Its simple lyrics, driving guitars and off-beat take on the working world make it a good song to go out on if only because you know a better job is just around the corner.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. "I can't take this crazy pace/I've become a mental case/Yeah, this is the job that ate my brain." Years removed from their classic hits, the Ramones released this song in 1992 as part of its Mondo Bizarro LP on Chrysalis Records. This might be the best song to crank up as you hit the gas out of the parking lot on your final day work. "I get up at seven, yeah/And I go to work at nine/I got no time for livin'/Yes, I'm workin' all the time." The final song on the B-Side of Rush's 1974 debut self-titled album, Geddy Lee whines his way through the opening verse and chorus with an attitude that recalls Joe Strummer's "it is what it is" tone on the Clash's "Career Opportunities." It's important, though, to follow up those defeated lines of "I got no time for livin'" with a minutes-long guitar and bass solo. Shankly, this position I've held, it pays my way and it corrodes my soul." Shankly," released as part of the Queen is Dead LP in 1986, opens with the utterly relatable lines "Frankly, Mr. It's a hopeless song, but the Clash seem fine with it. The Animals released this song in 1965, and it was popular sentiment of armed service members in Vietnam, which, when put into perspective, makes your cubicle-based occupation one that's not so bad.įrom 1977's classic self-titled LP: "They offered me the office, offered me the shop/They said I'd better take anything they'd got" Joe Strummer sings about joblessness in a previous generation, with offers that never seem to come. This message could be applied to a great many situations: family reunions, visits to the dentist or the DMV, first-dates gone-wrong and especially working a job that grinds down the person you used to be. "We Gotta Get Out of this Place" - The Animals "Lost my job/Guess I gotta go steal and rob," he laments. And as the late Alex Chilton (of Alex Chilton and the Box Tops, here) points out, the jobless get to sleep in after they stay out all night long. Louis, there's no better way to spend the hours and even days after you lose your job listening to blues and getting drunk. Speaking from personal experience spent in the blues bars of St. The infectious chorus of "I don't wanna go to work today" on this thrashing song by recently broken-up Albany, New York punk band Acid Reflux is likely the song you'll be singing as you trudge your way across the parking lot or garage, or while you wait for the bus, to take you to a job that makes you want to walk in traffic. "My moms told me to get a job, fuck that/A'yo, picture me gettin a job/Takin orders from Bob, sellin corn on the cob/Yo, how the hell I'ma make ends meet/Makin' about 120 dollars a week?" In a stanza, the late Big L sums up why working sucks. "Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous" - Big L Yeah." samples from the Lumbergh character.Ĩ. The verse by Cannibus, however, offers a few kernels a truth that we can chew on, in addition to providing some plot points from the film: "Your coworkers talking to loud to ignore them/It affects your occupational performance." This is a silly song, though, right down to the "Umm. "Shove This Jay Oh Bee" - Cannibus and Biz Markieįamously included on the Office Space soundtrack, this song comes in at only the nine spot because the hook by Biz Markie is just a recast version of the the "Take This Job and Shove It" chorus. The Dead Kennedys version, however, seems to have a double-dose of rage that gives the song a different meaning.ĩ. Also listen to the Johnny Paycheck version of the song, by far the most popular version, which hit number one on the country charts.
For sake of classiness, though, we've kept those sentiments locked away tightly inside, likely forming an ulcer that will shave years off your life. This 1986 cover of the mid '70s David Allen Coe song sums up the things that we've all wanted to say to the Man at one point or another. "Take This Job and Shove It" - Dead Kennedys To kick-start a new chapter in your life, here are ten songs about working - but more importantly, how you plan to quit working, if only temporarily.ġ0. Repercussions be damned, it's time to quit. You hate your job, your boss treats you like garbage, and bygod, you deserve better. The job market's still very tough, your 401 (k) has probably lost its value over the last week, and your rent, car payment and baby mama aren't going to get paid on their own.
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