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* Music/TheNotoriousBIG's albums are infamous for that. His first album and the only one released in his lifetime? ''Music/ReadyToDie''. His second album, the last one on which he had creative input on and his first posthumous release? ''Music/LifeAfterDeath''. His third album, and first posthumous album? ''Born Again''.
* Music/MachinaeSupremacy, ''Need For Steve'', opening speech:
--> We'll give you complete creative control.
* In December 2009, as a campaign to make their song "Killing In The Name" the UK Christmas No.1 rapidly gained traction, Music/RageAgainstTheMachine were booked to perform it live on BBC Radio, and were sternly told beforehand to censor the song's infamous crescendo. You know, the one where Zach de la Rocha yells "Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me" [[BrokenRecord over and]] [[ClusterFBomb over again]]. Three guesses what de la Rocha did.
* [[{{Music/Hawkwind}} Robert Calvert's]] 1974 solo debut, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyBPXuWzHL0 Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters]]'', has several examples, being a satirical account of [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_F-104_Starfighter#German_service the Luftwaffe's controversial adoption of the]] F-104 Starfighter. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_bribery_scandals Defence Minister Franz Josef Strauss]] [[TheBonzoDogBand (Vivian Stanshall)]] is mad with desire at resurrecting German air superiority, later being enticed by an American con man [[{{Music/Traffic}} (Jim Capaldi)]]. The latter sells the titular F-104 Starfighter Plane in bulk, refitting them as the "F-104G" (for Germany, as Strauss squees over). The F-104 was a fighter infamous for its safety record, quickly becoming known as ''Der Witwenmacher (The Widowmaker)'', with at least ''30%'' of the planes having crashed.
** Similarly, the titular Captain Lockheed (Calvert) is a [[TheStoner drugged-up test pilot]] with a [[ItsAllAboutMe bravado to match]]. Once the press unravels the whole charade, Strauss and the ''entire defence board'' resign.
** It becomes [[AccidentallyCorrectWriting strangely predictive]], seeing as how the scandals stretched to other friendly governments, including the Netherlands and Japan, as well as how Lockheed had been bailed out in 1971, only to have been revealed to have spent $22 Million in ensuring the use of the Starfighter around the world in 1976.
** The entire story's also [[LampshadedTrope lampshaded]] by [[Music/ArthurBrown the Gremlin]], an embodiment of aerial disasters and the album's loose GreekChorus.
* In one version of The Clovers' "Love Potion #9", the protagonist isn't deterred by the encounter with the cop, and decides to go back to the gypsy lady and ask for the #10 version.
* After winning the FA Cup in 1994 and making it to the 1995 Final, Manchester United released a song called "We’re Gonna Do It Again", presumably "it" being winning the FA Cup again. The result in the Final? Everton 1 Manchester United 0.

* In one version of The Clovers' "Love Potion #9", the protagonist isn't deterred by the encounter with the cop, and decides to go back to the gypsy lady and ask for the #10 version.

** YMMV, if it becomes [[HarsherInHindsight harsher]] or [[AccidentallyAccurate strangely predictive]], seeing as how the scandals stretched to other friendly governments, including the Netherlands and Japan, as well as how Lockheed had been bailed out in 1971, only to have been revealed to have spent $22 Million in ensuring the use of the Starfighter around the world in 1976.

** The entire story's also [[LampshadedTrope lampshaded]] by [[Music/ArthurBrown the Gremlin]], an embodiment of aerial disasters and the album's loose GreekChorus.

* MachinaeSupremacy, ''Need For Steve'', opening speech:

* Robert Calvert, late on/off vocalist/lyricist of Music/{{Hawkwind}}, made his solo debut in 1974 with ''Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters.'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyBPXuWzHL0]] The album is a satirical account of the [[ShownTheirWork 1961 West German Lockheed Bribery Scandal]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_bribery_scandals involving then-defence-minister Franz Josef Strauss]] (portrayed by a rabid Vivian Stanshall, of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band); pushing towards the brink of resurrecting German Air Superiority, Strauss is enticed by an offer of an American Con Artist, who sells the titular F-104 Starfighter Plane in bulk, as well as refitting them as the "F-104G" (for Germany, as Strauss energetically points out). The problem is that in Real Life, the F-104 was a fighter infamous for its safety record, quickly becoming known as ''Der Witwenmacher (The Widowmaker)'', with at least ''30%'' of the planes having crashed. The real kicker comes with the titular Captain Lockheed, basically a [[TheStoner drugged-up test pilot]] with Swaggering Bravado to Match. Once the press unravels the whole charade, Strauss and the ''entire defence board'' resign.

** [[ArsonMurderandJaywalking That, and there's the Gremlin: an embodiment of every failure of aircraft testing played by Arthur Brown, to dazzling effect.]]

* Robert Calvert, late on/off vocalist/lyricist of Music/{{Hawkwind}}, made his solo debut in 1974 with ''Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters.'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyBPXuWzHL0]] The album is a satirical account of the [[ShownTheirWork 1961 West German Lockheed Bribery Scandal]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_bribery_scandals involving then-defence-minister Franz Josef Strauss]] (portrayed by a rabid Vivian Stanshall, of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band); pushing towards the brink of resurrecting German Air Superiority, Strauss is enticed by an offer of an American Con Artist, who sells the titular F-104 Starfighter Plane in bulk, as well as refitting them as the "F-104G" [[CaptainObvious (for Germany, as Strauss energetically points out)]] The problem is that in Real Life, the F-104 was a fighter infamous for its safety record, quickly becoming known as ''Der Witwenmacher (The Widowmaker)'', with at least ''30%'' of the planes having crashed. The real kicker comes with the titular Captain Lockheed, basically a [[TheStoner drugged-up test pilot]] with Swaggering Bravado to Match. Once the press unravels the whole charade, Strauss and the ''entire defence board'' resign.

--> We'll give you complete creative control.