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payola /peɪˈəʊlə/
noun [MASS NOUN] chiefly N. Amer. the practice of bribing someone in return for the unofficial promotion of a product in the media: if a record company spends enough money on payola, it can make any record a hit.
[ORIGIN 1930s: from pay + -ola as in Victrola, the name of a make of gramophone.]
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Πολλές λεπτομέρειες στη Wikipedia:
Alan Freed, a disc jockey and early supporter of rock and roll (and also widely credited for actually coining the term), had his career and reputation greatly harmed by a payola scandal. [...]
The song "Payola Blues" by Neil Young from his album Everybody's Rockin' (1983) opens by saying "This one's for you Alan Freed" and then states "'Cause the things they're doing today would make a saint out of you", implying that Payola corruption is bigger than it was in the 50s.​



This one's for you Al Freed,
Wherever you go, whatever you do
'Cause the things they're doing today
Will make a saint out of you.
Payola blues
I've got the payola blues
Even though I already paid my dues.

Listen to me, Mr. D.J.,
hear what I've got to say
If a man is making music,
they ought to let his record play.
Payola blues
No matter where I go
I never hear my record on the radio.

Well, here's three thousand,
that ought to get it on.
Thanks a lot, man!
I love your new song.
Payola blues
No matter where I go
I never hear my record on the radio.

And it goes like this.

I got a brand new record company,
new manager too.
Got a great new record,
I can't get through to you.
Payola blues
No matter where I go
I never hear my record on the radio.

How about this new Mercedes Benz,
that ought to get it on.
Well, thanks a lot, man!
I'll play it all day long.
Payola blues
No matter where I go
I never hear my record on the radio.

I've got the payola blues, payola blues
I'm paying those payola blues
No matter where I go
I never hear my record on the radio.​
 
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Και αυτό:
Payola - Berri Txarrak​

Μετάφραση στα ισπανικά από εδώ.

Fama de cualquier manera
es payola
no importa el camino
fama

"Share" de cualquier manera
silencia el rock'n'roll
en la escuela de los beneficios
"share"

Dime quien no ha pensado
en cortar la mano a ese mal DJ

Un nombre de cualquier manera
que importa el ser
modas y jaulas
un nombre

Popstar de cualquier manera
cinco estrellas, ¡como mola!
una cancion, tantos dolars
popstar

Dime quien no ha pensado
en cortar la mano a ese mal DJ
asi todo podria ser mas divertido

Esto es Payola!!

¿Que es la television ultimamente,
sino un karaoke gigante?
Ven Mikel!! ( http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikel_Laboa )
No digas: "lo mejor para salir, tio!"
¿desde cuando es divertida la basura aqui?
Ven Rivers!! ( http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivers_Cuomo )
 
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The Old Payola Roll Blues - Stan Freberg


In 1960, Stan Freberg did a parody on the Payola Scandal, by calling it "Old Payola Roll Blues", a two sided single, where the promoter gets an ordinary teenager, named Clyde Ankle, to record a song, for Obscurity Records, entitled "High School OO OO", and then tries to offer the song to a Jazz radio station with phony deals that the Disc Jockey just won't buy it. It ends with an anti-rock song, saying hello to Jazz and Swing, and goodbye to amateur nights, including Rock and Roll.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payola#Satire_of_payola_practices



 
daeman

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Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had a Deal - They Might Be Giants


I could never sleep my way to the top
'Cause my alarm clock always wakes me right up
And since my options had been whittled away
I struck a bargain with my radio DJ

I said I'd like this song to be number one
He said, "I'd really really like to help you my son"
And then I knew that I would have him to thank
Because he asked me how much I had in the bank

He said to think long term investment
And that all the others had forgiven themselves
He said the net reward would justify
The colossal mess they'd made of their lives

He said the record wouldn't have to be hot
And no one ever seemed to care if it's not
It would depend on something else that I've got
And that the other ones who'd given it a shot

Had seen a modest sum grow geometrically
And then they had forgiven themselves
Because the net reward had justified
The colossal mess they'd made of their lives

Hey Mr. DJ, I thought you said we had a deal
I thought you said
"You scratch my back and I'll scratch your record"
And I thought you said we had a deal

Well, I told you about the world, its address
I wonder when they're gonna clean up the mess
You know the rabid child is still tuning in
Chess piece face's patience must be wearing thin

Because they haven't played this song on the air
Not that anyone but me even cared
And the Disk Jockey has moved out of town
The district courthouse says he's nowhere to be found

He said to think long term investment
And that all the others had forgiven themselves
He said the net reward would justify
The colossal mess they'd made of their lives

Hey, Mr. DJ, I thought you said we had a deal
I thought you said
"You scratch my back and I'll scratch your record"
And I thought you said we had a deal
 
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