# Help With Songs About Money vs Love **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 20, 2004, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-songs-about-money-vs-love/230217 "2004-02-20T16:34:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gamaliel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b487fb/32.png) [@Gamaliel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gamaliel)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-songs-about-money-vs-love/230217/41 "2004-02-25T11:52:44Z")
Cole Porter’s “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-songs-about-money-vs-love/230217/42 "2004-02-25T15:03:06Z")
Fourteen Carat Mind by Gene Watson \*The cabin that I built in West Virginia Was not enough to keep you satisfied ‘Cause a man that’s got a saw mill occupation Can’t afford to feed a rich girls’ appetite I wonder if you’re still with Willie Jackson Sometimes I wonder if he’s still alive Ol’ Willie he gave up his wife and children Just to satisfy your fourteen carat mind. \* ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-songs-about-money-vs-love/230217/43 "2004-02-25T19:39:28Z")
“They Want Money” by Cool Moe Dee “Everything She Wants” by Wham! “Why don’t you get a job” by Offspring and from the opposite end of the argument… “Country Death Song” by Violent Femmes ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-songs-about-money-vs-love/230217/44 "2004-02-25T20:04:27Z")
Paul Simon’s _Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes_ is sweet; the Dissipated Eight do a great version of this a cappella. Bruce Springsteen - _Dancin’ in the Dark_ Traveling Wilburys - _Tweeter and the Monkey Man_, most effective back-to-back with Steve Miller’s _Take the Money and Run_, or interspersed with the “I love you, Hunny-Bunny” intro from the Pulp Fiction Soundtrack’s reissue of Dick Dale’s _Misirlou_. Fountains of Wayne have a great song called _Hey Julie_ about how nice it is to come home to your true love after a hard shitty day in the blue-collar world. If you’re looking for some better obscure titles, swing by Art of the Mix or AllMusic and look for songs or mixes about money and love. If you start with money, I have a feeling you’ll find love songs in there. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-songs-about-money-vs-love/230217/45 "2004-02-25T20:27:32Z")
**"I Can’t Give You Anything But Love"** , performed by Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and a few others I can’t give you anything but love, baby That’s the only thing I’ve plenty of, baby … Gee, I’d like to see you looking swell, my little baby But diamond bracelets Woolworth’s doesn’t sell Till that lucky day you know darned well, baby I can’t give you anything but love ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-songs-about-money-vs-love/230217/46 "2004-02-25T20:33:03Z")
Money Money Money - ABBA ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-songs-about-money-vs-love/230217/47 "2004-02-25T21:41:58Z")
**Luckenbach, Texas - Waylon Jennings** : \*So baby let’s sell your diamond rings And get some boots and faded jeans and go away This coat and tie is choking me And in your high society you cry all day We’ve been so busy keepin’ up with the Jones Four car garage and we’re still building on Maybe it’s time we got back to the basics of love Let’s go to Luckenbach Texas…\* ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-songs-about-money-vs-love/230217/48 "2004-02-27T04:49:31Z")
“Head Like A Hole” Nine Inch Nails. Incredible walking bass on that one ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-songs-about-money-vs-love/230217/49 "2004-02-27T08:17:45Z")
_Diamonds are Forever_ and _Goldfinger_, by Shirley Bassey. Gotta go with the classics. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingDragonFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@FlyingDragonFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingDragonFan)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-songs-about-money-vs-love/230217/50 "2004-02-27T13:27:19Z")
Lyle Lovett’s “M-O-N-E-Y” from the album _Pontiac_ “I was out last night With my girlfriend Things were going Very fine And I asked her Would you like a kiss She said thank you no but I’ll have some M-O-N-E-Y” Understated country-humor-type song ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-songs-about-money-vs-love/230217/51 "2004-02-27T20:36:45Z")
“How Do You Spell Love? (M-O-N-E-Y)” is by the Fabulous T-Birds. I would consider it a must-have for your album. Not only is it a jammin’ tune, it’s a very cynical look at the whole love. vs. money question. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-songs-about-money-vs-love/230217.md?page=2)