Hmm

[tgies]

I just realized that there really ought to be a snappy name for songs which are about commercial radio or the pop music industry, such as "Video Killed the Radio Star" by Buggles, They Might Be Giants' "Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had a Deal", or Bis' "Action and Drama", or (urk) "We Built This City" by Starship. Shouldn't there be a name for that? A friend suggested that they constitute topical protest songs, and indeed many are, but not all of them, and that still doesn't convey that they are specifically about the music industry.

What would you call these?

Also, feel free to add songs to my short list. I have developed a fascination with this particular topic recently (over the past eight minutes).

Edit: I just noticed that Bis - Action and Drama is overwhelmingly tagged "feminism" on last.fm. I think I might be missing something here. I can kind of read a Self-Actualization Theme into it if I try, but that still strikes me as an odd way to think about it. Here's the video to Action and Drama on YouTube, if anyone cares.