“Save the Rich,” by Garfunkel and Oates … (Comedy / Parody – Music to Your Ears, Mock’n’Roll–6)

Save the rich, Don't go cryin' to Mommy. 'Cause if you don't agree, Then you're a socialist commie.

Garfunkel and Oates – “Save the Rich”

“Save the Rich” (2012)

“Save the Rich,”  is a brilliant parody of 1985’s charity recording “We Are the World.” 

In 1985, many great and famous artists came together in an effort to raise funds for famine relief in Africa. The resulting single became one of the best-selling and most popular singles of all time, surpassing the 20-million mark, and contributed greatly to the famine relief.   

Those Poor Rich Folk

Over 2008–2010, the filthy rich in the USA and elsewhere were faced with the horrifying prospect of losing shitloads of their money. Not all of their money, and not many of their assets, but much more than poor plebeians like you and I can ever imagine.   

This time, the powers-that-be didn’t even wait for any generous, philanthropic efforts from either the musicians or us common folk. No, they just took bold action and took the money – I mean, “our”  money – straight from the public coffers, and handed it to the rich. Billions of it.

And when the coffers were empty, they took even bolder action, engaging in something we plebes could never comprehend, something mystifyingly called “Quantitative Easing”  (QE).   

Whatever QE was, it seems to have worked, cuz the rich soon got back on “Easy Street.”  And they stayed there. Yep, we saved the rich. Fortunately, we have Garfunkel and Oates to tell us why we did so – and how foolish we were to do so.   _{(Image source)}

Garfunkel and Oates

The cleverly named comedy-folk duo Garfunkel and Oates took their name from what they call “"two famous rock-and-roll second bananas"  –   those “lesser halves”  known as Art Garfunkel and John Oates.  

Ready to Offend

Since 2007, Riki Lindhome (aka Garfunkel) and Kate Micucci (aka Oates) have always been ready and willing to offend. They’ve mocked all sorts of deserving losers – males and females, kids and adults, friends and enemies, the rich and the slutty.

Nobody is immune from their skewers and their often scathing wit.

Everyone knows these times are really tough
And we need to band together and say we've had enough
All the jobless people need to learn to be content
'Cause what we need to do is protect our 1 per cent

Save the rich
Let them know you care
Don't leave them to languish in their penthouse of despair
Save the rich
Let their bonuses be swollen
And let them keep all tax free, even if it's stolen
Save the rich

Let's give our job creators more than their fair share
So they can go to Asia and create jobs over there
There's loopholes and exemptions ...and children to exploit
So give them special tax breaks
Who cares about Detroit

And those who don't create jobs really need help too
'Cause without their seven homes
How will they make it through?
It's not time for complaining
Not the time for class war
It's time to sacrifice yourself to give them more and more and more
More and more and more and more

Save the rich
America's built on corporate greed
It's not Wall Street's fault
If you can't get what you need

Save the rich
Don't go cryin' to Mommy
'Cause if you don't agree
Then you're a socialist commie

Save the rich
Blame yourself for your problems
Not the bad economy
So what if those who have the most
Are the ones who put it in jeopardy
Fuck your student loans
Fuck your kids and your healthcare
It'll only take 10 thousand other jobs
To put another private jet in the air

Save the rich
It's so easy to do
Just let yourself be ignorant
To what's been done to you

Save the rich
By doin' nothing at all
Deny all sense and logic and just think really small
You should think really small
Or just don't think at all
And save the rich   _{(Image source)}

        “USA for Africa” – We are the World   
          _{(Right-click to hear on YouTube)}
Lyrics by Kate Micucci / Riki Lindhome, courtesy of – LyricsHall.com
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Reference – Wikipedia

Into your ears … through 5 channels

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         1 – “Music to Your Ears” (MTYE)
         2 – “Cover Versions”
         3 – “Honor Roll”
         4 – “Documentaries”
         5 – “Mock’n’Roll”

Links to my other series ...

          Lou Reed – "Anthology of Memorable Lyrics, Part 1"
          Lou Reed – "Anthology of Memorable Lyrics, Part 2"

          Great Lyrics, a compilation – “Part One – My Lyrics Posts 3~30”
          Great Lyrics, a compilation – “Part Two – My Lyrics Posts 31~60”  

          Vocab-Ability – "Introduction to Vocab-Ability"  
          Vocab-Ability – "Index"  to all Chapters and Sections  

          Notes from Under the Tatami Mats – "Part One – Notes 1~50"  
          Notes from Under the Tatami Mats – "Part Two – Notes 51~87"