{"id":16236,"date":"2017-07-24T16:22:56","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T16:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/?p=16236"},"modified":"2017-07-25T16:25:21","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T16:25:21","slug":"life-island-times-musicians-on-money-and-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/life-island-times-musicians-on-money-and-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Life & Island Times: Musicians on Money and Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

As with almost everyone who is invested in the American stock markets, the past nine months have been a boon. Since everything that goes up must come down, at least a little, I’ve been looking for ways to manage this risk.<\/p>\n

Listening absent mindlessly to cable TV blues and rock-n-roll channels, I was astonished to hear financial and life planning advice from singers and musicians. Since most of them are card carrying members of American counterculture, I expected to hear them be dismissive of money; but, I heard them express not just pain and suffering but excellent advice.<\/p>\n

Here are a few of the many gems of financial and life planning wisdom I found in their lyrics and in various interviews with musicians of note.<\/p>\n

\"072517-1LIT\"<\/p>\n

Money for nothing, chicks for free
\n-Dire Straits on making it big as MTV rock stars, Money for Nothing<\/p>\n

Money makes the world go around
\n. . . the world go around
\n. . . the world go around.
\nMoney makes the world go around
\nOf that we both are sure
\n-Liza Minelli in the movie Cabaret<\/p>\n

Don’t let, don’t let, don’t let money fool you
\nMoney can fool people sometimes
\nPeople! Don’t let money, don’t let money change you
\nIt will keep on changing, changing up your mind
\n-O’Jays, For the Love of Money<\/p>\n

Cause I don\u2019t care too much for money, money can\u2019t buy me love
\n-The Beatles, Can’t Buy Me Love<\/p>\n

Money can\u2019t buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it.
\n-David Lee Roth<\/p>\n

And if I had a million dollars
\nIf I had a million dollars
\nWell I\u2019d buy you some art
\nA Picasso or a Garfunkel
\n-Barenaked Ladies, If I Had a Million Dollars<\/p>\n

\"072517-2LIT\"<\/p>\n

What you got (ain\u2019t necessarily what you own)
\n-Doug McLeod in the song of the same title<\/p>\n

The focus on my appearance has really surprised me. I\u2019ve always been a size 14 to 16. I don\u2019t care about clothes. I\u2019d rather spend my money on cigarettes and booze.
\n-Adele<\/p>\n

My doctor tells me I should start slowing it down, but there are more old drunks than there are old doctors, so let’s all have another round.
\n-Willie Nelson<\/p>\n

A lot of young musicians get the money at the wrong time. They get it for something they don’t feel great about, and it’ll make you feel so bad it’ll destroy you and kill you.
\n-Iggy Pop<\/p>\n

Money, it\u2019s a gas
\nGrab that cash with both hands
\nAnd make a stash
\nNew car, caviar, four star daydream
\nThink I\u2019ll buy me a football team
\n-Pink Floyd, Money<\/p>\n

\"072517-3LIT\"<\/p>\n

If you drive a car, I\u2019ll tax the street
\nIf you try to sit, I\u2019ll tax your seat
\nIf you get too cold, I\u2019ll tax the heat
\nIf you take a walk, I\u2019ll tax your feet
\n-The Beatles, Taxman<\/p>\n

Cash Rules Everything Around Me
\nC. R. E. A. M. Get the money, dollar, dollar bill y\u2019all
\n-Wu-Tang Clan, C.R.E.A.M.<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you need
\n-Rolling Stones, You can’t always get what you want <\/p>\n

Oh Lord won\u2019t you buy me a Mercedes Benz
\nMy friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends
\nWorked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends
\nSo oh Lord won\u2019t you buy me a Mercedes Benz
\n-Janis Joplin, Mercedes Benz<\/p>\n

\"072517-4LIT\"<\/p>\n

I try to do the right thing with money. Save a dollar here and there, clip some coupons. Buy ten gold chains instead of 20. Four summer homes instead of eight.
\n-LL Cool J on diversification<\/p>\n

Money doesn’t talk, it swears.
\n-Bob Dylan, I’m Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) <\/p>\n

Money like people comes in two varieties – saved and lost.
\n-Anon gospel singer<\/p>\n

You have four years to be irresponsible here. Relax. Work is for people with jobs. You’ll never remember class time, but you’ll remember time you wasted hanging out with your friends. So, stay out late. Go out on a Tuesday with your friends when you have a paper due Wednesday. Spend money you don’t have. Drink ’til sunrise. The work never ends, but college does . . .
\n-Tom Petty on life in college<\/p>\n

\"072517-5LIT\"<\/p>\n

If Time is Money, our lives are worth their weight in gold.
\n-Anon <\/p>\n

Got no checkbooks, got no banks
\nStill, I’d like to express my thanks
\nI’ve got the sun in the morning
\nAnd the moon at night
\n-Irving Berlin, I Got the Sun in the Morning<\/p>\n

If you’ve got the money, I’ve got the time
\n-Lefty Frizzell, If You’ve Got the Money (I’ve Got the Time)<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve got the time, we\u2019ve got the beer
\n-Miller Beer commercial song <\/p>\n

\"072517-6LIT\"<\/p>\n

Most of America’s problems can be solved by money. As for the rest, there’s alcohol.
\n-Marlow <\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2017 From My Isle Seat
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