Music Blue Collar Songs [Archive]

Groves

12-08-2010, 01:26 PM

A Mohillbilly comment in the Lennon thread got me to thinking, well, it approaches thinking anyway.

What are some of the best working man songs? I guess any song that favors the little guy against "the man".

Here's some to kick it off:

Oney - Johnny Cash
Working Man - Rush
The last DJ - Tom Petty

siberian khatru

12-08-2010, 01:27 PM

"Blue Collar Man" by Styx, of course!

seclark

12-08-2010, 01:28 PM

bob dylan - working man blues #2
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Donger

12-08-2010, 01:29 PM

I'm not familiar with any.

Bugeater

12-08-2010, 01:29 PM

This one is endorsed by Burt:

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seclark

12-08-2010, 01:29 PM

genesis - driving the last spike
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BigChiefFan

12-08-2010, 01:31 PM

"Blue Collar Man" by Styx, of course!
I thought the same thing, for obvious reasons.

How about WORKING MAN...Rush.

Bugeater

12-08-2010, 01:32 PM

Groves

12-08-2010, 01:32 PM

How about WORKING MAN...Rush.

I've already said that, and I've been saying it all along, and I was the first to say that./TheGuardian

Red Beans

12-08-2010, 01:34 PM

Working Class Hero.

Maggie's Farm, although that's more of a protest song.

hmmmmm....

seclark

12-08-2010, 01:35 PM

just about every 1rst grader - i've been working on the railroad
sec

Bugeater

12-08-2010, 01:36 PM

This should've been one of the first ones mentioned.

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seclark

12-08-2010, 01:37 PM

sting - roxanne
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BigChiefFan

12-08-2010, 01:38 PM

I've already said that, and I've been saying it all along, and I was the first to say that./TheGuardian:p
Okay, BTO, "Taking Care of Business."

seclark

12-08-2010, 01:39 PM

these 2 are kind of about working:

george thorogood - get a haircut
george thorogood - one bourbon one scotch one beer
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Pitt Gorilla

12-08-2010, 01:39 PM

Chiefnj2

12-08-2010, 01:40 PM

I don't have to be me 'til Monday - Steve Azar.

seclark

12-08-2010, 01:40 PM

huey lewis and the news - working for a living
sec

Slainte

12-08-2010, 01:40 PM

CoMoChief

12-08-2010, 01:42 PM

Brooks n Dunn - Hard Workin' Man

Slainte

12-08-2010, 01:42 PM

siberian khatru

12-08-2010, 01:48 PM

Very obscure, but one of my favorite groups:

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Controversial in the U.K. when it came out: Is it pro- or anti-union?

IIRC Hudson/Ford's political leanings, I think I know the answer.

Lonewolf Ed

12-08-2010, 01:51 PM

"Killing Yourself to Live" by Black Sabbath.

PunkinDrublic

12-08-2010, 01:52 PM

The Queers- Born to do dishes.

ReynardMuldrake

12-08-2010, 01:54 PM

Pretty much any Dylan or Springsteen.

Slainte

12-08-2010, 01:57 PM

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seclark

12-08-2010, 01:59 PM

johnny horton - north to alaska
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Slainte

12-08-2010, 02:00 PM

Slainte

12-08-2010, 02:02 PM

siberian khatru

12-08-2010, 02:02 PM

Pretty much any Dylan or Springsteen.

Or Woody Guthrie

Saul Good

12-08-2010, 02:16 PM

Willie Nelson et al
Highway man

gblowfish

12-08-2010, 02:17 PM

I'll fix your flat tire, Merle....
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Steve Earle: "I'm Just a Regular Guy."
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These guys work cheap!
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gblowfish

12-08-2010, 02:19 PM

Oh, and this:

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raybec 4

12-08-2010, 02:35 PM

Demonpenz

12-08-2010, 02:44 PM

40 hour work week by Alabama

chasedude

12-08-2010, 02:46 PM

Primus - Those Damned Blue Collared Tweekers

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Bugeater

12-08-2010, 02:48 PM

raybec 4

12-08-2010, 02:54 PM

Reaper16

12-08-2010, 02:54 PM

I am disappointed that this song hasn't been linked to yet:

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siberian khatru

12-08-2010, 02:55 PM

I'm not really sure why, but I've always liked that song.

I've always loved it. I think it's the strings.

Jimmy Webb rules!

oldandslow

12-08-2010, 02:58 PM

Which Side Are You On - Florence Reece wrote it...been sung by every folk singer ever born since then...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzudto-FA5Y

thebrad84

12-08-2010, 03:01 PM

First song I thought of..

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Bugeater

12-08-2010, 03:03 PM

raybec 4

12-08-2010, 03:06 PM

That reminds of another Jackson Browne song.

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I was gettin to that one but got sidetracked by my damn job!

Earthling

12-08-2010, 03:07 PM

pr_capone

12-08-2010, 03:09 PM

Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford

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MOhillbilly

12-08-2010, 03:11 PM

Merle Travis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC_VRQ3Ouz4

Reaper16

12-08-2010, 03:12 PM

16 Tons - Tennessee Earnie Ford

First verse..
I was born one morn'in when the sun didn't shine
I picked up a shovel and I walked to the mine
I loaded 16 tons of number 9 coal
And the bossman said "Well bless my soul"

If you can remember this song you are offically an old sob

Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford

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I already posted this here (post 39). But thank you for also recognizing its greatness.

Earthling: I am only 24 years old, which doesn't make me an old slob, I don't think. :)

MOhillbilly

12-08-2010, 03:13 PM

James McMurtry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBpD87_w4Sg

NewChief

12-08-2010, 03:14 PM

Just by Steve Earle's "Mountain" and listen to it repeatedly.

MOhillbilly

12-08-2010, 03:16 PM

Just by Steve Earle's "Mountain" and listen to it repeatedly.

agreed

MOhillbilly

12-08-2010, 03:19 PM

frisco depot -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKVoHng85Qg

If youve ever been super poor you know this feeling

MOhillbilly

12-08-2010, 03:20 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sQGo5BTwRI

and when things arent so bad...

raybec 4

12-08-2010, 03:30 PM

Slainte

12-08-2010, 03:36 PM

I'm not really sure why, but I've always liked that song.

Billy Joel knows why. He once described this song as "an ordinary man expressing extraordinary thoughts"...

seclark

12-08-2010, 03:36 PM

38 special - bone against steel
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Slainte

12-08-2010, 03:39 PM

I've always loved it. I think it's the strings.

Jimmy Webb rules!

Webb's live version of "Lineman" is available on Youtube. No strings, very different from Campbell's but very good as well. Very interesting phrasing...

pr_capone

12-08-2010, 03:40 PM

I already posted this here (post 39). But thank you for also recognizing its greatness.

Earthling: I am only 24 years old, which doesn't make me an old slob, I don't think. :)

LOL

I'm at work, at best I can give a glance through the thread before I can post from here.

I'm only 30 BTW, love old music though. If its from the 30's-50's then its all good with me. :D

tooge

12-08-2010, 04:01 PM

for some reason, most Mark Knopfler and or Dire Straights songs have a working theme. Truck drivin, workin the railroad, etc.

12-08-2010, 04:03 PM

N7aiNRG3o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-N7aiNRG3o
Jon Conlee - Common Man

NewChief

12-08-2010, 04:53 PM

NewChief

12-08-2010, 04:54 PM

12-08-2010, 05:03 PM

Literally this whole album. Props to Newphin for reminding me with The Mountain
http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/2/Coal.jpg

Nzoner

12-08-2010, 05:09 PM

Nzoner

12-08-2010, 05:15 PM

Earthling

12-08-2010, 05:25 PM

I already posted this here (post 39). But thank you for also recognizing its greatness.

Earthling: I am only 24 years old, which doesn't make me an old slob, I don't think. :)

LOl Missed it earlier and the old SOB I was refering to was mostly myself. :p

NewChief

12-08-2010, 05:25 PM

Local band that tours the Midwest pretty often (I've posted about their shows in KC in the past). Just about all their songs are Union/Class related.

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Can name your price (or free) and download their album here:
http://cletusgotshot.bandcamp.com/album/unamerican

12-08-2010, 05:31 PM

Wouldn't the ultimate working man's song be "Take This Job and Shove It"?

DomerNKC

12-08-2010, 06:08 PM

Synchronicity - the Police

blaise

12-08-2010, 06:33 PM

If it hasn't been listed, Five O'Clock World by the Vogues is a good one.

threebag

12-08-2010, 06:52 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_Dqo--Ly3g&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Merle Haggard "Working Man Blues"

It's a big job just gettin' by with nine kids and a wife
I been a workin' man dang near all my life
I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use
I'll drink my beer in a tavern,
Sing a little bit of these working man blues

petegz28

12-08-2010, 06:52 PM

Just about any old country song??

Ming the Merciless

12-08-2010, 07:01 PM

rockymtnchief

12-08-2010, 07:21 PM

Jenson71

12-08-2010, 08:53 PM

Just Another Manic Monday

Demonpenz

12-08-2010, 09:05 PM

so would a white collar song just be like stereophonics songs?

12-08-2010, 09:44 PM

so would a white collar song just be like stereophonics songs?

Any elevator music.

NewChief

12-08-2010, 09:45 PM

so would a white collar song just be like stereophonics songs?

It's whatever Donger listens to.

CanadaKC

12-08-2010, 09:53 PM

the entire "Born in the USA" CD

12-08-2010, 10:07 PM

It's whatever Donger listens to.

Olivia Newton John?

C'mon Donger, did I nail it?

Bugeater

12-08-2010, 11:19 PM

Olivia Newton John?

C'mon Donger, did I nail it?
You gotta problem with Olivia?

Jenson71

12-08-2010, 11:32 PM

You gotta problem with Olivia?

I do. I haven't had success with her workout tapes. Jane Fonda has been so much better for me.

Bugeater

12-08-2010, 11:37 PM

I do. I haven't had success with her workout tapes. Jane Fonda has been so much better for me.
She has workout tapes? :drool:

booger

12-09-2010, 03:26 AM

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booger

12-09-2010, 03:27 AM

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booger

12-09-2010, 03:39 AM

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booger

12-09-2010, 03:42 AM

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booger

12-09-2010, 03:48 AM

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booger

12-09-2010, 03:51 AM

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Tribal Warfare

12-09-2010, 03:52 AM

booger

12-09-2010, 03:57 AM

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booger

12-09-2010, 04:05 AM

booger

12-09-2010, 04:20 AM

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MOhillbilly

12-09-2010, 08:10 AM

^best version^

Jenson71

12-09-2010, 08:12 AM

Long May You Run - Neil Young

blaise

12-09-2010, 08:31 AM