Yup, was just about to post that to you. I was just going through the lyrics in my head and thought, yeah, Flex is right, and is probably the best song for this topic. Duh. And agree it's a great tune.Flex wrote: ↑05 Apr 2018, 11:38pmA lot of that history has the hand of the CIA in it, so I figured it was appropriate. Plus, it's a top tune.muppet hi fi wrote: ↑05 Apr 2018, 11:34pmI actually thought about this one but decided it's more an historical polemic rather than about spooks per se, though it does reference mercs in the last verse.
Heston and Marky's Friday Top 5
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Strong shoes is what we got and when they're hot they're hot!
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Brilliant fun song...My hair is blonde...dyed blonde!
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
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Michael Caine- Madness
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I didn't know Michael covered that song.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Fingerprint File is a lost classic in my opinion!muppet hi fi wrote: ↑05 Apr 2018, 8:24pm1. Bad Detective - Dolls
2. Fingerprint File - Stones
3. Julie's Been Working For the Drug Squad - Clash
4. Gun - John Cale
5. Don't Feel Too Good - Only Ones
Honorary mention: Bowie's You Feel So Lonely You Could Die, which concerns a spy being hunted for assassination but is vague enough to be a layman's downer heartbreaker.
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Gene Hackman by Robyn Hitchcock!
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Didn't he sing Michael's Mad At Me.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
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Marky Dread wrote: ↑06 Apr 2018, 5:26pmDidn't he sing Michael's Mad At Me.
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Top 5 songs about wealth etc.
1. Taxman - The Beatles
2. Pretty Green - The Jam
3. Hey, Little Rich Girl - The Specials
4. Money (That’s What I Want) - The Flying Lizards
5. Clean Money - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
1. Taxman - The Beatles
2. Pretty Green - The Jam
3. Hey, Little Rich Girl - The Specials
4. Money (That’s What I Want) - The Flying Lizards
5. Clean Money - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
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Getting in early so as not to hamsting myself with my usual "don't include others picks" rule:
1. The Dicks - Bourgeois Fascist Pig
2. Embrace - Money
3. Minutemen - Sell or Be Sold
4. Notorious B.I.G. - Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems
5. Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.
1. The Dicks - Bourgeois Fascist Pig
2. Embrace - Money
3. Minutemen - Sell or Be Sold
4. Notorious B.I.G. - Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems
5. Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
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Will have to leave this one to the genius that is Mr Ryland Cooder:
1. The Very Things That Make You Rich (Make Me Poor)
2. How can a poor man stand such times and live?
3. Dirty Chateau
4. No banker left behind
5. Poor mans shangri la
1. The Very Things That Make You Rich (Make Me Poor)
2. How can a poor man stand such times and live?
3. Dirty Chateau
4. No banker left behind
5. Poor mans shangri la
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Love that Flying Lizards track.Marky Dread wrote: ↑12 Apr 2018, 12:00pmTop 5 songs about wealth etc.
1. Taxman - The Beatles
2. Pretty Green - The Jam
3. Hey, Little Rich Girl - The Specials
4. Money (That’s What I Want) - The Flying Lizards
5. Clean Money - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
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Oh shit, how did I miss The Jolly Banker. Greatest line ever: some will rob you win a six-gun and some with a fountain pen.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
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Top 5 songs about lack of wealth:
1. Bad Worker - Replacements
2. The Big Payback - Springsteen
3. Cold Water - Tom Waits
4. Bread and Butter - Waitresses
5. Help the Homeless - Johnny Thunders
1. Bad Worker - Replacements
2. The Big Payback - Springsteen
3. Cold Water - Tom Waits
4. Bread and Butter - Waitresses
5. Help the Homeless - Johnny Thunders
Strong shoes is what we got and when they're hot they're hot!
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