Songs About Media (TV, Radio, Publications, Internet) and Media Personalities

[MaVolta]

So, here's a new topic to try out . . . songs about the media, such as tv, radio, publications, the internet, and any media personalities you can think of. It can be song titles or part of the lyrics.

I'll start off with - - - 

Cover of the Rollin' Stone - Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show

[1968Hoya46]

Get A Job: Silhouettes ( when I get the paper I read it through and through).

[BeatleloverKT]

The sidewinder sleeps tonight by REM

"Baby, instant soup doesn't really grab me

Today I need something more sub-sub-substantial

A can of beans or black-eyed peas, some Nescafé and ice

A candy bar, a falling star or a reading of Dr. Seuss"......

[MaVolta]

Before Gas and TV - Mark Knopfler

Back to the simple way of life when people spent time together.

[BeatleloverKT]

Radio Song by REM

"The world is collapsing around our ears

I turned up the radio but I can't hear it"......

[1968Hoya46]

Queen Of The Hop: Bobby Darin (she tunes into Bandstand every day to watch the kids dancin' cross the USA).

[BeatleloverKT]

Roll over Beethoven by the Fab 4️⃣ and others

"Gonna write a little letter, gonna mail it

to my local DJ

It's a jumping little record I want my jockey to play

Roll over Beethoven
Gotta hear it again today".....

[MarybethG691589]

We Built This City. Jefferson Starship

[1968Hoya46]

Telephone Line: ELO

[MaVolta]

Endless Commercial - John Kay

I know right now it may seem controversial
But you'll learn to love and live in the endless commercial
Leave everything to us, trust me, we know best
Just park the kids by the TV and we'll do all the rest
We'll pull the strings behind the scene
And let you all believe that this is really just a dream
Should you wake up, screaming "how'd this come about?"
Just keep your mouth shut if you know a way out.

[1968Hoya46]

Want Ads: Honey Cone

[BeatleloverKT]

All over the world by ELO

"Everybody all around the world

Gotta tell you what I just heard

There's gonna be a party all over the world

I got a message on the radio

But where it came from,I don't really know

And I heard these voices calling all over the world"......

[MaVolta]

Murrow Turning Over In His Grave - Fleetwood Mac (2003)

Edward R. Murrow was a legendary news journalist from the 40's, 50's, 60's. 

[BeatleloverKT]

Haters by TLC

[MaVolta]

I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye, CCR

Anyone who's ever lived in a small town knows how fast news can travel through the grapevine. Tell it on Monday, and before the week ends, the whole town knows. Today's "grapevine" is social media, and it's instantly out in cyberworld. 

[DMAFl]

Satisfaction - Rolling Stones.                  The guy on the radio with useless information, the guy on TV telling him how white his shirts can be.

[MaVolta]

Please Don't Tell Me About The News - The Yardbirds

[BeatleloverKT]

Polythene Pam by the Fab 4️⃣

"Get a dose of her in jackboots and kilt

She's killer-diller when she's dressed to the hilt

She's the kind of girl that makes the "News of the world"......

[1968Hoya46]

The Ballad Of John And Yoko: Beatles (the newpapers said what are  you doing in bed).

[BeatleloverKT]

Computer Age by Neil Young

"When I see the light I know I'm more than just a number

And I stand before you

Or else we just don't see the other

Computer age Computer age"......

[MaVolta]

Share the Land - The Guess Who

Did you pay your dues
Did you read the news
This mornin' when the paper landed in your yard
Do you know their names
Can you play their games
Without losin' track and comin' down a bit too hard

[BeatleloverKT]

Scenes from an Italian restaurant by Billy Joel

"Brenda and Eddie were the popular steadys

And the king and queen of the prom

Riding around with the car top down

And the radio on"......

[MarybethG691589]

Turn It On Again by Genesis 

[1968Hoya46]

Transistor Sister: Freddie Cannon

[MarybethG691589]

Moving in Stereo The Cars 

[BeatleloverKT]

All those years ago by George Harrison

[MaVolta]

Long Live Rock & Roll - Daughtry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lru6-J7uQjo

Great tribute to rock, records, and many artists who were an influence to those who followed. 

[BeatleloverKT]

Candy everybody wants by 10,000 Maniacs. A not so thinly veiled message about what the media really wants.

[BeatleloverKT]

FM by Steely Dan

[MaVolta]

An Old Fashioned Love Song - Three Dog Night

Just an old fashioned love song
Playing on the radio

[BeatleloverKT]

Paperlate by Genesis

"Paperlate, oh I'm sorry but there is no one on the line

Paperlate, oh I'm sorry but rest easy, no news is good news

Oh it's too easy to live like clockwork

Tick tock watching the world go by

Any change would take too long"......