The FuMP
2008-01-01
Artist
Rob Balder
Title
Creative Commons Anthem
This parody of "Give It Away" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers--with backing track by Possible Oscar--is a celebration of the free-content model, the Creative Commons license, and the powerful new artistic and social freedoms which come with technology.
The idea for this song came in response to "The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet is Killing Our Culture," a sad little book by a sad little man, Andrew Keen, the world's leading elitist twit. Keen misses the days when writers and artists and musicians and filmmakers had to beg the wise and knowing corporations for a chance to get their work in front of an audience. Because, you know, when it worked that way only quality entertainment reached the public.
Yeah.
It's awful that you can now come to TheFuMP.com and hear 365 new comedy songs a year for free. Don't you miss the days when the record labels were pre-selecting your music? That way funny music fans got shelves full of only the best comedy music in our record store! That is how it worked, yes?
Anyway, I wanted this song to go out on the first anniversary of The Funny Music Project. Your support has meant the world to us. I've included a shoutout to some--but not nearly all--of my friends and peers who are living proof that Andrew Keen is an assmuppet. His book, and the RIAA granny-lawsuits, etc. are just the roars of a mammoth in a tar pit.
Peace, and a beautiful 2008.
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Comments
madmanOTL - Jan 1, 2008
Love the song! For some reason I am picturing Rob Balder singing this dressed like the Red Hot Chilli Peppers in the video and that is a very disturbing image.
peterfump9 - Jan 1, 2008
Excellent!
LoonieBin - Jan 1, 2008
Another year of the FuMP? Dammit I gotta buy another 6 CDs...You guys are killing me.
wildcard9 - Jan 1, 2008
Excellent song!!
Molakwae - Jan 1, 2008
Consider the song stolen and a dollar on its way.
djseamus - Jan 1, 2008
Another, high-quality, dead-on parody from Mr. Balder! You even included the jaw harp, which was a highlight of the Peppers' original! As for the message of the song, thanks for the music in 2007. The Fump never fails to delight me as both a causal listener and a DJ.
hms42 - Jan 1, 2008
Rob - you forgot the IDv1/IDv2 info.
Balder - Jan 1, 2008
"as long as you don't perform this on stage in your underwear, I'm all with ya" - Most of it was recorded in my underwear. Does that count?
filkertom - Jan 1, 2008
Yeah.
TakeruSTakomi - Jan 1, 2008
Ah man, A wonderful way to open the year up. CC license for the ultimate win. Awesome job!
Voice of Kiki - Jan 1, 2008
*claps* Excellent lyrics. Love the shout-outs. The music was well done, too. Great job, guys.
Xero_Storm - Jan 1, 2008
"Doesn't make it better when they chop a frickin' tree down." too true.
MrTuesday - Jan 1, 2008
Awesome message. And as long as you don't perform this on stage in your underwear, I'm all with ya.
lukeski - Jan 1, 2008
(stands and applauds) BRAVO! :D Way to kick off the new year! Thanks for the shout out!
CaptNova - Jan 2, 2008
Happy Birthday FuMP, and keep up the good work. I hope to spread the word far and wide about the FuMP. Maybe do some guerrilla marketing for you guys. Also the fit against commercial culture constraining non-commercial culture go to www.free-culture.cc and d/l the free pdf for the book free culture. It talks all about it in more depth then Mr. Balder can do in his song.
Waffleking - Jan 2, 2008
Andrew Keen really is an assmuppet.
Hurricane - Jan 4, 2008
Hey, it's places like the FuMP that makes the internet worth having! Rad song Mr. Balder- may you and your fellow FuMPers keep out basses thumping through 2008 ^_^
seamonkey - Jan 4, 2008
Tell it like it is, Brutha Balder! Preach it to the naysayers!!! There are THOUSANDS of mainstream, corporately established recording artists that I could be feeding my money into, but they wouldn't give me half as much pleasure as the FuMP! Thanks for the song man!
Spaff.com - Jan 6, 2008
Rob Balder puts the "Creative" in "Creative Commons." Happy birthday, mother FuMPers.
awfulhorrid - Jan 11, 2008
While I've bought CDs from many of the individual artists here before I keep forgetting to subscribe to the FuMP itself. You just reminded me big time -- I'm in for a Level II and I'll see what I can drop in the donation jar. Damn great song!
Balder - Jan 16, 2008
Awesome! Thank you!
ProjectSisyphus - Jan 22, 2008
Just heard this gem...nice! Way to "represent" the FuMP!
Magekind - Jan 26, 2008
The theme song of the NEW digital millennium. To hell with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Next up: Re-do and put it on my YouTube.
Magekind - Jan 26, 2008
Can't edit comments, but... maybe we should start an internet community, call it "Cult of The Amateur", and give/sell only CC art - music, text, video, whatever. Shove it up Keen's y'know. Only... I guess we'd risk getting sued by him 'cause he came up with the phrase.
ronnie1969 - Feb 18, 2008
Good song. Nice job everyone.
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devospice - Dec 31, 2007
Woah! That was awesome!