11/27:
On today’s edition of Soundwaves 10@10, we celebrate World TV Day with 10+ songs
dedicated to the boob tube, the idiot box, the tube, the telly, the small screen. But not
every song is in favor of America’s favorite pastime: most of these famous songs are
very catchy cautionary tales!
1. Buggles – Video Killed The Radio Star
2. Gil Scott-Heron – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
3. Blondie – Fade Away And Radiate
4. Bruce Springsteen – 57 Channels (And Nothin’ On)
5. The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy – Television: The Drug Of The Nation
6. Dire Straits – Money For Nothing
7. A-Ha – The Sun Always Shines On TV
8. ZZ Top – TV Dinners
9. Frank Zappa – I’m the Slime
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Throw Away Your Television
BONUS: Green Day – I Want To Be On TV
BONUS: Talking Heads – Found A Job
BONUS: Weird Al Yankovic – UHF
