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Songs about Capitalism thread. (Original Post) Buttoneer Dec 12 OP
Ren: Money Game pt 2 happybird Dec 12 #1
Money - Pink Floyd Diamond_Dog Dec 12 #2
Sorta, kinda... True Dough Dec 12 #3
Bow Tie Daddy JoseBalow Dec 12 #4
John Trudel 1WorldHope Dec 13 #5
The video on this one has some cameos which make one sad... RockRaven Dec 13 #6
Wasteland of the Free by Iris Dement NBachers Dec 13 #7
save the rich rampartd Dec 13 #8
Ry Cooder "How can a poor man stand such times and live" justaprogressive Dec 13 #9
Ry Cooder - No Banker Left Behind Brother Buzz Dec 13 #13
Here's one from Woody Guthrie... Harker Dec 13 #10
The Beautiful People by Marilyn Manson Niagara Dec 13 #11
Dead Kennedys - Kill the Poor Dulcinea Dec 13 #12

1WorldHope

(960 posts)
5. John Trudel
Fri Dec 13, 2024, 12:27 AM
Dec 13
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That may be s little broad. He has some very specific poems about America and the machine.

RockRaven

(16,611 posts)
6. The video on this one has some cameos which make one sad...
Fri Dec 13, 2024, 02:46 AM
Dec 13

Given that it was filmed more than two decades ago and the scumbags are still too much present in our lives/media.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Now_in_the_Fire

Brother Buzz

(38,097 posts)
13. Ry Cooder - No Banker Left Behind
Fri Dec 13, 2024, 10:42 PM
Dec 13


My telephone rang one evening,
My buddy called for me
Said the bankers are all leavin',
You better come round and see
It start in revelation,
They robbed the nation blind,
They're all down at the station,

No banker left behind.
No banker, no banker,
No banker could I find.
They were all down at the station,
No banker left behind

Well the bankers called a meetin',
To the White House they went one day
They was going to call one the President,
In a quiet and a sociable way
The afternoon was sunny and the weather it was fine
They counted all our money
And no banker was left behind

No banker, no banker,
No banker could I find.
They were all down at the White House,
No banker was left behind

Well I hear the whistle blowin',
It plays a happy tune
The conductor is calling "all abort",
We'll be leavin' soon
With champagne and shrimp cocktails
And that's not all you'll find
There's a billion dollar bonus

And no banker left behind
No banker, no banker,
No banker could I find.
When the train pulled out next mornin',
No banker was left behind
No banker, no banker,
No banker could I find.

When the train pulled out next mornin',
No banker was left behind
Hallelujah
No banker, no banker,
No banker could I find.
They were all down at the station,

No banker left behind
No banker, no banker,
No banker could I find.
When the train pulled out next mornin',
No banker was left behind

Niagara

(9,978 posts)
11. The Beautiful People by Marilyn Manson
Fri Dec 13, 2024, 03:53 PM
Dec 13

The song title derives from the book title The Beautiful People by Marilyn Bender.


This song is a scathing protest of capitalism. Ironically, this song also made the band famous and put them on the map.


And I don't want you, and I don't need you
Don't bother to resist, or I'll beat you
It's not your fault that you're always wrong
The weak ones are there to justify the strong

The beautiful people, the beautiful people
It's all relative to the size of your steeple
You can't see the forest for the trees
And you can't smell your own shit on your knees

There's no time to discriminate
Hate every motherfucker that's in your way
Hey you, what do you see?
Something beautiful, something free?

Hey you, are you trying to be mean?
When you live with apes, man, it's hard to be clean
The worms will live in every host
It's hard to tell which one they hate the most

The horrible people, the horrible people
It's all anatomic as the size of your steeple
Capitalism has made it this way
Old-fashioned fascism
Will take it away

Hey you, what do you see?
Something beautiful, something free?
Hey you, are you trying to be mean?
When you live with apes, man, it's hard to be clean

There's no time to discriminate
Hate every motherfucker that's in your way
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

The beautiful people, the beautiful people
The beautiful people, the beautiful people
The beautiful people, the beautiful people
The beautiful people, the beautiful people

Hey, you, what do you see?
Something beautiful and something free?
Hey you, are you trying to be mean?
When you live with apes, man, it's hard to be clean

Hey, you, what do you see?
Something beautiful and something free?
Hey you, are you trying to be mean?
When you live with apes, man, it's hard to be clean

The beautiful people, the beautiful people
The beautiful people, the beautiful people
The beautiful people, the beautiful people
The beautiful people, the beautiful people


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