Other Mixes By tjarrett
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Alternative - College Rock
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Alternative - College Rock
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the business
Artist | Song | |
R.E.M. | Radio Song | |
from Out Of Time (1991) | ||
Paul Revere & The Raiders | Legend of Paul Revere | |
from Paul Revere & The Raiders: Greatest Hits (1967) | ||
Squirrel Nut Zippers | Suits Are Picking Up The Bill | |
from Perennial Favorites (1998) | ||
The Police | A Sermon | |
from Message In A Box: The Complete Recordings (1980) | ||
They Might Be Giants | Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal | |
from Miscellaneous T: B Side / Remix Compilation (1991) | ||
Elvis Costello | Radio, Radio | |
from The Very Best of Elvis Costello And The Attractions (1978) | ||
The Ramones | Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio? | |
from Mania (1980) | ||
Monty Python | I Bet You They Won't Play This Song on the Radio | |
from Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album (1980) | ||
They Might Be Giants | Hello Radio | |
from Miscellaneous T: B Side / Remix Compilation (1991) | ||
Rush | Spirit of Radio | |
from Permanent Waves (1980) | ||
Art Brut | Formed A Band | |
from Bang Bang Rock & Roll (2006) | ||
Monty Python | Rock Notes | |
from Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album (1980) | ||
The Byrds | So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star | |
from The Byrds: Greatest Hits (Remastered) (1967) | ||
Hole | Playing Your Song | |
from Celebrity Skin (1998) | ||
The Replacements | Left Of The Dial | |
from Tim [Expanded Edition] (1985) | ||
Pernice Brothers | We Love the Stage | |
from Goodbye, Killer (2010) | ||
A Tribe Called Quest | Check The Rhime | |
from The Low End Theory (1991) | ||
Steinski | Hit The Disco (Mc Enuff Mix) | |
from What Does It All Mean?: 1983-2006 Retrospective (2002) | ||
J-Live | Them That's Not | |
from The Best Part (2001) | ||
Nirvana | Pay to Play | |
from DGC Rarities, Vol. 1 (1994) | ||
Wilco | The Late Greats | |
from A Ghost Is Born (2004) |
Comment:
Did you ever notice how many songs there are about the music business itself? I think the popular music industry is possibly even more self-referential than the newspaper industry (though not nearly as self-referential as the Internet.). I started hearing the connection a few years ago and began collecting examples in a playlist, and I finally have enough to share with you.Of special note is the hip-hop section (coming just after Joe Pernice's wry anti-anthem decrying touring, "We Love the Stage"), featuring "Check the Rhime," origin of "Music industry rule #4080/record company people are shady," followed by Steinski's record industry slag off mix of "Hit the Disco," wrapping up with J-Live's epochal "Them That's Not," which features the most astonishing bit of tempo bending that I'm aware of.