Best Stories/Songs of or about disillusionment with the Music Business

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Permalink Reply by Matt Davis on January 11, 2011 at 8:33pm

Graham Parker's "Mercury Poisoning" is a wonderful, bitter one!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws_DmRZXWBw

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Breen on January 11, 2011 at 9:39pm

"Midwest Midnight" by the Michael Stanley Band.

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Permalink Reply by bob gatewood on January 11, 2011 at 9:58pm

another ohio guy! sorry, i'm getting all ohio on ya.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Glowacki on January 11, 2011 at 11:19pm

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Permalink Reply by Dave Milligan /the PENGUIN PARTY on January 12, 2011 at 4:44am

Got to be this: (Which I found through the Tribe, by the way:

Steal This Song by Dreaming In Stereo

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Permalink Reply by Rick Savino on January 12, 2011 at 8:23am

Some good examples listed.  I'd like to add "Tinseltown Rebellion" by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention.  Check it out.

"They said to get real famous, they would have to play more punk.  Forget their chops and play real dumb, or else they would be sunk."

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Permalink Reply by Roy Anderson on January 12, 2011 at 11:16am

Lou Reed. Metal Machine Music.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Jurrjens on January 12, 2011 at 11:33am

Heh... ain't that the truth!

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Permalink Reply by Eric Collins on January 12, 2011 at 11:17am

"Waiting to Shine" by Adam Schmitt. He'll never get in, 'cause they're waiting on somebody else. One of the songs I play to people who ask, "What do you mean by Power Pop?"

"Business is Business" and "Group Life" by Goldley & Creme.

"Working at the Factory" by The Kinks. He wants to get out of the factory so he can make music, and winds up realizing the music biz was just another factory!

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Singleton on January 12, 2011 at 2:33pm

Have A Cigar by Pink Floyd, Workin' For MCA by Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Stroke by Billy Squier, Turn The Page by Bob Seger, Pop Singer by John Mellencamp.

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Permalink Reply by Billy Rabeneck on January 13, 2011 at 10:03am

Mott The Hoople's "Ballad of Mott The Hoople" - "I changed my name in search of fame to find the Midas touch.  Oh, I wish I never wanted then what I want now twice as much.  We crossed the mighty ocean, and we have a few divides.  But we never crossed emotion for we felt too much inside.  Rock 'N' Roll's a losers game.  It mesmirizes, and I can't explain the reason for the sights and for the sounds."

 

Van Duren's "Tennessee I'm Trying" - "And it don't help if the home radio station won't play it."

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Permalink Reply by Bill Davidson on September 30, 2011 at 2:10pm

A great book, Rock On, by Dan Kennedy. It chronicles his short -lived job in marketing for a major label. He did a reading and signing at Brookline Booksmith. During the signing, I told him of my failed attempts at a career in the music industry. He wrote on the title page of my copy, "I am sorry you didn't get the gig -- you are lucky."

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