h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Video Killed The Radio Star. Bubbles.

Bad Old Man - Babybird
(Jerry Springer-type TV host)
Paperback Writer - The Beatles
Blonde in the Bleachers - Joni Mitchell
You Turn Me On (I'm a Radio) - Joni Mitchell
Emily - Hot Chocolate (or Sisters of Mercy)
("Gonna write your name high on that silver screen")
Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man - Rolling Stones
DJ - David Bowie

Catatonia - Road Rage 'It's all over the front page, you give me road rage' and the video shows Cerys venting her frustration at a camera

Yes, of *course*! It's good... thanks.

"Everybody's on Top Of The Pops" - The Rezillos

Networking - Warren Zevon
The Fourth World - Roy Harper

BCNU - Crescent

the entertainer, pianoman and its still rock n roll to me- all billy joel

Madonna - Vogue

'Stan' by Eminem
'Queen of Hollywood' by The Corrs
'Hollywood' by Madonna

REM featuring KRS1 - Radio Song

Public Enemy did on I think it was called New York Post....
"50 cents in New York,
60 cents elsewhere
and makes no goddam sense at all"

Cant remeber the title of the Beautiful South song with the list of girls names in which was a parody of songs with girls names in that go up the charts because guys buy those records for girls who have that name.

'Radio' by The Corrs

Oh and "She Watches channel zero" also by Public Enemy.

And "bring the noise" which was about the record industry and radio stations not playing rap music....obviously a very old record.

I think its about time I listened to public enemy again and got all energized about....well....everything

Blicky, I think that Beautiful South song is called "Song For Whoever"

Oh Shirley, Oh Deborah, Oh Julie, Oh Jane
I wrote so many songs about you
I forget your name, I forget your name
Jennifer, Alison, Phillipa, Sue, Deborah, Annabel, too

The Revolutuoion Will Not Be Televised - Gil Scott Heron
Throw Away Your Television - RHCP
Seventeen - Ladytron

Any more?

Something about newspapers or advertising would be nice, or womens magazines.

Or any humourous songs... there must be some suitable Tom Lehrer or Half Man Half Buscuit out there.... (runs off to look)

'Scandal' - Queen
'Day in the Life' - The Beatles

Tom Lehrer did a song about porn, called Smut. Also, weird al yankovic's song 'Couch Potato' (a sort of parody of eminem's 'Lose yourself', to the same tune
) is about the media, as it's about a coach potato watching TV All day.

Can't believe no-one's mentioned "Sunday Papers" by Joe Jackson.

A classic from 1979! [And still true

Mother doesn't go out anymore.
Just sits at home and rolls her spastic eyes.
But every weekend through the door
Come words of wisdom from the world outside.

If you wanna know about the bishop and the actress
If you wanna know how to be a star
If you wanna know about the stains on the mattress

You can read it in the Sunday Papers
Sunday Papers

Mother's wheelchair stays out in the hall.
Why should she go out when the TV's on?
Whatever moves beyond these walls,
She'll know the facts when Sunday comes along.

If you wanna know about the mad punk rockers
If you wanna know how to play guitar
If you wanna know 'bout any other suckers

You can read it in the Sunday Papers
read it in the Sunday Papers

Chorus:
(Sunday Papers)
Don't ask no questions
(Sunday Papers)
Don't get no lies
(Sunday Papers)
Don't raise objections
(Sunday Papers)
Ain't got no eyes


Brother's headin' that way, now, I guess.
He just read something, made his face turn blue.
Well, I got nothin' 'gainst the press;
They wouldn't print it if it wasn't true

If you wanna know about the gay politician (oh yeah!)
If you wanna know how to drive your car
If you wanna know 'bout the new sex position

You can read it in the Sunday Papers
read it in the Sunday Papers

LFO- "Summer Girls"
The bit that goes "I like girls who wear Abercrombie and Fitch..."

News At Ten - The Vapors (not very successful follow-up to Turning Japanese)

Frank Zappa; Be in my video.