Heston and Marky's Friday Top 5

[muppet hi fi]

I actually thought about this one but decided it's more an historical polemic rather than about spooks per se, though it does reference mercs in the last verse.

A lot of that history has the hand of the CIA in it, so I figured it was appropriate. Plus, it's a top tune.

Yup, was just about to post that to you. I was just going through the lyrics in my head and thought, yeah, Flex is right, and is probably the best song for this topic. Duh. And agree it's a great tune.

[Marky Dread]

As usual, trying to avoid previous picks:

1. Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft
2. Toy Dolls - James Bond Lives Down Our Street
3. Paul McCartney - Spies Like Us (aka The Inder Special)
4. Tom Waits - Small Change
5. The Clash - Washington Bullets

Brilliant fun song...My hair is blonde...dyed blonde!

[101Walterton]

Michael Caine- Madness

[Heston]

Michael Caine- Madness

I didn't know Michael covered that song.

[WestwayKid]

1. Bad Detective - Dolls
2. Fingerprint File - Stones
3. Julie's Been Working For the Drug Squad - Clash
4. Gun - John Cale
5. Don't Feel Too Good - Only Ones

Honorary mention: Bowie's You Feel So Lonely You Could Die, which concerns a spy being hunted for assassination but is vague enough to be a layman's downer heartbreaker.

Fingerprint File is a lost classic in my opinion!

[WestwayKid]

Michael Caine- Madness

Gene Hackman by Robyn Hitchcock!

[101Walterton]

Michael Caine- Madness

I didn't know Michael covered that song.

[Marky Dread]

Michael Caine- Madness

I didn't know Michael covered that song.

Didn't he sing Michael's Mad At Me.

[Heston]

Michael Caine- Madness

I didn't know Michael covered that song.

Didn't he sing Michael's Mad At Me.

[Marky Dread]

Top 5 songs about wealth etc.


1. Taxman - The Beatles
2. Pretty Green - The Jam
3. Hey, Little Rich Girl - The Specials
4. Money (That’s What I Want) - The Flying Lizards
5. Clean Money - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

[Flex]

Getting in early so as not to hamsting myself with my usual "don't include others picks" rule:

1. The Dicks - Bourgeois Fascist Pig
2. Embrace - Money
3. Minutemen - Sell or Be Sold
4. Notorious B.I.G. - Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems
5. Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.

[Low Down Low]

Will have to leave this one to the genius that is Mr Ryland Cooder:

1. The Very Things That Make You Rich (Make Me Poor)
2. How can a poor man stand such times and live?
3. Dirty Chateau
4. No banker left behind
5. Poor mans shangri la

[Low Down Low]

Top 5 songs about wealth etc.


1. Taxman - The Beatles
2. Pretty Green - The Jam
3. Hey, Little Rich Girl - The Specials
4. Money (That’s What I Want) - The Flying Lizards
5. Clean Money - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Love that Flying Lizards track.

[Flex]

Oh shit, how did I miss The Jolly Banker. Greatest line ever: some will rob you win a six-gun and some with a fountain pen.

[muppet hi fi]

Top 5 songs about lack of wealth:

1. Bad Worker - Replacements
2. The Big Payback - Springsteen
3. Cold Water - Tom Waits
4. Bread and Butter - Waitresses
5. Help the Homeless - Johnny Thunders