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Merle Hazard is back with 'Bailout'

Posted Jul 28th 2009 5:30PM by Zac Bissonnette (RSS feed)
Filed under: Comic Relief

If you've been desperately waiting for a new Merle Hazard song, the long winter is over: Merle is back with 'Bailout', a charming country ballad all about bailouts.

It's not an immediate classic the way that the catchy H-E-D-G-E F-U-N-D was, but for lyrical depth and detail, it's definitely a new high for Mr. Hazard.

The song includes a scathing critique of Ben Bernanke, who is dismissed as an "academic." Watch the video below the cut.

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Billy Joel on the subprime meltdown

Posted Feb 9th 2008 1:40PM by Zac Bissonnette (RSS feed)
Filed under: Internet, Videos

OK, so I lied about it. To my knowledge, Billy Joel hasn't yet opined on the subprime mess. But we'll keep you posted if he does.

Instead, a hilarious riff on Joel's hit "We didn't start the fire" is making the rounds on the internet -- It's definitely not as good as Merle Hazard's "hit" "H-E-D-G-E F-U-N-D" but it's pretty good.

I wonder whether YouTube videos featuring market-oriented gallows humor could be seen as a sign of a bottom -- a sign that the traders/managers making these videos have finally gone nuts.

In case you missed out on Hazard's follow-up, check out "In the Hamptons."