Name a Numismatic Song

QCCoinGuy · June 1, 2018 9:06AM

I thought this would produce some fun answers. Any song qualifies so long as it includes a numismatic reference or lyric. For example:

Midnight Rider by The Allman Brothers: "I've got one more silver dollar"
Are the Good Times Really Over by Merle Haggard: "I wish a buck was still silver"
Long Time Running by The Tragically Hip: "I'll drop a caribou, and I'll tell on you" (reference to a Canadian quarter)

Close, but no cigar:
One Toke[n] Over the Line by Brewer and Shipley

MrHalfDime · June 1, 2018 9:15AM

"Big Chief Buffalo Nickel", Leon Redbone

https://youtube.com/watch?v=9y4DdfXa6U0

Morpheus1967 · June 1, 2018 9:19AM

Any song by Eddie Money.

MrHalfDime · June 1, 2018 9:22AM

"Brother Can You Spare a Dime", Al Jolson, Bing Crosby, and Maine's own Rudy Vallee

https://youtube.com/results?search_query=buddy+can+you+spare+a+dime

coinpalice · June 1, 2018 9:25AM

no quarter-Led Zeppelin

QCCoinGuy · June 1, 2018 9:26AM

@coinpalice said:
no quarter-Led Zeppelin

Beat me to it

koynekwest · June 1, 2018 9:27AM

"Down on the Corner" by CCR-

Down on the corner, out in the street
'Willy and the Poor Boys' are playin'
Bring a nickel, tap your feet

QCCoinGuy · June 1, 2018 9:29AM

And it Stoned Me by Van Morrison

"Half a mile from the county fair
And the rain came pourin' down
Me and Billy standin' there
With a silver half a crown"

MrHalfDime · June 1, 2018 9:29AM

"She's the Queen of the Silver Dollar", Dr. Hook

https://youtube.com/watch?v=TV5ztdWx56I

TommyType · June 1, 2018 9:32AM

"Movin' Out", Billy Joel

"Tradin' in my Chevy for a Cadilac-ac-CAC-CAC"

Ok....I may be mis-reading the intent.

Coinstartled · June 1, 2018 9:35AM

Auctioneer.

https://youtu.be/q3u6zbz63uU

MrHalfDime · June 1, 2018 9:36AM

"Under the Double Eagle", U. S. Navy Band

https://youtube.com/watch?v=BgSypRHsqAQ

QCCoinGuy · June 1, 2018 9:40AM

For the Love of Money, by the O'Jays

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjuRhETwbI0

privatecoin · June 1, 2018 9:45AM

Take the money and run. Steve Miller band.

Insider2 · June 1, 2018 9:47AM

I'm dating myself: "Three Coins in the Fountain."

grip · June 1, 2018 9:48AM

Three coins in the fountain.............The 4 aces.

MrHalfDime · June 1, 2018 9:48AM

And of course, "Money", Pink Floyd

https://youtube.com/watch?v=cpbbuaIA3Ds

Smudge · June 1, 2018 9:48AM

Your Cash ain't nothing but trash. Steve Miller again.

CaptHenway · June 1, 2018 10:01AM

"It had to BU!"-- "Casablanca"

REALGATOR · June 1, 2018 10:09AM

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts:

I love rock n' roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock n' roll
So come an' take your time an' dance with me

QCCoinGuy · June 1, 2018 10:09AM

Silver and Gold by Joe Strummer. Great song, and prescient. He died just before this was released.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf8w0773x2U

crazyhounddog · June 1, 2018 10:14AM

Pennies from heaven

JBK · June 1, 2018 10:17AM

@QCCoinGuy said:
3. Long Time Running by The Tragically Hip: "I'll drop a caribou, and I'll tell on you" (reference to a Canadian quarter)

is that real Canadian slang for a quarter? Never heard that.

Smudge · June 1, 2018 10:17AM

Roxy Music Editions of You. Old money's better than new.

QCCoinGuy · June 1, 2018 10:21AM

@JBK said:

@QCCoinGuy said:
3. Long Time Running by The Tragically Hip: "I'll drop a caribou, and I'll tell on you" (reference to a Canadian quarter)

is that real Canadian slang for a quarter? Never heard that.

I've never heard anybody actually use it, which is a shame. Great line.

cnncoins · June 1, 2018 10:45AM

"Our love is Rarer than a 1909-S VDB Lincoln Cent" by the Rockaways.
And yes, this is a real song...

carabonnair · June 1, 2018 11:40AM

"Thruppence and sixpence every day..." Magic Bus - The Who

Smudge · June 1, 2018 11:56AM

Dynamo Humm by Frank Zappa. 40 dollar bill. Can't repeat the lyrics here.

bigmarty58 · June 1, 2018 12:02PM

Money Money
Grateful Dead

AUandAG · June 1, 2018 12:20PM

Home on the Range: where the buffaloes roam.

bob

oldabeintx · June 1, 2018 12:27PM

Midnight Rider (I think)

johnny9434 · June 1, 2018 12:30PM

does the band " 50 cent " count?

Rollerman · June 1, 2018 12:51PM

Three coins in the fountain, Taxman by the Beatles.

Coinosaurus · June 1, 2018 1:16PM

This, "If You're a Coin Collector," from 1965, is worth listening to: https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/523061.

koynekwest · June 1, 2018 5:00PM

"On Broadway" by The Drifters or George Benson-

"They say the women treat you fine
On Broadway
But lookin' at them just gives me the blues
How ya gonna make some time
When all you got is one thin dime
And one thin dime won't even shine your shoes"

koynekwest · June 1, 2018 5:04PM

And "Greenback Dollar" by the Kingston Trio and others-

And I don't give a damn about a Greenback a-dollar
Spend it fast as I can
For a whaling song and a good guitar
The only things that I understand, poor boy

bsshog40 · June 1, 2018 5:48PM

Put a quarter in the jukebox- Buck owens

yosclimber · June 1, 2018 6:01PM

"Attribution Blues", by Fuzzy Plates and the Triplex Lenses?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSXKyHM133c

"Give Me Just a Little Half Dime", by Chairmen of the Bored?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzIAiyxS-nk

LRCTom · June 1, 2018 6:20PM

Well if I had money,
I'd tell you what I'd do,
I go downtown buy a Mercury or two.
Crazy bout a Mercury,
Lord I'm crazy bout a Mercury,

Alan Jackson - Mercury Blues

LRCTom · June 1, 2018 6:33PM

For Morgan lovers:

"All we are saying...
is give Peace a chance..."

Ronyahski · June 1, 2018 6:33PM

Bare Naked Ladies: " If I Had A Million Dollars"

If I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
Well, I' d buy you a house
I would buy you a house

And if I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
I'd buy you furniture for your house
Maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman
And if I had a million dollars

If I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a K-Car
A nice reliant automobile
And if I had a million dollars, I' d buy your love

Ronyahski · June 1, 2018 6:35PM

Roger Miller - "King of the Road"

Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let, fifty cents.
No phone, no pool, no pets, I ain't got no cigarettes
Ah, but, two hours of pushin' broom
Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room
I'm a man of means by no means, king of the road.

RichieURich · June 1, 2018 6:35PM

What CNNcoins said:

Regulated · June 1, 2018 6:36PM

Despite being an instrumental, "I Collect Coins" by Mercury Rev fits the bill...

Coinstartled · June 1, 2018 6:37PM

Zombies... Trime of the Season.

LRCTom · June 1, 2018 7:11PM

..and of course...

"One little, two little, three little Indians....."

cnncoins · June 1, 2018 7:24PM

Rich, I have a signed copy of that 45 framed in my office!

messydesk · June 1, 2018 7:36PM

A Nickel and a Nail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2MsF3sTftg

which also happens to be the title of Adam Leech's movie about using Hobo Nickels to get from Colorado Springs to the Tampa FUN show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESvWO9aOJQg

Tunis · June 1, 2018 8:37PM

The Flirts- Jukebox (Don’t Put Another Dime)

BuffaloIronTail · June 1, 2018 8:57PM

Warren Zevon: "I Drank Up All The Money".

Pete

Walkerfan · June 1, 2018 9:08PM

Warrant: "Dirty, rotten, filthy, stinkin' rich." or KISS "Cadillac Dreams"... I want money, money that's all I need... I got Cadillac Dreams Mr. don't you take it from me.

Name a Numismatic Song

Comments

Leave a Comment