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Favorite songs about the music business

Rick Nelson's Garden Party sounds like a nice little nonsense song until you find out what he was singing about.

Great song.

I'll throw in Working for MCA by Skynyrd, and add Rosalita by Springsteen.
 
I expected to see this one in the list....?

"So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" - The Byrds, written by Jim McGuinn and Chris Hillman, 1967.

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Todd Rundgren - An Elpee Worth Of Tunes

Who's that on the racks again?
A portrait of a crazy man
Trying to make a living off an elpee's worth of toons
A picture of a soul in pain
Trying to change the world with an elpee's worth of toons

There's something at the heart of it that's simply awful
A man who makes a living off a plastic waffle
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AC/DC ~ Aint No Fun Waitin' Round To Be A Millionaire

The Reverend Horton Heat ~ Showbiz

Turbonegro ~ What Is Rock?

The Supersuckers ~ Rock-n-Roll Records Aint Selling This Year
 
agreed with Grainger49 - Money for Nothing is great. Floyd's 'Have A Cigar' is the one that immediately popped to mind.
 
I can't believe nobody's mentioned John Fogerty's "Zantz Can't Dance", chronicling his troubles w/Saul Zaentz. IIRC, there was a lawsuit or 2 over this song.
 
Tarl Of Gor said:
Heart ~ Barracuda
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I was just about to post that! I listened to an Heart interview years back. IIRC... one of the sisters said this song was about a slime ball manager that they once had.

I just got a pristine copy (LP) of "Dog and Butterfly" last week for $1.
 
Bstable said:
I was just about to post that! I listened to an Heart interview years back. IIRC... one of the sisters said this song was about a slime ball manager that they once had.

I just got a pristine copy (LP) of "Dog and Butterfly" last week for $1.
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I love that album. Been looking for it for a couple of years now.
 
gewoonmaf said:
WOLD by Harry Chapin? Not entirely, but close enough IMO.
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Six-String Orchestra by Harry Chapin has a few lines that come closer. If memory serves, the lines were:

"I sent a demo tape I made to the record companies,
Two came back Address Unknown, one came back COD.
Of course I got form letters all saying pleasant things,
Like suggesting I should find a trade where I would not have to sing."
 
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