Songs about working, jobs, bosses, etc.

[Hugin]

Your favorite songs about working, jobs, bosses, etc.

[DuncanWaring]

Black Irish Band- Eight Irish Workers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfTMR91OA4M

[21twelve]

RUSH did an album of covers of their favorite songs growing up. Here’s their version of Summertime Blues (live).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1QAQAnpqMk

[henkster]

From The Who album Quadrophenia:

The Dirty Jobs
Bellboy

[Will88]

That Lucky Ole Sun got nothing to do, but roll around Heaven all day.

[dfwgator]

The Who - Now I’m a Farmer (From ‘Odds and Sods’)

[DuncanWaring]

Black Irish Band- “Mic & Paddy”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0a1-s4RrPE

[DuncanWaring]

Black Irish Band- “Men of Iron”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSZh13bR3Uc

[Fiji Hill]

Coping with the 1958 recession:

• Get a Job--The Silhouettes

• Got a Job--The Miracles

• I Got Fired--The Chesterfields

• I Found a Job--The Heartbeats

[Fiji Hill]

Neither Lee Dorsey, who sings this song, nor Alain Toussaint, who wrote it ever worked in a coal mine.

Working in a Coal Mine--Lee Dorsey (1966)

[21twelve]

RUSH - Working Man (both Live)

1974, Some Junior High School, with John Rutsey drummer. Nice guitar work by Alex with some extra jamming.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZYr_J9H54I

2011: A bit of reggae style added to the quiet intro before they start rocking. A bit more refined than 1974, but obviously still high energy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI5VuBzo-Qc

[Ammo Republic 15]

Thanks, I’ve always loved those early Rush albums...and I’ve always taken note of your screen name :>).

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Banana Boat Song
Harry Belafonte

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVUcz6wPrCs

[Fiji Hill]

Wichita Lineman
-Glen Campbell

Wichita Lineman (Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas)

[Fiji Hill]

Pull, Mon, Pull--Eddie Cooley & the Dimples (1957)

[Fiji Hill]

Cindy, Oh, Cindy--Vince Martin & the Tarriers (1956)

[Fiji Hill]

Seaman's Blues--Ernest Tubb (1948)

[Fiji Hill]

Truck Driver's Blues--Cliff Bruner & His Texas Wanderers (1940)

[crabpott]

“Its my job” Jimmy Buffett

[Songcraft]

• "Truck Drivin' Son-Of-A-Gun" - Dave Dudley

• "Six Days on the Road" - Dave Dudley

[crabpott]

I don’t know. How about “ I wish I was a fisherman” The Waterboys. Irish rock.