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Favorite anti-establishment or anti-music industry song or lyrics
Posted on 3/26/24 at 11:26 am
Posted on 3/26/24 at 11:26 am
Here’s a great one
Pink Floyd - “Have a Cigar”
“Well, I've always had a deep respect and I mean that most sincere
The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think
Oh, by the way, which one's pink?
And did we tell you the name of the game boy? We call it riding the gravy train.”
Pink Floyd - “Have a Cigar”
“Well, I've always had a deep respect and I mean that most sincere
The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think
Oh, by the way, which one's pink?
And did we tell you the name of the game boy? We call it riding the gravy train.”
This post was edited on 3/26/24 at 11:45 am
Posted on 3/26/24 at 11:45 am to TigerBR1111
Tool "Hooker With a Penis"
Posted on 3/26/24 at 12:14 pm to TigerBR1111
Posted on 3/26/24 at 12:17 pm to wesfau
quote:
Tool "Hooker With a Penis"
I think you missed the point of this song. It's making fun of super fans, not the record industry
Posted on 3/26/24 at 12:24 pm to TigerBR1111
“For What It’s Worth- Buffalo Springfield
Posted on 3/26/24 at 12:32 pm to TigerBR1111
That is probably my favorite.
I also like The Spirit Of Radio - Rush
Though it is sort of a contrast of what music aught to be and what the music industry turns it into, even though they still provide us with some great music.
It starts off with how music can really brighten up our lives.
Begin the day
With a friendly voice
A companion, unobtrusive
Plays the song that’s so elusive
And the magic music makes your morning mood
Off on your way
Hit the open road
There is magic at your fingers
For the Spirit ever lingers
Undemanding contact
In your happy solitude.
Invisible airwaves
Crackle with life
Bright antennae bristle
With the energy
Emotional feedback
On a timeless wavelength
Bearing a gift beyond price –
Almost free…
Then it starts to hint at the issues
All this machinery
Making modern music
Can still be open-hearted
Not so coldly charted
It’s really just a question
Of your honesty
Then sort of moves into the darker side and skepticism that occurs especially when you see how the sausage is made.
One likes to believe
In the freedom of music
But glittering prizes
And endless compromises
Shatter the illusion
Of integrity
“For the words of the profits,
Are written on the studio wall,
Concert hall –
Echoes with the sounds…
Of salesmen.”
All the while with upbeat almost bright sounding music, if that makes sense.
I also like The Spirit Of Radio - Rush
Though it is sort of a contrast of what music aught to be and what the music industry turns it into, even though they still provide us with some great music.
It starts off with how music can really brighten up our lives.
Begin the day
With a friendly voice
A companion, unobtrusive
Plays the song that’s so elusive
And the magic music makes your morning mood
Off on your way
Hit the open road
There is magic at your fingers
For the Spirit ever lingers
Undemanding contact
In your happy solitude.
Invisible airwaves
Crackle with life
Bright antennae bristle
With the energy
Emotional feedback
On a timeless wavelength
Bearing a gift beyond price –
Almost free…
Then it starts to hint at the issues
All this machinery
Making modern music
Can still be open-hearted
Not so coldly charted
It’s really just a question
Of your honesty
Then sort of moves into the darker side and skepticism that occurs especially when you see how the sausage is made.
One likes to believe
In the freedom of music
But glittering prizes
And endless compromises
Shatter the illusion
Of integrity
“For the words of the profits,
Are written on the studio wall,
Concert hall –
Echoes with the sounds…
Of salesmen.”
All the while with upbeat almost bright sounding music, if that makes sense.
Posted on 3/26/24 at 12:39 pm to TigerBR1111
Everything Counts - Depeche Mode
The handshake seals the contract from the contract
There's no turning back
The turning point of a career in Korea, being insincere
The holiday was fun packed
The contract still intact
The graph on the wall
Tells the story of it all
Picture it now
See just how the lies and deceit
Gained a little more power
Confidence taken in by a sun tan and a grin
The grabbing hands
Grab all they can
All for themselves after all
The grabbing hands
Grab all they can
All for themselves after all
It's a competitive world
Everything counts in large amounts
The handshake seals the contract from the contract
There's no turning back
The turning point of a career in Korea, being insincere
The holiday was fun packed
The contract still intact
The graph on the wall
Tells the story of it all
Picture it now
See just how the lies and deceit
Gained a little more power
Confidence taken in by a sun tan and a grin
The grabbing hands
Grab all they can
All for themselves after all
The grabbing hands
Grab all they can
All for themselves after all
It's a competitive world
Everything counts in large amounts
Posted on 3/26/24 at 12:51 pm to Midget Death Squad
Agreed, but the context of the clueless superfan is that Maynard had to sell out a long time before that guy even heard of him. That's a pretty anti-industry sentiment in my mind.
Posted on 3/26/24 at 12:54 pm to TigerBR1111
Graham Parker had one called " Mercury Poisoning"
Posted on 3/26/24 at 1:27 pm to TigerBR1111
Oh, yes
I love my label and my label loves me
For she's so good and kind
Together, we will pave our destiny
My label always loves to hear some pretty
Chords to its records like these ones
She's always pleased to hear some of these
Pretty melodies, so I sing 'em some
[Chorus]
I love my label, I love my label, yeah
And my label's got high hopes in me
Play the blues
[Verse 2]
Oh, I'm so proud of them up here
We're one big, happy family
I guess you could say I'm the poor
Relation of the parent company
They always ask for lots of songs, but no
More than 2:50 long, so I write 'em some
They never talk behind my back and they're
Always playing my new tracks when I come along
[Chorus, 2x]
Nick Lowe - I Love My Label
I love my label and my label loves me
For she's so good and kind
Together, we will pave our destiny
My label always loves to hear some pretty
Chords to its records like these ones
She's always pleased to hear some of these
Pretty melodies, so I sing 'em some
[Chorus]
I love my label, I love my label, yeah
And my label's got high hopes in me
Play the blues
[Verse 2]
Oh, I'm so proud of them up here
We're one big, happy family
I guess you could say I'm the poor
Relation of the parent company
They always ask for lots of songs, but no
More than 2:50 long, so I write 'em some
They never talk behind my back and they're
Always playing my new tracks when I come along
[Chorus, 2x]
Nick Lowe - I Love My Label
Posted on 3/26/24 at 1:29 pm to TigerBR1111
Green Day’s Holiday being the first real big anti Iraq war song when the music scene was filled with apolitical songs or pro war county songs
The representative from California has the floor
"Sieg Heil" to the president Gasman
Bombs away is your punishment
Pulverize the Eiffel towers
Who criticize your government
"Bang! Bang!" goes the broken glass, and
Kill all the figs that don't agree
Try to fight fire, setting fire
Is not a way that's meant for me
Just 'cause (hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
Just 'cause, because we're outlaws, yeah (hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
Oh I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
The representative from California has the floor
"Sieg Heil" to the president Gasman
Bombs away is your punishment
Pulverize the Eiffel towers
Who criticize your government
"Bang! Bang!" goes the broken glass, and
Kill all the figs that don't agree
Try to fight fire, setting fire
Is not a way that's meant for me
Just 'cause (hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
Just 'cause, because we're outlaws, yeah (hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
Oh I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
Posted on 3/26/24 at 1:40 pm to TigerBR1111
Pearl Jam - Not For You
Pearl Jam - Corduroy
Pearl Jam - Blood
Pearl Jam - Corduroy
Pearl Jam - Blood
Posted on 3/26/24 at 2:16 pm to TigerBR1111
Posted on 3/26/24 at 2:21 pm to TigerBR1111
Posted on 3/26/24 at 2:30 pm to TigerBR1111
Porcupine Tree - The Sound of Muzak
Hear the sound of music drifting in the aisles
Elevator Prozac stretching on for miles
The music of the future will not entertain
It's only meant to repress and neutralize your brain
Soul gets squeezed out
Edges get blunt
Demographic
Gives what you want
One of the wonders of the world is going down
It's going down, I know
It's one of the blunders of the world that no one cares
No one cares enough
Now the sound of music comes in silver pills
Engineered to suit you building cheaper thrills
The music of rebellion makes you want to rage
But it's made by millionaires who are nearly twice your age
Soul gets squeezed out
Edges get blunt
Demographic
Gives what you want
One of the wonders of the world is going down
It's going down, I know
It's one of the blunders of the world that no one cares
No one cares enough
Hear the sound of music drifting in the aisles
Elevator Prozac stretching on for miles
The music of the future will not entertain
It's only meant to repress and neutralize your brain
Soul gets squeezed out
Edges get blunt
Demographic
Gives what you want
One of the wonders of the world is going down
It's going down, I know
It's one of the blunders of the world that no one cares
No one cares enough
Now the sound of music comes in silver pills
Engineered to suit you building cheaper thrills
The music of rebellion makes you want to rage
But it's made by millionaires who are nearly twice your age
Soul gets squeezed out
Edges get blunt
Demographic
Gives what you want
One of the wonders of the world is going down
It's going down, I know
It's one of the blunders of the world that no one cares
No one cares enough
Posted on 3/26/24 at 3:59 pm to TigerBR1111
Posted on 3/26/24 at 4:32 pm to TigerBR1111
Waylon & Willie
Write your own song
You call us heathens with zero respect for the law
We are only songwriters just writing our songs and that's all
We write what we live and we live what we write is that wrong
If you think it is Mr. Music Executive
Why don't you write your own songs
And don't listen to mine, they might run you crazy
They might make you dwell on your feelings a moment too long
We're making you rich and you're already lazy
So just lay on your arse and get richer or write your own songs
Mr. Purified Country don't you know what the whole things about
Is your head up your arse so far that you can't pull it out
The world's getting smaller and everyone in it belongs
And if you can't see that Mr. Purified Country
Why don't you just write your own songs
And don't listen to mine, they might run you crazy
They might make you dwell on your feelings a moment too long
We're making you rich and you're already lazy
So just lay on your arse and get richer or write your own songs
So just lay on your arse and get richer or write your own songs
Write your own song
You call us heathens with zero respect for the law
We are only songwriters just writing our songs and that's all
We write what we live and we live what we write is that wrong
If you think it is Mr. Music Executive
Why don't you write your own songs
And don't listen to mine, they might run you crazy
They might make you dwell on your feelings a moment too long
We're making you rich and you're already lazy
So just lay on your arse and get richer or write your own songs
Mr. Purified Country don't you know what the whole things about
Is your head up your arse so far that you can't pull it out
The world's getting smaller and everyone in it belongs
And if you can't see that Mr. Purified Country
Why don't you just write your own songs
And don't listen to mine, they might run you crazy
They might make you dwell on your feelings a moment too long
We're making you rich and you're already lazy
So just lay on your arse and get richer or write your own songs
So just lay on your arse and get richer or write your own songs
Posted on 3/26/24 at 4:37 pm to TigerBR1111
Posted on 3/26/24 at 5:04 pm to TigerBR1111
Spoon - The Agony of Laffitte
Spoon did one album, “A Series of Sneaks,” for major label Elektra before being unceremoniously dumped. Apparently the label brass was a bunch of lying assholes who didn’t do anything they said they would do.
quote:
Still, to exorcise any lingering anger, Spoon released a 7-inch on Saddle Creek called “The Agony Of Laffitte.” The lo-fi, acoustic-based composition seethes quietly, calling Laffitte out for his lack of communication, two-faced behavior, and suspect moral character. Perhaps more pointedly, the sing-song chorus (“But you’re no better than Sylvia”) doubles as a dig at then-Elektra president Sylvia Rhone, who apparently reneged on a promise to keep Spoon around even if Laffitte left. Yet “The Agony Of Laffitte” and its B-side—the cleverly titled “Laffitte Don’t Fail Me Now,” a jangly psych-pop gem mainly obsessed with his dishonesty—are disappointed finger wags more than anything, songs that tsk-tsk about Laffitte’s shortcomings.
Spoon did one album, “A Series of Sneaks,” for major label Elektra before being unceremoniously dumped. Apparently the label brass was a bunch of lying assholes who didn’t do anything they said they would do.
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