OT: Working Songs

[meyers7]

@SalinasV I see your Sam Cooke and raise you one Chrissie Hynde

Back on the Chain Gang - The Pretenders

 

[Ozimoto]

I have a couple I have to add.

 

[Ozimoto]

Here is another that hasn't shown up yet.

 

[Ozimoto]

Here is a rollicking good song from the Dropkick Murphys.

 

[Scud49]

 

[Scud49]

Good "working" tune from Pete Townshend from his "Empty Glass" album, circa 1980 or so:

 

[Monte]

 

[CTBballfan243]

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Working For MCA

 

[Hoops66]

Sorry, had to do it...

 

[MdStang]

Great old southern rock tune,

 

[meyers7]

Geez, you gotta get up every morning and take the 8:15 into the city. ah to be self employed.

Takin' Care of Business - BTO

 

[meyers7]

Some jobs are tougher than others.

Working In a Coal Mine - Devo

 

[meyers7]

Speaking of working in a mine. A story about Benny (blind) and Tom.

Dryden Mine - Enter the Haggis

 

[HuskyNan]

 

[Bigboote]

Am I the only one who remembers the sixties?

I don't think any pop/rock songwriter has ever had the pulse of a country that Ray Davies has for England. This song is a shining example of that. Victoria and Village Green Preservation society are others that come to mind.

 

[Bigboote]

Great song, great lyrics, great guitar solo:

 

[Bigboote]

Richard and Danny Thompson (no relation) made an album called Industry, with all the songs about the industrial revolution, most of them about work. This one isn't about working per se, but about walking off a miserable job to go on strike. It's one of my favorites of his:

 

[Bigboote]

I was going to post the Blackleg Miner from Steeleye, but we've already had a couple of mining songs. This one has really clever and entertaining lyrics. It's one of those folk songs about a woman impersonating a man to get into a world that men are trying to get out of.

 

[Hoops66]

An all-time classic sing-a-long ...

 

[64Zcode]

Have been looking for an excuse to post another one from the Michael Stanley Band. I like these guys...
MSB - Working Again

 

[64Zcode]

I like these guys as well.
Along with working, everyone needs a 'couple days off' from time to time.
Huey Lewis - Couple Days Off

 

[CL82]

 

[64Zcode]

Johnny Cash got tired of working
Oney

 

[TerpWomenFan]

Older song. 1972.

 

[TerpWomenFan]

Newer song.