Songs about the music industry, list them

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Understandably, Badfinger had a lot of them:
"Apple of My Eye"
"Hey Mr. Manager"
"Rock & Roll Contract"

Sonic Youth - "Swimsuit Issue"
Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks - "Payola Blues"
George Harrison - "This Song"
The Clash - "Complete Control" (maybe)

Hideous Lump, Saturday, 6 November 2010 05:50 (thirteen years ago) link

'The Na Na Song' - Sheryl Crow
'Don't Let Me Get Me' - Pink (Already mentioned this one in the Rolling P!nk Thread)

That's not a "laugh track", it's an audience and you're in it. (MintIce), Sunday, 7 November 2010 22:14 (thirteen years ago) link

John Fogerty - "Zanz Kant Danz"

xhuxk, Sunday, 7 November 2010 22:38 (thirteen years ago) link

The Beatles: Baby You're a Rich Man

You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Monday, 8 November 2010 00:47 (thirteen years ago) link

Gruppo Sportivo, "I Shot My Manager"

xhuxk, Monday, 8 November 2010 01:05 (thirteen years ago) link

A Tribe Called Quest - Rap Promoter

Fellini.Kuti, Monday, 8 November 2010 01:57 (thirteen years ago) link

"Get Off the Air," Angry Samoans...Rodney Bingenheimer was pretty much an industry unto himself, so this seems to fit.

clemenza, Monday, 8 November 2010 02:05 (thirteen years ago) link

Spiderbait - "Buy me a Pony"

Sunn O))) Sundae Smile (Trayce), Monday, 8 November 2010 02:27 (thirteen years ago) link

Tractor - All Ends Up

Up the voltage. (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 8 November 2010 02:41 (thirteen years ago) link

Mark Germino and the Sluggers, "Rex Bob Lowenstein"

Jake Brown, Monday, 8 November 2010 04:33 (thirteen years ago) link

Does "the record company, Rosie, just gave me a big advance!" count?

Jake Brown, Monday, 8 November 2010 04:34 (thirteen years ago) link

Aimee Mann - Calling It Quits / Nothing Is Good Enough

turkey, Monday, 8 November 2010 06:48 (thirteen years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26VJobcLhao&feature=related

LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 8 November 2010 07:11 (thirteen years ago) link

☠ all pigs must die ☠

Life! The Story of Life (CaptainLorax), Monday, 8 November 2010 08:47 (thirteen years ago) link

Afghan Whigs - "Neglekted"

Ain't Gonna Play "Fist City" (sic), Monday, 8 November 2010 09:06 (thirteen years ago) link

C'n'C-S Mithering - The Fall

Millsner, Monday, 8 November 2010 13:19 (thirteen years ago) link

Human League "The Black Hit Of Space"

Kim, Wednesday, 10 November 2010 18:36 (thirteen years ago) link

Dire Straits - Money for Nothing

John Stewart - Gold

very wary hairy Barry (herb albert), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 18:47 (thirteen years ago) link

Black Sabbath- The Writ
Motorhead-We Are the Road Crew

Randy Moss' dog's personal chef (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 19:29 (thirteen years ago) link

guided by voices - game of pricks
archers of loaf - audiowhore
superchunk - the popular music

mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 November 2010 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link

Bad Company, "Shooting Star"

Tub Girl Time Machine (Phil D.), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 19:38 (thirteen years ago) link

No one mentioned Maggie's Farm yet? Wow.

drug stealer, Wednesday, 10 November 2010 19:40 (thirteen years ago) link

gg allin - raw, brutal, rough & bloody

mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 November 2010 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link

Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy. Sorta? If the rules are loose, then probably about 87% of all rap songs.

drug stealer, Wednesday, 10 November 2010 20:13 (thirteen years ago) link

boston - rock and roll band

mookieproof, Saturday, 20 November 2010 16:38 (thirteen years ago) link

eleven years pass...

This is one of my favorites, and it can be applied to job hunting in general:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHTFyC4wksA

Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 17 November 2022 18:26 (one year ago) link

I was always partial to Frankly, Mr. Shankly (The Smiths)

Nabozo, Thursday, 17 November 2022 18:40 (one year ago) link

"Bought Myself a Liarbird" – XTC

Hah, that was my immediate thought on seeing the thread title and it was the second one anyone mentioned

you can see me from westbury white horse, Saturday, 19 November 2022 01:19 (one year ago) link

No one mentioned Travels in Nihilon so that

you can see me from westbury white horse, Saturday, 19 November 2022 01:21 (one year ago) link

Also arguably Train Running Low on Soul Coal

you can see me from westbury white horse, Saturday, 19 November 2022 01:21 (one year ago) link

GZA - Labels
Superchunk - Shallow End

"Mick Wall at Kerrang!" (morrisp), Saturday, 19 November 2022 01:51 (one year ago) link

Andrew Beaujon, "Packaging Deduction"

gucci meme (theStalePrince), Saturday, 19 November 2022 04:30 (one year ago) link

John Prine, "Onomatopoeia"

Lily Dale, Saturday, 19 November 2022 06:07 (one year ago) link

M. Ward - "Shark"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBkheAKjIKc

Dinsdale, Saturday, 19 November 2022 19:43 (one year ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_roTCXelnq0

calstars, Saturday, 19 November 2022 21:37 (one year ago) link

^ Afrosmith “no surprize”

calstars, Saturday, 19 November 2022 21:39 (one year ago) link

Peter Hammill, "Two Or Three Spectres"

lord of the rongs (anagram), Saturday, 19 November 2022 22:04 (one year ago) link

The Pooh Sticks - “I Know Someone Who Knows Someone Who Knows Alan McGee Quite Well”

Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 20 November 2022 01:14 (one year ago) link

The Police - "A Sermon"
Gentle Giant - "Interview"
and Bachman-Turner Overdrive - "Welcome Home":

So glad we left the prairie city
And now we're living on the coast
We went and got ourselves a manager
We all think he's the most

Halfway there but for you, Friday, 25 November 2022 20:07 (one year ago) link


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