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Post by MartinT on Dec 28, 2021 16:33:45 GMT
Van Morrison wrote some deliberately terrible songs to get revenge on Bang Records, who insisted that he fulfil his quota. This is the most hilarious of a bunch of them.
Are there other examples of revenge songs?
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Post by ChrisB on Dec 28, 2021 17:50:51 GMT
Ozzy Osbourne to management and label
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Post by ChrisB on Dec 28, 2021 17:53:50 GMT
Lennon to McCartney
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Post by Slinger on Dec 28, 2021 18:03:04 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Dec 28, 2021 18:03:57 GMT
Carly Simon to Warren Beatty?
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Post by ChrisB on Dec 28, 2021 18:37:03 GMT
Geffen Records complained that Neil Young wasn't making records for them that sounded like Neil Young and that he should make a record that sounded like rock and roll. So, he did....in the 1950s meaning of the phrase.
Geffen tried to sue him for it.
Then they apologised.
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Post by brettj on Dec 28, 2021 19:55:25 GMT
Van Morrison wrote some deliberately terrible songs to get revenge on Bang Records, who insisted that he fulfil his quota. This is the most hilarious of a bunch of them. Love this. Gotta go listen to the full version! |
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Post by MartinT on Dec 28, 2021 21:20:31 GMT
I couldn't resist another one...
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Post by speedysteve on Dec 28, 2021 22:52:37 GMT
In 1970, The Rolling Stones group was under contract to Decca. They decided it was time to leave and create their own label.
In 1970, the group was under contract to Decca. They decided it was time to leave and create their own label-free from corporate meddling and restrictions. They gave Decca that last song and they continued touring.
Decca, they rejected The Beatles and could not hold on to the Rolling Stones.
They honored their contract with Decca by recording the now-infamous “Schoolboy Blues.” The song was too profane for Decca to release, so they buried it — they thought. In 1983, the controversial song was accidentally included in a four-LP box set titled The Rest of the Best and released in Germany.
The 1970 song by The Rolling Stones, commonly recognized by the name “Cocksucker Blues”. The song is based on Dr. John’s “The Lonesome Guitar Strangler”, released on his 1969 album Babylon. It was written and played by Mick Jagger to be the Stones’ final single for Decca Records. The Stones were leaving Decca and starting their own record label, but Decca claimed they were owed one more single under the band’s current contract. The Stones thence delivered this song, with its context and language chosen specifically to anger Decca executives (there are explicit references to fellatio, anal sex and bestiality in the lyrics). Decca refused to issue the song as part of an album.
This oversight probably cost someone their job. The records were pulled from shelves. and the set was reissued without “Schoolboy Blues.” Now, thanks to the Internet, the censored song is a YouTube sensation.
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Post by Slinger on Dec 28, 2021 23:24:16 GMT
I once opened an open-air festival - only a 1-day, local affair, hardly Woodstock, but *big* for me at the time - just me and my acoustic guitar, perched on a stool, no soundcheck, the first act on, nervous as f*ck, and with lots of faces in front of me. I'll always remember that Cocksucker Blues was what the DJ played immediately before he introduced me.
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Post by brettj on Dec 29, 2021 10:48:19 GMT
Not quite the perfect intro then Paul?
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