gts017 “economish”
Drop a dime in the jukebox, whups today it’s a buck and the juke machine don’t take quarters. You gotta wave your life device at a logo and the eight bits deducted is unimportant, the combo of data info: time + place + you + tune turns into extra money for someone who sells data. Someone who is not you.
01-01 Nat King Cole & Johnny Mercer – You Can’t Make Money Dreamin’
— 40 years later we laughed because Evian water was “naive” backwards. 20 years after that, the Cok-epsi industrial complex was shocked to discover they could charge the same without even adding syrup and fizz.
01-02 Regina Spektor – 11:11 09 – 2.99¢ Blues (2001)
— spring water is better anyway.
01-03 The Coasters – ATCO 6153 – What About Us (1959)
— I have suede shoes. Not blue, but can’t wear them anyway. They stink when wet.
01-04 D.R.I. – Dirty Rotten 108 – Money Stinks (1983)
— aha that’s it. I liked those new shoes, I was proud of them. I was too proud; lesson learned.
01-05 Tom Morello The Night Watchman – World Wide Rebel Songs 01 – Black Spartacus Heart Attack Machine (2011)
— zoom, let’s get it out. A banger, a barnburner, but it’s not about the barns, now is it?
02-01 Ry Cooder – Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down 01 – No Banker Left Behind (2011)
— wow, has it been 18 years already? And the only one who didn’t get off scot-free was a tiny black-owned bank in the Midwest?
02-02 Lye By Mistake – Fea Jur 08 – Money Eating Mary (Karaoke Remix) (2009)
— me-sa singin’ along, you-sa?
03-01 Nina Simone – Baltimore 202 – Rich Girl (1978)
— not a great cover, not the best Nina tune, but the combination fits pretty durn good here.
03-02 William Shatner & Joe Jackson – Has Been 01 – Common People (2004)
— the original version, even without Kirk, is still pretty good.
03-03 Lazy Boy – Underwear Goes Inside the Pants (2004)
— from the insider’s view, McD was the very last cartel to realize that paying a liveable wage is the only way for them to make any money at all. Let’s remember that they did it grudgingly, and still lowballing today. Remember. “It is the doom of men that they forget.”
03-04 Vamp – The Rich Don’t Rock 103 – The Rich Don’t Rock (1989)
— but you can have a wang dang doodle if you can stomach being a hanger-on.
04-01 Ace Of Cups – It’s Bad For You But Buy It! 102 – Glue (1968)
— recorded in San Francisco, this wasn’t released until 40 years later. The band was a spur of the moment thing, did this one show and then fizzled away into real life. Luckily, it was recorded and now on vinyl… for sale.
04-02 Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables 101 – Kill The Poor (1980)
— don’t bother eating them, they’re all tough and stringy.
04-03 Krokus – Headhunter 102 – Eat The Rich (1983)
— lot more meat on ’em, ’cause they can’t rock. Try with Grey Poupon.
04-04 Styx – The Grand Illusion 204 – The Grand Finale (1977)
— winds up all the themes on a great album.
05-01 Kitty Kallen & Harry James Orchestra – Columbia 36833 – I’ll Buy That Dream (1945)
— there’s another version of this, a duet by Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest, whose voice I love, but this one has the Harry James Orchestra at their pinnacle.
05-02 Josie & The Pussycats – Josie And The Pussycats OST 10 – Money (2001)
— last Josie/Pussycats tune on a stupendous 12-song movie soundtrack, here with the best cover of it since The Flying Lizards.
05-03 Randy Newman – SNL S05 12 – It’s Money That I Love
— as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live, back when the cast was still seminal.
05-04 Daisy Chainsaw (feat. Katie Jane Garside) – Eleventeen 06 – Love Your Money (1992)
— staple of college radio back when the grip of payola was beginning to unravel. Only one station in town still plays this. Besides, now: WRFZ!
05-05 Kip Hanrahan – Conjure: Cab Calloway Stands In For The Moon 207 – Minnie The Moocher (1988)
— sure, he appreciated the help, but… is this one fit for a kids singalong tune?
05-06 The Notorious B.I.G. & Puff Daddy & Mase – Mo Money, Mo Problems (1997)
— ensemble tune was the huge Summer hit of the day. Mase had already been shot and survived, Biggie’s turn was to come soon, less luck.
05-07 Lord Invader & His Calypso Rhythm Boys – Mahalia, I Want Back My Dollar
— sometimes every one counts.
05-08 David Lindley & Wally Ingram – Twango Bango Deluxe 11 – People Sure Act Funny (2000)
— no room this week for the tune “Money Changes Everything”; this is a fine alt on the theme.
06-01 Sex Pistols – The Great Rock ‘N’ Roll Swindle 105 – Substitute (1979)
— originally stolen off The Who.
06-02 The Kinks – Low Budget 12 – A Gallon Of Gas (US Single Extended Version) (1979)
— timely piece! Late addition, it popped into my head and said “Holy Crock, how could this one be left off today?”
06-03 The Vandals – Peace Thru Vandalism 203 – Anarchy Burger (1982)
— what do you get when too many people have no money? Wet cheese!
06-04 Pete Seeger & The Almanac Singers – The Original Talking Union With The Almanac Singers & Other Union Songs With Pete Seeger And Chorus 203 – All I Want (1955)
— oooo, this one stings.
06-05 Genesis – Foxtrot 103 – Get ‘Em Out By Friday (1972)
— gentrification taken to satirical extreme, but with land in your hand you’re gland in gland with pols.
06-06 Pearl Bailey – Roulette R-4206 – Five Pound Box Of Money (1959)
— not just for Christmas anymore.
06-07 David Olney – Roses 05 – Millionaire (1991)
— wrong way to do it, begging a rebuttal.
06-08 Rantanplan – Kein Schulterklopfen (Gegen Den Trend) 203 – Tierra Y Libertad (1996)
— the reason Mexico doesn’t have revolutions, despite its other troubles.
… and a bonus track …
07-01 Dead Kennedys – Bedtime For Democracy 101 – Take This Job And Shove It (1986)
— this cover tune is one of the tamer ones on this double album, titled to poke fun at Reagan’s Bonzo folly.