"Money Talks": A Playlist For The Financial Reform Debate

As Mort Sahl said once upon a time in a land not so far from here, "A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now."

Right now is the time for real financial reform. Come to think of it, right now is actually way too late for real financial reform. Still, better now than not now, right? So let's all talk it over, hug it out, then let right & wrong trump bought & paid for, please.

Love,
Your Tax-Playing Employer

MONEY TALKS - AC/DC
FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY - The O'Jays
FREE MONEY - Patti Smith
BUSTED - Ray Charles
IT'S MONEY THAT I LOVE - Randy Newman
GIMME SOME MONEY - Spinal Tap
MONEY, CASH, HOES - Jay-Z
LAWYERS, GUNS & MONEY - Warren Zevon
M-O-N-E-Y - Lyle Lovett
I CHECKS MY BANK - Sir Mix-A-Lot
ALL THAT MONEY WANTS - The Psychedelic Furs
BREAKIN THE RULES - Robbie Robertson
CIRCUS MONEY - Walter Becker
OPPORTUNITIES (LET'S MAKE LOTS OF MONEY) - The Pet Shop Boys
MONEY HONEY - Lady Gaga
BLUE MONEY - Van Morrison
PAY ME MY MONEY DOWN - Bruce Springsteen
EASY MONEY - Brad Paisley
YOU NEVER GIVE ME YOUR MONEY - The Beatles
MONEY - Pink Floyd
BAD INVESTMENT - Smog
FUNKY DOLLAR BILL - Funkadelic
BROKE DOWN AND BUSTED - Todd Rundgren
THE BIG MONEY - Rush
CREDIT CARD BABY -Wham!
MIND ON MY MONEY - Flo Rida
TOO BIG TO FAIL - Onara
MONEY CHANGES EVERYTHING - Cyndi Lauper
PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS - Jet
TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN - Steve Miller Band
GOLD DIGGER - Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx
MONEY, MONEY, MONEY - Abba
GOT MONEY - Lil' Wayne & T-Pain
MONEY FOR NOTHING - Dire Straits
WHO MAKES YOUR MONEY - Spoon
MO MONEY, MO PROBLEMS - Notorious B.I.G.
YOUNG MAN BLUES - The Who

Please add your own songs to the money mix. It's a really cheap thrill for tough times.

 

 

 

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Comments

[DKlein]

09:11 PM on 05/02/2010

New Pollution: Beck
Wave of Mutilation: The Pixies
Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing: Chris Isaak

[rocker2]

03:28 PM on 05/02/2010

Money Man Lynyrd Skynyd

[Joey C]

09:51 PM on 04/30/2010

A little late to the game, but

The Stealer by The Faces

[David Wild]

09:55 PM on 04/30/2010

Thanks, but wasn't "The Stealer" by Free?

Or maybe there are two

[Joey C]

02:20 PM on 05/01/2010

Ahh-you're right. The version I have is by The Faces. Makes sense though, since they did so many cover songs.

[bobkat]

09:41 PM on 04/30/2010

Mansion in the Slums - Crowded House
Three Coins in the Fountain - personally I like the Frank Sinatra version from the movie.

[David Wild]

04:49 PM on 05/01/2010

love them both

[iMissMollyIvins]

03:28 AM on 04/30/2010

For the execs on Wall Street - Have a Cigar by Pink Floyd

For the SEC - Chain of Fools by Aretha Franklin

For the Pols - Do Something by Macy Gray

For the folks that got s@rewed by all of the above - O Mary Don't You Weep No More by Bruce Springsteen (Where have you gone Ferdinand Pecora?)

[CPAwADD]

09:12 AM on 04/30/2010

Have a Cigar, an underrated Floyd song that I love.

[Megley]

11:44 AM on 04/30/2010

Wish You Were Here--a very underrated PF album.

[cpad]

11:32 PM on 05/01/2010

Just stopping by to say hi, CPAwADD. I'll be out of town for week or so, so I'll probably miss David's next blog. WAH!

BTW I agree with your daughter! I adore Dylans' lyrics but can't stand his horrible voice. Then again, I'm a major Neil Young fan, but I have to admit his voice is technically hideous. ,

[victorvelasco]

12:57 AM on 04/30/2010

"All Of This For Sally" - Mark Dinning (lyrics by John D. Loudermilk)

[corneliaj]

11:38 PM on 04/29/2010

"Piggies," the Beatles

[David Wild]

12:55 AM on 04/30/2010

Good one

Fab, in fact

[Common Raven]

09:26 PM on 04/29/2010

No money Down by Lou Reed
Easy Money by Nick Cave
Rich by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Watching the Rich Kids by Arthur Kay's Originators
Rockin Chair Money by Hank Williams Sr
Taxman by The Beatles

[David Wild]

10:31 PM on 04/29/2010

Not a great Lou Reed song, but not a great economy either

Thanks

[Megley]

11:45 AM on 04/30/2010

But "Dirty Boulevard" is a great Lou Reed song, and is the theme song for these jerks, in my not-so-humble opinion.

[CPAwADD]

06:45 PM on 04/29/2010

Take the Money and Run - The Steve Miller Band
Let's Hear It for Rock Bottom - The Offspring
Material World -Tracy Chapman
Ratrace - Skindred
Big Crash - Less Than Jake
Robbed a Bank - Something to Do (an awesome Milwaukee ska band)

[CPAwADD]

07:34 PM on 04/29/2010

David.

I missed that you already had Take the Money and Run.
I'll substitute Pennies from Heaven - Louis Prima et al

[David Wild]

10:32 PM on 04/29/2010

I will accept your substitution

Thanks

[PhilTListener]

06:04 PM on 04/29/2010

You Got The Silver – Stones
Million Dollar Bash – Dylan and the Band (Basement Tapes)
The Great Train Robbery – Mountain
Lawyers in Love – Jackson Browne
Politician – Cream

[David Wild]

10:32 PM on 04/29/2010

"You Got The Silver"

Great choice

Thanks

[oncethere]

04:58 PM on 04/29/2010

To the slicksters on Wall Street: "Sexy Sadie"---you made a fool of everyone

[David Wild]

10:42 PM on 04/29/2010

To good a song for them.

How about "How Do You Sleep"?

[RepugsOut08]

11:45 PM on 04/29/2010

Perfect!

And lets add Lennon's other jab at his crooked manager, Allen Klein, which is appropriate to these weasels.

"Steel And Glass"

[monsieurjac]

04:36 PM on 04/29/2010

"Fistful of Rain" Warren Zevon

[David Wild]

10:44 PM on 04/29/2010

Warren Zevon comes up here all the time because he wrote songs that really said something, and said it so well.

Thanks for this one.

[MikaS]

04:02 PM on 04/29/2010

Ben Folds Five - Song for the Dumped
"Give me my money back!"

[David Wild]

10:44 PM on 04/29/2010

One of my favorite artists -- thanks.

[corneliaj]

03:19 PM on 04/29/2010

"Your Cash Ain't Nothing but Trash," The Clovers/Steve Miller Band

"Black Friday," Steely Dan

[cpad]

02:37 PM on 04/29/2010

Life's Been Good - Joe Walsh

[David Wild]

10:45 PM on 04/29/2010

Been Good for who?

There's also "A Life of Allusion" by Joe, who's such a great guy -- I just worked with him

Thanks