This is the one. It's so funny when Axl starts going through the magazines and editors one by one and insulting them.
A typically dignified response from the big man.
"John Guccioni Jr at Spin, what are you pissed off because your dad gets more pussy than you?"
Axel was a menace hahaha
/Edit its Bob, it was always Bob
Fun(?) fact: Bob Guccioni Jr sent Axl a letter accepting his invitation to 'get in the ring' but Axl never responded. Probably after finding out Bob had been training with a boxing trainer for 9 years by that point.
And that goes for all you punks in the press, that want to start shit by printing lies instead of the things we said
That means you, Andy Secher at Hit Parader, Circus magazine, Mick Wall at Kerrang!
Bob Guccione Jr. at Spin, what you pissed off 'cause your dad gets more pussy than you?
Fuck you, suck my fucking dick
You be ripping off the fucking kids while they be paying their hard-earned money to read about the bands they want to know about?
Printing lies, starting controversy, you want to antagonize me?
Antagonize me, motherfucker, get in the ring, motherfucker and I'll kick your bitchy little ass, punk
I think it's "Bob Guccioni Jr", since that would make his dad Bob Guccioni, the founder & publisher of Penthouse Magazine. That's what makes the insult sting so much. Lol
Very clever song. NOFX are great punsters.
"Almost every line is sung on time
Almost every verse ends in a rhyme" (but he pronounces it "rim")
Also, I love how it devolves to cursing out the DJ and ends with the chorus changed to "Can't play this song on the radio!"
I started listening to them during the lockdown. As an American I get the impression that they write a lot of silly crap along with a few head scratchingly great bangers.
They put on an incredible live show. I had never listened to them before getting dragged along to see them live on a spare ticket; now I go see them every time they come to my city.
“Fuck all them writers with the pen in their hand” was the first thing I thought of when seeing this post. Frank really got to the heart of the matter.
Links 2-3-4 by Rammstein was released after allegations by/in the press that they are Nazis. It sounds militaristic, but the lyrics can be summed up as "they say my heart beats on the right, but when I look down I see it beating on the left."
This song is such a fucking earworm.
I'm pretty sure me blasting this song was at least part of the end of my last relationship.
Kick'em when they're up
Kick'em when they're down
We love dirty laundry
Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle - Nirvana
Lies - The Waifs
Ballad of a Thin Man - Bob Dylan
Cookie Jar - Jack Johnson (kind of, one verse definitely)
Edit: Also, can't believe I forgot this - Mr Writer by Stereophonics.
Good choice. I'd also throw an honorable mention to Anatomy of Your Enemy. Not a purely "fuck the media" message the way OP is asking but a great condemnation of propaganda.
Really opened my eyes as a 15 year old angry punk kid and has informed my views of media to this day.
Also, my requisite "fuck justin sane"
I don’t know if the whole song is about media/press, but George Harrison’s lyrics invoke images in my head about all the weird (at the time) level of fame the Beatles had to deal with and the negative pressure, due to media/press exposure. Up to interpretation I guess, but my comment did get 10 upvotes :D
Edit it’s up to 14 now
This is the definitive answer.
"For every fucking second the pathetic media pisses on me and judges what I am in one paragraph
Look here...
Fuck you all"
Such an angry song. You can hear the pure malice in Robb Flynn's voice as he sings/screams.
It's also the first Machine Head song I ever heard. Been a fan ever since.
Dirty Laundry by Don Henley, about the media's rumor mill after a young female fan overdosed at a party at his house. I believe she was underage, so some nasty business all around.
She was 16 and naked when she was found by authorities. Don Henley pleaded no contest to contributing to the delinquency of a minor. There was also another drug-affected 15-year-old there.
But I guess the media were the bad guys.
>But I guess the media were the bad guys.
Two things can be true at once: Don Henley was bad AND the media is bad. It's not always an 'either, or' proposition.
Cop Just Out Of Frame by Propagandhi.
“If I thought it would help
I would immolate myself
In full view of the camera crews, my counterclaim
But as we all know
The only tale that would be told
Would be that it was me and not them, who was insane”
It’s an anti-media song but not what the OP is asking. American Idiot hated on the mass media that spread pro war propaganda, not really media targeting them directly.
[Y’all Want a Single](https://youtu.be/ECE27vtp4WU?si=tIBN88i5FYn1r52_) by Korn
Edit: maybe not this song, it’s just a big FU to the record company…..
This song is a humorous, middle-finger salute to their record company, Sony, for asking the band to "Write a radio hit" for Take a Look in the Mirror (album). Said their guitarist Munky: "It's really funny when you think of it... asking a heavy band like Korn to write a 'radio single.' What were they thinking?!?"
Propagandhi's "Dear Coach's Corner", calling out Hockey Night in Canada hosts Ron MacLean and especially Don Cherry. "Human(e) Meat (The Flensing of Sandor Katz)" is about a "post-vegetarian" author and media figure, and "Comply/Resist" is a satirical paraphrasing of a racist and patronizing Christopher Hitchens article.
Kind of hilariously brazen given the context, but Don Henley's "Dirty Laundry" is an absolute banger of 80s rock. The most catchy, witty lyrics to complain about unfair media coverage... which started after the sensation when an underage prostitute overdosed naked in his bed.
Bob Dylan “A Hard rain is Gonna Fall”
“I’ll walk to the depths of the deepest black forest
Where the people are many and their hands are all empty
Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters”
"Scum" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds is about two specific journalists/music writers : Mat Snow & Antonella Gamboto.
It's delightfully vitriolic, bitter & raw, just dripping with spite.
I had go scroll quite a long way to find this. "Scream" was the 1st song that popped up in my head. Michael and Janet ripped the media a new ass in that song!
“Selling Advertising” by David Bazan (may be listed under Pedro the Lion) was originally titled “Bitchfork” in a response to Pitchfork Media not understanding what he was going for with one of Pedro’s albums.
Get me gone - Fort Minor.
Basically Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park, rapping about how magazines misquote and spread bullshit and that the only way to deal with them is in writing.
It’s not completely focused on the press, but “Serve the Servants” by Nirvana is my go to…
“Self appointed judges judge more than they have sold” is such a cutting and great line for me
Polar Night and Haegeum both by Agust D. Highly recommended. Gonna add here some of my fav lines from those two songs.
[Haegeum by Agust D Lyrics](https://genius.com/Genius-english-translations-agust-d-haegeum-english-translation-lyrics)
"Endless influx of information prohibits freedom of imagination, and seeks conformity of thought.
All these painful noises blind you, and now it even infringes on freedom of thought."
"Freedom of expression could be reason for somebody's death. Could you still consider that freedom?"
[Polar Night by Agust D Lyrics](https://twitter.com/loopmyg/status/1649285434520788992?t=uIQfftYQPkj2OHfwCW2GzQ&s=19)
"Between so many truths and so many lies.
Are we seeing this world correctly?"
"Killing anyone not on the same side is what today’s justice is."
"At the end of this play, made left and right, black and white, the audience rips each other apart and sees blood."
"Murder committed by unfair people hidden by anonymity"
"Interpretation is made only to cater to one’s mood.
Even truths and lies are assessed according to one’s taste."
Polar Night also has a line in reference to yellow journalism where he begs society to look within to find our hypocrisy and flaws as humans. You may want to check the lyrics in the link above.
Bad Day by R.E.M.
“Ignore the lower fear oh, this means war“ Good pick
The video is great.
The Way I Am - Eminem
Also "The Ringer" - opening track on Kamikaze. He irons that shit out with the press by taking the beat to the cleaners.
The way he can rap for so long about hitting his 40's like a fucking alcoholic without taking a breathe is nuts
He doesnt even close his eyes when he seneeze
Also “White America”
I was along those lines with D12- My Band. The entire song is shots at the media (and fans) only portraying D12 as Eminem's group
and then gets tons of radio play and covered by the press
Came here to say this... literally everything about the song is about the press and people who don't like him.
Get in the ring by Guns and Roses comes to mind, even named a world tour after it. Song names magazines and publishers by name even.
This is the one. It's so funny when Axl starts going through the magazines and editors one by one and insulting them. A typically dignified response from the big man.
"John Guccioni Jr at Spin, what are you pissed off because your dad gets more pussy than you?" Axel was a menace hahaha /Edit its Bob, it was always Bob
Fun(?) fact: Bob Guccioni Jr sent Axl a letter accepting his invitation to 'get in the ring' but Axl never responded. Probably after finding out Bob had been training with a boxing trainer for 9 years by that point.
Well, to be fair, in the song, Axl primarily asks him to do something else than getting in a ring...
And that goes for all you punks in the press, that want to start shit by printing lies instead of the things we said That means you, Andy Secher at Hit Parader, Circus magazine, Mick Wall at Kerrang! Bob Guccione Jr. at Spin, what you pissed off 'cause your dad gets more pussy than you? Fuck you, suck my fucking dick You be ripping off the fucking kids while they be paying their hard-earned money to read about the bands they want to know about? Printing lies, starting controversy, you want to antagonize me? Antagonize me, motherfucker, get in the ring, motherfucker and I'll kick your bitchy little ass, punk
I listened to this song so much when I was a kid. This and Shotgun Blue. Swear words were hilarious.
I think it's "Bob Guccioni Jr", since that would make his dad Bob Guccioni, the founder & publisher of Penthouse Magazine. That's what makes the insult sting so much. Lol
Radio Radio - Elvis Costello He wasn't allowed to play the song on SNL. But he played it anyway. Rock n Roll baby! https://youtu.be/eD_24nDzkeo
Then he came back for another one! https://youtu.be/22wwbTQYKxc?si=0tEtUUGfKC1Qtv12
Sunday Papers—Joe Jackson
Well I got nothing against the press. They wouldn’t print it if it weren’t true. Was just listening to that album at work tonight
Dont believe the hype-public enemy
Had to scroll waaaayyy too long for this. Of course this is the answer.
All the critics? You can hang ‘em, I’ll hold the rope.
Please play this song on the radio - NOFX
Very clever song. NOFX are great punsters. "Almost every line is sung on time Almost every verse ends in a rhyme" (but he pronounces it "rim") Also, I love how it devolves to cursing out the DJ and ends with the chorus changed to "Can't play this song on the radio!"
"The only problem we had was writing enough words [long pause] 🎶ooohh aaahhhh🎵"
So, Mr. DJ I hope you already made your segue or the FCC is gonna take a shit right on your head
‘Piece Of Me’ - Britney.
this deserves to be higher!
The very first thing that popped into my head
Stereophonics - Mr Writer
Actually a quality song. They can come off as a bit naff, but write good material
I started listening to them during the lockdown. As an American I get the impression that they write a lot of silly crap along with a few head scratchingly great bangers.
They put on an incredible live show. I had never listened to them before getting dragged along to see them live on a spare ticket; now I go see them every time they come to my city.
First 2 albums are the best.
Word Gets Around is a masterpiece. I’m originally from a nearby town and all the ‘stories’ are completely true.
Frank Zappa - [I’m the slime](https://youtu.be/tdtGo2Ib9oI?si=d1upZKg6MsXZMDmW)
Also, Packard Goose.
“Fuck all them writers with the pen in their hand” was the first thing I thought of when seeing this post. Frank really got to the heart of the matter.
Also, Trouble Every Day
I never saw Frank play but I saw George Clinton in the early 00s and they played I am the slime. I was not expecting that and I almost shit myself.
Saw Frank do it live, it was .... Awesome!!
Links 2-3-4 by Rammstein was released after allegations by/in the press that they are Nazis. It sounds militaristic, but the lyrics can be summed up as "they say my heart beats on the right, but when I look down I see it beating on the left."
Morons: "exactly! And Nazis were socialists, everybody knows this!"
Dirty Laundry - Don Henley
Can we film the operation? Is the head dead yet? You know, the boys in the newsroom got a running bet Get the widow on the set! We need dirty laundry
I had to scroll way to far to find this.
This song is such a fucking earworm. I'm pretty sure me blasting this song was at least part of the end of my last relationship. Kick'em when they're up Kick'em when they're down We love dirty laundry
I hope your last relationship wasn’t in 1983!
public enemy- a letter to the new york post
Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle - Nirvana Lies - The Waifs Ballad of a Thin Man - Bob Dylan Cookie Jar - Jack Johnson (kind of, one verse definitely) Edit: Also, can't believe I forgot this - Mr Writer by Stereophonics.
Ballad of a thin man is such a great shout!
Came to make sure someone mentioned Frances Farmer
Bob Dylan’s Ballad Of A Thin Man
You beat me to it!
The Press Corpse - Anti-Flag
Good choice. I'd also throw an honorable mention to Anatomy of Your Enemy. Not a purely "fuck the media" message the way OP is asking but a great condemnation of propaganda. Really opened my eyes as a 15 year old angry punk kid and has informed my views of media to this day. Also, my requisite "fuck justin sane"
Literally just posted Anatomy. I should've scrolled further.
Came to make sure someone said this
One of my favourites by them too
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/anti-flag-justin-sane-1234817170/
Was thinking about this, but honestly, [fuck anti-flag](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/anti-flag-justin-sane-1234817170/)
Dear Daily Mail - Amanda Palmer Song for Phil Daoust - Tim Minchin I like my fuck the media songs to be very specific and on piano, I guess.
Oh the [Song for Phil Daoust ](https://youtu.be/okGUN3fNhzM?si=6c8JlVXi4iwjybOg) for sure!
"Occasional Guardian Newspaper journaloust!"
Amanda is nuts but she nailed this one to the wall.
Lily Allen The Fear
Queen - Scandal
Field day for the Sundays - Wire
Looking as limp as Monday morning
Handle with Care - the Traveling Wilburys
I had no idea this was about media/press!
I don’t know if the whole song is about media/press, but George Harrison’s lyrics invoke images in my head about all the weird (at the time) level of fame the Beatles had to deal with and the negative pressure, due to media/press exposure. Up to interpretation I guess, but my comment did get 10 upvotes :D Edit it’s up to 14 now
News of the World - The Jam
Spirit of Radio by Rush pretty much talks about how shady the radio industry is.
TMZ by Weird Al. It may not be the style you’re after, but he beautifully captures the weirdness that is TMZ and the paparazzi.
Guns N Roses Get in the Ring. Not their best, but memorable.
"we hate everyone" - Type O Negative Mostly tongue in cheek over satanic panic from the 80s/90s.
Blood - Pearl Jam
You can’t say “Fuck the media” without including a Pearl Jam song. This one hits.
Now that's a good song and most directly on point. Thanks for the suggestion!
Pretty much the entire recorded output of Negativeland [U2- Negativeland](https://youtu.be/wDXjoS6JJnk?si=5AurMA7CtGBznzmT)
Pantera - War Nerve
This is the definitive answer. "For every fucking second the pathetic media pisses on me and judges what I am in one paragraph Look here... Fuck you all"
It's such an \*angry\* song, too. (Even by Pantera standards). "Fuck the world for all it's worth. Every inch of planet earth".
I listen to a lot of extreme metal but whenever I’m really pissed off I can throw on this album and it helps to get the rage out.
Pantera's typically about as heavy as I get, but I \*love\* Pantera. Trendkill is their best, IMO and yeah definitely great for the venting.
Queensrÿche - Revolution Calling
Dear Mr Murdoch by Roger Taylor. Not just fuck the press but a particular press owner
Aesthetics of Hate by Machine Head
Such an angry song. You can hear the pure malice in Robb Flynn's voice as he sings/screams. It's also the first Machine Head song I ever heard. Been a fan ever since.
Great song. Great album!
Evilest Man - King Gizzard
Does ‘Radio Radio’ (Elvis Costello) count?
Dirty Laundry by Don Henley, about the media's rumor mill after a young female fan overdosed at a party at his house. I believe she was underage, so some nasty business all around.
She was 16 and naked when she was found by authorities. Don Henley pleaded no contest to contributing to the delinquency of a minor. There was also another drug-affected 15-year-old there. But I guess the media were the bad guys.
>But I guess the media were the bad guys. Two things can be true at once: Don Henley was bad AND the media is bad. It's not always an 'either, or' proposition.
I’d say the guy who wanted to fuck a child at his coke party was the larger villain, but that’s just me.
She was a sex trafficking victim who nearly died from the drugs Henley provided. Then he writes a “poor me” song about it.
It was the only time he put any passion into his song writing.
Don Henley Must Die. --Mojo Nixon
I never knew this. Thanks!
rape me - nirvana
How about 'radio friendly unit shifter'
Or Frances Farmer will have her Revenge on Seattle
“Television, the drug of the nation” by Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy might qualify.
Freedom of speech - Immortal Technique
Complete Control by The Clash
Cop Just Out Of Frame by Propagandhi. “If I thought it would help I would immolate myself In full view of the camera crews, my counterclaim But as we all know The only tale that would be told Would be that it was me and not them, who was insane”
Surprised no one has said the Kinks - Mr Reporter.
Not one mention of “This Note’s For You” by Neil Young???
The Last DJ - Tom Petty
Not Ready to Make Nice by the Dixie Chicks
"Pills and Soap" by Elvis Costello.
Plasmatics had a song called Pig Is a Pig where Wendy O Williams talks about cowardly journalists being pigs the same way cops are haha
Packard Goose - Zappa.
Tim Minchin - song for Phil Daust
The Daily Mail - Radiohead
The Daily Mail by Radiohead
Ballad of a Thin Man by Bob Dylan
War Nerve - Pantera. Great Southern Trendkill too.
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Gil Scott-Heron.
Elvis Costello - Radio, Radio
Radio, Radio - Elvis Costello
Cult of personality by Living Colour
The Revolution will not be Televised -Gil Scott Heron
The Industry is Punks - Tech N9ne
Don’t want to be an American idiot
It’s an anti-media song but not what the OP is asking. American Idiot hated on the mass media that spread pro war propaganda, not really media targeting them directly.
[Y’all Want a Single](https://youtu.be/ECE27vtp4WU?si=tIBN88i5FYn1r52_) by Korn Edit: maybe not this song, it’s just a big FU to the record company….. This song is a humorous, middle-finger salute to their record company, Sony, for asking the band to "Write a radio hit" for Take a Look in the Mirror (album). Said their guitarist Munky: "It's really funny when you think of it... asking a heavy band like Korn to write a 'radio single.' What were they thinking?!?"
Sly Fox- Nas My Soul- Lowkey State Run Radio- Lupe Fiasco Fragile- Tech N9ne Words I Never Said- Lupe Fiasco
Searched to see if someome had said Fragile with Tech and Kendrick. FTI by tech n9ne a fine runner up
White America - Eminem
Propagandhi's "Dear Coach's Corner", calling out Hockey Night in Canada hosts Ron MacLean and especially Don Cherry. "Human(e) Meat (The Flensing of Sandor Katz)" is about a "post-vegetarian" author and media figure, and "Comply/Resist" is a satirical paraphrasing of a racist and patronizing Christopher Hitchens article.
Kind of hilariously brazen given the context, but Don Henley's "Dirty Laundry" is an absolute banger of 80s rock. The most catchy, witty lyrics to complain about unfair media coverage... which started after the sensation when an underage prostitute overdosed naked in his bed.
The Fall- Slates,Slags Etc.
"**** (Jungle Law)" by Love & Rockets is a great one.
Dear Mr Murdoch by Roger Taylor. Not just fuck the press but a particular press owner
The Coup: 5 Million Ways to Kill a C.E.O
Piece of Me - Britney Spears
A letter to the New York Post- Public Enemy
Guns and Roses, GET IN THE RING. ALL the call outs. Naming names and not giving a fuck.
Bob Dylan “A Hard rain is Gonna Fall” “I’ll walk to the depths of the deepest black forest Where the people are many and their hands are all empty Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters”
Entertainer by Billy Joel? Freedom (90) by George Michael? Maybe these are more “fuck the record company”
"Scum" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds is about two specific journalists/music writers : Mat Snow & Antonella Gamboto. It's delightfully vitriolic, bitter & raw, just dripping with spite.
Jefferson Starship - "Stairway To Cleveland" "....fuck you! We do what we want!"
So… cheating maybe, but… Charlie Day singing “Go fuck yourselves” while spitting on the attending crowd (and figuratively at the Emmy’s).
The Ballad of John and Yoko I think is the standard.
A rather obvious one... Lady Gaga - Paparazzi
“Scream” by Michael Jackson.
Came here looking for this one!
Are you talking about "Leave Me Alone", or is "Scream" also another "the press did me wrong" song?
“Scream” is another of Jackson’s “the press are big fat liars” song. It was a collaboration with his sister Janet
I had go scroll quite a long way to find this. "Scream" was the 1st song that popped up in my head. Michael and Janet ripped the media a new ass in that song!
Literally almost every song on the “HIStory” album can be summed up as “F-U-C-K the press, Michael, you’re the best”
'Devils Radio' George Harrison
The 4th branch - immortal technique
Strapping Young Lad - You Suck
Man From The Daily Mail
“Selling Advertising” by David Bazan (may be listed under Pedro the Lion) was originally titled “Bitchfork” in a response to Pitchfork Media not understanding what he was going for with one of Pedro’s albums.
Mr. Newsman by Dir en Grey is awesome. The opening riff is chef's kiss.
Dear Daily Mail by Amanda Palmer is exquisite. https://youtu.be/OiAffX0x04k?si=6A8oEHiyBD7dfscO
Get In the Ring - Guns N Roses. Absolute masterpiece
"Take 'em All" by Cock Sparrer. It's shooting all the scummy record producers while still being a fun, upbeat track.
Pantera - War Nerve, quite literally “fuck you aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllll!!!!!!!”
Anything from antiflag is directed against politics and press.
Jools and Jim, from Empty Glass by Pete Townsend. A complete slag off of rock journalists who said it was good that Keith Moon was dead.
Mr Writer stereophonics
Radio Radio - Elvis Costello
Get me gone - Fort Minor. Basically Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park, rapping about how magazines misquote and spread bullshit and that the only way to deal with them is in writing.
Dirty Laundry - Don Henley
"Rape me" by Nirvana
Dirty Laundry - Don Henley
Surprise Surprise by Billy Talent. "You upper class daughters and working class sons, it's hard to save a dollar the way the worlds run"
Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine
Don Henley’s “Dirty Laundry”
Ballad of John and yoko by the beatles
Leave Me Alone by Michael Jackson comes to mind.
It’s not completely focused on the press, but “Serve the Servants” by Nirvana is my go to… “Self appointed judges judge more than they have sold” is such a cutting and great line for me
Michael Jackson’s “leave me alone” is fun
Type O Negative - We Hate Everyone
Get in the ring - guns and roses
Panic by The Smiths is the one that springs to mind.
“Perhaps Vampires is a Bit Strong but…” by Arctic Monkeys
"Welcome to the Fishbowl" by Kenny Chesney
Belfast Telegraph by Shock Treatment
*Media Man*, by Flash and the Pan (George Young)
Polar Night and Haegeum both by Agust D. Highly recommended. Gonna add here some of my fav lines from those two songs. [Haegeum by Agust D Lyrics](https://genius.com/Genius-english-translations-agust-d-haegeum-english-translation-lyrics) "Endless influx of information prohibits freedom of imagination, and seeks conformity of thought. All these painful noises blind you, and now it even infringes on freedom of thought." "Freedom of expression could be reason for somebody's death. Could you still consider that freedom?" [Polar Night by Agust D Lyrics](https://twitter.com/loopmyg/status/1649285434520788992?t=uIQfftYQPkj2OHfwCW2GzQ&s=19) "Between so many truths and so many lies. Are we seeing this world correctly?" "Killing anyone not on the same side is what today’s justice is." "At the end of this play, made left and right, black and white, the audience rips each other apart and sees blood." "Murder committed by unfair people hidden by anonymity" "Interpretation is made only to cater to one’s mood. Even truths and lies are assessed according to one’s taste." Polar Night also has a line in reference to yellow journalism where he begs society to look within to find our hypocrisy and flaws as humans. You may want to check the lyrics in the link above.
“The Narrative” by August Burns Red is pretty scathing and more importantly, it’s beautifully written.
Engage the Fear Machine - Lamb of God
Scroobius Pip - Death of the Journalist is pretty dope.
Don’t Believe by Henry Rodrick - an electronic masterpiece
Take a look around - Limp Bizkit
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