EPISODE · Sep 5, 2022 · 1H 24M
S5E247 - 'That Work Song Got Me High' Patron-curated Bonus Episode
from That Record Got Me High Podcast · host Rob Elba
For Labor Day 2022 we asked our Patrons to send in their favorite work-related songs. It's an impressively eclectic list, with surprisingly NO Bruce Springsteen songs! (although he IS referenced several times throughout the episode) "There is power in a factory, power in the land Power in the hand of the worker But it all amounts to nothing If together we don't stand There is power in a Union" - Billy Bragg Songs featured in this episode: Career Opportunities - The Clash with Luke and Ben Gallagher; Finest Worksong - R.E.M.; Paid In Cigarettes - Hot Snakes; Working Girl - The Members; A New Career in a New Town - David Bowie; The Ballad of Dorothy Parker - Prince; Hamlet Chicken Plant Disaster - Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon; Working Class - The Defibulators; I Hate My Job - Butthole Surfers; Graveyard Shift - Uncle Tupelo; Morning Train (9 to 5) - Sheena Easton; 16 Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford; Heigh Ho - Tom Waits; Hey! Hey! It's Friday! - Black Snake Halo; Those Men In White Coats - The Diagram Brothers; Working Man - Rush (Live, All The World's A Stage); Bell Boy - The Who; The Working Hour - Tears For Fears; Clockout - Devo; Don't Wanna - All Hits; King Of Ska - Desmond Dekker; Piss Factory - Patti Smith; Factory - Wall Of Voodoo; Vacation - The Go-Go's; The Magnificent Seven - The Clash; There Is Power In A Union - Billy Bragg; Blue Sky Mine - Midnight Oil Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5nNnCUcgjmmazidSIi4HIr?si=ed59362cff114198
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