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  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 8,679 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"

  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,258 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MWallace said:

    @oldabeintx said:
    A stretch but Piano Man

    Not a stretch at all as far as I'm concerned.

    "And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar"

    It’s a stretch. People put paper in those jars, not coins. But if we’re doing paper, I’ll add Harry Chapin’s Taxi. And if we’re really stretching, Loudon Wainwright III’s Dead Skunk, because it’s all about a Large Scent.

    Andy Lustig

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  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 7,175 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Coins, currency, checks, tokens, gold bars,....anything money related, what the heck. Maybe I should change the subject line. 🤣 😂

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

  • sellitstoresellitstore Posts: 2,870 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MWallace said:

    @Copperindian said:
    Loan me a Dime - Boz Scaggs

    Good one! And great solo by Duane Allman at the beginning of the song. His clean, precise playing shows his genius.

    Duane Allman and no "Midnight Rider"?
    "I've got one more silver dollar...."

    And there's two numismatic references in "Row Jimmy" by the Grateful Dead.

    "Here's a half a dollar, if you dare,
    Double twist when you hit the air..."

    and

    "Two bit piece don't buy no more
    Not so much as it done before..."

    Collector and dealer in obsolete currency. Always buying all obsolete bank notes and scrip.
  • MWallaceMWallace Posts: 4,095 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 10, 2024 1:28PM

    @sellitstore said:

    @MWallace said:

    @Copperindian said:
    Loan me a Dime - Boz Scaggs

    Good one! And great solo by Duane Allman at the beginning of the song. His clean, precise playing shows his genius.

    Duane Allman and no "Midnight Rider"?
    "I've got one more silver dollar...."

    And there's two numismatic references in "Row Jimmy" by the Grateful Dead.

    "Here's a half a dollar, if you dare,
    Double twist when you hit the air..."

    and

    "Two bit piece don't buy no more
    Not so much as it done before..."

    Midnight Rider is in the OP.

    Edited to add: Note that I was tagged in the OP.

  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 7,175 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @sellitstore said:

    @MWallace said:

    @Copperindian said:
    Loan me a Dime - Boz Scaggs

    Good one! And great solo by Duane Allman at the beginning of the song. His clean, precise playing shows his genius.

    Duane Allman and no "Midnight Rider"?
    "I've got one more silver dollar...."

    You didn't see the first post?

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 7,175 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MWallace - We think alike! 👍 🤣 😂

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,579 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "Tax Man" by the Beatles:

    Now my advice for those who die
    (Taxman!)
    Declare the pennies on your eyes
    (Taxman!)

  • MWallaceMWallace Posts: 4,095 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @OAKSTAR said:
    @MWallace - We think alike! 👍 🤣 😂

    That's probably not good for one of us. Not sure which one. :D

  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,110 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JBK said:
    "Tax Man" by the Beatles:

    Now my advice for those who die
    (Taxman!)
    Declare the pennies on your eyes
    (Taxman!)

    I had it covered earlier in the thread.😀

    Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
  • BJandTundraBJandTundra Posts: 387 ✭✭✭✭

    BOBBY DARIN
    "Silver Dollar"

    Now you can throw a** silver dollar**
    Down on the ground
    And it'll roll because it's round
    A woman never knows
    What a good man she's got
    Until, he puts her down.

  • KurisuKurisu Posts: 1,994 ✭✭✭✭✭

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Own0JqHKQSw

    If I had all the money in the world
    I'd probably burn it all
    If I had all the riches in the world
    I'd surely burn it all
    One in a million, money gonna kill a man
    Why must we lose control?

    Coins are Neato!

    "If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone...somewhere...is making a penny." - Steven Wright

  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,315 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 10, 2024 5:28PM

    I've got one more Silver Dollar and I'm not gonna let 'em catch the Midnight Rider...

    LIVE VERSION!! 1973!!

    https://youtu.be/GyfD_jgxIuo?si=hUbNSqyG3R-CQ5uR

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

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  • CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 8,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    When most of y’all were crying’ “what the hell is he listening to”! FYI we didn’t know either 😆 just sounded good and that’s all that mattered.

    Beggin’ nickels begging’ dimes just to get my bottle of wine!

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E8EZW7-NSNI

  • Aegis3Aegis3 Posts: 2,904 ✭✭✭

    "Sunken Waltz" by Calexico references the SBA dollar.

    --

    Ed. S.

    (EJS)
  • IkesTIkesT Posts: 3,133 ✭✭✭✭✭
  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 7,175 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @IkesT - That sure works! 🤣 👍

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

  • ShaunBC5ShaunBC5 Posts: 1,727 ✭✭✭✭✭

    50Cent helped us “party like it’s ya birfday” in da club back in college. Pretty sure he’s mentioned in his songs, along with some dime pieces.

  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,110 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Green Tambourine by the Lemon Pipers.
    "Drop your silver in my tambourine.....Give me pennies I'll take anything"

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  • IkesTIkesT Posts: 3,133 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BLUEJAYWAY said:
    Green Tambourine by the Lemon Pipers.
    "Drop your silver in my tambourine.....Give me pennies I'll take anything"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBmR1skSQKg

  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,208 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Love at the five and dime.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jXyn8IDswUs

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  • sellitstoresellitstore Posts: 2,870 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 11, 2024 6:29AM

    @MWallace said:

    @sellitstore said:

    @MWallace said:

    @Copperindian said:
    Loan me a Dime - Boz Scaggs

    Good one! And great solo by Duane Allman at the beginning of the song. His clean, precise playing shows his genius.

    Duane Allman and no "Midnight Rider"?
    "I've got one more silver dollar...."

    And there's two numismatic references in "Row Jimmy" by the Grateful Dead.

    "Here's a half a dollar, if you dare,
    Double twist when you hit the air..."

    and

    "Two bit piece don't buy no more
    Not so much as it done before..."

    Midnight Rider is in the OP.

    Edited to add: Note that I was tagged in the OP.

    Sorry, my mistake. Seemed obvious and it was.
    But "Row Jimmy" qualifies as a double. I hope that makes up for it.

    Anyone mention "Me and My Uncle"? "My uncle grabbed the gold, and we hightailed it down to Mexico." and "Taught me so well, I grabbed that gold, and I left his dead ass there by the side of the road."

    And then there's Little Feat-"Fat man in the bathtub", for one.
    "Well, I don't want nobody who won't dive for dimes
    I don't want no speedballs 'cause I might die tryin'"
    and
    "Let me put my money in your meter, baby, so it won't run down"
    and many more......

    Collector and dealer in obsolete currency. Always buying all obsolete bank notes and scrip.
  • ShaunBC5ShaunBC5 Posts: 1,727 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wyclef Jean - Guantanamera
    “A penny for your thoughts, a nickel for your kiss, a dime if you tell me that your mine”

  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,134 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The song "Feed the Birds (Tuppence a Bag)" from the 1964 film "Mary Poppins".

    image

    "Tuppence" is British slang for two penny coins.

    :)

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  • CircCamCircCam Posts: 283 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Iron & Wine - Boy with a Coin

    “The boy with a coin, he found in the weeds with bullets and pages of trade magazines…”

    Iron & Wine - Flightless Bird

    “I was a quick, wet boy diving too deep for coins..”

    Gregory Allen Isakov - Master and the Hound

    “Sent us flying ‘round the carnival…. Throw all your lucky coins on me….”

  • IkesTIkesT Posts: 3,133 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @WillieBoyd2 said:
    The song "Feed the Birds (Tuppence a Bag)" from the 1964 film "Mary Poppins".

    There are four songs from Mary Poppins that mention coins:

    Pavement Artist

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fHppd_KtP4

    Feed the Birds

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHrRxQVUFN4

    Fidelity Fiduciary Bank

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxyB29bDbBA

    Let's Go Fly a Kite

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA-g8YYPKVo

  • ShaunBC5ShaunBC5 Posts: 1,727 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Travis Tritt - Here’s A Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)

  • MoparmonsterMoparmonster Posts: 250 ✭✭✭✭
    edited October 12, 2024 8:26AM

    Delete

  • GiveMeProofGiveMeProof Posts: 618 ✭✭✭✭

    @Moparmonster said:
    “I got a little change in my pocket goin' jing-a-ling-a-ling”

    Keep Your Hands To Yourself

    You guys gotta read the whole thread before you start postin'.

  • pcgs69pcgs69 Posts: 4,324 ✭✭✭✭

    There's a song by the band Live called "The Distance"

    It starts out:
    Let him come into the city
    Let him find his lucky penny
    Let him put it in his pocket
    And shake it all around

    https://youtu.be/I3afpZ2clK8?si=uakcDHMlHaOuSvzA

  • MoparmonsterMoparmonster Posts: 250 ✭✭✭✭

    @GiveMeProof said:

    @Moparmonster said:
    “I got a little change in my pocket goin' jing-a-ling-a-ling”

    Keep Your Hands To Yourself

    You guys gotta read the whole thread before you start postin'.

    My bad… I did read the whole thread but missed it. Sorry

  • CopperindianCopperindian Posts: 1,455 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Money (that’s what I want) - the Beatles. I think this was a cover; not sure who was the original artist.

    “The thrill of the hunt never gets old”

    PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
    Copperindian

    Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
    Copperindian

  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,579 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Moparmonster said:

    @GiveMeProof said:

    @Moparmonster said:
    “I got a little change in my pocket goin' jing-a-ling-a-ling”

    Keep Your Hands To Yourself

    You guys gotta read the whole thread before you start postin'.

    My bad… I did read the whole thread but missed it. Sorry

    I did it too, so you're in good company. :p

  • Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,532 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Penny Lover

    Dave

    Always looking for original, better date VF20-VF35 Barber quarters and halves, and a quality beer.
  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 8,679 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"

  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 8,679 ✭✭✭✭✭

    How bout a little Motown money............
    O'Jays.....
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5QLbnfFWg0

    "When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"

  • GiveMeProofGiveMeProof Posts: 618 ✭✭✭✭

    @Moparmonster said:

    @GiveMeProof said:

    @Moparmonster said:
    “I got a little change in my pocket goin' jing-a-ling-a-ling”

    Keep Your Hands To Yourself

    You guys gotta read the whole thread before you start postin'.

    My bad… I did read the whole thread but missed it. Sorry

    No worries my friend. ;)

  • MoparmonsterMoparmonster Posts: 250 ✭✭✭✭

    Regular guy
    Steve Earle

    Didn't vote for nobody last time
    Cause they wasn't worth a trickle down dime
    But one man's promise is another man's lie
    And I'm just a regular guy

    https://youtu.be/_KggtOJilx0?si=KonunStWkJdCcN0g

  • sellitstoresellitstore Posts: 2,870 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don't think that Peggy-O by the Grateful Dead has been mentioned.

    "I would marry you, but your guineas are too few."

    Maybe he only collected crowns and Maundy sets.

    Collector and dealer in obsolete currency. Always buying all obsolete bank notes and scrip.
  • lilolmelilolme Posts: 2,655 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I Gotta Feeling
    (I am to old for this one. - Not.)

    Tonight's the night, let's live it up
    I got my money, let's spend it up (a fee-)
    Go out and smash it, like, "Oh my God"
    Jump out that sofa, let's kick it, off (a fee-)

    Tonight's the night (hey), let's live it up (let's live it up)
    I got my money (I'm paid), let's spend it up (let's spend it up)
    Go out and smash it (smash it), like, "Oh my God" (like, "Oh my God!")
    Jump out that sofa (come on), let's kick it, off (a fee-)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSD4vsh1zDA

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=_KWVk0XeB9o - Ruby Starr (from 'Go Jim Dandy') Piece Of My Heart
    .
    https://youtube.com/watch?v=D0FPxuQv2ns - Ruby Starr (from 'Go Jim Dandy') Maybe I'm Amazed

    RLJ 1958 - 2023

  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 8,679 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Come on now - who could forget.........

    "Money for nothing".....
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAD6Obi7Cag

    "When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"

  • john_nyc1john_nyc1 Posts: 89 ✭✭✭

    The Dead's Friend of the Devil!

    Ran into the Devil, babe
    He loaned me TWENTY BILLS
    I spent the night in Utah
    In a cave up in the hills

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXgReZFB1SY

    Casual collector, mostly Morgans & Peace Dollars.

  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 8,679 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Excellent tune/video about stealing money........

    "She jumped up and grabbed my pistol
    Stuck it in the fat man's back
    Said open up the safe
    And put your money in the sack"
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7XqVSaQXlo

    "When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"

  • UncleJoeUncleJoe Posts: 2,536 ✭✭✭

    Another Saturday Night

    I got some money ‘cause I just got paid

    Joe.

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