Readers recommend: songs about austerity – the results

From RZA's tale of lean cuisine to Aerosmith eating the rich, take nourishment in our playlist of songs about hard timesThere's no shortage of songs about shortage. But paradoxically, reduced circumstances have often spawned great musical riches. Reading your suggestions, one might even begin to wonder if a bit of austerity's a good thing. Until, that is, the reality of severe deprivation hits home.It's the tone of Townes Van Zandt's Marie, a tale of grinding poverty, which makes it truly extrao...

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