OT: Working Songs

[Monte]

 

[Dove]

 

[Dove]

"And every single meeting with his so-called superiors is a humiliating kick in the crotch!"

 

[RoadMaster]

 

[TerpWomenFan]

RIP Jimmy Buffet.

 

[64Zcode]

Billy Joel - The Downeaster 'Alexa'
"If you work with the rod and the reel..."

 

[f1f1ferrari]

 

[Bigboote]

Here’s a classic Jimmy Webb song:

 

[TerpWomenFan]

Two mega superstars.

 

[TerpWomenFan]

 

[nwhoopfan]

Got a couple bluegrass tunes about working men.

 

[nwhoopfan]

 

[Dove]

Can't belive I forgot this one, or that it wasn't posted at all...

 

[Dove]

Turn it up!!!

 

[Bigboote]

There aren’t many songs about doing physics, but Ayreon did a whole album about it.

 

[jimazee]

I couldn't select the "better" of the two here. This is the chant about men who labored and pulled the barges on the great Volga River...sung by the Red Army Choir...over 50 years ago..featuring Leonid Kharitonov.

"Song of the Volga Boatmen" - Leonid Kharitonov & The Red Army Choir (Live)

Leonid Kharitonov & The Alexandrov Red Army Choir perform the Russian folk song "Song of the Volga Boatmen" ("Yo, Heave Ho!", "Ej, Uhnem!"), the conductor i...

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[TerpWomenFan]

Happy 40th anniversary New Edition. Just love these guys.

 

[tomcat]

Something a little different, from Neil Young:

 

[Monte]

 

[FairView]

 

[FairView]

 

[FairView]

 

[FairView]

 

[Kat]

 

[FairView]

 

[64Zcode]

Jackson Browne - The Pretender
A lot to think about in this song. Well written (and performed) by Mr Browne.

Gonna pack my lunch in the morning
And go to work each day
And when the evening rolls around
I'll go on home and lay my body down
And when the morning light comes streaming in
I'll get up and do it again.

 

[FairView]

 

[FairView]

 

[64Zcode]

Thought about all the truck driving songs available but passed on those in favor of some live Bruce.
Working' On The Highway

 

[Monte]