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09/10/2007 02:27:55 PM · #1 |
My sister-in-law wants some songs to use before a presentation on workplace respect, harrassment, etc. She said it's a very dry/tense subject and they want to lighten the mood a bit by playing some clips from songs (not the whole song). So far I have:
Respect - Aretha Franklin
She Works Hard For The Money - Donna Summer
Making it Work - Doug & The Slugs
Treat Me Right - Pat Benatar
Better Be Good To Me - Tina Turner
I Don't Wanna Fight - Tina Turner
Any other ideas, remember the entire song doesn't have to be appropriate, just a line or two.
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09/10/2007 02:29:23 PM · #2 |
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09/10/2007 02:40:09 PM · #3 |
| Take This Job and Shove it... |
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09/10/2007 02:58:45 PM · #4 |
I'm the Man That Built the Bridges* -- Tom Paxton, from Ain't That News (CD)
Released: 1965 (LP)
*Not the one in Minnesota!
If you are interested in old folk-song type stuff, I have a songbook called Songs of Work and Freedom -- I could send you the table of contents page ... |
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09/10/2007 03:07:16 PM · #5 |
Workin' for a Livin'- Huey Lewis
Workin' Man- Rush
Working in a Coalmine- Devo
Message edited by author 2007-09-10 15:11:28. |
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09/10/2007 03:45:50 PM · #6 |
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09/10/2007 03:53:22 PM · #7 |
"This Is Ponderous" by 2Nu - mentions "I went to work one day, and no one remembered who I was. So I decided to take the day off. On the way out, my boss says, 'Hey, you look familiar...'"
"Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits
Then I don't remember titles, but random lyrics:
"I don't wanna work, I just wanna bang on the drum all day."
and "Everybody's working for the weekend."
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09/10/2007 04:39:02 PM · #8 |
Soul Sucking Jerk - Beck
It's a song of liberation and freedom.
I got a job making money for the man
Throwing chicken in the bucket
With the soda pop can
Puke green uniform on my back
I had to set it on fire
In a vat of chicken fat
I leaped on the counter
Like a bird with no hair
Running through the mini mall in my underwear
cont...
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09/10/2007 04:52:34 PM · #9 |
"It's a man's world" by James Brown... but you have to listen to the lyrics,
and if it's a bilingual crowd, you might consider "Et si tu n'existais pas" by Joe Dassin.
Ray
Message edited by author 2007-09-10 16:53:52. |
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09/10/2007 05:07:39 PM · #10 |
Thanks everyone, keep them coming!
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09/10/2007 06:30:48 PM · #11 |
Taking Care of Business-BTO
You get up every morning
From your alarm clock's warning
Take the 8:15 into the city
There's a whistle up above
And people pushin', people shovin'
And the girls who try to look pretty
And if your train's on time
You can get to work by nine
And start your slaving job to get your pay
If you ever get annoyed
Look at me I'm self-employed
I love to work at nothing all day
And I'll be...
[Refrain]
Taking care of business every day
Taking care of business every way
I've been taking care of business, it's all mine
Taking care of business and working overtime
Work out!
If it were easy as fishin'
You could be a musician
If you could make sounds loud or mellow
Get a second-hand guitar
Chances are you'll go far
If you get in with the right bunch of fellows
People see you having fun
Just a-lying in the sun
Tell them that you like it this way
It's the work that we avoid
And we're all self-employed
We love to work at nothing all day
And we be...
[Refrain]
[Spoken] Take good care of my business
When I'm away, every day whoo!
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09/10/2007 06:34:41 PM · #12 |
We're Not Gonna Take It ... Twisted Sister :-)
probably could squeeze in a few lines from Cinderella's Nobody's Fool somewhere too.
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09/10/2007 06:57:45 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by Rebecca:
"This Is Ponderous" by 2Nu - mentions "I went to work one day, and no one remembered who I was. So I decided to take the day off. On the way out, my boss says, 'Hey, you look familiar...'"
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Wow Rebecca, your "geek 80's rock" quotient just went through the freaking roof!!! I am highly impressed. |
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09/10/2007 07:52:14 PM · #14 |
Elvis Costello - Welcome to the Working Week -
Welcome to the workin' week.
Oh I know it don't thrill you, I hope it don't kill you.
Welcome to the workin' week.
You gotta do it till you're through it so you better get to it
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09/11/2007 01:27:40 AM · #15 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Originally posted by Rebecca:
"This Is Ponderous" by 2Nu - mentions "I went to work one day, and no one remembered who I was. So I decided to take the day off. On the way out, my boss says, 'Hey, you look familiar...'"
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Wow Rebecca, your "geek 80's rock" quotient just went through the freaking roof!!! I am highly impressed. |
LOL - it was one of my favorites! I spent a couple years at the beginning of the MP3 era hunting for it online, finally found it last year.
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09/11/2007 02:09:25 AM · #16 |
would
Last dance with Mary Jane by Tom Petty and the heartbreakers work?
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09/11/2007 03:56:36 AM · #17 |
| Working Class Man - Cold Chisel, Jimmy Barnes |
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09/11/2007 04:17:17 AM · #18 |
Probably some that no one else has ever heard of:
Work Work Work by MDC
work, work, work it's a lot of jive
never gonna work 9 to 5
tell mr. bossman i said goodbye
never gonna work another day in my life
i hate work, yeah i do
i hate work, and you should too
i hate work, ain't no clerk
i hate work, ain't no jerk
never gonna work in a factory
or sweat my life in misery
work like that never meant to be
work like that is not for me
[chorus] work work work away the years of your life
work work work never see your wife
work work work sweat and tears
work work work lost my years [chorus]
Kepone Factory by the Dead Kennedys
finally found a job in a paper
Movin̢۪ barrels at a chemical plant
There̢۪s shiny-looking dust on my fingers
Goin̢۪ up my nose and into my lungs
It’s the kepone poisoning¡ºminamata
Kepone poisoning¡ºminamata
At the grimy kepone factory
Turning people into bonzai trees
Now I̢۪ve got these splitting headaches
I can̢۪t quite get it up no more
I can̢۪t sleep and it̢۪s driving me crazy
I shake all day and I̢۪m seeing double
Kepone poisoning¡ºminamata
Kepone poisoning¡ºminamata
Gonna go down your big metal building
Gonna slam right through your bright metal door
Gonna grab you by your sta-prest collar
And ram some kepone down your throat
The lawyer says ̢۪that̢۪s the breaks, kid
Gonna gnarl and rot the rest of your life
If you don’t sue, we’ll give you a trans-am¡ÂÂ’
That I̢۪ll never drive cos I shake all the time
̢۪cause of the kepone poisoning
Minamata
At the grimy kepone factory
At My Job again by the Dead Kennedys
If your machine might slip a gear
Push this button to help it clear
Your time card says your name̢۪s joe
But we̢۪ll call you 6-3-0
Chorus
I̢۪m working at my job
I̢۪m so happy
More boring by the day
But they pay me
All that time spent going to school
Just to end up following¡ºrules
Chorus
Now it̢۪s time to take a break
Don̢۪t stray too far or you̢۪ll be late
Thank you for your service and a long career
Glad you gave us your best years
Chorus
Message edited by author 2007-09-11 04:23:02. |
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09/11/2007 06:30:02 AM · #19 |
| "Working the Line" by The Goodies, from one of my favorite episodes, "Bunfight at the OK Tearooms" here |
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09/11/2007 06:41:07 AM · #20 |
Here is an inspirational one for you:
Afroman - Because I Got High
I was gonna clean my room until I got high
I gonna get up and find the broom but then I got high
my room is still messed up and I know why
- cause I got high [repeat 3X]
I was gonna go to class before I got high
I coulda cheated and I coulda passed but I got high
I am taking it next semester and I know why
- cause I got high [repeat 3X]
I was gonna go to work but then I got high
I just got a new promotion but I got high
now I'm selling dope and I know why
- cause I got high [repeat 3X]
I was gonna go to court before I got high
I was gonna pay my child support but then I got high
they took my whole paycheck and I know why
- cause I got high [repeat 3X]
I wasnt gonna run from the cops but I was high
I was gonna pull right over and stop but I was high
Now I am a paraplegic - because I got high [repeat 3X]
I was gonna pay my car note until I got high
I was gonna gamble on the boat but then I got high
now the tow truck is pulling away and I know why
- because I got high [repeat 3X]
*** I had to remove this verse cause it's really naughty!***
I messed up my entire life because I got high
I lost my kids and wife because I got high
now I'm sleeping on the sidewalk and I know why
- cause I got high [repeat 3X]
I'm gonna stop singing this song because I'm high
I'm singing this whole thing wrong because I'm high
and if I dont sell one copy I know why
- cause I'm high [repeat 3X] |
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09/11/2007 07:23:07 AM · #21 |
Originally posted by Pug-H:
"Working the Line" by The Goodies, from one of my favorite episodes, "Bunfight at the OK Tearooms" here |
Man I thought I was the only one that remembered the Goodies...... |
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