Masters of RIAA (Parody)

from Phinny Sings! (Covers and Parodies) by Phineas Narco

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This is a song by The National Cynical Network, sung and written by Phineas Narco.

It is an updated parody of the song 'Masters of War' by Bob Dylan and utilizes the first second and a half guitar riff sample of the original song repeated over and over for the background (same as original structure, basically)

This is a work of parody artistic expression, social commentary the subtext of which is also commentary which is in part directed at the original song and therefore legal under the provisions of Fair Use. Enjoy.

The video for this song is here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1cX-jAfUxw

lyrics

Come, you RIAA
You that sue all the sites
You that tear down the torrents
You that fight dirty fights
You that haven't got gonads
You that cease and desist
I just want you to know
We are going to resist

You that never done nothin'
But your lawyers employ
to stop us from file-sharing
You your minions deploy
You put a suit in my mailbox
and you take me to court
'less I pay I the money
you try to extort

Like Ulrich of old
Napsterizing your greed
Slithering through the courtrooms
Sowing your evil seed
You send out your subpoenas
to the children in schools
you're a cowardly pack
of goddamn little fools

Let me ask you one question
are the settlements good?
does it make us by cd's
as you wish that it would?
I think you will find
When your law bills come due
that they'll never be covered
by all the people you sue

And I hope you go broke
And you'll file bankruptcy
as your towers of power
collapse into the sea
and your old business models
sink into their death bed
and you forever in hell
give Justin Bieber head

credits

from Phinny Sings! (Covers and Parodies), released August 29, 2012
Music: Bob Dylan
Lyrics and vocals: Phineas Narco

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The National Cynical Network San Jose, California

The National Cynical Network (NCN) is a long-running, SF Bay Area alternate programming media remix project. It originally consisted of a trio of SF Bay-Area based radio collage artists: Phineas Narco, Ronald Redball and Alexander T. Newport. NCN seeks to play *with* music , using sound, and video media samples in the process of media collage or 'mediage'. ... more

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