17 April 2012: it's... Tax day!

[RGMike]

Ray can't pay taxes -- he's got a big fat mama.

[Davefish]

Can't ever knock the Kinks, even if we have heard this 10,000 times.

[RGMike]

Can't ever knock the Kinks, even if we have heard this 10,000 times.

These songs are like "Jingle Bells" and "White Xmas" in December -- ya gotta play 'em.

[RGMike]

more Python!  And to think there are people who didn't want a Tax Day set...  one of my faves each year along with Earth Day and Pride Day.

VHM Yoko Flying Lizards.

[Davefish]

more Python!  And to think there are people who didn't want a Tax Day set...  one of my faves each year along with Earth Day and Pride Day.

VHM Yoko Flying Lizards.

I missed the first Python bit. Was it the "Money Programme?"

[Davefish]

Holy Tiny Tim, Batman!  That was amazing, though I wish he'd tuned his uke up before making that recording.

[RGMike]

Tiny Tim...Donald Duck... now THAT'S true KFOG variety!

BOS4 Spinal Tap!

[Davefish]

Spinal Tap! Gigantic BOS. Except...what were they called in those days? The Thamesmen?

[RGMike]

Bonus money song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8P80A8vy9I

[RGMike]

‎04/17/12 - Tuesday! Tax Day!
(TV -- Monty Python's Flying Circus -- The Money Song)
1.ABC -- How To Be A Millionaire
( TV -- Seinfeld???)
2. The Beatles -- Taxman
... ( movie -- Stranger Than Fiction -- Do you play the guitar?")
3.Robert Cray -- 1040 Blues
( TV -- Jon Stewart -- Tax the poor)
4. Simply Red -- Money's Too Tight (To Mention)
( Media -- Bill O'Reilly; Nixon; Bush; Show Me the Money)
5.Randy Newman -- It's Money That Matters
( TV -- Seinfeld -- IRS like the Mafia, they take what they want)
6.O'Jays -- For The Love Of Money
( TV -- All In The Family -- I Didn't Cheat; Exrcising My Loophole)
7. The Kinks -- Sunny Afternoon
( TV -- Seinfeld -- It's a write-off)
8. Monty Python -- Accountancy Shanty
( TV -- Seinfeld -- I don't pay taxes
9. The Flying Lizards -- Money (That's What I Want)
( clip -- Tiny Tim -- Tommy Tax)
(news -- Hitler and Hirohito and Donald Duck)
10. Spinal Tap -- Gimme Some Money

so, the first Python didn't count as a song but the 2nd (shorter) one did? Seems a bit of a cheat (we coulda heard ABBA!) but still, a fine set.

[ggould]

9. The Flying Lizards -- Money (That's What I Want)

Do you guys like this?  I found the joke wore thin ages ago.

[Tinka Cat]

9. The Flying Lizards -- Money (That's What I Want)

Do you guys like this?  I found the joke wore thin ages ago.

ha, I thought it was just me.   No, I don't really dig it.  In the right context it might be fine, like English avant garde art rock theater from 1979, which is where it came from (I didn't know this offhand, just read up on the band/act/collaboration that produced it.)  But think about what was happening when it hit the scene: disco was doing its last line, punk was getting big, Journey and Rush were just heating up commercially (so that's good) but overall this sounded pretty dang  different, which counts for a lot.  (I just read that Robert Fripp was part of the band at some point, but I don't think he was on 'Money').

If we didn't hear it like clockwork every year on KFOG's predictable Tax Day set, it might not be so bad. 

[ggould]

9. The Flying Lizards -- Money (That's What I Want)

Do you guys like this?  I found the joke wore thin ages ago.

ha, I thought it was just me.   No, I don't really dig it.  In the right context it might be fine, like English avant garde art rock theater from 1979, which is where it came from (I didn't know this offhand, just read up on the band/act/collaboration that produced it.)  But think about what was happening when it hit the scene: disco was doing its last line, punk was getting big, Journey and Rush were just heating up commercially (so that's good) but overall this sounded pretty dang  different, which counts for a lot.  (I just read that Robert Fripp was part of the band at some point, but I don't think he was on 'Money').

If we didn't hear it like clockwork every year on KFOG's predictable Tax Day set, it might not be so bad. 

If we could just hear the Plastic Ono Band live version once, I'd be happy!

[RGMike]

9. The Flying Lizards -- Money (That's What I Want)

Do you guys like this?  I found the joke wore thin ages ago.

ha, I thought it was just me.   No, I don't really dig it.  In the right context it might be fine, like English avant garde art rock theater from 1979, which is where it came from (I didn't know this offhand, just read up on the band/act/collaboration that produced it.)  But think about what was happening when it hit the scene: disco was doing its last line, punk was getting big, Journey and Rush were just heating up commercially (so that's good) but overall this sounded pretty dang  different, which counts for a lot.  (I just read that Robert Fripp was part of the band at some point, but I don't think he was on 'Money').

If we didn't hear it like clockwork every year on KFOG's predictable Tax Day set, it might not be so bad. 

as I've said a zillion times, it sounded like Yoko (or a parody of her) back then. I can vividly remember the first time I heard it, driving around Queens in my car with my friend George listening to the late lamented WPIX-FM (which was doing a Punk/New Wavish format called "pure rock" at the time) and "Money" came on and  we were llike "what... the.. FUCK??" I can understand that it's a cliche track of the period (and it's also probably on DC's "trigger songs" list), but it really was something in '79.