# Greedy singers-- the play list. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 16, 2014, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greedy-singers-the-play-list/695675 "2014-08-16T12:46:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greedy-singers-the-play-list/695675/21 "2014-08-16T21:16:43Z")
Does the singer/narrator have to be greedy or are songs ABOUT greedy people okay? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greedy-singers-the-play-list/695675/22 "2014-08-16T21:28:02Z")
How about _Gimme Some Money_ by The Thamesmen? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greedy-singers-the-play-list/695675/23 "2014-08-16T21:41:33Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Does the singer/narrator have to be greedy or are songs ABOUT greedy people okay? I’m looking for songs that make the singer look greedy. I thought The Pipkins song fit the bill but [It’s actually Gimme Dat Ding](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEEy615Jzg4) and it’s about needing a rhythm to dance. Learn something new every day! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greedy-singers-the-play-list/695675/24 "2014-08-16T21:58:44Z")
**I Want It All** , Queen ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greedy-singers-the-play-list/695675/25 "2014-08-16T22:16:00Z")
David Bowie, “Star,” from the _Ziggy Stardust_ LP: I could do with the money I’m so wiped out with things as they are I’d send my photograph to my honey - and I’d c’mon like a regular superstar ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greedy-singers-the-play-list/695675/26 "2014-08-16T22:52:22Z")
[“More”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDf_234NGe0) from the Dick Tracy soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greedy-singers-the-play-list/695675/27 "2014-08-16T22:57:28Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > **I Want It All** , Queen That doesn’t sound materialistic or greedy though. It sounds as if the singer wants to get everything out of life he can and live it to the fullest, but it doesn’t seem necessarily to be exclusively about money. > [@](#): > > I want it all I want it all I want it all and I want it now > Adventure seeker on an empty street > Just an alley creeper light on his feet > young fighters screaming with no time for doubt > With the pain and anger can’t see a way out > It ain’t much I’m asking I heard him say > Gotta find me a future move out of my way > I want it all I want it all I want it all and I want it now ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greedy-singers-the-play-list/695675/28 "2014-08-16T23:16:02Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > How about _Gimme Some Money_ by The Thamesmen? What am I, chopped liver? See post #4. 😉 Has anyone mentioned Aloe Blacc’s _I Need a Dollar?_: [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nFZP8zQ5kzk](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nFZP8zQ5kzk) Great song. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greedy-singers-the-play-list/695675/29 "2014-08-16T23:21:41Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > That doesn’t sound materialistic or greedy though. It sounds as if the singer wants to get everything out of life he can and live it to the fullest, but it doesn’t seem necessarily to be exclusively about money. The OP doesn’t mention money, so I’m sticking with it. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greedy-singers-the-play-list/695675/30 "2014-08-16T23:23:27Z")
ABC- [How to be a Millionaire](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHhOUYdg2S8). ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greedy-singers-the-play-list/695675/31 "2014-08-16T23:43:27Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > What am I, chopped liver? See post #4. 😉 Sorry 😉 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greedy-singers-the-play-list/695675/32 "2014-08-16T23:44:44Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > What am I, chopped liver? 😉 No, I think of you more along the lines of a nice juicy ribeye…sorry! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greedy-singers-the-play-list/695675/33 "2014-08-16T23:54:39Z")
Not money, but [That Don’t Impress Me Much](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqFLXayD6e8) (by Shania Twain) always struck me as annoyingly self-centered and demanding. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greedy-singers-the-play-list/695675/34 "2014-08-16T23:59:34Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > How about _Gimme Some Money_ by The Thamesmen? Post #4. Oops - guess I didn’t refresh the page for a bit. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greedy-singers-the-play-list/695675/35 "2014-08-17T01:30:42Z")
“Big Time” by Peter Gabriel? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greedy-singers-the-play-list/695675/36 "2014-08-17T01:32:15Z")
AC/DC: “Ain’t No Fun Waiting Round to Be a Millionaire” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greedy-singers-the-play-list/695675/37 "2014-08-17T01:33:38Z")
“Beverly Hills” by Weezer ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greedy-singers-the-play-list/695675/38 "2014-08-17T01:34:48Z")
“Money, money, money,” by Abba. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greedy-singers-the-play-list/695675/39 "2014-08-17T04:08:42Z")
I guess satire counts, as well as songs just demanding equal treatment and respect. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greedy-singers-the-play-list/695675/40 "2014-08-17T05:52:38Z")
In [_Bon Voyage_](Bon Voyage) from _Candide_, the Governor sings about his greed: \*I’m so rich that my life is an utter bore; There is just not a thing that I need. My desires are as dry as an applecore, And my only emotion is greed. Which is why, though I’ve nothing to spend it for, I have swindled this gold from Candide, Poor Candide! But I never would swindle the humble poor, For you can’t get a turnip to bleed. When you swindle the rich you get so much more, Which is why I have swindled Candide. Oh dear, I fear He’s going down, he’s going to drown! Ah, poor Candide!\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greedy-singers-the-play-list/695675.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greedy-singers-the-play-list/695675.md?page=3)