SONGS ABOUT JOBS AND WORK
SONGS ABOUT WORK AND JOBS
In keeping with the effects of current economic conditions, a smaller than usual turnout of the Audiophiles proposed the following songs about work and jobs:
Graham Parker – Hotel Chambermaid (Cde Walsh)
Meat and two veg music – nice Hammond organ – twangy guitar
Pogues – Poor Paddy on the Railway (Cde Mason)
Rough and ready – good for a drunken hooley
Lee Dorsey – Working on a Coal Mine (Cde Deller)
With a guitar that sounds like a trumpet and some excellent triangle playing
Elvis Costello – Shipbuilding (Cde Callas)
More about war than work really, but brilliant – 1982 all over again
Paddy McAloon – Wichita Lineman (Cde Walsh #2)
An acoustic version of the Glen Campbell classic – great sense of longing
Specials – Maggie’s Farm (Cde Callas #2)
Crazy, wild version of Dylan – 1984 all over again
Florence & The Machine – My Boy Builds Coffins (Cde Mason #2)
Nice acoustic version, much admired
The Housemartins – Build (Cde Deller #2)
From the second album – the Heaton voice much loved
Shipbuilding took the honours by a close 2-1-1 verdict…
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June 16, 2011 at 6:56 am
I have just rated this 5 stars, as my track won.
June 16, 2011 at 9:33 am
What about ‘Working on the highway’ or ‘Factory’ or, of course, ‘Highway patrolman’ or ‘State trooper’. It’s just not the same without the Boss…. Glad to see that the brotherhood is still meeting, however!
June 20, 2011 at 9:22 am
RIP Clarence Clemons! Probably never recovered from the Kids International version of Glory Days…
June 20, 2011 at 3:55 pm
Indeed – RIP the Big Man. I think being represented as a blue muppet in Dancing in the Dark was the thing that really stuck in his throat. A sad moment though -The E Street Band can never be the same again. WY oficially upset. I must have happened at about the same time as the Titanic was going down…..