florida border, yes, up to Nashville TennesseeI worked in every joint you can name, yessuh, every honkytonkAlong come Mister Yankee Slicker, sayin' maybe you what I want Want you to sign your contractWant you to sign todayGonna give you lots of moneyWorkin' for MCA Ohhh ... nine thousand dollars, that's all we could winBut we smiled at the Yankee Slicker with a big ol' Southern grinThey're gonna take me out to California, gonna make me a superstarJust pay me all my money and maybe you won't get a scar Want you to sign your contractWant you to sign todayGonna give you lots of moneyWorkin' for MCA Ohhh ... slickers steal my money, since I was seventeenIf it ain't no pencil pusher, then it got to be a honkytonk queenBut I'll sign my contract, baby, and I want you people to knowEvery penny that I make, I want to see where my money goes Want you to sign your contractWant you to sign todayGonna give you lots of moneyWorkin' for MCA That was the first one that came to mind for me. Schweeeeeeet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nalafej Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Cracker - Ain't Gonna Suck Itself for Virgin records Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Cracker - Ain't Gonna Suck Itself for Virgin records That's the first one that came to mind for me. How about "Serve the Servants" by Nirvana Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 "Zanz Kant Danz" by John Fogerty but he'll steal your money! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
augurus Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Wrens - Everyone Choose Sides Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JAK2112 Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Pink Floyd - Welcome to the MachineAmanda Palmer - Please Drop Me Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Pink Floyd - Welcome to the Machine "Have A Cigar", also. Reel Big Fish's "Sell Out" kinda qualifies... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
virtualreason Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 ...Is everyone just taking "Company in My Back" as a given? Also, LCD Soundsystem's "You Wanted a Hit". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
augurus Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 ...Is everyone just taking "Company in My Back" as a given?I haven't looked at Company In My Back that way at all. It sounds more like Tweedy's unpleasant states while he was taking drugs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lizish Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 Wrens - Everyone Choose Sides and we have a winner. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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