This month we’re opening the vault for all kinds of songs about money – from those who’ve got it, to those who want it, to those who borrow and lend it, to those who simply take it.
We’ve got easy money, we’ve got hard-earned cash, we’ve got spendthrifts and misers. We’ve got nouveau riche girls and down-on-their luck mothers.
- Taxman, The Beatles, from “Anthology 2” (1996)
- Money Song, Monty Python’s Flying Circus, from “Monty Python’s Previous Record” (1972)
- Money, Yes, from “Tormato” (1977)
- Cash, Gary Lucas and Peter Hamill, from “Other World” (2014)
- Slave to Money, Flower Kings, from “Space Revolver” (2000)
- Money (1981 re-recording), Pink Floyd, from “A Collection of Great Dance Songs” (1981)
- Easy Money, King Crimson, from “Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind” (2014)
- Easy Money, ELO, from “Zoom” (2001)
- Time is Money, Frank Zappa, from “Sleep Dirt” (1979)
- Rich, Marillion, from “Marillion.com” (1999)
- Cindy Tells Me, Brian Eno, from “Here Come the Warm Jets” (1974)
- The Miser and his Daughter, Kelly Oliver, from “Botany Bay” (2018)
- Raise My Rent, David Gilmour, from “David Gilmour” (1978)
- Thrift Store, Nick Mason and Rick Fenn, from “White of the Eye” (1987)
- Bargain Classics, Quiet Sun, from “Mainstream” (1975)
- Lawyers, Guns and Money, Warren Zevon, from “Excitable Boy” (1978)
- Mr. Sellack, The Roches, from “The Collected Works Of The Roches” (2003)
- Broadford Bazaar, Jethro Tull, from “Heavy Horses”, remastered reissue (2003)
- Free Money, Patti Smith Group, from “Horses” (1978)
- Been in the Streets Too Long, Annette Peacock, from “Been in the Streets Too Long” (1983)
- Upper Sixth Loan Shark / Banker Bets, Banker Wins, Ian Anderson, from “Thick as a Brick 2” (2012)
- Come and Buy My Little Toys, David Bowie, from “David Bowie” (1967)
- Lose Your Money, But Don’t Lose Your Mind, Moody Blues, from “The Magnificent Moodies” (1965)
- You Pay Your Money and You Take Your Chance, Bruce Cockburn, from “Inner City Front” (1982)
- Robbery, Assault and Battery, Genesis, from “A Trick of the Tail” (1976)
- Takin’ Care of Business, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, from “Bachman–Turner Overdrive II” (1973)
- There Goes a Tenner, Kate Bush, from “The Dreaming” (1982)
- Rich Man Poor Man, The Gladiators, from “Back to Roots” (1982)
- Can’t Buy Me Love, The Beatles, from “A Hard Day’s Night” (1964)
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